Christmas Shopping and Recharging

Today was pleasant.  That is the only word that really describes today.

Life seems to be rushing by with no regard to my feelings.  Hurtful.  But, I will recover.. in time.  Don't feel bad for me.  And I have been doing my best to grab at it, but as King Solomon said, "It is all chasing after wind."  Now, I'm not saying that trying to make a schedule and having your life in order is bad, not at all.

 But, this past week, I was feeling overwhelmed.  I enjoy having schedules.  But my schedule was so hectic with practices, school, and lack of sleep.  I have to admit, that I was becoming stressed, which I rarely do.  Once again, my parents came to the rescue with their wealth of advice.  Sometimes, I need to just relax and not worry.  Worrying about the future is useless.

That's God's thing.  He kinda has this thing, where He is in control of everything.  And I'm completely fine with that.. most of the time.

Anyway, I have to mentally steer my train of thought back to why I wanted to write this post.  Today.  Today was pleasant.  After the past couple busy weeks, it was nice not having to worry about much today, and focus spending my time with my family.  After my final class of the week, we zipped off to Target to go.. you guessed it!  (The title might've given that away)  Christmas shopping.  I still had a few things to pick up, and today was the perfect day to do it.  After that, we went and ate out at the food court.  I had a delicious meal from O'Charley's.  And then we came back home, and I was able to play some basketball with my younger brother and work on my blog.

Now, all this may seem mundane, but to me, I cherished these moments.  It isn't every day that one is blessed with a day that is productive but is simultaneously enjoyable.  I feel refreshed and ready for tomorrow's adventures.

Remember:

"For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you.

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."  (Matthew 6:32-34)

Eat turkey and rejoice!  Be refreshed!  Let tomorrow worry about itself.