I am Thankful

I am thankful for a new day. It is dark and cloudy outside; however, in my heart I am rejoicing because I am alive and I am in my right mind. I am also thankful that this semester is almost over, and I look forward to a few days off before starting next semester. I am thankful to God for giving me strength to make it in these challenging days. I am also thankful to my family, friends, and instructors for their support. So, for the few hours that I will not be studying today, I just want to express how thankful I am that I have life!!!!

     "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee." (Isaiah 26: 3)

A Prayer for Help

Dear God, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for life, protection, family, and friends.  I pray that you will forgive me of all my sins, and I accept your forgiveness. I pray that you will continue to give me, my cohort, my family, coworkers, professors, and friends strength, knowledge, wisdom, and understanding to accomplish our immediate and future goals. I pray for Your divine help in all that we do, and may we remember to give You honor and glory for helping us.

Father God, I pray specifically for myself, my daughter, my son, my cohort, and all students that are doing finals at this time. I pray that You will continue to guide and strengthen us as we study. Please help us to feel refreshed each day even though we are not getting enough sleep. Also, please help us to understand and remember all the materials that we need to know for our examinations. I also pray for the strength of the professors, and I pray that they will be fair in grading all their students. I pray that both students and professors will be honest in all that they do, and no one will be hurt due to dishonesty. Father, thank You for hearing this prayer and answering it, in Jesus' name. Amen.

"Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." (Psalm 37:4).

Be Blessed,

Joy

Projecting into the Future

I am taking a few minutes to write about my feelings, and to update what is going on in my life. There have been very few changes in my life recently. I am still juggling school work, my job, and personal life. So far, keeping ahead has been challenging. I need a day with more than twenty-four hours to keep up with all that I have to do. However, I am still optimistic that I will achieve my goal of graduating next spring. Therefore, I have placed a picture in my mind of me in my graduation gown. I know that I have the abilities to achieve my goal. I am able to do the work; however, more time is what I need. I could work less days but I will lose my health insurance. I work just enough days to get health insurance for me and my family.

It is scary not to have health insurance, yet I know that there are many people without it. Many of those people do not have health insurance because they do not have a job, and I empathize with those people. I have a daughter in college who is covered under my insurance plan and I just could not have her in college without health insurance. I believe I will find a way with God's help to have more time to get me through this course.

Taking less credits in school is not an option for me because the classes are set for my cohort and we take all classes together. Dropping out is not an option either because my cohort is the last one in this program. Also, I do not believe in defeat. I believe that with hard work and commitment one is able to achieve his or her goal. I also believe that God will give me wisdom on how to get more time to accomplish all that I have to do.

I look ahead to graduation day when I will be able to say thank you God, thank you family and friends, thank you church family, thank you instructors,  thank you to the members of my cohort, thank you co-workers, and thank you readers for all your support. I know I could not have done it without you.

So, until then I will carry on until I gain my prize. My prayer for you is that you will receive the strength that you need to accomplish your goals. I pray that you will receive the answers that you need for that thing that is closest to your heart. May God bless you abundantly.

                                               Projecting into the future


Be Blessed,

Joy