So the laptop has been on all day long. I’ve been thinking and working with it (can I really do that?) so much. I didn’t accomplish as much as I wanted, my mom got a webcam for me so she can see me when I’m talking to her on msn. I was always against having a webcam, but oh well, it’s kind of fun, I can pick my nose and do all kinds of stuff that will entertain the world… well, just the person I’m talking to, which is fun for now, but I’ll get used to it and then I won’t really care.  I wanted to accomplish at lot. I wanted to focus on assignments and projects for school. But really, tonight I didn’t do much. Have you ever seen a wretched person, or worse, a wretched Christian? I have. So this wretched person came up on msn and I started chatting with her. After a couple silly gestures for the webcam and a few questions on how she was doing at school and the usual stuff, I told the person, “Listen, you don’t have to answer this question, but I wanted to tell you that to me, you look unhappy, is this true or just something I think?” She said that I was right, that she was unhappy. I asked her why and then she told me. All she said did not surprise me at all.  

I chatted with this person for a while and I was telling myself, “Gabe, you really should get back to work” but I decided to stay on and keep learning and trying to encourage this person.   I think that it is a big issue in the lives of college and university students, to be focused on school so much that they can’t spend meaningful time with people who love them or need them. It is true that there are always a lot to do and it is important to do our best, but we can’t just go on and on, getting busier and busier with good stuff. We all need to stop in order to get rest and in order to do good. I think that I might be too easy-going (
Saskatchewan’s attitude still strong in me!) … but seriously, why do we believe that we are going to accomplish anything by our own means? Why do we think that we’ll succeed if we keep getting busier and busier because of school assignments and papers and studies? Why can’t we simply trust God? Do not take me wrong; I am not saying that we can just sit and fool around and we’ll succeed in everything and the papers will be written and etc. Not at all. We are responsible to give God our best, and He’ll take care of what’s left. I think it is an attitude that we must have. Yes, we can’t deny we’re busy and that there is pressure. But our minds are at peace because we trust that God is always on His throne, in full control. Whatever He allows to happen, it is fine, it is great, better.  So I keep in mind it’ll be all fine, I don’t need to worry and I should take up the opportunities to help someone one the way to the library or to sit a little longer with this person who needs my care. Even when it means I won’t have as much time to do the “important” things. What is really important anyways?