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Hebrews 12:11 “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening-it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.”
Discipline. What aspects of my life are disciplined? My faith, my focus, my love for others, my willingness to do what is right, my integrity, my morals, my determination, me. All of me. I am constantly at war with Satan to do what is right by God. Discipline is beautiful, it shapes me into a better young lady with each and every hardship. Let’s get specific, starting with sleep.
Sleep is a beautiful thing. I love to sleep. When I was younger, I’d knock out so fast there’d be no point in trying to say anything to me the moment I close my eyes. & now, 16 years young, sleep has gotten lower and lower on the priority list. I’m learning-the hard way-how necessary sleep is. Just how much the average teen needs it, you may wonder. Well I have no idea, but I understand why people always bring up the 7-8 hour recommendation. So it’s my jr year, I am sleepy. Really sleepy. For the first few weeks I was getting by with about 6 hours of sleep. I thought that was ok, I kept thinking, “It’s better than nothing! The point is, I’m getting my work done & I’m getting some kind of sleep.” Yeah, bad move. Those first few weeks were just the beginning. Eventually I went down to 5 hours then 4 hours, loving the weekends I didn’t stop to realize that even the weekends I don’t take the time to catch up on sleep. This one measly little detail sent me on a road to self destruction. My work that I was rushing to do was crap, the lectures went in through one ear & out the other, my test scores were still hideous, my attendance started to slip with my annoying tardies to zero period, I was frantic all the time, I was rush rush rushing every second of my day-even when it took too long for me to go to sleep(yea, that didn’t help)-,& worst of all, I started leaving my devos(devotionals-meditation on the Bible) for later in the day. Sometimes even not doing them. All from my letting sleep fall lower & lower down my priority list. Upside..
I tried what Randy said to do-totally works-& I found myself sleeping.. more! Amen. I thank God for SLEEP. & I thank God for Randy’s keen awareness. As far as I knew, I was putting up a good front. But nooooo, dear old Randy sees everything;)
But what else am I thankful for? DISCIPLINE. I thank God for leaving me the option to sleep or do homework, for letting me screw that decision up so that I could learn learn learn. I thank God for using people to get through to me.
Thanks Thadon, for waking me up, calling me nonstop just to annoy me enough to get outta bed and do my homework, for staying up with me til i finish my homework so that I wouldn’t go to sleep with it half done, and for just bein’ you.
Thanks Mrs. Paul for this assignment, because I would love getting a big fat A this quarter & extra credit is pretty cool;)
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