I realize stressation is not a word but it flows so I went with it.
Anyway this week has been extremely crazy I can't even believe that tomorrow is Friday already.
Since I came home from Germany the internet here has been on the fritz...apparently over the weekend they switched internet servers and it is not cooperating very well with everyone's laptops.
I have been so frustrated all week not being able to have a reliable source of communication for everyone back home. Especially since my mom and I were trying to plan our spring break trip and it was extremely difficult since my internet was not working. For spring break we have decided to go to London and Paris, we cut out Italy due to expenses and its a lot of traveling to do in ten days for my grandma, plus we get to really enjoy and experience the cities!
The stressful part of the week? I have decided that I have a serious issue. This is probably the easiest semester I will ever have in college and yet I have been stressing and freaking out all week. Not only freaking out about school but every little thing I could think of, spring break, people, trips, readings, homework, pretty much anything you could think of it was on my mind and it was driving me crazy. I have also been thinking about going to India this summer on a missions trip but have been having second thoughts and wondering how I would afford to go and how it would all work.
After talking to Lulu this morning she really helped me calm down and she just said to me, "You are in England right now and you need to focus on that and just enjoy it and have fun. America and India will be there when you go back in June." She was completely right, I can't worry about the things that will happen when I go back home right now, if I do I will totally miss my opportunity here to have fun and really experience what God has in store for me.
After that conversation I went to get my internet fixed and actually got quite a bit accomplished on my to-do list. Kelsey, Bernice and I met up to go get some produce and then study at the cafe down the street.
As we were studying at the cafe, I again just started to freak out, and all my thoughts came rushing back. I tried to keep it in as much as possible but as Bernice and I were walking back to my house I just broke down.
I started crying and just told her how I was feeling and how frustrated I was for feeling so upset and stressed over things that don't matter. We talked for a while and she told me that she completely understood how I was feeling because she often feels the same way. I asked her to pray for me and after we prayed I felt so much better. My heart literally felt lighter and I felt a wave of peace come over me.
After praying Kelsey, Bernice, Kate and I had dinner together and then we went to an Islam lecture since it is Islam Awareness week (Bernice is taking an Islam class and has been going to these lectures all week to help her better understand the religion.) The talk was on why the women wear their veils and modesty and such it was interesting but Kelsey, Kate and I left early to go to Alpha.
Alpha was so good our discussion was on the Bible. Why we read the Bible, what we get out of the Bible, how we view the Bible etc etc. It seriously gave me an even greater amount of peace. Just talking about the living word of God and how God speaks to us through it, how it is a beautiful love letter to his daughter. How it is God true and perfect word and what I read can relate to my life and and use and trust. I am so thankful to have Christians here in my life that can bring me peace just by talking about God's word.
This is the relaxation part...giving it all to God and trusting in him and him alone.
Thank you Jesus for your everlasting peace!
"the living word of God" through which "God speaks to us." AMEN!! :D
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