"ello, and 'ows everyone doing?"

You know, this has been a good week. Not one of those, "I ran around like a headless chicken, but life was good weeks", but rather a quieter, kind of, "wow, I'm getting things done in an organized fashion and I feel accomplished!" kind of weeks.

Meh, actually, my vocal instructor might beg to differ on that point when I confess that I only practiced for about an hour...oops. Oh well, greater things were accomplished, like the serious outline for my 5 page paper on the French Revolution. I whole heartedly believe that no man can serve two masters, so this week, I made my English professor happy. School is frustrating that way, because there are so many people to please...I must purpose to not let more interesting things get in my way.

But anyway, back to the original topic, this has been such a great week, because it's been a week in which I can totally see the hand of God at work. You know those days, (especially when it's cold, rainy, and windy) that it just seems like God isn't exactly present? Murphy's law is in full swing, everything that could go wrong, did go wrong, and you find yourself feeling totally negative and miffed that life isn't bright? Well, maybe it's just me that gets that way, anyhow, I haven't been making a very conscious effort to be cheerful and look on the bright side the past couple of weeks. My family can definitely attest to that fact. :D The root of the matter is the fact that I let work, school, and friends take precedence over God, and I wake up and realize that I have spent the bare minimum if any amount of time with him for quite a while. It makes me feel so UN-christian like, and naughty almost...but when I purpose to get back into His word and spend some time with Him, everything magically becomes right. Really, everything in life seems okay, when I spend time with the Lord. I'm half irritated with myself that I let other things get in the way. Why is it that I have time for work, time for school, even time for friends, but at the end of the day I don't have time for God? Yeah, I think my priorities were definitely due for a change around. Which leads me back to why this has been such a good week...now that I've been making time for God again, He's been opening several exciting doors! It's really humbling to know that He loves me no matter how shamefully neglectful I am, and that He never neglects me. That truly is true love. God isn't joking when He says, "Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass...Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for him;...do not fret it only causes harm." Psalm 37:5-8