I don't like to ask anybody for help. I like to think I can find a way to make it on my own, that there's always a way. But the truth is, if I hadn't asked for help, I might not be here today. I very well may have given up. Thankfully, I don't have to try and make it on my own. I've got a loving family, caring friends, and a God who will never let me go.
This week wasn't an easy one. It was thanksgiving break. However, I have yet to find the break. With only a week of classes left and finals right around the corner, I found myself overwhelmed with everything I still had to do. It didn't help that every time I turned around I ran into a problem of one kind or another. My truck needed lower ball joints. My dad happened to be off work for the week. So we scraped up the money for parts and took the front end of the truck apart. The parts arrived, but didn't have the dust boots that were supposed to be pre installed to the joints. (So we thought) That was Wednesday. Come to find out, the ball joints have some kind of internal seal, which is different from the old ones. Hopefully, we'll have them installed later today.
I had two projects to finish that aren't school related. I was stressing out. The one was giving me a fit. It fought me the whole way. I screwed up twice and basically had to start over both times. I was ready to quit. I was actually in tears over it. It's for my friend and I felt I had to get it right. I was really feeling the pressure because I was running out of time. I messaged one of my good friends and explained my situation and the way I was feeling. She gave me some good advice. She told me to make a list of all of the things I needed to do and alternate between more demanding tasks and less demanding tasks. It sounded a bit silly at the time, but it actually helped out a lot. Now, I hate bothering anyone with my problems, but I'm comfortable talking to her because no matter what she says, she always points me back to God. After taking her advice and giving my worries to God, my day really turned around. That wasn't the last I would see of my problems though. I was a little disappointed that I wasn't going to spend thanksgiving in North Carolina with my grandparents, like my family does every year. We just couldn't afford to make the trip. But, I received a text early thanksgiving morning from another good friend of mine. His message really lifted my spirits and reminded me of all the people in my life that I have to be thankful for. So I messaged everyone I could think of, wishing them a happy thanksgiving and expressing why I'm thankful for each of them. I took most of the day to really pour into the family I did get to spend thanksgiving with and show how much I love them. Friday, I managed to finish my psychology homework, complete and turn in my art history paper, and wrap up one of my non-school-related projects. I finally finished the other project, the one that was giving me so much trouble, this morning. I still have a quiz and a test to study for, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
There were many times this semester that I felt overwhelmed or I didn't know what to do. I've had my heart broken twice, truck problems, a ton of homework and projects, no money to do anything, and I've done some things I regret. But through it all, God has been with me and given me wonderful friends to help me through. When I feel that I'm about to break, I look to God and His Word and find a friend to turn to. Has it worked? EVERY TIME.
I don't consider myself to be a strong person. But, God is bigger than anything I will ever face and I will never have to do life on my own. Whoever said life is just a bowl of cherries, got it dead wrong. A more accurate way to put it would be: Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
So when life gets tough, look to God, grab a friend, and don't give up!
"I cried unto Him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me."
Psalm 66:17-20
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thine ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
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