Time

Three weeks into the new semester and I'm ready to go crazy. If I would just get some homework done as soon as I get home from school and go to bed earlier I'd be so much better off. Because I hog my sleep, but tend to go to bed too late and take naps sometimes, everything about me is suffering. I'm stressed out about school, but I'm too unmotivated to go to the University Center. It's an endless cycle. Plus, everyone wants out of the house and away from school sometimes right?

I figured out my problem this week.

Before school started, I was diving deeper into the Bible than I have in a long time. Sure, I've been working on reading my little devotional book every day, and still am like I have been for a while. But for a few days before school I was going even deeper by reading that in the morning, and then reading a couple chapters in Ephesians every night and journaling what I thought or what I learned. I barely made it through Ephesians before I stopped. When I'm in school, I tend to prioritize, unfortunately I'm priortizing wrong.

From past experiences, when I make time for the Bible first, then everything else goes better. I feel refreshed and closer to God. And why shouldn't I? The Bible is his book to let us learn about Him. But "make time" is the key phrase there. I shouldn't be "making time", I should be doing that first and making time for everything else. What if God had to make time for us? Can you imagine what kind of situations we'd be in then? I'm willing to guess things would be a whole lot worse than now. Honestly, I dont have a whole lot to complain about right now but I still manage to.

Now that I've admitted my problem, we'll see if I can manage to work on it. I'm human. I know I'll mess up. Thankfully, I love a God that forvgives me and still loves me anyway.


"'Cause I, I love you, I want you to know that I, I love you
I'll never let you go, no, no
And I'll be by your side, wherever you fall in the dead of night
whenever you call and please dont fight These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you"
---By Your Side by Tenth Avenue North
What a great reminder that God is with us, even when we don't feel Him, or when we're too "busy" to pick up his word to draw close to Him.

By Your Side is on my Playlist....check it out, Tenth Avenue North is a GREAT band with great messages in their songs. :)