Peelage and Medicine Love

My face is peeling. My mother looks at me and rolls her eyes and shakes her head. She informed me of the fact that every day 1 person is diagnosed with melanoma (. . . or maybe it was every hour??). As you can see it made a big impact on me. : /
Anyway, today I had phlebotomy class. . .super-duper fun! I L-O-V-E medicine! We are doing our first venipuncture on the dummies Thursday and then next week we start on each other. . .eek (only 2 weeks in!!). And I got to wear my sweet kicks, which made the day even better.

My 'Roos!!! 

I then came home to take an hour nap and what do ya know. . . woke up 3 and a half hours later despite setting an alarm. Oh the joys of having sleep issues! Fortunately, I have a sleep study on July 6th, so we will soon know what's up. PTL!
I was praying last night and it was put on my heart to pray for a sincere longing for the New Jerusalem--to long for a time when we will live in perfect communion with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. What a joy that will be! But, what I have been contemplating is this: what does that longing look like in every-day life? After thinking today over, I felt as though I major-league failed in my longing today. How was I longing for the New Jerusalem when I snapped at my mother because things weren't going my way today? How was I longing for the New Jerusalem when I slept for 3 and 1/2 hours? But then I realized, perhaps those things create that longing. Unfortunately, our sins and shortcomings as humans will constantly plague us in this world, but the Lord uses them to draw us closer to Him and to create a longing for His desires to be fulfilled and His glory to be made known over all the earth!

"The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. . . .Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!" Psalm 97: 6,11-12