Peace in times of trouble

To say that "prayer changes things" is not as close to the truth as saying, "Prayer changes me and then I change things." God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person's inner nature.

[take from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost for His Highest" for Aug. 28th]

August!

Summer 2011 is coming to an end :(. I feel it settling in. from deep within (actually not that deep).. the fluttery antsy feeling of not wanting to return to school. The funny thing is about midway through summer vacation, I was actually looking forward to going back. I feel like this summer was different from other summers because I got a glimpse of the "real world." People talk about this all the time. They talk about it as if the world that we're living in right now as students isn't real. I wasn't sure what this meant, but now I feel like I have a slightly better understanding of what this means. I learned the difference between a job and a career. Having an unhappy job can lead to sadness :(.. I want to love what I do each day!