Only a week?!?

I moved back to Starkville last Saturday, and I already feel like I've been here an entire month.  Because my arrival was delayed due to car troubles, my adjustment week was smooshed into one weekend and Monday.  I felt like I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

This semester is going to be jam-packed.  I have two reading intensive classes and one research intensive class as well as three 50+ book reading lists that I have to get through in order to be prepared for my comprehensive exams next spring.  It's insane!  Add teaching two discussion sections, grading 50+ exams, quizzes, and papers, and at least three weekly meetings, and this semester is going to keep me hopping.  I won't be bored...

The challenge this semester will be to keep my relationship with God at the center of my crazy busy life.  Making time to have a quiet time and to mediate on God's Word daily will be a challenge when I have graded work due every day, but that's my goal.  The Bible promises that if we seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, then all these things will be added to us.  Everything else should pale in comparison with knowing the God of the universe and my Savior.  I pray that God will be first in my life regardless of how stressed I am, how busy I am, or even how sleepy I am.