Stories, devotionals, and reflections from our community of faith-driven medical students.
Scattered among the nations,Not one spared through the generations,And still, despite the corrections,Hearts remain away in their formations.And in false hope, with jubilations,How near is Jerusalem’s redemption! Vessels will be back,There shall we return, our stuff on our backs.Camels, dogs, sheep and ducks!Ala! But the good news he lacks.Of siege and destruction he makes marks,Bricks, […]
Why am I yet living, when I might have been gone?Why does my heart, still awaken with the dawn?When death drew near, why did mercy bid me stay?When darkness called my name, who turned it away?Why am I yet living, when I might have been gone? When sickness swept, like a tempest through the land,When […]
I still remember the days when I almost knew the day to day experiences of my bs members, the days we would keep each other in prayer, reach out to one another, encourage one another, serve one another and the like; all of us with a desire to be perfected in Christ. I still remember […]
I remember singing the song Trust and Obey back when I was just a little girl. Back then, it was just a song, yet the reality of trust and obedience was made alive as I slowly began to walk with the Lord. It’s nothing new to know that the Lord requires us to obey Him […]
Love has always seemed to me like a strange thing to name.We recognise it everywhere, yet somehow struggle to explain it. Perhaps love is easier to recognise backwards.Look at what you give your time to.What do you worry about? What do you return to? What are you willing to endure?What makes you stop and smile […]
I used to believe that it was easy to walk through difficult seasons. Whenever I encountered hardship, I would almost expect that favour was guaranteed and that the difficulty I was facing must surely be leading to something good in the way that I imagined.Soon, I came to realise that this was a good conclusion, […]
ChatGPT has become so ubiquitous it immediately strikes one as pointless and unnecessary to get into the messy, and even hypocritical, business of criticizing it. Also, several others have written so well and beautifully on the matter already, you could perhaps take a look at this and this afterwards in light of the matter before […]
I sigh as I deeply remember how many times I’ve tried to comprehend and “uncomprehend” this statement. For we live by faith, not by sight. ~2 Corinthians 5:7Many times, we look for what we can see—trends, shopping, books, flowers, and many other things. We like to see what we want and be able to make […]
As I walked down the half-tarmac, half-murram road, so much was going through my mind. I was carrying my little sister, holding her firmly and carefully with both arms. Her head leaned over my shoulder, giving her the golden chance to either make a pillow out of it, or use it as a support system […]
There is this ill in medical school – the strongly held belief that passing one’s IMed clinical assessments heavily depends on the consultant who examines you. When asking about a colleague’s experience, we are often interested in knowing who their examiner was. We joke about how one’s odds go down, no matter how well-prepared they […]
Most people spend their study breaks scrolling through social media. Somewhere on a university campus, however, there is a library seat that offers a very different kind of distraction.It sits beside a window.And beyond that window is a morgue. It is not exactly the view most people would choose while trying to concentrate on a […]
NUMBERS 35:9–15Then the Lord said to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder […]
Donata is asleep with the book Letters to Brenda on his chest in his tiny room in Block B. The night-light clock shows 2:58pm in the afternoon. He gets an out of body experience looking at himself. He is not sure whether his spirit is leaving his body, he’s undergoing a sleep paralysis episode or […]
“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, […]