So you'd better take notes. There's a lot of things that happened in history that I don't want to live through again. Heck, there's days that I look at the clock and realize that its only 9:30am and I think to myself, "Can I just start this day over? I've already screwed it up, and its still so early that if I could just start over maybe, just maybe, I could do it over and get it right."
Then I realize that the last thing I actually want to do is relive any of it.
But, in reality isn't that opportunity handed to us approximately every 24 hours? And how many days do I start out on the wrong foot off the wrong side of the bed? More than I care to admit. Maybe next time my 9:30 rolls around I can try to focus on making the next 12.5 hours of the day not like everything that happened before 9:30. Then maybe even if I start the next day on the wrong side of the bed, maybe I can manage to at least put the right foot down. Then maybe I'll be able to make it to 10:30 once in a while before screwing up.
So as many of my college bound friends could tell you, if you don't take notes, you're probably going to flunk some tests. If you don't study you're going to end up wasting a lot of money. If you can't remember anything you've learned when its test taking time, all the time and energy you spent studying is worthless.
So take notes. Remember. Review. Life is full of tests, and while they'll never stop coming, at least you can start getting higher marks. For me? I need to remember how God always seems to know just what is going on inside me. And even though I never ever deserve it he gives me what I need. I barely even ask Him for his help. But he graciously gives to me. Sometimes its a bitter medicine to swallow..like God telling us what he hates.
You know what I hate? Cilantro.
Makes me want to puke.
You know what God hates? My trying to be self-sufficient, failing, and becoming apathetic. Makes him want to puke.
Lastly...its Sunday again. God in his mercy and grace has seen fit to stir something in me again. Once again I beg him to keep me racing around the track. When I am weak, He is strong. And I am very, very weak. I don't know what God might want to remind you, but when he does, don't forget it.
Then I realize that the last thing I actually want to do is relive any of it.
But, in reality isn't that opportunity handed to us approximately every 24 hours? And how many days do I start out on the wrong foot off the wrong side of the bed? More than I care to admit. Maybe next time my 9:30 rolls around I can try to focus on making the next 12.5 hours of the day not like everything that happened before 9:30. Then maybe even if I start the next day on the wrong side of the bed, maybe I can manage to at least put the right foot down. Then maybe I'll be able to make it to 10:30 once in a while before screwing up.
So as many of my college bound friends could tell you, if you don't take notes, you're probably going to flunk some tests. If you don't study you're going to end up wasting a lot of money. If you can't remember anything you've learned when its test taking time, all the time and energy you spent studying is worthless.
So take notes. Remember. Review. Life is full of tests, and while they'll never stop coming, at least you can start getting higher marks. For me? I need to remember how God always seems to know just what is going on inside me. And even though I never ever deserve it he gives me what I need. I barely even ask Him for his help. But he graciously gives to me. Sometimes its a bitter medicine to swallow..like God telling us what he hates.
Makes me want to puke.
You know what God hates? My trying to be self-sufficient, failing, and becoming apathetic. Makes him want to puke.
Lastly...its Sunday again. God in his mercy and grace has seen fit to stir something in me again. Once again I beg him to keep me racing around the track. When I am weak, He is strong. And I am very, very weak. I don't know what God might want to remind you, but when he does, don't forget it.
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