Almost Done!

Its late! In fact it is 4:04 am and I am writing this to you. The sun is sleeping, the dorm is sleeping, the world appears to be sleeping...and I'm up! What might I be doing awake at this moment in time? Alas, I am trapped within the confines of a fishbowl yet again and each moment my butt touches this seat I get paid...until the next person shows up at 7am. What made me decide to write? That, I must say, is an easy question to answer. You see, when a person, such as myself, knows there is homework that is in need of doing I seek any kind of a distraction. Make sense?! I thought so. I sit looking into the future of a very busy week with three midterms, two papers, a field trip and a large presentation to start working on for a crisis intervention class. On Sabbath, a week from yesterday, I preach a sermon in Rimbey. It is all good though and why is that? Because I know there is an end in sight, in fact, I can almost see it now. When I start getting really bogged down I just picture the cap and gown and that diploma and I put my head down yet again and try to wade through 18 credits and two jobs. It is not so much the homework though as much as life and here I must apologize for my neglect in staying in touch with most of the world. I realized I will soon be experiencing what is called a developmental crisis, that is, when you make a transition from one point of your life to the next...then I realized there are quite a few of those coming up in the next four months. 1) Graduation 2) find a job 3) get married. Oy! I have always liked working under stress the best so I guess this shall be the craziest test of all. As the realization begins to dawn that real life is beginning I am reminded of another event in the future that keeps me going even when I want to just give up. One day very soon there will be a shout! the earth will shake and give up their dead as those of us alive will watch as those who have died before us are lifted into the sky, then we who are left shall also be lifted into the sky leaving this sin sickened world behind. We then will proceed to put on a different sort of cap and gown, one that is new, clean and spotless. From there we walk forward to meet Jesus who will place a crown on our heads and give us a different sort of diploma, one that reads, "well done good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord." There will be no more crazy night shifts, no wondering where money will come from, no wondering if the car will hold up or what you should do with your life and best of all, no death. I like to think that Heaven will be somewhat like Florida lol but much nicer (thought of Florida cause I'm listening to Steve Green, The Mission). Anyways I have procrastinated that which must be done for too long and sadly homework does not do itself (or at least I have never found a way if anyone knows of a way let me know). Have a good night or rather good morning!