so today i didn't get to do anything that i wanted. and all i wanted to do was sleep. however, i say this not with complaint but with thankfulness. every time i wanted to skip class to go home and sleep, God literally didn't let me. i always pray for God to give me strength and discipline to help me get through the day- and He faithfully did just that.
so i lost my keys today on my way to my psych lab. after running all over campus looking for my lost keys for an hour, i found them sitting at the exact same place where i realized i lost them. so basically, i never LOST them- i just set them down in my lab and not even a minute later forgot what i just did and went into a frenzy looking for my keys. i walked back to my work, to a different library, my classroom, every lost&found office in every building i stepped into today, and checked all three campus buses.. but they were all to no avail. finally i admitted defeat and accepted the fact that i did everything i could to find those keys, and i decided to go back to my lab. on the elevator ride up to the third floor i remember thinking to myself, "hey God, i don't know what kind of lesson this is supposed to teach me or if this is You trying to punish me but i did everything i could for today. so it's all You from here and i'll try again tomorrow." as soon as i walked into the office i saw my keys just sitting there on the desk and--i kid you not, the first thought that ran through my head was, "OK what kind of sick joke is this? who put these here?" needless to say i felt beyond relieved--and might i add, incredibly STUPID. if only we tried this hard to find God like i was trying to find these keys.
moral of the story? life is just so much better when you leave everything up to God. there were so many times when i was texting my friends amidst the chaos where i just wanted to say "MAN THIS SUCKS. FMLLLL" today challenged me so much- physically, mentally, spiritually to TRUST in Him and only Him fully.
