Today was the first weekday with no responsibilities (since our semester is over!) It was a good weekend of relaxation and cleaning (something many of my classmates and I haven't had time to do recently. We had seven exams over a ten day period. CRAZY.... i know. But God is faithful and we made it through! Today we had a seminar for one of our classes. It's a two day seminar in total, and we talk about many issues that Physical Therapists face in regards to ethical dilemmas and professional issues. It was great to be in a low stress environment with the people that have become my second family. We did an interesting exercise this morning. We had the assignment to sit and think of 100 questions. These questions could be about anything... our profession, our life, our struggles, our joys, our fears. It was actually a really neat experience. We got into groups of five and discussed some of our top thoughts. One theme mentioned quite a few times in the big group were in regard to God and what happens at the end of our life. It was a good wakeup call to remind me that the world DOES think about spiritual things, even if they don't like to admit it. Ecclesiastes says that Eternity is written in the hearts of man. THAT IS TRUE, I believe it! Someone in my group talked about one of their statements, which was "Why am I not satisfied with my life". My heart jumped inside. That is a question that God has allowed me to realize the answer to. God SATISFIES my life. Yes, everything isn't always perfect, and struggles come and times of dissatisfaction occur, but I know that God works all things together for His glory, and that He knows what is best for fulfilling the longings of my heart. I am thankful to have had the reminder this morning that people ARE spiritual beings and DO have the longing to know if something more is out there. I'm excited to see what comes of the conversations with my new family in the coming semesters.
On a separate note, I got to go to my THIRD Duke Basketball game this evening. A lot of my friends were there, and we had a BLAST. Sometimes it still feels unreal that I am at DUKE UNIVERSITY. I am blessed. I can't wait to see what fun and challenging things come in 2008... here's to the end of the year...
