So here's a really quick overview of what I did in the past week/weekend. Celebrated Spencer's birthday, studied, babysat Josiah, saw Dear John (disappointing if you've read the book), went to Nexus, studied, met amazing people at small group through church, went out to dinner with Spencer's parents and a few friends, studied, made brownies, watched movies, went to church, studied, cleaned my room/bathroom, hung out with friends, and did I mention that I studied?
I haven't had all that much homework, yet I know that I have a million quizzes, midterms, and paper deadlines coming up really soon so I'm trying to stay on top of things. I have dedicated way too many hours to reading my biology book and trying to decode my dreams for psychology. This semester is a lot closer to what I thought college would be like in comparison to last semester where I didn't have nearly as heavy of a work load. But I really can't complain all that much since I 1. am very blessed to be going to college and 2. only have classes two days a week and it's not even that bad of a schedule on those two days. As for this upcoming weekend, I think I am going to be heading back to Clovis... I didn't feel like I really wanted to come home all that much, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to go home even if it was just for a couple days. I felt kind of lost this weekend since a lot of my friends/roommates were out of town, and it made me miss being in my house around my family and having all my friends be within a five minute drive and almost always available. I think I'll feel better after a weekend at home.
Other than school and studying, I am trying to keep up with reading my Bible. I FINALLY finished Isaiah after what seemed like an eternity, but I'm really glad I stuck with it... I ended up enjoying it for the most part. Now I have moved onto Hosea and James (yes, at the same time). I felt kind of disconnected for a little while after coming back to school, like my quiet times with God had turned into somewhat of a chore. But I've finally gotten back into the swing of things. I listened this past week as one of my friends spoke briefly at Nexus about how we should look at our relationship with God... He said it should be looked at like a friendship: if you spend days, weeks, or months pushing a friend away, how can you ever have a deeper and more meaningful relationship with them? You can never get to know them any better, and it will strain your friendship in the end. I realized that I wasn't finding the joy in my relationship with God, but as I started to read through James, it occurred to me (once again) just how well God knows me and my heart. I feel like I continually grow closer to Him with each given day, and I am finding so much joy in Him and His word.
"We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, "Look to Me." Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God."
I haven't had all that much homework, yet I know that I have a million quizzes, midterms, and paper deadlines coming up really soon so I'm trying to stay on top of things. I have dedicated way too many hours to reading my biology book and trying to decode my dreams for psychology. This semester is a lot closer to what I thought college would be like in comparison to last semester where I didn't have nearly as heavy of a work load. But I really can't complain all that much since I 1. am very blessed to be going to college and 2. only have classes two days a week and it's not even that bad of a schedule on those two days. As for this upcoming weekend, I think I am going to be heading back to Clovis... I didn't feel like I really wanted to come home all that much, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to go home even if it was just for a couple days. I felt kind of lost this weekend since a lot of my friends/roommates were out of town, and it made me miss being in my house around my family and having all my friends be within a five minute drive and almost always available. I think I'll feel better after a weekend at home.
Other than school and studying, I am trying to keep up with reading my Bible. I FINALLY finished Isaiah after what seemed like an eternity, but I'm really glad I stuck with it... I ended up enjoying it for the most part. Now I have moved onto Hosea and James (yes, at the same time). I felt kind of disconnected for a little while after coming back to school, like my quiet times with God had turned into somewhat of a chore. But I've finally gotten back into the swing of things. I listened this past week as one of my friends spoke briefly at Nexus about how we should look at our relationship with God... He said it should be looked at like a friendship: if you spend days, weeks, or months pushing a friend away, how can you ever have a deeper and more meaningful relationship with them? You can never get to know them any better, and it will strain your friendship in the end. I realized that I wasn't finding the joy in my relationship with God, but as I started to read through James, it occurred to me (once again) just how well God knows me and my heart. I feel like I continually grow closer to Him with each given day, and I am finding so much joy in Him and His word.
"We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, "Look to Me." Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God."
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