Papers for days and days and days and days.

Oh, for grace to trust Him more.

"Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
And in simple faith to plunge me
’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!


Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace."

Oh, He is good! We are made clean by his blood. My sin is forgiven. I am justified. From sin and self I cease. My sin is covered, atoned for, redressed: not in part, but the whole. Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose three days later. He has victory over death. And with his resurrection came the Kingdom - or at least the beginnings of it. It is already here, but not yet complete.

It is the "not yet" factor that allows for the anxiety. I am overwhelmed with the amount that must be accomplished in the next three weeks: 20-30 hours of work, 23 hours of training, 4 mini-analysis', 3 high school small group meetings, 3 research papers, 2 presentations, 2 final exams, 1 creative project, and 1 retreat. Then it is off to Ashland to watch plays and write papers, to Portland to see my family and my dear friends and to start my internship.

And in the Fall to return and assume my position as office assistant for AS/SMU. I have officially met both staffs and I already feel like I am a part of a family. God has been so good as to put me on a little office staff of girls who are servant hearted and willing to dive in head-first. They are sweet and assertive and it is clear that they love the Lord. And, even though it gives me hives to think of not doing homework for an entire weekend (see above: "1 retreat"), I cannot wait to spend time with them and get a taste of who they are and what they are passionate about.

I am currently in the library about to tackle a small piece of the monster that is my homework load. My computer has 28%. I forgot my charger at the apartment.

Welp.