My Finals Week Miracle

This post is really late, but it couldn't be helped. It's been so busy! But more on that later

My finals week miracle occurred on Wednesday night at about 11:20 pm. But before we get to that, we've got to set up the context. That night (that whole day) I was fried. Picture an egg on a skillet, burnt black- about that fried. Between stressful finals, work, and friends, my brain was dead. I was at the end of my rope. That night, two of my friends and I went to a bagpipe/Irish band concert (and while I'm glad we went, I probably should've gone to bed early). It was nice to get out, but I'm sure I was horrible company. Basically didn't want to talk or anything. I was just angry at the world, in a way.

So I dropped my friends off and I was driving home, after the concert, and  kind of broke down. I just prayed that Heavenly Father would send someone to help me out, because I just couldn't go forward any further. It was the end of my rope, and I just couldn't handle what I had left (two of my hardest tests, and getting ready to come home for the holidays).

After I'd composed myself, I went inside, and it was just normal. I had kinda figured I was going to have to make it one way or another, and I could wake up later than I had been, take my tests later and sleep in a little. I was just getting ready to go to sleep when my roommate comes downstairs and says "There's people here to see you! They insist on seeing you, so you have to come up." Lo and behold, it was my visiting teachers. At 11:20 at night, with a plate of cookies and a message- "You can make it, and this too shall pass." They had no idea that it was the night I needed it most. No one knew besides me and God. And that was enough. He knew what I needed, and He inspired them to come. And the cookies were delicious :)

The moral of the story is that God knows what you're going through, and He will send the help you need. He will not leave you to make it through on your own.. Don't forget it, especially during this wonderful season!

My roommate also helped by covering the plate and leaving this lovely note :) 

Broken And Used

What do you do when you just feel used
Tired and broken, bent and bruised
What do you do when you can't get up again
When it's all hard and it's all pain
What do you do when you're falling apart
What is to be done with a worn out heart
What do you do when there's work to be done
And helping others, and staying up til the sun
What do you do when the burden weighs too much
When you're limping and stumbling without a crutch
What do you do when to be heard is a must
Yet as for ears to hear, there's no one to trust
What do you do when you need to be told it's okay
That the stress doesn't matter and tomorrow's another day
What do you do when you need to be held
When you're weeping and crying and you already fell
You don't need to be picked up, helped, or caught
Just need a friend who will stay, empathetic without a thought
What do you do when you just feel used
Tired and broken, bent and bruised.