Am I ready?

And yet again...it's been a while. Life has been crazy-hectic. I think I somehow hit the switch and changed things into overdrive. My fifth semester @ AU is halfway over, ALREADY! I feel as if I just came back to school and I find myself studying for midterm exams. What on earth did I miss?! I seriously feel like I don't sit down for a minute, ok I'm sitting down right now, but that's not the point. I'm at work, one of my two jobs here on campus. This one just so happens to be student library assistant. (No nerd comments, please) I'm constantly on the move. I'm on a pair of roller blades on a down hill slope, with no brakes and no where soft to plant my tush. So, I just have to suck it up an roll with it; drinking in the moments as best I can as the flash before me. Wow, I just wish things would slow down a bit. I only have a year and a half left in college. A year and a half before the...GULP...real world. Am I ready?
That seems to be the question of the year for me! Am I ready to take this test? Am I ready to go to work? Am I ready to teach at campus groups? Am I ready to date? So many decisions. What's a girl to do? Thank God I can pray...if not I think I would I would have already been shipped to the luney bin. My Lord, my God is my strength and my song. I would be lost without him and his consistancy! With that, I'm out like my free time.

Guard Your Heart

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life" Proverbs 4:23

It is the wellspring of life? Wellspring-origin, fountainhead, source...of life; the origin of your existence, the source of who you are. Your heart defines your character, it is the core of your beliefs, your values and your motives. God sees your heart. Seems pretty important doesn't it? It's not something you should wear on your sleeve for all the world to see, to mock, to steal. A heart should be hidden in Christ. Your source of life should be found in Christ, not on notebook paper surrounding the name of someone who may or may not reciprocate your feelings. God sent His son to die on a cross for you, it would seem a no brainer that your heart should belong to Him. Yet daily we devote our passions to things of this world that will not matter in the long run; to things that will not last.
Sadly, it's really easy for me to get on a soap box and speak about matters of the heart, but it's hard for me to apply this to my own life. My heart has lived on my sleeve for so long now. It's difficult for me to guard myself from the attention and "cloud 9" experiences of romantic feelings, but God has a more consistent love for me. God has a love that will not disappoint me on days when another girl looks better than I do; a love that will not play with my emotions; a love that will surpass any type of love that I have ever known (or not known). God is my rock, so you can call my heart Excalibur. Until my rock releases my heart, I will guard my heart in Him. With that, I'm out like the New Kids on the Block.