Excerpt from the book:

 

I love my job. Many people say that but don’t really mean it. I do. I get up every morning excited to go to the office to see what opportunity awaits me to touch another life.

What do I do? I’m a doctor. So what does it mean to be a doctor? Actually, I’m still trying to figure that out. Yes, I have an MD behind my name. But that sorely fails to capture the privilege I have of meeting people at their point of need.
 

I never wanted to be a doctor. In fact, I fought it with every ounce of mental energy I could muster. If anyone had said to me in grade school, or even college, that I would pursue a career in medicine, I would have laughed in his or her face. Maybe my journey to get here explains why I love it so very much. Or why I cannot imagine doing anything else.

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Right there, in the front row of my genetics class, I clearly heard God speak to me the words from John 1:1: In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. As my professor tried to break down all of life into a language such as DNA or RNA, all I could think of was how God was the sustainer and creator of that language. He is the Word. That was a truly special moment for me. I had heard that scripture from the Psalms about how we are made. But it became so real to me through studying His creation.

 

 

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