Dysfunctionally functional...

Today wasn't the best day..  I was nearly late to my first class after hardly being able to wake up.  I then rode my bike into a bush on campus because some people were taking up the whole sidewalk.  Yes, people saw it happen. ( Feel free to laugh.)  I could barely stay awake for my two classes and when I got back to my bike I saw that my tires were nearly flat.  It made for a challenging ride home.  When I got home I remembered that I needed to take my car to the shop to air up its tires, as well.  After a few minutes of waiting, the man who was airing them up came to me telling me he broke off one of my sensors.. Luckily, he took care of it instead of me having to pay $150 for it.  Then my windshield wipers stopped working when I needed them. To top off the day, I felt really homesick.

Today was an abundance of setbacks and stress.

Satan tried attacking me numerous times today.  The old me would've cowered down, cried and then hide away in my apartment all day. 

But Something's very different now.

It's so easy to feel God's presence when life is going well and we are having these great days, but it's a whole other story to feel God's presence in our suffering. 

While I was still on the verge of tears today, I realized that my suffering is totally different.  I knew exactly where all these attacks were coming from and I fought back.

I doctored the scrapes from the bush incident, I took a nap and drank more coffee after being so tired, I aired up my bike tires, I didn't have to pay a thing for my tire repair & I went and bought what I needed to fix my wipers.  God even had a few of my closest friends get in touch with me today which provided great comfort. 

While all these problems aren't big in the grand scheme of things, they add up and can really frustrate and tear down a person. 

The point I'm trying to make, is that even in the little things, God is faithful.  He's always, always present.  Remember that you can learn something new about Jesus everyday. Even on the bad ones.

Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Psalm 36:5

O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in Your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. Psalm 143:1

The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22-23