Christmas Cookies

My sister, Victoria, and I decorated christmas cookies tonight! :) Nothing puts you in the christmas spirit like christmas cookies! 

FInal Exams

Is it possible to have one's whole mind and body on fast speed but then have his or her soul in another? My mind is constantly in future mode. Final exams are in a little over two weeks; which means final papers and projects are due this week and the next. My mind is trying to process all the future due date and group meetings, while also trying to plan my studying habits for my final exams. Because of the overflow of meetings and homework, my body is in constant rush; pushing it's way to the next work destination. Yet, among all the hustle and bustle, my heart is screaming at me to slooooooooow dooooown!

I find it funny, at times we freak out about meeting a due date or a final paper-when in the whole realm of it- within a few weeks we forget what we were stressing out about and find something else to obsess over. 

So is the freaking out and the sprint to finish worth it? Is it even possible to slow down? Is it possible for my whole being be at the same slow pase? Or is life full of freak outs and due dates to test us? 

James 1:2-4
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.