Superhero me....it's not enough

Those days when a million and a half things hit you at once you either break down, find the nearest hole and hide unit it all goes away. OR you go into "superhero" mode and you find the quick fix. You end up relying on yourself and your own strength, negativity is going to creep in and no matter how hard you try you end up crawling in that hole and just crying.

Yesterday was one of those days were crying just seemed to be the only response I could come up with in the moment. Midterms have just performed their finest act of sneakiness. Professors all congregate together and plan everything to be due on the same day orrr within the 24 hours of each other. This I am convinced of.

So yesterday I went into superhero action...I in my human flesh tried to take on 8 papers, 4 tests in the next 7 days by myself. And lots of tears, ice cream, and some rational thinking later I realized even in my very BEST efforts ...it would just not be enough! I was going to need something or rather someONE to help me through these next several days. I knew ultimately this was the Lord calling me to full surrender of my academics and to trust Him to give me the time to get everything done and the strength to endure the long hours. And while in the midst of all of this He wanted me to be thankful and praise Him for what was in front of me. How in the world was I supposed to thank Him for my stress of homework? Who is every really thankful for homework? Uh, no one. But. What I can be thankful for is the opportunity to grow my knowledge, stretch my thought process, and to continue my pursuit of education. Those are all things the Lord is calling me to be thankful for and to praise Him for that!

So what is God calling you to be thankful for? Whether you are on a mountain top or in the lowest valley you've seen ... How are you to be thankful?

1 Thessalonians 5:12-22
"We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil."


If you will let Him, Jesus wants to be your superhero! He wants to save your soul for the rest of eternity! Will you let him save you?

What an amazing God we serve!

God is good!
All the time!
& All the time, God is good!

The last couple of days have been so crazy busy that I haven't been able to sit down and formulate some thoughts into words for you, and I apologize but I can't even begin to describe to you just how good God is! The last few days I have just felt the presence of God more than I have in a really long time. While in worship last night with 8,000 of my new best friends and worship this morning with my church family...I wanted to do nothing more than just praise His Holy name! He has blessed me so much in my short life time, and even He had not blessed me He would still be worthy of worship!
Life is hard, not fair, and at times just wrong. But God is the hope we have in tomorrow! He is the hope for the world!
I don't know where you are in your journey with Him today, but I pray that you would just take a minute to just praise Him! Something my Grandma taught me was to just repeat the name of Jesus and you find your self humbled and in awe because that name alone means salvation, freedom, redemption, healer, and conquer. How could you NOT praise His name!?

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!