Remembering What's Important

This summer has been challenging to me on many levels and during the past few weeks I have let things slide. Most notably, my morning times with Jesus (known by some as "quiet times"). I have rationalized and set aside other time - though often not as much and not as concentrated - I have had some good time with Him, but I could feel myself relying on his grace a lot, and thinking "He loves me, it will be ok." Yesterday and today I was reminded again of the importance of spending time with Jesus just for the pure joy of spending time with Jesus.

My mom offered me a hotel room a little over two hours away for Wednesday night to help break up the trip of coming down to South Carolina and I decided it would be a very good thing to do. Upon arriving, settling and showering, I took out my journal and Bible and had my time with Jesus. It was nothing hugely profound, but it was good. It helped calm me down from the day.

This morning before the rest of the drive I took time to read my Bible and was again reminded of how sweet it is to spend time with Jesus, especially at the beginning of the day. On the way down I was contemplating the fact that my lapse of consistent times with Jesus usually coincide with the hectic and unstructured times in my life. Hopefully, intentionally, with classes started I'll find a good schedule and routine.

Anyways, God is good and the trip was thankfully uneventful and surprisingly quick. I got here looking forward to being able to settle into my room and unwind. God has a sense of humor - not only is my apartment not ready, the furniture hasn't arrived yet. But there's internet. So I sit in an empty apartment that will not be mind, waiting and wondering if I will actually get into my place tonight, and of course blogging.