Sweetness

Hit the alarm, make bed, jump in shower, jump out, make up, facebook (1 minute), email (3 minutes), hair, pack bag, run out door, get breakfast, most of the time run down to chapel, run to my first class, second class, lunch, third class, breathe, homework, dinner, homework, shower, Bible, relax, bed. This is generally the schedule that I have here at college. A full day's work eh? But amongst all this hustle-and-bustle God in His love has showered me with life.

Life here at college has not been easy. I have been challenged, I have been stretched, and I have been pushed to my limits. But there comes a point when you realize that you can't continue on without relying on God to help you get through. It is in these times of challenge that God reveals Himself to you in such a sweet and precious way. The sweetness of His love and peace in my life continues to grow by the day. There is not a day that goes by where God somehow sweeps me off my feet by just the little blessings in life or in just the way that He expresses His love to me. What did I ever do to deserve this...me a pathetic and terrible sinner? God's grace and His mercy are every-abounding and is always ready to overwhelm you in the best way possible.

I love God with everything that I have within me and there is nothing that I or anyone else could ever do to take me away from Him. As the psalms say, there is no place to go to hide from God and His love. Every day I go through some sort of struggle or challenge and every day God continues to walk beside me through it all. And whenever things in life get too hard, He picks me up and carries me through it all. It is God's peace and love that keeps me going. Honestly, I think I might have given up by now if God had not been such an important part of my life. His peace is overwhelming and His love is ever so sweet. Every morning is like waking up to a bouquet of roses laying right next to me. God knows the struggles and challenges that I will face each day even before I close my eyes the night before, and it is because He knows that I can trust Him to help me through and God has not failed me once!

When I feel tears coming on I become overwhelmed by the feeling of His loving arms wrapping around me. When I feel like screaming, I become overwhelmed by the feeling of God gently caressing my face and whispering "I love you." And when I feel like giving up,I become overwhelmed by peace and a renewed vigor to keep going, to persevere. God's love and grace and peace is sweetness in my life.