arise and eat

i cannot believe how wonderful this semester has already been. i feel like i have been appreciating so much more the wonderful friends i have and this glorious place that i get to live. and i have been (ridiculously) more comfortable with who i am.

but this morning i woke up to a missed call from my mom and a text from my sister.

maybe i shouldn't start my day off talking to my mom and my sister, because then i just miss them and want more then anything to be with them.

so, i missed an appointment with my advisor.

ate breakfast, did homework and then decided i should start reading "my utmost for his highest." i open it up to february 17 and all today is about is not being depressed.

i'll just let you read it..

"When the Spirit of God comes to us, He does not give us glorious visions, but He tells us to do the most ordinary things imaginable. Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God’s creation. But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to do the most natural, simple things-things we would never have imagined God was in, but as we do them we find Him there. The inspiration that comes to us in this way is an initiative against depression. But we must take the first step and do it in the inspiration of God. If, however, we do something simply to overcome our depression, we will only deepen it. But when the Spirit of God leads us instinctively to do something, the moment we do it the depression is gone. As soon as we arise and obey, we enter a higher plane of life."

i have seen in my life places that God has set me for some odd reason and it is nice that in the ordinary things He is there! and He wants me there for some reason.

take my job for an example, i can really see how i impact people's lives, just from giving them coffee and for a couple minutes investing in their lives. it's awesome.

"it's your beauty Lord that makes us stand in silence"