Ramblings of sin and testing and faith

These past weeks have been bad. I've been grumpy and irritable and have not acted in the way that I ought. So what do you do on those off weeks or days where you're just tired of living and con't seem to feel anything beyond irritability?I don't know.That's a question I've been asking myself and…

Prayer of a wandering heart

Bind my wandering heart to thee, O holy Lord.I've been fighting, "kicking against the goads," wondering "why?" to everything, fighting Your good and perfect plans. I feel like Jacob when he wrestled with you.I know you will prevail and yet I continue to fight because this stubborn, sinful heart of mine doesn't want to let…

On working hard

I got a C on my last exam.I got a 0 on two different assignments because I forgot to turn them in.And you know what? I don't think I would have taken these "failures" as hard if I had actually worked hard at the class.Don't get me wrong, I was doing the work, I was…