Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I suck at balance.

I love to be busy with school work, but it always results in a lack of doing anything else- reading bible, participating in church, praying, being healthy, socializing, etc.

Currently I am in a program that commends itself on how much they stretch their students by the amount and pace of the coursework. For the next month, there is not a single week where I don’t have at least two class projects/reports/essays/group work due. While this is a period of slight glee, as it will distract me from having to really settle in a new city, finding a new church that I consider myself a regular attendee, and making friends that I want to hang out with, I am recognizing now, this is the point where I need to make decisions on how I will live. Will I be content with not picking up my Bible for the next thirty days? Choosing which church I go to based on the amount of homework I have due? Eating cookies all the time, as they offer immediate satisfaction? Allowing sins to go unaddressed, as I don’t feel as if I have enough time to take action to confront them? Or will I make a plan which will put God in his proper place in my life, and live it out?

Maybe I will think about this later...

3 comments:

Peter Eddy said...

Reminds me of my time support raising. I learned a lot about myself in terms of how much I needed my friends, self-discipline and structure. God give you the best of lessons and the best of faithfulness during this time.

monica said...

When are you coming to visit again? I am lacking in company with people with your specific sense of humour... o"o

merradoc said...

I think I will be back on the 23? If you don't have class on Friday afternoon, we could have a date before Adam gets off work?
If you would like to schedule a phone date, I would have time on the weekend of the 16-18th. :)