.one step closer.

First and foremost, I would like to give all the glory to God for the divine health that both my parents are experiencing. It is definitely true that by the stripes of Jesus, we have already been healed. Jesus bore all sicknesses that we might walk in divine health. To Him be all the glory and honor and praises! And to all the people who have been with us, praying in agreement with our family, receive your abundant harvest for these seeds that you have sown. I honor you!

Ma, Pa, Ate, I love you so much. I can't thank God enough for blessing me with a family as wonderful as ours. I love you!

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A few days from now and I'll have already completed my first month of internship at UP-PGH. I spent the first two weeks in Rehab Med and I am presently completing the second week of my Surgery ER rotation. It has been quite a ride going through the motions of it all. With all honesty, the reality of being Dr. Maria Ellen R. Licup (at least, that's what my nameplate says) hasn't quite sunk in yet. I know, I know, I am finally in my seventh and last year of med school... and I have had the past 6 years to internalize what it means to truly be a physician. But truth to be told, I feel no different from how I have always felt.

Truly there is nothing else I can say but glory be to God for everything that has happened. Only by His grace have I been able to get through everything that med school brought before me. Because of Jesus, I can boldly say that I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.


That's the way it has always been.. and that's how I believe it will always be. It's not about me, but it's all about Him. It's not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit. I will not be moved by what other people say or do. Everything I come face to face with, I must learn to bring it before God and deal with it as He would have me do.

Now is not the time to boast, to be arrogant, to put my nose high up in the air and esteem myself more highly than I ought. If anything, this is the best time to humble myself, and see myself as the student and learner that I truly am. This is the time to finally come to terms with the fact that if I want my dreams to come true, I must learn to listen, to obey, to respect the authority that has been bestowed by God on the people around me. This is the time to recognize the anointing that has been placed onto the people I work with and begin to tap into that anointing.

I know that God has a marvelous plan for my life and it thrills me to the very core to know that I have taken another step in witnessing that plan unfold.

I may not know what my future holds (only that it will be GOO-OOD!), but as long as I know Who holds my future, I know I have nothing to fear.

My life is in Your hands
My heart is in Your keeping
I'm never without love
Not when my future is with You
My life is in Your hands
And though I may not see clearly
I will lift my voice and sing
'Cause Your love does amazing things
Lord I know my life is in Your hands


Thank you to all the people who have been with me in this journey... and it's not over yet. We are merely a step closer to the ultimate. Glory to God!

I choose to make this year my best one yet.

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Hello dear! Full circle. Towards that. I love you beh. MOA!! :)