I Need Thee

My finals are all finished. The papers have all been written. The end of the semester has come at last and Im amazed, as always, at how fast time flies. This week was a struggle, to say the least. More than once it felt like the walls were crumbling around me as I struggled to meet deadlines or balance the time to study for all of my exams. More than once I wanted to shut it all out and give up. I wanted to be home, curled up in my own bed, where the world couldn't find me. I wanted to run far away.
Last night as I sat in my dorm room, buried under books and papers wondering when I was ever going to finish it all I stopped and listened to the silence. Then out of no where I heard the sweet chorus "I need thee, oh I need thee! Every hour I need thee! Oh bless me now my savior I come to thee" What was I doing? Day after day I was preaching to my friends who were overloaded and stressed that "God will never give you more than you can handle." Was I taking my own advice? Was I laying my fears at the feet of my Lord where they belonged?
Earlier yesterday evening a friend inviting me ice skating. I'd never been ice skating in my life but I hesitantly said yes and agreed to give it a try. From the minute my skates touched the ice I was terrified - terrified of falling on my face. However, I wasn't out on the ice for long before it slowly got easier and more natural. While I didn't fall on my face I knew that it was a possibility and I was ok with that because I knew my friend was going to be there to give me a hand back up. I learned a lot about trust in that hour of skating. This week I could have easily fallen down several times and given up. However, we praise a God who would have been there to pick me right back up again. Isn't it a beautiful thing to know that we serve a Lord that we can bow down in front of despite our fears and insecurities? We fall on our knees before him knowing that there isn't anything that cannot be accomplished through and in him.
I have survived another semester here at SDSU and the hard work has all paid off. However, I wouldn't have made it without my trust and my faith in the Father who has rained down his blessings on me. Who are you giving the credit to for your successes today? Picture your life today without the blessings you have received from heaven.