I went to work this morning planning to spend my time going over the concert rider with Pastor Benton since we are long overdue in getting this one approved. As it would happen, nothing went as planned, because an older woman at our church passed away and I was assigned the duty of scanning a ton of photos to put into a powerpoint for the service. Thank goodness for Stephen, who helped me out with it and ended up doing half of it himself. I was able to get through about two pages of the rider, when I had to leave to go to a doctor's appointment.
The doctor was running super late, causing me to miss out on bowling with the youth group. Plus, good news did not come at the doctor's office...I have to get my mole removed yet again, and this time by a plastic surgeon. More shots and even stitches to look forward to this time. Oh, and did I mention that I need to get it done before I leave for college? Eek!
After all that fun, I got home and was just totally exhausted. I went through my clothes (checked off one item on my seemingly never ending list of things to do before I got to college...), and then began to just sit back and think about how crazy these next few weeks will be. Then...the blessings began to be poured out!
Most people know that I've been kind of freaking out lately that I wouldn't find someone to go the John Mayer concert with me. I inherited tickets, and was so stocked about the show. Well...I'm happy to announce that Chelsey can go, and I'm looking forward to a great time. We haven't spent nearly enough time together lately, and it'll be a great time to talk about how college is going thus far! (Concert talk reminds me that we need to order our NOJ tickets ladies...). Once that burden was lifted, I had this awful feeling that I had not done my devotion for like three days! I mean, I've read through the Bible, but not really spent time with God. So...I sat back with my lovely book and Bible, and dug in. And you know what I found? A whole chapter on attitude. Ha! I'm just going to post a short excerpt from the book below, and I think you'll catch on to how great God is to put this in front of me tonight..
"To counteract our humanness intruding on our attitudes, we need to 'throw off our old sinful nature and our former way of life, which is corrupted...Instead, let the Spirit renew our thoughts and attitudes' (Ephesians 4:22-23). It might sound simplistic, but isn't simplicity what we need when we feel out of control? Just like God to know that."
There is about..all of that chapter that I'd love to post here because of how it changed my outlook about these next few weeks, but I'll spare you.
I know that my life is going to be insane over these next few weeks, but right now, I'm okay with that. I'm okay because God knows the limits of being in a human body. He's felt all the feelings I'm feeling now, and on a much larger scale. God has blessed me with so many things, and instead of feeling anxious about the future and how in the world I'm going to get things done, I need to just let it go. He has a wonderful plan for my life, and things will work out in His perfect timing.
Now I know that I may have been repetitive in this post, but I'm just overwhelmed with the fact of how great our God is, and had to share it. I'm so thankful, and hope that this encourages you all, as we ALL have busy lives, and lots of changes to come here soon. "Take heart, for I have overcome the world..."
Love,
Brit
PS...I thought it was funny that after all this time of listening to AO's new CD, "Colors and Sounds" that the lyrics from some of the songs hit me in the face tonight. If you haven't really listened to the CD, go do it now. That's where I got my title for this blog...just thought I'd add this in.
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So this blog post was reallly encouraging to me btw. I'm starting up senior year here next month and i've already been senior here (long story short i was moved back to junior the last few months of school) so i know how stressful it can get, and that's intimidated me ever since school ended and how i've been conscious of what will need to be done this new year. Haven't even wanted to think about it. But lately i've been feeling more at peace about it for some reason and the points you made here just explained that thoroughly to me hah. so thank you much for sharing. :)
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