honesty time.

I'm just going to be completely honest with you guys. This may end up sounding super cliche or typical but I'm putting it out there anyways. I'm sure a lot of you are in the same boat as me right now, struggling to get through midterms/finals, end of semester stuff. I just want to be honest with y'all right now and say that lately, I have been talking the talk without waking the walk. and it's killing me. i have been telling other people who are freaking out over their midterms that they have to take that it'll all be okay, don't worry about it, just do your best, that kind of thing. i've been trying to encourage people to lay their burdens on the Lord and let him help and deal with it all. i mean, it is overwhelming, i know. but i haven't been doing what i've been offering to other people to do. i haven't really prayed for strength or help to get through these next 2 weeks, and I haven't really been relying on the Lord alone, if I'm being honest. i've been going at it alone (or so i thought) and getting hardly anywhere. it's tough, not gonna lie. but here i am, deciding way too late to find peace and rest and security in the Lord's sovereignty and strength, even in something as trivial as a midterm...ok well actually 8 of them haha. so this is just a reminder (a slap in the face-freakout reminder to me) to RELY ON THE LORD. he can handle it much better than we ever could. and despite the fact that every part of me knew that, i wasn't living it out. so focus on living out your faith these next few weeks. really focus on doing that. i am!

-Alexa