First Final Encounter

So this week brings the finals and all I have to say to that is BRING IT ON! 

I actually had my first final in chemistry which I was on the verge of failing the whole class in! So with tons of hours in the library and to many peppermint white mochas to count I DID WELL ON THE FINAL bringing my grade up from a failing one to a B! and to think I was undershooting my abilities hoping just to pass and settle for a C. It's crazy when you find the perfect combination of studying and hard work plus meditation and time with your creator. Just an hour before I was to leave for the final I spent a very much needed time in prayer and solitude just in reflection. From there on out I knew I had done everything I personally could do and the rest was all in HIS hands. He totally took that final with me, and the weird thing is, I was telling everyone that I had so many blanks and went with my "gut" but no, that "gut" was Him...

Now I will face 3 more finals and 1 research paper these next three days, and I AM UNSTOPPABLE! or should I say, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE. Yes I am going to use cliche I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME... but really you can.. all things are possible as long as you take up his cross and keep your eyes towards Him. 

So now after a long semester winding down, my grades have gone from extremely low to actually decent. I can say that I would've never been able to do this whole college thing alone. Trying to do that is not only selfish, but yet IMPOSSIBLE. I'm glad it finally hit me that it wasn't going to happen if I didn't start believing in him again and just putting my faith in him. 

If you ask me, as hard and long finals are, i'll take a final with God any day over a crazy night out giving him the cold shoulder ever again. 

Goodnight. oh and be joyful, this is the season of JOY after all right? and for anyone having finals this week, don't do them alone. Two minds are always better than one right? especially if the other "mind" is the creator of the universe. NOW THAT's an automatic A++++