Well, I got my first D...

Well it seems my ability to pull last-minute term papers and get decent grades has met its match with one Dr. Glen Scorgie.

Man, that sucks...

To be fair, though, I re-read the paper after I got my grade and it was total crap. I don't think I would have even given myself a D, to be honest. It was all spotty and obviously had more input from the caffeine than from my brain.

Lesson learned, though. I'm already about 40% done with a paper that's not due til Friday, but I still have a ton of work to do this weekend, even after I turn in this paper. A few more mini papers due on Monday, then a final Monday night, and then another final Tuesday night! Ugh. THEN I'm done til after the new year.

God, you're good, even when I'm bummed. Thanks for the lesson and encouragement.

Pray for me non-stop til next Tuesday night at 9:30.

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My Credo

I'm listening to MuteMath and working on my Credo Paper for my Systematic Theology class. Crazy stuff, man.

There's so much what I'll call "head knowledge" out there--theological speculation and deduction, some of it--that I sometimes forget that God's actually calling me into relationship with him. A lot like how when you're growing up your parents buy you shoes that are a little too big for you because you'll "grow into them," some of us budding theologians seem to know so much about God that our relationship with God suffers. Right or not, it's something I've experienced, and I know I'm not alone.

I guess my encouragement for you today is to not think so much about the intricacy of the character of God or to wonder so much about the existence of God, but to find and rest in the presence of God. That's the place we should all want to be.

Honestly yours,
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