"this too shall pass"

Fall semester 2009 has finally ended and I could not be happier. This past semester had it's ups, but we all know what goes up must come down; and I came down hard this semester. Although, most of my troubles this semester were my own fault. Have you ever had one of those moments when you're preparing your dinner plate, and just for a moment, your eyes are bigger than your stomach; so you fill your dish with too much food. Well, that was my experience with this semester. I put way to much on my plate- more than I could handle. I guess my only words of defense are that sometimes we have to learn life's lessons through our own experiences. This can be a frustrating concept, especially if you are a parent. I know my dad is always trying to teach us (my siblings and I) from his mistakes, so we can spare ourselves from making those same mistakes. I, however, don't prefer to call them mistakes I prefer to call them lessons. Because we learn from them, there is nothing wrong with messing up in life, especially when we learn from messing up. If there is something wrong with messing up sometimes then I'm in big trouble because I am always messing up all the time because I am not perfect, none of us are and none of us will be until we enter God's kingdom. So it's okay to make your own"mistakes" sometimes and it's okay to learn from others' mistakes too, it's part of learning and growing into who the Lord wants us to be.
Anyway, I had a lot of "lessons" this year and I learned a LOT.
This past week I took the Seven Day Challenge. Now for me it was more of a six day challenge (I'm a fan of quality, not quantity). And it definately was a worth experience for me. I honestly did spend more time with the Lord in so many ways and it was Amazing. Not to say that it wasn't difficult not to blog, facebook, twitter, and all that jazz, expecially b/c it's at the tip of our fingers and can just take seconds sometimes-you know? anway-
I hope I'm not being to scatter brained. But the point I am trying to make it that for me, this past year was extremely difficult, but definately rewarding in many ways. And I don't know what life is like for you right now, or what you're going through. But I want to tell you this: that we all have hard times, we all make mistakes. but know that "this too shall pass." You are God's precious child and He cares for you.
I have no idea what the Lord holds in store for me or you this next year in 2010, but I pray that you be open to whatever comes your way, to take in all in stride with Jesus Christ by your side.