The dreaded month of July...

And the month of the dreaded bar exam has now come upon us.  This past week it has really hit me how soon this bar exam will be here and the panic is starting to set in big time. 

Then a great big storm blew in Friday night while I was home alone...and yes, I was a little scared.  The winds were banging on the windows.  The trees were shaking A LOT.  I thought one might tumble into my house.  My poor dog Lucy was scared to death.  My other baby dog Bella just wanted to go outside and fight the storm.  And of course...the hubby was out playing softball like a crazy man before a storm.  But you know what...with all the many people who lost power because of it and many of whom still do not have power...we never lost it.  Our power remained on and only flickered a couple times. 

This may seem silly, but this storm reminded me of God's control and His power over everything.  He reminded me that he has control over everything in this world and in this life.  My house could have been torn up by a tree falling on it (like others have to deal with), but that did not happen.  God showed me that there are much bigger things to worry about than this silly test.  Yes, this test does decide whether I will be able to practice law - the field that I have studied and cried over the past three years...but even if the worst happens...life will go on.  I will still be alive.  I will still be married to a great guy.  I will still have my family and friends.  And most of all, I will still have my all powerful God. 

Isaiah 41:10 "fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"

2 Timothy 1:7 "for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control"

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.   For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,  as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal"