Saturday study of Saul

My Old Testament class has me in 1 Samuel right now, learning about Saul and his reign over Israel, and his short-lived reign due to disobedience to God, who regretted making him king. I think that what's being implied here is the fact that God gave him a chance to make the right decision to follow Him and lead His people faithfully. It was a test of faith for Saul, and he ended up failing that test. So He ended up replacing him with David, who was a man 'after His own heart.' Of course David too made some mistakes in life, also. Hey, I make mistakes. I don't think any one of us are immune to them. But the important thing is to learn from them, pick yourself up and continue on that walk of faith, that walk of hope that's ahead. There is always hope and renewal, even if we've failed miserably. Cause it's those failures that help us to come to a better understanding. Like Carleton Sheets said, "Those people who are most successful have made the most mistakes." I think that's true because when you're striving for success, you're going to make mistakes. It's just that, those who aim for success don't let failure stop them...they use it as an opportunity to learn and move forward. Failure can either hinder us, or help us.

On a more personal note, I'm feeling the squeeze here with my classes. The issue I deal with is putting an end to procrastination and initiating a habit of discipline. I have a good year left of school so there's time to implement these two, and I should take full advantage of it! I saw a lady on MSNBC who said that procrastination is the result of fear, a fear of failure for instance. We can tend to procrastinate cause we aim for perfection too much... if it's not going perfect we will put it off or give up. I can see that happening. I try making a list of what needs accomplishing during the day. That seems to help me be more organized, plus has the added benefit of putting it in front of my face where I can see it. When I don't see what needs to be done, that's when I tend to procrastinate and get sidetracked. Oh and that's the other reason we procrastinate! Too much on the mind...we start one thing, then go to another thing, then another, then forget what we were doing in the first place! I think it's a lack of focus. Sometimes we have to literally tell ourselves to concentrate on one thing sometimes.

We've all done the 'walk into a room and forget what we came in for' routine. Too much is going on up there sometimes! lol I'll be the first to admit that, being a creative and all...I have a really bad habit of reading too much into things my boss says to me. I think I drive her crazy with all of the 'possible' solutions to her question instead of the simple answer she's looking for. Well what do you expect...I'm a freakin' concept designer! LOL I'm in the habit of looking at things from about a dozen different angles. I think that carries over to people as well. I like to know what makes people tick, why they act the way they do, and what interests them. I like to bring out their good side, especially if it's been repressed deep inside. I really notice when someone is down or unhappy and will try to lift them up. On that note, I think we can get wrapped up into too much drama in life and make us sour. But that's a whole other subject! Maybe another time...for now...time to hit the sack for now...they say hitting it 5 times is just right. Anything more than that is just excessively ridiculous. Can you imagine hitting it 7 times? My gosh, that's just unheard of! lol