hello...
apologies for the dearth of posts.
It's been a great 4 months of marriage so far (I remembered, dear!). :) We're so thankful that things have gone so smoothly for us. We know it won't always be like this, so that's just more reason to not take things for granted.
In regards to my research, I've been really struggling with coming up with a decent research proposal for my 2-year fellowship application (to stay in the current lab for a postdoc)- I don't want to ask for help from my boss until I have a few avenues already thought out. I get the sense that that's what he's expecting me to do, and I shouldn't expect any less of myself.
Praise God for a future collaboration with a BSL-4 lab in Montana (not Canada, as I first thought)- it's all very preliminary though, and the earliest I could leave for Montana would be early to mid-April. So in spite of this auspicious provision from God...part of me is not willing to celebrate yet. If I have to repent for this seemingly ungracious attitude...I probably already have, because this line of thought has crossed my mind many times. God has provided for me in so many ways on so many occasions- and the longer I stay in this Ph.D program, the more I realize that my graduation will be a gift to me from Him- and may He be glorified in this. And yet I sometimes find myself skeptical and fearful of the future- as if I didn't know Who holds it. He's allowed me to trust Him a lot more through these 5.5 years at Emory...but there's much more to learn, much more ways to trust, and decidedly more ways to obey.
Please keep praying for my work- for access to labs at CDC- and for wisdom, diligence, and discernment in my thinking.
It's been a great 4 months of marriage so far (I remembered, dear!). :) We're so thankful that things have gone so smoothly for us. We know it won't always be like this, so that's just more reason to not take things for granted.
In regards to my research, I've been really struggling with coming up with a decent research proposal for my 2-year fellowship application (to stay in the current lab for a postdoc)- I don't want to ask for help from my boss until I have a few avenues already thought out. I get the sense that that's what he's expecting me to do, and I shouldn't expect any less of myself.
Praise God for a future collaboration with a BSL-4 lab in Montana (not Canada, as I first thought)- it's all very preliminary though, and the earliest I could leave for Montana would be early to mid-April. So in spite of this auspicious provision from God...part of me is not willing to celebrate yet. If I have to repent for this seemingly ungracious attitude...I probably already have, because this line of thought has crossed my mind many times. God has provided for me in so many ways on so many occasions- and the longer I stay in this Ph.D program, the more I realize that my graduation will be a gift to me from Him- and may He be glorified in this. And yet I sometimes find myself skeptical and fearful of the future- as if I didn't know Who holds it. He's allowed me to trust Him a lot more through these 5.5 years at Emory...but there's much more to learn, much more ways to trust, and decidedly more ways to obey.
Please keep praying for my work- for access to labs at CDC- and for wisdom, diligence, and discernment in my thinking.