September 25 + knowing the Lord

 Today, we finished Fences but I missed everything except for the last page because I was late, as always. I'll try to sleep earlier tonight so I don't keep snoozing my alarm and waking up at 7:15, which, if I don't skip breakfast, is why I arrive so late. After finishing the play, we typed a short narrative that explained how Troy might have died, because in Fences it wasn't made known to us. Only the funeral was described. (I still haven't read much of Act II Scene 5)

I learned that I can whip up a narrative about a part of the story that I don't even have too much information on quicker than I had previously thought I could. It impacted me by making me realize that writing the essay on Wednesday analyzing Fences will probably be easier than I have been assuming. With this knowledge, I plan to do well on the Fences analysis essay, but I know that I need to review the rubric/guidelines before I feel fully confident. 

What I liked about the lesson, specifically the reading, was that Troy was very quickly and mysteriously removed from the story. It gives every reader an opportunity to fill in the blank of that time period. In this situation, the only limit to what could've been Troy's demise is the reader's imagination, which I haven't seen in a story in a while.

Today, I am feeling very productive and I'm glad that the Lord has been overcoming social insecurities in me. By this second statement I mean that I've been improving at giving fellow students (many I haven't even met before) gospel tracts, and I've been using the seemingly effective line: "Get to know the God of our universe personally." This personal relationship with the Lord that I have been developing (my whole life, but only recently have I been pursuing genuinely with my whole being) is a crucial element of Christianity that many, even most Christians sadly aren't aware of. How could we just cold-turkey sinning and "gut it out" in order to be justified toward God? It's simple: We can't and no matter how hard we try ourselves, we never will, because we have an inherited sinful nature. We need His divine life supply, through the Son Jesus Christ, to overcome anything and everything that the world and its ruler Satan throws at us. People often think I am religious, but this outward way I earlier described, which I don't practice, (attempting to overcome sin in our own human effort) is pretty much the definition of religion, so I'm not religious. I simply love my Lord Jesus and rely on receiving His dispensing of Himself into my spirit in everything I do. I couldn't imagine living any way other than calling on Him day by day, moment by moment, to crush the devil with all of his pitiful temptations. OH LORD JESUS!!! Thank you Lord I can know You.

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