A New Start

I was looking over the things that I had written over this summer and the semester proir to that and I realized that there are so many stages in life that God leads us.....Each day is a new day....a new start.....
I was in the prayer room today after my last class and I opened up my journal that I had started at the begining of last semester and its a big journal, but I put a huge dent in it over the summer....the Lord was showing me so many things in just 3 months...I look at my journal writing as a written record of what the Lord is doing in my life...and as I opened up my journal this morning I realized that compared to the 2-3 pages I would write a day during the summer I was only writing half a page every week or so....and as I was sitting there it suddenly hit me that I might not be allowing God to move through me the way He did this summer....
Granted I am very busy with school, church and Sld, but that is no excuse to not giving my all to Him....no excuse to not allow Him to work in my life.....
So needless to say....I wrote a lot and I love the words that God gives me to put my thoughts on paper.... so this is a declaration of a new start.....a new start to do the following....

1. do better in my schoolwork
2. Have morning devotionals and a quiet time and prayer time
3. To focus on my ministry as an SLD more than i have been
4. To focus on the Lord and have faith in what He holds for my future and everyone who is affected by my future.....

I have been extreamly distracted by so many things this past month and I realize that these distractions can only be bringing me down, keeping me from the One that I am here at Liberty for....so this is my prayer, that I may be able to keep my eyes focused on Him and my mind free from distractions.....The distractions that come along are all part of life, but need to be dealt with in an God- honoring way....when life-threatening situations happen....when confustion in relationships occur....when drama happens...when uncertainity about life pops up.....turn to the Lord....This is where my new start comes from.....a new plan, a new prayer, and a new begining to do strive to do my best for my Lord......