during a particularly stressful week full of nursing school homework, hospital clinicals and army rotc tasks..i remember GOd leading me to the book of 2 corinthians.. i spent several days pouring over those chapters.. then i got to chapter 4 verses 16 through 18.. "so we do not lose heart. though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us and eternal weight of glory beyond ALL comparison, 18. as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."... i still get chills when i think of just how personally that verse resonated with me.
For the next few weeks i meditated on that part..how i was supposed to be focusing on the things that are UNseen.. 'focusing on the unseen' became a motto of mine.. a reminder that what i see and things that are tangible are so fleeting.. the real things that matter in life, the eternal things, are the ones we cannot see or touch.
it is a constant reminder to me when i am going about my daily routine. i'll see the tattoo in the reflection of the mirror.. or a patient will ask me about the meaning. i love when people ask.. it not only reminds me that people are always watching to see if i do live differently- but it gives me a small window to share my faith. no. i don't always focus on the UNseen..in fact, it's a daily, hourly, every second of the day battle.. but at the end of that day- i can remember that this life is so short, such a 'momentary affliction'...the best is yet to come.
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