Working girl:

yup, and on a saturday too! i'm taking a short break from my thesis work to add a post to my bloggarooni. i'm spending today as i do many a saturday lately, working away on my thesis research and paper so i can actually get my master's degree in biomedical engineering some time before i go gray :) it's been a real struggle for me to do this, i'd much rather be chillin' with the schmoopy and the poopy, but i know God planned for me to get this degree and so i'm going to do it and he's teaching me a few things along the way (other than LPS binding to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the macrophage osteolytic response to wear debris). this passage is one we talked a lot about in class at church and it has really gotten me through this time:

"Consider it PURE JOY, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance. Perserverance must finish its task so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

wow! pure joy in my trials! crazy...but it's God's plan that i develop perserverance through this so that i'm not lacking anything. the passage continues:

"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord, he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does." James 1:2-7

it's not for me to doubt God when He says He will give me wisdom, because He certainly will! He has given me the wisdom and strength that has gotten me through life so far and there is no reason He'd stop now!

thanks to all of you who have been praying for me in this journey. i hate to keep asking for prayer on the same thing, but i certainly need them when it comes to finishing this project.

so, remember to keep this girl in your prayers!