Today, as I was taking a few minute break from reading what feels like a million journal articles for my classes and was checking my Facebook. I know, this is wasted time, but its nice to take a break and be mindless for a few minutes every now and then. I saw a post on the newsfeed, it was from an app called "On this day, God wants you to know:.." It was from my friend Sara. It was short and sweet, but it made a great deal of sense to me, especially relating to grad school, working two jobs, the never-ending pile of homework, projects, just getting the dishes and laundry done, and well, just life.
".. that it's time you let go. Yes, of course, you want to control so everything happens in just the way you want it. But at the end of the day, we control nothing, - it's all in God's hands, - has always been, and will always be. So, do what you can, and then let go, and let God handle the rest."
Easier said than done, but it was just a friendly reminder to me that I need to apply this to my life. So, I've been working on this, but obviously not hard enough.
I think that someone might be trying to tell me something... Again, looking at Facebook's newfeed, another friend wrote a note about an email she recieves daily. Here is a quote from that:
Let's see what else this day brings..."Strive to live content in the midst of those things that cause your discontent. Free your mind from all that troubles you, God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this [choice] without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires" (St. Vincent de Paul, Letters)."
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