Ever just feel like you have too much on your mind to fall asleep? I’m having one of those nights tonight. It’s currently 12:37 as I write this blog post. I’ve been meaning to write this all week but have been so busy with life that I haven’t had the time, so I figured, why not now? I had another God Moment the other day that has really had a profound impact on me over this last week, and I thought I would share it with you all! Before I do that, I wanna open this up with a joke I heard last week that might make you smile as much as it did me. “What did the Janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?” “SUPPLIES!!!”.
So last Thursday, the light in our bathroom went out. I went and asked my suitemate about it. He happens to be the RA (Resident Assistant) on our floor as well, so I figured he would know what to do. After asking him about it, he recommended I put in a maintenance request to have a person from our maintenance team come out to fix it. Even though it’s not hard to ask for someone to fix it, I asked him if I would be allowed to fix it myself, and he told me that it wouldn’t be a problem but that it would just be easier for me to ask maintenance to fix it as it’s what they are here for.
So I opened my laptop and started to put in the request, and at that very moment, it occurred to me, How often do I try and fix things myself that I’m not meant to? How often do I try and fix things myself when in all reality, I’m meant to surrender it over to the one who can? It’s more often than I realize, if we’re being honest here. Not long after that, after a long weekend of working, plus a load and a half of homework, by Sunday afternoon, I was pretty tired. I got to trying to come up with ways that I could make myself less tired so I could accomplish more, but then I took a deep breath and came to the realization that I wasn’t meant to do more; I surrendered my feelings of tiredness and stress over to God and immediately felt this sense of peace come over me that filled my soul. I think we all need to do that a little more often.
As I end this post and go to bed, I want to leave you with some of the lyrics to the song “I Surrender All (All to Jesus)” by Casting Crowns because I really feel it resonates well when talking about this topic. “All to Jesus I surrender, All to him I freely give. I will ever love and trust him; in his presence, I will live. All to Jesus I surrender, savior, make me wholly thine, let me feel your holy spirit, Truly know that You are mine”.
Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!