Sitting Here At School

I am sitting here at school trying to do my homework. So far it is not working. My computer is wide open and my mind is going blank. There are some people here in the library sitting across from me making a bunch of noise, maybe that's why I can't seem to focus. That and I can't find the book I'm looking for online to read for free. I can't wait until school is over, then I wouldn't have to deal with these kinds of things. :) But, I need to finish well.

My battle at school started when I was in one of my classes. In that class they were teaching a lot of different ways to pray, really weird ways, like Tia Chi and meditation; meditation on oranges, telling us to feel the orange in our mouth, what goes through our mind when we eat it, blah, blah, blah. You know what went through my mind? "This is a really good orange, but why are we doing this?" I thought it was really weird and knew that I wasn't supposed to participate no matter if I made a scene doing so.....

I was always hanging out with my new friends in the first semester, always doing school activities. Then the second semester came and now I don't really hang out with anybody. I go to school and come home. The reason why I don't spend so much time at the school anymore is because, over Christmas break God turned my life around. He gave me the gift of speaking in tongues and I learned how to step out in faith with a little more confidence. All that and I just didn't feel like spending time with anybody any more.

I guess you could say my appetite has changed: I don't want to be with friends, I want to be with my family, especially God. God also gave me a fresh start...a fresh start to dig deep into His Word and get closer to Him.....

Last night I read my Bible before going to bed. I remembered to pray for my brothers, Ryley in the Army, Cody and his future with his Girl and the Army, Jessey at school next year with the Movement, and I think that's where I fell asleep; praying for my family. If I were to fall asleep to a movie I would have probably finished it without reading my bible or praying. I probably would have had a bad night sleep also, waking up in the middle of the night, tossing and turning, getting overheated or having a bad dream. Last night I only woke up because I was thirsty. When morning rolled around I woke to my alarm, which is christian music, Hillsong. I remembered that I wanted to read my Bible before I did anything that morning. I read James chapter 5. My morning was going pretty smoothly.

Thank you Jesus!!!

When you spend that time with God, He changes you. He changes the way you sleep, the way you wake up in the morning, the way you approach your day and how you spend your day, heck, even what you eat (I've eaten a lot of fruit and veggies today), healthy, right? He will even change the way you do things at school. If you make the effort to read your bible and pray, your relationship with Him will grow. You'll be a happier person and wake up with a smile on your face. Even if you haven't done 100% in school, the relationship with the Father will grow 100% plus, and it can never stop growing...if you make the first step.

God is waiting.