This feels weird posting two days in a row and I'm probably not going to make it a habit, but I will post whenever I feel like it's necessary and that is how I feel tonight.
I know this is going to be weird no matter how I say it, so I'll just say it. While I was in the shower, I was thinking about this semester as a whole and found a great metaphor for how it's been.
This semester it feels like God is up in heaven with a sound board that controls my trials and He's turning up the volume on one thing for a little while and then later lowering that one's volume to raise another's volume up. The reason I say this, is because whenever I've had "too much homework" (stress in the academic area of my life) my relationships spiritually and socially have been great; but, as soon as I get a break from homework and get all this "free time," I suddenly feel like all of the high feelings in those relationships have been drained away. (stress in the social and spiritual areas of my life)
I know God probably has a reason for testing me in different areas at different times and not just to learn simple truths that can be applied only to those areas. In fact, I believe he's been trying to teach me universal truths and principals through this constant re-distribution of stress. For example, through homework He's been trying to teach me discipline, through relationships perseverance and through this fluctuation of highs and lows patience. Although I still could use lots of work in all of those areas (and many more), I'm slowly starting to realize why God tests me like he does.
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