Elle Woods gave me false expectations about college. Midterms seriously sucked the life out of me today. I had three. THREE. In one day! IT WAS HORRIBLE. my brain hurts. IT LITERALLY HURTS!
It has been an emotional and stressful couple of days because so much is riding on how I do on these tests. I need good grades. I need Law School...my dream school. And it felt like it was over because of these stupid tests that I couldn't even study for properly because, since they were all scheduled on the same day, I couldn't really give each subject the focus necessary to do well. It sucked. So anyway, Wednesday night I had a break down. It was the day before my test, I was a nervous wreck, I did not feel prepared...need I go on. So I did what most people do when they feel a sense of desperation. I prayed.
Now, my brother's been telling me for a while now that Heavenly Father has a sense of humor and last night testified this for me.
In my prayer I asked Heavenly Father to help me calm down and feel prepared for my test and to also help me go to sleep (it was midnight). So I opened the scriptures randomly and these are the verses that my eyes immediately stumbled upon...
Psalm 2:4-6 4. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. 5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked: for the Lord sustained me. 6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
The first verse I read made me just start bawling. I don't know if its just me but I sometimes have doubts about whether H.F actually hears me. It brought so much comfort to know that he does.
the second verse helped me relax because I was able to establish a trust in the Lord that everything would be okay. That I could go to sleep, awake tomorrow fortified with His strength.
The third verse made me feel confidant in my abilities to fight whatever came my way and that if He wanted me to be triumphant, then I would be.
Anyway, it's amazing how much a prayer can change everything. Yes, the day was still draining but I can't imagine what it would have been like if I HADN'T prayed.
Lesson Learned: never hesitate to pray, even if its about something that seems dumb at the time.
affection,
Liz
PS. Question: how do people survive college with preparing in high school? I don't know where I would be if I hadn't learned how to somewhat deal with the stress if it hadn't been for IB.
The first verse I read made me just start bawling. I don't know if its just me but I sometimes have doubts about whether H.F actually hears me. It brought so much comfort to know that he does.
the second verse helped me relax because I was able to establish a trust in the Lord that everything would be okay. That I could go to sleep, awake tomorrow fortified with His strength.
The third verse made me feel confidant in my abilities to fight whatever came my way and that if He wanted me to be triumphant, then I would be.
Anyway, it's amazing how much a prayer can change everything. Yes, the day was still draining but I can't imagine what it would have been like if I HADN'T prayed.
Lesson Learned: never hesitate to pray, even if its about something that seems dumb at the time.
affection,
Liz
PS. Question: how do people survive college with preparing in high school? I don't know where I would be if I hadn't learned how to somewhat deal with the stress if it hadn't been for IB.
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