[__ Prayer __] Get serious

[Christ_empowered]

I need to get more serious about my school work. I'm doing (miraculously) well, all things considered, but...I gotta dig in deep to make those A grades. Its just...my concentration really isn't the best. Mix of a lot of things, and its gotten better, but...yeah. Its hard to overcome sometimes. Also, I've been out of school (before I started at Liberty) for about 6-7 years, and my last semester at "real" school was an unmitigated disaster, soooo....I'm still getting into the groove. My first couple rounds of classes went well and I'm developing better study habits. I just need to do well, as much for my parents as for myself, and also because I'm developing an appreciation for doing things "...as unto The Lord." Just...sometimes...the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, you know?

Thanks.

 

[Eugene]

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The whole of constructive ethics in anything Christians do is predicated on what you just wrote.
"I'm developing an appreciation for doing things "...as unto The Lord."
Our load becomes lighter, and others notice the effort.

 

[Christ_empowered]

good news....I was (extremely) worried about my written mid-term exam. I did it last Monday and just now got the grades, so I've been waiting anxiously for a lil while. Anyway....130/140, which is a 92.something %. Yesssss!

I'm so happy to have the ability to pursue my goals and do well, sometimes quite well, at it. And, of course...I'm grateful for everybody's prayers and patience.

 

[Angel]

CE, you have such a powerful testimony...!

 

[Christ_empowered]

I remember being so far gone that I could barely make conversation, much less write essays and papers and take quizzes on new material. One reason that semester back at school was so disastrous is that I wasn't smart enough to be in society, much less a college.

What's strange is...deeeeep in my sadness and madness, I thought that I'd be better one day, somehow. God honored that, for some reason...grace, love, mercy, compassion, omni-benevolence. I dunno.

So, now, I'm actually smart enough for college-level work and doing it, and it dawns on me...I'm really not supposed to be alive, in society, healthy, living with my loving parents, in recovery, taking classes, a Born Again Christian, or...anything, really. Its crazy.

Fortunately for me, we're told to think on good things and focus on Christ and what's at hand and ahead of us, not rehash the past. I'm getting better about that.

But yeah...130/140, with some constructive criticism on the essays and good feed back, also. I've been blessed in a big, big way.

 

[Kenny_ms]

 

[AirDancer]

That's great news about the mid-term paper's score, Christ_empowered !

Our Lord's blessings are so magnificent!

 

[Angel]

. I've been blessed in a big, big way.

You truly have God's mercy on your life. That doesn't mean its easy.
I think God is going to use you in a really big way.