Stress.

It's the end of the semester.
From that one phrase comes oh so many emotions. Although less than 20 days away, Christmas seems like a far off dream in comparison to all I have to get done. I have busy work, papers, projects, and meetings for all my classes. On top of that, I'm planning a Christmas party for the student body as well as a study break movie/snack for next week. Oh and finals.
Stress...doesn't even begin to describe it.
Now I'm not naive enough to think I have it worse than others. Everywhere I walk at school people are going a million miles an hour trying to get everything done in time. It's chaos. But it's part of the college life...right?

It's times like these when I have to just sit back. Let go of the wheel I so eagerly cling to and let God drive. There is absolutely no way everything that I listed up there will get done unless God intervenes. Without his help, I will be asleep by tomorrow with no hope of waking up until Christmas morning! Without his help, my motivation will drift down into the single digits and I'll be lucky to get 1/3 of that list done.
But praise be to Him because He is not going to leave me! I can do this, and I will do this. Praise be to Him for blessing me with a school whose soul mission is: In all things Christ preeminent.
One of my good friends said to me yesterday, "He knows what He's doing."
I am holding on to that truth. Lord, I know this is in Your hands and I trust you. Give me the strength to overcome stress and take it one step further to glorify your name in the midst of chaos. Let everything I do be worship to You.

Ready for another round,
Caitlin