Realization of the Day

This week has been met by a handful of frustrations. My professors have piled on new information just in time for finals next week, I haven't had an hour to spare, and I have out the wazoo of studying to do for next week. The most frustrating part of my week was yesterday, when our final marketing plan was due for class. We have had all semester to work on it and finish so there should have been no excuse for yesterday's events.
After a semester of no communication and lack of work, I had hoped everyone would have picked up their slack for the final paper. Unfortunately, that did not happen. Long and exasperating story, my group ignored all my texts and phone calls throughout the day and then finally, sent me everything 30 minutes before it was due and 30 minutes before I needed to go to work. To say I was angry would be the understatement of the year. I was livid!
Then, as I was getting ready this morning and thinking about how this past week had gone down, God snuck his way into my bitterness and started talking. You see, I've been reading the book of Job this week. If you are unfamiliar with the story, Job is a dedicated man of God and all of sudden, has everything taken away from him. His family, what he's worked for, and his health. Satan was attacking him. In the midst of all the calamity and tragedy happening in his life, Job still praises God. Not once does he curse God for what is happening.
So it made me realize, like a slap across the face, that no matter how this project turns out, no matter what grade we receive, God is still sovereign. He's still in control. God is still God.
So, if you find yourself this next week, in the next couple weeks or even in life feeling overwhelmed with the unfairness in life or having people you needed to be there letting you down, I encourage you to remember Job and his complete dedication to our One and True Savior, Jesus Christ.

Job 1:21 "Naked I come from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Job 2:10 "Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?"