Thankfulness - Day 7

I am thankful for the chance to follow God's will in my life.. Nursing School!! I never saw myself as a nurse.  Matter of fact, I remember saying as a kid, that there are enough nurses in my family, so why would I do that?  Well I didn't... for a long time.  I got married, had kids, had a great job, went back to college and got a degree and I was done!! So I thought.. Until I heard God tell me that he had something else in mind for me. At first, I was like really?  I had just gotten my paralegal degree and had a good job.  I was comfortable.  I was done studying and doing homework, so I thought.  Ryan told me he could tell I wasn't happy and that he wanted to be able to send me back to school to do what I really wanted to do. Um.. what is that?  Well after helping rehabilitate Ryan back from 2 wrecks withing 8 months, I could feel this urge/want to be a nurse.  I know crazy right?  The girl that said that she would NEVER be a nurse!! After Ryan and I talked about it, we both started praying about it.  What was God's will in my life, and was this something that God wanted me to do.  I heard my answer several times, but honestly, I kept thinking that it was what I wanted and not what God had been telling me.  One day in Sunday school, a question was asked.  How do you know if something is God's will for your life?  The answer?  That you have a complete peace about it and you have no doubts whatsoever!  You just know.  I pondered on that for the rest of Sunday school.  Then we got into church and I got out my pen and paper to take notes, like I do every Sunday. I had used the same pen for months and never knew what the advertisement on it said. I looked down at the pen and it said University of Southern Mississippi Nursing School!!  OMG was my thoughts! No joke! I got chills and excitement took over me! At that point, I realized that the answer I had been getting for the last little while was indeed God telling me what to do!  I was being called to be Nurse!  So the journey began.  I called to see what classes I needed in order to apply for school and I jumped right in.  I knew that if it was God's will I would want to shout it from the roof that I was going to nursing school and that is exactly how I felt!  I have been beyond blessed!  I got my acceptance letter 3 weeks after being laid off.. A God thing!  We never thought that we could make it financial with just Ryan working.. but we are... A God thing!! I wasn't sure that I would be able to juggle 2 very energetic boys, their school, a house, a husband AND nursing stuff but I am... A God thing!!  You see a pattern here?  God called me to do this and he isn't failing!  He can't fail, he is God.  He is a man of his word and is faithful! He always has been and always will be!  I can't describe how amazing it feels to be in nursing school, learning to help others and to know that I am doing what was meant for my life!  I could never do this without my Lord and Savior, his amazing love, grace and faithfulness.  And I couldn't do it without the most amazing husband and family!