October 4

 Today (its 12 AM, so technically yesterday) we finally typed the Fences analysis essay that has been in the back of every multicultural literature student's mind for the past week and a half. I got to school right around 8:30 and go into Mr. Rease's classroom at about 8:35, so I only had about an hour to get my organized and written down thoughts from the day before onto my screen and submitted.

Thank the Lord that all of the books were already taken up because I could only use the PDF of Fences that I had previously downloaded on my chromebook. I'm assuming this isn't cheating... but I used ctrl+f to find parts of the play that I needed to reference throughout my essay which would have been impossible if I was using a paper book. (obviously) Returning to the blog post format, I learned that I should prioritize getting to school on time. I barely finished my essay and my third body paragraph felt quite weak and short. 

What I liked about this lesson was that I got some experience of "clutching up" in a matter with limited time such as today's. I credit the completion of my essay (in order) to 1. my typing speed, 2. my Adderall prescription, and 3. the Lord Jesus. The Lord helped by soothing my stress whenever I got in my own head about how much time I had left or if parts weren't good enough, I would call on Him and realize where in the essay I should be focusing on I love how the Lord cares about each and every one of our seemingly insignificant (to the God of the universe) matters, for example an essay that I'm typing about something completely unrelated to God's economy. Yes, there's a raging war between the forces of death and life, but the Lord still cares about these kinds of things, just one of the countless things I love about Him. Through the Lord and some logical mental time-management I ended up realizing that it was more about generally following the essay's format and criteria than having perfectly specific details in each and every body paragraph. Nonetheless, I'd like to think I kept somewhat of a balance in these aspects of my analysis. If I didn't put more details in my essay preparation sheet on Tuesday night I most definitely wouldn't have been able to finish with nearly as sound of an essay as I did. 

Praise the Lord, He wants to live in you, Have a great break! CALL "LORD JESUS"!!!

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