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JAN-24-07
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Forum: Prayer Requests and Answers
RE: Can't Focus on School--Life is Too Stressful
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Hi Friend,
I can empathize with you because I have been there. When I was doing my masters, I lost my voice for 6 months. I was really scared, I thought I had throat cancer but when I went to the ENT, he told me it was because of the intense stress I was under. At the time, I was the pathfinder director in my church and doing a million other things. eventually in desperation, I had to check out the Bible for advise. I found the answer in Exodos 18; Especially verse 21 where Jethro told Moses that the work was too much for him so he needed to assign leaders over small groups to make it more manageable.
With that, I analyzed my schedule, decided what I absolutely had to do myself,what others could do, and what could remain undone, at least temporarily. I also set priorities (e.g. I know when I spend quality time with God and do some exercise though briefly, I feel more relaxed and focused) Armed with that awareness, I decided to trim my schedule. The first to go was the pathfinder club... There are others who can do it even though it is on a temporary basis. I planned a schedule to include everything I needed to accomplish on a daily basis. Believe it or not, my voice came back without any treatment, I was more focused and my grades improved.
I would recommend that you take a realistic look at your schedule. There must things you can say good bye to at least until you're done with your studies.
I will keep you in prayer and I know God is able to see you through.
Adorable
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JAN-23-07
18:57:18
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I will surly pray for you. Atleast God has fixed some of the problems.. but always keep in mind my dear co-faith in God that these are small trials that God is giving us in order for us to make more tougher if we face those tough things in future. And in whatever best you ever do always offer it to God. I always do that... for example im attending a service which will take 1 hr and I wil just stand up bec the church run out of chairs. I would often offer it as sacrifice to HIM.
Just always keep in mind, in whatever you do, you do it for GOD as a sacrifice. And the Bible says you dont need to worry about anything just lift them up to GOD whatever your burdens are and trust HIM. Bless you!
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JAN-22-07
18:8:43
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Forum: Prayer Requests and Answers
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I am currently a student in an online Master's degree program and am supposed to finish it this June. Unfortunately, I am now about three weeks behind on reading and assignments, including a paper that was due two weeks ago. I live with my three sisters, who aren't always as supportive of my schooling as they should be, so that's a big enough distraction. But this winter has thrown so much at me and my family that doing homework has been impossible sometimes.
First, my parents (who used to live here) have had a lot of financial problems and had to move on short notice, leaving me with some of their responsibilities, including helping take care of the house, extra financial responsibilities, and being in charge of our local Adventurer Club (church club for children ages 5-9).
Second, we have had various emergencies that have needed a lot of attention lately. We've had trouble heating the house and almost ran out of wood twice. We've had two separate plumbing problems, the first of which has prevented us from using the upstairs bathroom and has given us limited use of the washer, and the second of which prevents us from using anything but the kitchen sink. We've had emergencies with sick cats, one of whom died and the other of whom needed to have surgery.
All these things have kept me from getting homework done. Things are getting better--our cat who had surgery is doing well now, and our heater is fixed, so we don't have to worry about keeping a fire going anymore. But the plumbing problems still need to be fixed, and that--combined with the stress of being so far behind in school--makes it really hard to concentrate enough to do anything. I'm always either too busy, too stressed out, or too tired to get homework done. I stay up late with the intention of doing homework, only to stay up much later than I planned without even accomplishing anything. That makes me get up late, so I get to work late and therefore get home late, starting the cycle all over again. I don't eat as healthfully as I should (which isn't totally my fault since I'm not usually the one buying the food), I don't get enough exercise, and--for the first time in years--I've ended up going for several days at time without reading my Bible (I always pray, of course, but have trouble finding time to do anything more than that). Sometimes I feel like my life is just going down the drain. I try to get to bed earlier, get homework done, spend more time with God, and get to work on time--but in the end, I seem to fail more than I succeed.
I really don't know what to do, because my self-discipline and motivation have pretty much gone out the window, and I don't know how to change that. Please pray that I'll be able to get my life back on track and succeed in school, work, at home, and in my relationship with God.
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