"Be happy in your hope. Do not give up when trouble comes. Do not let anything stop you from praying." Romans 12:12
This verse is beautiful. School assignments, essays and tests have been in abundance this week. It's enough to make me feel inadequate. In a way inadequacy is humbling. It reminds me how incomplete and useless I am without the Savior's love. On the other hand it can also make me feel unsure . If I'm inadequate what is the point of everything? Ahh. But the point... Be happy in your hope. Do not give up when trouble comes. Do not let anything stop you from praying. There is something greater than inadequacy going on... It is Jesus humbling me. He calls me His. He died for me. He has give me hope that can never be taken from me. Trouble comes but He fights for me. Nothing can keep me from praying. God is bigger.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Spiritual Stress
"Too blessed to be stressed."
This is something I tell myself all the time. And I'm really not one to feel stressed. Yes, I do procrastinate, but I also do a pretty good job of time management. I'm also prone to error. So naturally when I thought I only had one test and one essay due this Friday, the week after Spring break, I was wrong. I actually have three essays, 2 math assignments (the bane of my academic existence) and one test. Am I stressed about the schoolwork? Ehh, kind of. What I'm really stressed about is myself.
While I enjoyed great fellowship with my family, friends and church family over the break I substituted some of those times for my personal devotional time. Not okay. So this week, while I have all of my school stuff and a few other miscellaneous paperwork things to deal with, I also have to realign my time in a way that is pleasing to God. I'm stressed because I feel like I'll slip and not succeed in my goal. Straying from the word, even for just one day, can be detrimental to a believer.
So what's the rhyme I'll tell myself now? Lord, "bless this mess."
My prayer is that God can refine me through His fire in this moment and in all moments. Any hardship I might face during that will not even matter when I am walking side by side with my Savior, partaking in His blessings for me.
So friends, if you're reading this... Please help a sista out this week!
This is something I tell myself all the time. And I'm really not one to feel stressed. Yes, I do procrastinate, but I also do a pretty good job of time management. I'm also prone to error. So naturally when I thought I only had one test and one essay due this Friday, the week after Spring break, I was wrong. I actually have three essays, 2 math assignments (the bane of my academic existence) and one test. Am I stressed about the schoolwork? Ehh, kind of. What I'm really stressed about is myself.
While I enjoyed great fellowship with my family, friends and church family over the break I substituted some of those times for my personal devotional time. Not okay. So this week, while I have all of my school stuff and a few other miscellaneous paperwork things to deal with, I also have to realign my time in a way that is pleasing to God. I'm stressed because I feel like I'll slip and not succeed in my goal. Straying from the word, even for just one day, can be detrimental to a believer.
So what's the rhyme I'll tell myself now? Lord, "bless this mess."
My prayer is that God can refine me through His fire in this moment and in all moments. Any hardship I might face during that will not even matter when I am walking side by side with my Savior, partaking in His blessings for me.
So friends, if you're reading this... Please help a sista out this week!
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