Exam Week..

     I'm sitting on my bed at the moment, studying for my geography exam.  It is on Thursday.  Today is Tuesday.  We have youth tomorrow night, so I won't have much time to study.  I think I'm quite possibly might fail.  Oh, and I got SOOOO confused on the geometry study guide.  I don't even want to look at my questions for Romeo and Juliet.  That is the only exam I have tomorrow, but I'm delaying my studying for that as much as possible.  That probably isn't a very good thing to delay....but too bad.  I have a 102 in that class.  I think I'll at least pass....even if I don't do so great on the exam.  I'm so stressed out about all of this. Every time exam week comes around....I want to go crawl in a hole.  It is just craziness.  ALLL week.  It is quite a miserable 5 days.  
     Here's what I'm trying to remind myself....exams don't determine my salvation.  Failing an exam won't make God love me any less than he ALREADY does.  At the same time, making a 100 on EVERY exam won't make Him love me anyMORE.  Exams, quite simply, aren't as big of a deal that we make them out to be.  Another thing I'm trying to remind myself....exam week doesn't excuse me from my responsibilities as a Christian.  I might need to study a little more than usual, and I might not be able to hang out with friends as much for these short 5 days.  This is also one of the most stressful weeks of the year, but that doesn't mean I'm not still supposed to be loving and working for Christ.  I'm trying to keep all these things in mind as I sit here and TRY to concentrate and study.  My little brother walked in my room and was being annoying a few minutes ago....I yelled at him.  Even if I have a lot to do and I'm tired, that isn't acceptable.  I guess my big POINT in all this is....exams suck, but they don't really have ANY eternal significance.  Remember that.  I'm trying..
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