Logically Heartfelt

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O' God, you do not despise.

I have a friend here at school, who on the surface didn't strike me as a deep thoughtful person. This semester, however, I have gotten to know this person more. One day I was just hanging out in his dorm and I saw a short list taped beside his bed. I figured it was just a "To-Do" list or something prioritizing his responsibilities here at school. When I went over and actually read it, it wasn't what I had first thought. It was actually his plan for how he deals with certain problems of life. It was definitely good for me personally to see this list, because it has put into perspective more of my personal problems and how I react to them. I'm not going to go into the details of all it said, mostly because I remember them all, but i will touch on one point, something that I always fail to do when things come against me. That point, at the top of the list, was that when a problem came up, to sleep on it and not let yourself be so caught up in the present and how bad it may seem. It went on to say that after a good nights sleep that things will seem much better and it will be easier to logically deal with the problem. Too often I forget that and I spend countless hours worrying about what happened. I need to sleep on it.

I just think that sometimes God allows us to go through things because he wants to see what our focus is. I also think that he will allow us to go through the same thing multiple times just to test our faithfulness to him and to what we feel in our hearts.

I'm breaking, God. This is the sacrifice you require right? Sorry it's taking me so much longer, I'll come around soon.