Studying
Guess what I am doing right now? I am sitting in my school's library, putting off studying for another few more minutes. This has definitely been crunch week, with a test yesterday and a test tomorrow and a test on Friday. Finally, on Friday, I will be able to breathe easy! Oh, wait, never mind...I have a paper to write that weekend that's due on Tuesday! And then another test on Thursday...and two papers the following week. Yuck. When is Christmas break again?
With all these tests, school work, relationships, and just general "life," things can get pretty stressful. Sometimes hard, hurtful, and just overall discouraging. And I realized that life itself is our biggest test. It's not about whether or not we will have hard times or be asked to sacrifice for something--Someone--bigger than ourselves; it's about when we will have to, and how we handle it. I admit that I don't always handle it so well. I get stressed easily; I let things get to me way more than I should. So I don't always handle things well; sometimes I even flat-out fail. But you know what? Life is about the only test that you can fail over and over again, and still get a chance to keep trying. It's not about whether or not you fail. It's about whether or not you pick yourself back up and keep going. Life is a test...but we can "do all things through Christ" who strengthens us. And the best way to study for this test of life doesn't involve hours of sitting in the library, memorizing facts, reading, analyzing, and memorizing more. It simply requires sitting in the presence of God. It requires placing our burdens at his feet, admitting that we can't make it through this test on our own. And the great thing is that we don't have to. God wants us to ace the test of life. He wants us to excel, to love, to laugh, to serve, to radically change this world for him. Because, you see, the test of life is hard...but it can also be more exhilirating than any other test you'll ever take. So let's don't get discouraged and give up. Let's take this test and blow it out of the water. And when I get to heaven, the only final grade I hope to hear is "Well done, good and faithful service."
Anyways, enough procrastinating. I'm going back to studying.
With all these tests, school work, relationships, and just general "life," things can get pretty stressful. Sometimes hard, hurtful, and just overall discouraging. And I realized that life itself is our biggest test. It's not about whether or not we will have hard times or be asked to sacrifice for something--Someone--bigger than ourselves; it's about when we will have to, and how we handle it. I admit that I don't always handle it so well. I get stressed easily; I let things get to me way more than I should. So I don't always handle things well; sometimes I even flat-out fail. But you know what? Life is about the only test that you can fail over and over again, and still get a chance to keep trying. It's not about whether or not you fail. It's about whether or not you pick yourself back up and keep going. Life is a test...but we can "do all things through Christ" who strengthens us. And the best way to study for this test of life doesn't involve hours of sitting in the library, memorizing facts, reading, analyzing, and memorizing more. It simply requires sitting in the presence of God. It requires placing our burdens at his feet, admitting that we can't make it through this test on our own. And the great thing is that we don't have to. God wants us to ace the test of life. He wants us to excel, to love, to laugh, to serve, to radically change this world for him. Because, you see, the test of life is hard...but it can also be more exhilirating than any other test you'll ever take. So let's don't get discouraged and give up. Let's take this test and blow it out of the water. And when I get to heaven, the only final grade I hope to hear is "Well done, good and faithful service."
Anyways, enough procrastinating. I'm going back to studying.
posted by Katy @ 8:07 PM
2 Comments:
At 7:53 AM,
cybeRanger said…
Shalom! By the grace of God, I have stumbled upon your wonderful blog. May our Heavenly Father use you mightily for His Glory!
At 7:39 AM,
Anonymous said…
katy :) lol if u even check his...hmm...:) well at least i know that u write me at about the same time as world wide web :) thanks for writing to me some more...i luv u kt!! and dun worry, life's stresses will someday be a distant memory...can't wait till u come home! :)
luv ur lil sis
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