WOW this week spoke to me. To be perfectly, and brutally honest, I know that this is an area with which I struggle. Coming into college, I thought I was doing everything "right": going to church, being very involved in worship, attending religious groups to build a community at my new school, leading a God-driven life, and checking off all of the "checkmarks" for  a "Christian" life. But there was definitely something missing. I realllllyyyyyy wanted to deeply feel God's spirit and joy, and not just in those great "God high" spurts, but I mean live with a spirit-filled heart. The thing that I came to find that was missing was study. Study of the truths and the light.

Similar to Stef's entry, in school I study a lot. Classes require a lot of bookwork and homework, and school is definitely a priority in my life. But upon reassessing my time and priorities freshman year, I came to find that I was spending much more time studying genetics and sociology than God's book! Just as the devotional was stating, where you put your time in studying is where you will start to worship, and I think that this is SO TRUE. This statement really hit home for me because as I came to realize, I was focusing so much on school and health and everything that surrounded my lifestyle that those were beginning to take priority in my studies, and therefore worship. That's not how I was going to lead a spirit-filled life. Little did I know that what I thought was all right was definitely missing the integral step.

This year I have tried to be more conscious of studying the word and really putting aside time to delve into those greater truths. I will admit that this is sometimes hard for me when I come from studying books to studying more books and reading, so that is why I often turn to other forms of worship and  quiet time with God, through nature or music for example. However, I realize that studying should still be an important part of my day. This is something that I am continuing to work on and have been encouraged after feeling more of the spirit's presence as my studying has been added as a great part to my day :)

God is so good :)