Inside-out

So here I was, having kind of a drought in my scriptural reading life, and I get out of my Ancient History class surprisingly early and decide that it would be good to spend the time on my quiet time for the day. I have been going through "My Utmost for His Highest" and I absolutely love it. Today's entry was about 1 Kings and when the angel of the Lord came to Elijah, woke him up and told him to get up and... eat. The entry was about depression. I stopped and thought, "am I depressed? God how does this even apply to me?"

I took a moment and looked back on what had happened in my life over the last week. I wasn't suffering from depression as we view it today, but I was suffering from spiritual depression. I was down and not as up and living life to the fullest like I usually was. God used this simple passage, to do the simple things that you are presented with and you will find joy and peace in God, to bring me not only out of the rut I was in, but also to, in my opinion, kinda show me who is the boss, who is God.

And it's crazy how if you just do the simple things God asks of you the openings he gives you! Turns out that my Ancient History teacher actually used to teach my Old Testament Studies class and is a very solid Christian man, and through the poem that I wrote for my comp class, I found out that one of the guys in the class was a Christian struggling with being public with his faith when he was waiting for me outside of the classroom to talk to me and to tell me how brave I was sharing such an intimate part of my life through my poem.

Today is a new day, DO WORK!