Relationship

I am sitting here on my computer TRYING so desperately to get this 8 page paper done before Sunday, and all I want to do is stop.  I've already watched an episode of 'What Not to Wear,' and baked banana bread in this painful process.  Not a new feeling for any student, or anyone writing a paper for that matter I don't think.  School is tiring and takes so much energy.

What a great reminder it is for me though.  All I want to do right now is SEE people and HANG out. Maybe read a good book, read the Word... spend time with God. Anything but THIS. It reminds me that when I am out of school I still need priorities. I need to actually see people, spend time with friends, read the Word and challenge myself.  It is so easy to just be at home, hangout with Coy, watch TV or just complain. I need to do what I long to do right now, everyday that I can.

I mean, even while in school I try to take the odd time to read before bed, and see friends once a week or so, go to church, do a devotional with Coy and read the Word. But not nearly as much as I need. We need the Lord and to spend quality time with Him. We need relationships with others (other than our spouses sometimes too, for the married ones :)) for encouragement, accountability, sharing, and to share genuine love and care toward each other as Christians.  We need to exercise, stay health, sleep, read, eat, pray, have fun.

I look forward to those days in between school work that I can do those things, but most of all I want to make this all a priority at Christmas, summer time, and breaks I get in school and NOW. I need and want close friendships, healthy relationships, and more than that a closer relationship with Christ.

*sigh* What else will get me through these dreadful days of paper writing and Math.....