God Reigns

I've been feeling kind of empty lately--at least up until a few days ago. It was then that I realized that it's not worth being angry or unhappy in life. Because of this, I've been able to really just shake things off that would normally bother me a lot. Like things I would usually dwell on for an eternity--or a couple of days.
So life's been good and all thanks be to God almighty. If I didn't have Him in my life, I'd be a complete disaster. I'd probably be heading nowhere in life. Honestly.
I'm so thankful for my friends. Especially Christine Lam. She has been an inspiration and encouragement from the moment I met her because I could clearly see the Lord actively working in and through her heart. Don't get me wrong: she's not the only encouragement to me, but she is the most recent.
Anyways, to get back to what I was saying earlier: it's so much nicer to just be happy. I mean, what good will moping around do? How will being angry fix anything? I say just be happy--forget about grudges. Forget about annoyances. Forget about everything that tries to bring you down! Forget it!
Example:
In English class last week, I had to recite 25 lines of a soliloquy from Hamlet. Now, I'm definitely not a line-memorizing drama junkie, but I tried my best. After a long night of reciting line after onerous line, I finally had the piece memorized. To sleep...
The next day, I am unfortunately called upon to recite the infamous "To be or not to be" bit. So I feel oh so confident in myself, but when I face the class I...
I suppose I should share some more background about this first. The morning of my little presentation, I was late out of bed and late to school so I didn't get to spend any time with God that morning. I wanted to just trust in Him all the way in that He would guide my day--whether or not I would do well on my soliloquy (it's all very trivial, I know, but legitimate considering that I am a very bad public speaker). So I spent about 10 minutes reading my bible and praying; praying for a good memory so that I wouldn't make a complete fool of myself in front of my entire English class. But immediately after I was done reading my bible, I snatched Hamlet and began reading the passage over and over again, fearful that I might forget a word or two.
As my faith in God crumbled like an old graham cracker, I felt confident in myself.
Anyways, I walked up to the front of the class and turned to give my spiel when my mind went completely blank. It was like looking at the night sky and seeing no moon or stars. Just blank--completely blank. I stumbled through about 19 lines and couldn't go any further which earned me a good solid 76%. If I had just trusted God, I'm sure I would have had no problem. But, the beautiful thing is that I only felt ashamed for about five minutes. After that, as I prayed right there in the middle of class, I rejoiced in the Lord's awesomeness and power. I had been given a gigantic spiritual slap in the face. It was like God said, "Mike, why didn't you trust me?" And I couldn't help but smile and celebrate God's righteousness.
Glory be to God!
He is so good to me. To you.
To us.