THE PLACE OF PROVIDENCE February 9, 2020 | Esther 2:21–23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue God’s providence has been compared to an elaborate piece of embroidery. If you look at the underside, all you see are knots and tangles. But flipping it over reveals a beautiful and intentional design. Our earthly, limited view, means we are […]
January 29, 2020 | Exodus 4:1–12 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Dr. Erwin Lutzer served as senior pastor of Chicago’s Moody Church for 36 years. Preaching has been part of his life for decades, but many may not know that he had to overcome shyness. As a requirement to graduate from high school, students had to […]
January 24, 2020 | Philippians 4:4–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Although blind from infancy, Fanny Crosby went on to write more than 9,000 hymns, many of which are still sung today, including: “Blessed Assurance,” “All the Way My Savior Leads Me,” “To God Be the Glory,” and “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross.” A […]
September 29, 2019 | Psalms 38–39 DEVOTIONS. This Month’s Issue Would it be better to win a silver medal or a bronze? In 1995, psychologists from Cornell University studied the reaction of Olympic silver and bronze medalists. They found that bronze medalists were significantly happier with their achievement than silver medalists. The reason is that […]
Attention❗ Attention❗Attention❗ John Holmes once said “There’s no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up “ Indeed a kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. *MentiasieTrade* is here again to offer you the chance to go out of your way and make life beautiful for another […]
MY CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY FINAL EPISODE Hello! Thanks for joining me thus far. I’m glad we made it to the final episode. Woohoo! Internal Medicine Department This department is another I really enjoyed joining. I got to choose my unit (Infectious diseases), and was grateful I did. I’ll begin from the really cool consultant we […]
MY CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY Pediatrics department In summary, this department has been the easiest, better put, most interesting thus far. There was a house officer who was pretty rude sometimes, but civil at other times. The straw that broke the camel’s back was when he said I shouldn’t make him insult me. I had asked […]
MY CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY Talking about feeling stupid…midway into my rotation in one of the first departments, I began to wonder what I was doing studying medicine. It felt like the past 5 years in med school was a waste. Worse still the way they “drilled” (my modest word for ridicule) us made me feel […]
GOD KNOWS YOU April 4, 2019 | Psalm 139:1–16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Pregnant mothers are given a fascinating chart detailing the stages of growth of their unborn child. For example, in Month 1, circulation begins and the tiny heart beats 65 times a minute. The baby is only about a quarter-inch long. In Month […]
MATURE FAITH AND GOOD DEEDS: EXAMPLE OF RAHAB February 15, 2019 | James 2:25–26 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We know Rahab had faith in God because her actions revealed her faith (see Joshua 2; 6:22–25; Heb. 11:31). She hid the two Israelite spies from her own government, then misdirected their pursuers and helped them escape. […]