Catherine Butler was an ER trauma surgeon.

She remembers telling her supervisor she'd decided to stay home with her children.

It was about walking faithfully with the Lord where I felt he was calling me.

Not where he calls all women, but for where he was calling me specifically.

And so I told them that. I said, I think for me to honor the Lord, the way I think I'm being called to, I need to leave.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Heaven Rules.

For May 5th, 2023, I'm Dana Gresh.

Thank you. 5th, 2023, I'm Dana Gresh. Our theme this month is all about how God can use unremarkable people to accomplish remarkable

things for him if they simply make themselves available and surrender to his will.

And Dana, surrendering to God's will can and often does come at a cost.

But you and I both know that the rewards, his rewards, are so worth whatever we may have to

sacrifice.

Well, today we're going to hear from a woman who can testify to

that from her own experience. Catherine Butler was a trauma surgeon at Mass General Hospital in Boston,

and she was good at it. The chaos, the adrenaline, being able to help hurting people and save lives,

she viewed it as a God-given calling. It was her mission field. She was living

out, Colossians 317, whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord

Jesus. But there came a point when Catherine was sensing the Lord calling her to step up to a different

and in some ways more challenging calling. Yeah, and not too long ago,

our friend and Revive Our Hearts Advisory Board member, Bob Lapine, took some time to talk to

Catherine about the choice she made to leave behind her career as a surgeon, at least for a season.

Let's listen together.

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