No need to stress
I just got done with midterms...
The last couple of weeks have been rather hectic. Now that I think back, I can't even remember what it was that kept me so busy. It just seems like even recreation was work for me. I just finished the last of my midterms today, and now I just need to study for finals. But all the things in between, such as papers, reading, homework, missions stuff, and getting ready for post-graduation life is keeping my mind busy if not my body.
And I'm stressed. No one believes me when I say this, but I do get stressed from time to time. It's my own fault of course, because I usually am not stressed when others are. *Sigh* Just because I don't usually get stressed it doesn't mean that I never get stressed. And I have proof! This huge pimple appeared on my nose. Yeah, laugh all you want, but ever since high school, I only got it (on the same spot) during finals. For some reason it didn't appear during the last 3 years, but I guess I was more stressed than I thought, because it appeared now.
Yeah, graduating and going off into the "real" world is getting to me. I'm so scared it's not even funny. I worry, rightly so, about my GPA, about working, about going to grad school. I worry about where I'm going, where I'm not going, and whether I've left someone feeling abandoned by me. I worry at the sheer amount of hair that I'm losing, the headaches that won't go away.
The thing is though, I try to remember... that the ultimate outcome is in God's hands and take comfort in that. If things don't work out my way, it's ok. If obstacles seem unsurpassable, that's even better. It's exciting, isn't it? Knowing that God has me in His sight, and will take care of me. Wondering and looking forward to how He'll bring it all to good in the end. If things work out my way, that's great too. Hey, it means my plan matched God's. If God places me in hard and difficult trials, I'll take comfort in that He's working in me, to build my character and draw me closer to Him, to shape me in the image of Jesus.
All in all, this pimple on my nose is sure sign that I'm not looking to God for assurance. I'm worrying about things out of my hands. Weird as that may sound... So, I'm going to go take a short nap, and... relax. Because God is good, in all circumstances.
I just got done with midterms...
The last couple of weeks have been rather hectic. Now that I think back, I can't even remember what it was that kept me so busy. It just seems like even recreation was work for me. I just finished the last of my midterms today, and now I just need to study for finals. But all the things in between, such as papers, reading, homework, missions stuff, and getting ready for post-graduation life is keeping my mind busy if not my body.
And I'm stressed. No one believes me when I say this, but I do get stressed from time to time. It's my own fault of course, because I usually am not stressed when others are. *Sigh* Just because I don't usually get stressed it doesn't mean that I never get stressed. And I have proof! This huge pimple appeared on my nose. Yeah, laugh all you want, but ever since high school, I only got it (on the same spot) during finals. For some reason it didn't appear during the last 3 years, but I guess I was more stressed than I thought, because it appeared now.
Yeah, graduating and going off into the "real" world is getting to me. I'm so scared it's not even funny. I worry, rightly so, about my GPA, about working, about going to grad school. I worry about where I'm going, where I'm not going, and whether I've left someone feeling abandoned by me. I worry at the sheer amount of hair that I'm losing, the headaches that won't go away.
The thing is though, I try to remember... that the ultimate outcome is in God's hands and take comfort in that. If things don't work out my way, it's ok. If obstacles seem unsurpassable, that's even better. It's exciting, isn't it? Knowing that God has me in His sight, and will take care of me. Wondering and looking forward to how He'll bring it all to good in the end. If things work out my way, that's great too. Hey, it means my plan matched God's. If God places me in hard and difficult trials, I'll take comfort in that He's working in me, to build my character and draw me closer to Him, to shape me in the image of Jesus.
All in all, this pimple on my nose is sure sign that I'm not looking to God for assurance. I'm worrying about things out of my hands. Weird as that may sound... So, I'm going to go take a short nap, and... relax. Because God is good, in all circumstances.
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