Summer, please hurry up?

The best way to get something done is to begin. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my life, it’s that procrastination always has a way of coming right back and hitting you square in the face. That’s been proven true in 4th grade, in 8th grade, and yes, proven true once more these past couple days. For some reason, we high-school students (well, actually…any kind of students) think that putting things off will make the stress somehow disappear. Well…here’s your wake-up call: It Doesn’t. If anything, it makes it worse. I’ll do it later, I’ll do it in an hour, ugh, I’ll wake up earlier and do it in the morning…um, I’ll do it 5 minutes in class before it’s due. Ha, yeah…unfortunally, I’m one of those hopeless procrastinators who leaves everything school-related to the very last minute. If it weren’t for that last minute, I would never get anything done.

Before I started writing this post, I typed “procrastination” into Google to do a little research beforehand. The screen flickered to a bunch of “Help your teenager stop procrastinating in 4 easy steps” pages (keep on dreaming parents). Yeah, as if we’ve never heard it all before: make a list of the things you need to do, turn cell phone off, etc. I was getting pretty bored until I scrolled down and read: “And for the last and final tip...STOP DOING ON-LINE RESEARCH ABOUT PROCRASTINATION, AND START DOING ALL THOSE THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE FINISHED YESTERDAY!!!” Pretty funny, i must say.

Anyways, this school year is finally winding down…finals and tests for the next two weeks. I just hope that God gives me the strength to focus, stay on top of my game, and finish up the school year strong. That’s why I’ve just been praying…give me strength to survive the next two weeks and most importantly stop putting everything off!

A friend reminded me of this verse and I’ve just been saying it over and over in my head all day:

“But those who hope in the LORD, will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:31

I need to write this down and post it on my binder…as a daily reminder. Our heavenly father is there for us, no matter what we’re going through. If you trust him and put your hope in him alone, he will give you the strength to overcome any battle. So, the Lord is our strength. We just need to truly believe in that. Here’s another one:

“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”
Philippians 4:13

Isn’t it good to know that he has your back? No matter what? Now, that’s one true amazing friend if you ask me:)

I just want to wish all of you students…just hang in there! Summer will be here before you know it!!! Plus, in 100 years, will it really matter how you did on that dreaded algebra 2 final?? Hmm, not really:)