Please help me... I'm drowning.
I've overwhelmed with school. No matter how many days and hours I study, no matter how well I prepare, I come up short. Sometimes it's because so many things come up at once -- things out of m control -- that I don't have enough time to study. Sometimes it's because my mental fog is so intense that I can't remember what I've studied. It will take a miracle for me to pass two of my classes at this point in time.
I feel restless and stuck...
I'm impatient and angry...
I'm weak and in desperate need of help that I don't see coming my way...
I trust in You but some days it's hard to feel that way when I have so many other things going wrong. On Monday I even wondered if my faith was strong enough to withstand everything that's been thrown my way this month. I know that's a rash thing to think in a moment of weakness but I don't think I ever felt as low as I did at that moment.
It's not that I don't trust You; it's that my human emotions can overwhelm me. It's my sensitive nature; it's what I've been fighting to overcome in recent months... and it's a Rosary novena intention I've been praying for the past 22 days. Thankfully, I know the moments will pass. I know that once I get it out of my system and cry to release those emotions, I will realize that I do trust You. I'm just a weak human being.
I know that in my weakness You make me strong. I know that in the darkness, You are there with me. I know that even when I feel unworthy and undeserving of Your love, You still love me.
I have no doubt that You put the verse Matthew 6:25 into my mind when I spent some time in front of the tabernacle, praying and sitting in silence. I was praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy -- during that 3 o'clock hour -- and the phrase "Matthew 6:25" popped into my head as clear as day. I couldn't remember what verse that was so I looked it up...
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life..."
Your will be done. I say it every time I get overwhelmed with school. I repeat it to myself every time I feel like quitting (especially after yet another academic set back) but I continue listening to the lecture videos and/or doing the assigned work because I feel like it's Your will and there's nothing more that I want than to do just that; do Your will, not mine.
On this day, the 19th anniversary of my confirmation, I ask for one gift from You: to send me help.
Whether it be in the form of a peer support system...
Whether it be in the form of charitable prayers from those who feel moved to say a prayer for me...
Whether it be from a priest or someone who can help guide me and help me regain my spiritual health...
Whether it be an inner peace that can only come from You, I ask for a little help.
I want a little fresh air to fill my lungs after feeling like I've been underwater for so long.
I know You will hear my plea and that, in Your mercy, You will do what I need. I will keep my eyes and my heart open for that moment.
2 comments:
You are going through very challenging times. Prayers on your way. <3
Thank you!
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