Facing Tomorrow

Looking back over this past week, I'm reminded of God's grace, love, and mercy. Knowing that He has been there every moment, is a blessing in itself.

~On Monday, as well as the other four days in the week, I studied for Introductory Sociology. After working on the LearningNetwork, my REA book, and a few resources that both my CollegePlus! coach and Andrew M (a CollegePlus! student) sent me, I am feeling more comfortable with the terms and situations.

~On Tuesday, I started reading some verses in Proverbs before I began studying for the day. I enjoy reading Proverbs and learning something new from the verses every time that I go through them. In the afternoon, I went through some of my favorite music pieces for about forty-five minutes on the piano. Mainly trying to find a song that I could play for Offetory in church on Sunday.

~On Wednesday, I worked about four hours on Sociology in the morning and talked with my friends, various times throughout the day, on Skype. That night, my Mom and I played some board games and watched a couple of episodes from one of our favorite television series. Lately, I have found that the more time I spend with my Mom, even if it's just playing games or watching movies, the more I realize just how important those times are in my life.

~On Thursday, I lost access to my Skype account. After a few hours of live chatting with Skype tech and trying different things on the computer, I finally decided to start another account. I was so thankful that God has given me such good friends who understood and added me back on Skype. That evening, I was mostly trying to add my contacts back onto the new account.

~On Friday, I took a practice test, but I wasn't very happy about the results, so I went back to studying for the rest of the morning. I decided to go out late in the afternoon to take the dogs out for their walk. It felt good after a day in the house to just go out and exercise. It's been great to be able to stick to my one resolutions this year and run more. Even if that means doing so in the snow.

~On Saturday, I really had wanted to take the day off from studying. I decided, however, that I should complete a little of the LearningNetwork in the afternoon, but that was partly because I really didn't know what other productive things I could get done. I also realized that I had to teach Children's Sunday School the next day and I checked out a few websites for stories and coloring pages.

~On Sunday, I got up early to practice the hymns that I was suppose to play for the church service, gathered my Sunday School material, and went to church. The kids came in a little late, so we didn't begin right away, but it was interesting and a bit fun to have four, energetic kids to entertain for forty-five minutes. The church service went well and I really enjoyed talking with some of my friends afterwards. It seemed like it was kind of a short day, but it was a good one, too. It was a great day to just relax after the week's school activities.

On some of the days this last week though, I just wasn't looking forward to the following day and what needed to be accomplished. Then I remembered a verse that I had memorized many years ago in Sunday School. Psalm 118:24 says, "This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it". Going forward with this verse in my head and in my heart, I knew I could face tomorrow's problems with the confidence that the Lord has made every tomorrow and is always in control of them. Later, I remembered a favorite hymn that also reminded me that I could face tomorrow:

"Because He lives,
I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives,
All fear is gone.
Because I know,
He holds the future.
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives."

Friends, I hope that this gives you encouragement and that you know you can always face tomorrow's challenges, because the Lord is with you every day of the week. My prayer for you, is that you will be richly blessed as you continue to walk with Him.

In Christ,
Anna
~ Numbers 6:24-26 ~