Stories, devotionals, and reflections from our community of faith-driven medical students.
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” — Proverbs 17:17 Well known is the story of two young men in the Bible ; David and Jonathan; a future king on the run and the son of the king who was pursuing him. Their story is one […]
“The most joyous moment about med school is getting the invitation letter and after that it all changes”Those were the words from an article my classmate, whom we shall call K, read out to me as we sat in class, waiting for our lecturer. The lecturer eventually came in, and we had a beautiful session. […]
IntroductionI ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin a secret prayer. This is a wretched system. It is unscriptural. Christ arose before day and went into a solitary place. David says: “Early will I seek thee”; […]
Oh God,When I look at your faithfulness,I stand in awe,From the beginning to the end,From generation to generation,Your faithfulness stands,Your faithfulness reaches the skies,Your word is right and true,You are faithful in all you doWho is like you, Lord God Almighty?You Lord, are mighty,and your faithfulness surrounds you.You remember your covenant forever,Have you ever promised […]
There was a time when I believed that a single verse encapsulated my entire Christian experience:“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” ~Romans 7:15To this day, that verse continues to leave me bewildered.It gave rise to countless questions, questions […]
2 Corinthians 4:7“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” Hey God,Earthen.How would I describe that?Weak. Tired. Needy. Busy. Lively…My body—human and earthly.Fragile in ways I feel more than I can explain. Then as I read your Word (2 Cor 4:7) […]
Hi there (Again). I know you’re probably wondering what the title is all about. Well, me too. Initially when God placed this word in my heart, let’s just say the prevailing context was a magnanimous state of confusion. But who is God if not a God of clarity? A phone call here from a special […]
This was the 10th session with Ms. Jane, my counsellor. Each worse than the previous since the very first day I came to her office, inconsolable and completely overwhelmed by the sorrows of life. Especially with school. “Kimberly, We’ve gone over every issue that I’d think is the problem.” My counsellor interjected my crying with […]
As she walks through the long desert, the cold wind brushing against her face, exhausted and sore-footed, her thoughts overwhelm her. Hagar probably begins to question her existence and every decision she has made. Life has somehow boiled down to this: she is pregnant, running away from her mistress, and the burden feels far too […]
I used to think mental unwellness was weakness.I believed it with the certainty of someone who had never heard their own mind crack in the dark. Back then, suffering made sense to me only when it could be seen. A limping body,hollow cheeks,empty plates or grief with visible bones. Pain, I thought, should announce itself […]
When first my heart did yield, yield to tender flame,I dreamt of love, unblemished, pure and true,Yet she, for whom my silent, my silent longing came,Departed swift, and dimmed my skies of blue.And dimmed my skies of blue. O grievous night!, O thoughts that gnawed my mind,Like shadows deep, that whisper ceaseless dread,No rest, no […]
Psalms 34:8 NIVTaste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. —————-God is not proven by argument, but by encounter.—————– What we often pursue as life lasting fulfillment often proves to be transient, shaped by shifting circumstances and fragile expectations. It rises in moments of achievement, relief, […]