Final grades of first college semester:

Principles of Management- A
Economics- A
English- A
Critical Thinking- A
Algebra- B


Several of these would be "A+", but alas, Ivy doesn't grade with "+" :(. Overall, I have been blessed with the grace to receive these grades (especially in Algebra, when I almost dropped out of the class!).

Christmas is in 5 days. May I remember to place my focus on the meaning of Christmas- the Creator of the universe came to be born a lowly birth, born to eventually die for the sins of the world. He came unto His own, but His own received Him not (John 1:11). "Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:4-6). What a Savior!
Merry Christmas!

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Halfway done with finals.
Ten days until Christmas.
Forty hour work week ahead.
Feeling disconected from reality, life, brain.
Hope this ends soon.

A Truth

This thought just popped into my head at the most random moment:

God IS good - in every way, every day, through everything.

^What a mighty God I serve~ may I seek to serve Him sacrificially, self-lessly, and solely to bring Him glory.

This may be a short post, but it is a powerful truth.

Random CrAzY

I have absolutely lost my favorite Christmas postcards. They are no where to be found :(

I discovered that I missed two e-math quizzes- very frustrated that I forgot and had no reminders >:(

I feel like it is only October: I don't know how much more I can get into the Christmas season than working retail, but it has not sunk in that there is only 21 days until Christmas :O

I can't wait until the new year so I can have a fresh start, a new semester, and fewer crazy hours at work. But I don't want this year to end already, I am going to miss all my teachers and few close classmates, and I have been complaining of not having enough hours at my job. I believe I am indecisive, but I cannot decide if that is the case or if it is something else.

I wish I lived in a different state, somewhere out west, with no school or work responsibility, just doing my own antique dream. But this "dream" would have to work without any problems, and I don't really want to go through yet another change, so maybe I am happier where I am.

I have not given my Savior the credit due to His name and His work on the cross. I have complained and moaned and griped and sighed and wished and coveted and sought out ways to fulfill what I think my life should be. As a result, I have forgotten that I "am bought with a price" paid by the precious blood of the Lamb, my Savior and Friend (1 Corinthians 6:20). For this I fall on my knees in humility and despisement of self. How wrong I have been this week. God, help me to go forward in the light of Your Son, following not my will but Thine, and seeking to bring honor and glory to You.

*Sigh*. Now time for a busy week of lasts. Our last girls Bible study, last week of English class, last week before finals. And prayerfully, last week of having such a self-centered view and heart. For a while, at least.