Today's post is a little bit different than the past two days. Confused? Check out the weekly schedule to the left.
Life's been pretty overwhelming lately... between my final exam last semester, visiting family, Christmas, my best friend's wedding, spending time with loved ones, and now the start of a new semester. I almost feel like I need a break after winter break! (That's never a good sign.)
Anyways, one thing I have been struggling a lot with lately is where God fits into all of this. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not referring to 'neatly packaging God away into some little time slot of my life'. What I'm talking about is God-me time: time that I can be alone with God in my life where I can silently meditate, pray, read the Bible, whatever. It's something I really long to do, and something I need to do everyday, but is becoming increasingly difficult because of my hectic life. It seems like 90% of the time I'm just too busy, and in that 10% of time I have left, I'm either too burned out or want to do something else that I haven't had time for.
It's a difficult situation and I really don't have any answers right now. In the past I've made time in the mornings or the evenings to read the Word and pray, but nowadays I find it increasingly difficult to do so. In the morning I'm exhausted from having to get up at 6:20 every day and in the evenings I'm exhausted from 7-12 hours of class and studying.
Do you have any suggestions or advice for what I could do?
Also, as a side note, I don't entirely like the title "Sanctified Sundays", anyone have a better idea? I really want my posts on Sundays to be about my walk with God and any personal struggles or blessings I have to share.
-JT
Sometimes it's just about taking time, no matter how tired we are, even if it's only for five minutes before bed, to talk to God, and read a little of His word. Talking to Him throughout the day helps me too. :)
ReplyDeleteI look forward to starting a weekly devotion with you. :)
Love, Miranda