God works in crazy ways

Hey there Quest! I hope all of you are doing splendidly and that the Lord is continuing to teach everyone of you more and more each day. I have been praying a lot about just life in general lately, and I keep you all in my prayers. Recently I have been sort of overwhelmed by the chaos of life. Just having a lot of stuff to do in a short amount of time...it wears you out! I sorta felt bombarded with stuff to do, stuff for school, for a Bible study group, with friends, just stuff that normally wouldn't bother me, but it all piled up and I felt like I was at the bottom of it. So thankfully, I have an awesome group of friends, a truly committed body of believers that got me back on my feet and encouraged me, and comforted me to get me through. So today, God revealed himself to me in such an obvious way and reminded me that the things of this world are not NEARLY as important as he is, and by worrying about them, I am turning away from Him.

This morning I woke up, the feeling of Monday morning hit me in the face, and I just asked God to take my cares and worries for the day, and let my focus be solely on Him and his word. Well, he did just that. My internet has been down all day, so I could not do the school projects that I had been worrying about and that needed to get done. I couldn't get distracted by facebook or the new music on iTunes. I couldn't get caught up in emails. I was free from the internet for a day. So today was basically me and God day, which is honestly what everyday should be. It reminded me of a sermon our youth pastor once gave about not letting what's urgent distract you from what's important. And God showed me just that. So today I read and studied parts of Ephesians, Ecclesiastes, and Revelation. I did a significant prayer journal entry, and actually prayed in silence for more than 5 minutes like normal. Today was a day where God told me, "Just be still and know that I am God." And I did. Today was not a busy day; today was a day spent with the Lord. And I am so thankful that our internet wasn't working, because if it had been, today would have just been like any other day, with me caught up in the chaos of life. So I leave you with this,

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall." Psalm 55:22

Alexa :]