Well, it's been a while since I last wrote a blog post, so I guess I should go ahead and update it.
So I've been enjoying these extra surprise days off of school due to the "blizzard"...very nice! I'm guessing it's pretty sad that I was already desperate for a break from school when we just had two weeks off for Christmas and we have next Monday off...but what can I say, I'm a senior, school gets rough, and I like catching up on sleep every once in a while :)
So...I don't really have anything extremely profound to say, since I just decided to write this as an update, sorry. I guess I'll just talk about how excited I am that I only have a semester left of high school and after that will be headed to the best university in the nation...Auburn!
Haha, seriously though, having these few days off to kind of take a breath and relax, and to watch Auburn win the national championship, have been SO wonderful for me and have definitely helped me remember that balance is always a good thing. Meaning that I've realized if I would stop stressing out about school so much, I may actually have time to just FOCUS on what I need to get done and finish SO much faster, and then have time to do more fun things, like watch a football game with my family, go out with friends, watch a good old classic Disney movie, or even have a longer quiet time (if I could stop doing my homework in the mornings before school and finish it at night like I really should be able to do...). One thing that really hasn't hit me HARD until the past few semesters of my high school career is that life is tough and stressing out about it doesn't make it ANY better. For instance, I took AP History my sophmore and junior year and I continually let myself stress out, even though I knew I would finish my work (even if it meant staying up late and drinking lots of coffee) and I knew that it would all be over soon enough. Still, I was so set on trying to make sure I worked out everything and had control over what I was doing...I was missing the point!!!! This stuff is supposed to be hard (in fact, impossible at times) for me to do on my own, which is why God is constantly having to come back and tap me on the shoulder, clear his throat and say, "Ehem, that's my job. Would you please let me take care of it? Don't worry, you'll help." As I've begun to realize this and calm down about things that I know he will take care of, I've had less headaches over school, less stress...everything. I mean I definitely try to control things every day and have to constantly remind myself to chill out, but knowing that God is going to take care of everything is hands-down the only thing that I know will ever get me through anything in life. And I'm so thankful to know that.
Sorry that was about the most random string of thoughts I've put together, but hey....that's how I write.
I'll close with a verse, since that's kind of become my thing for these blog posts. This verse is one that I memorized with my Core Group once. It has been on a notecard on my mirror for the past two years and is a constant reminder to me to chill out and let God give me the peace I need to accomplish the goals that not only I have for myself, but also the goals that He has for me.
*"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:6-7*
Grace and Peace.
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