Life is tough, get a helmet!

This how I currently feel about my life.  Classes are going well, even though half the time I feel as though I am not attending them mentally, at least my physical self is there.  I think that possibly, my reason for feeling a little overwhelmed could perhaps be due to the fact that I will be turning 20 soon.  Is there such thing as an adolescent/adult life crisis? ;O )

My I Corinthians class has given me some wonderful perspective and instilled some trust in my heart.  As soon as things seem to get beyond my grasp, my trust becomes totally effaced. So when I read this the other day, it placed things back into perspective.

"Why do we so often try to assess how well we are doing when we know that all human judgements, including our own are fallible?  Other people's judgements are fallible, so why do we take so seriously other people's criticism or flattery?  What hinders our enjoying total release from such worrying? How can a right balance be reached between self-discipline and "letting go" to leave everything in the hands of God?" 

The basic gist of my reading was that you have to admit how little you know in order that you may begin to learn.  So far this has been an extremely humbling semester, and from the looks of things God is not close to being done with me in that area, which is an awesome thing, but also difficult.  One hilarious thing that my Professor said last week was that many people who do not believe in God accuse Christians of using their faith as a "crutch" to get through life.  He raised his hands and started to laugh and said, "And do you know what I say to that? God isn't my crutch, God is my stretcher!" I thought that was a pretty good one :) I appreciate knowing and learning that wanting, and needing to be dependent is a good thing.