Prayer Request, again

Friends, I'm sorry to ask again, but please be in prayer for me. I've been having lots of large mood swings these past few days, and they are taking a toll on me. I've been able to spend a little time in the Word and in prayer and able to get myself to church, community group, Sunday school and so forth. But at the same time, I've been horribly mad, upset, and not wanting to see or talk to anyone, including my closest friends. And, and yes I know this is hard to believe, I haven't really wanted to be around any sort of little kids lately, I did nursery this morning, and the whole time all I wanted was to be out of that room. Last night I was really excited to help out, I don't know what happened!

I don't know what's going on, but I don't like it. I'm exhausted all the time, but am back to not being able to sleep very much at all. I don't want to eat, even on the rare occasion I feel hungry, food makes me feel nauseous. My mom says it's just my body getting used to being back in school, but I think there is something else going on, possibly something spiritual as I've been trying really hard to spend time with the LORD.

Maybe I am just exhausted from trying to do a summer class, and work 35-40 hours a week at work, which is insanely stressful right now as conversion is next weekend, so we're all really stressed out and snapping at each other pretty regularly.

I'm sorry if it seems like I'm complaining, and according to my mom I just need to pull myself up by my bootstraps and plow my way through everything. If it's not too much to ask though, would you please pray?

An interesting thought

It is a known fact that I listen to way too much Focus on the Family for my own good. I was listening to a broadcast of theirs the other day though, and heard a quote that made me stop, rewind, and hear it again (about 5 times over). I'm not sure I completely agree with this quote, so I thought I would ask for your opinions, I think it could be a cool discussion.

It's from a Focus on the Family interview with author Philip Yancey. Here's the link if you want to hear it in context.
http://listen.family.org/weekend/A000002754.cfm
On the left side of the middle section, under the heading tough questions, click on Audio: "Disappointment with God"

Here's the quote that caught my attention:
"It's very clear that there are things that happen on this earth that do not please God. Jesus told us to pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And God's will is not always done on Earth as it is in heaven. Just read the daily newspaper, talk to people who are the victims of crime and these terrible things that are happening in the world."

I'm not sure I agree with the part where he says "And God's will is not always done on Earth as it is in heaven." I can agree with the overall fact that Earth is not like heaven, but I'm not sure about the God's will part. Isn't God's will always done? Even if something horrible happens to someone, isn't that God's will. I didn't think that anything could be outside of God's will for our lives.

Am I just completely hearing this statement wrong? Or is there some theological thing I don't understand? I'd love to hear your responses.

Dear Blogosphere

So I have a thought-provoking blog post that I'm working on writing, but I decided that I wanted to ask a question first.

I'm trying to take a 5-week summer class (FDST131/CHEM131, The Science of Food), and work almost full time each of those weeks (work is busy because we are in the transition period for the Alabama 529 College Savings Plan, which means we are working longer hours each day, for a total of more hours in a week, and everyone is tired, and in a bad mood), and keep all of my commitments besides. Because of this, here's my question:

How many beers, or other alcoholic drinks is it going to take to get me through the next 4 weeks? (One week is already done.)

I just thought it was sort of funny, because I was really upset after work, so I opened a beer, and we just happened to be talking about alcohols in class, and which alcohol it is that we drink (the answer is ethanol by the way).

I've also learned (not through class), that someone should make a watermelon flavored beer (maybe they do and I just don't know about it.) Taking a swig of watermelon pucker, then holding it in your mouth while you add a swig of beer (I'm drinking Michelob Light), makes for a pretty good drink.

Just thought I would throw it out there.

Prayer

I'm pretty sure that no one really reads this blog, so you may not get this message, but for anyone who does, here you go:

Please pray for me. I can't, and don't know how, to put into words what's wrong right now. I'm sorry, but I can't even get a clear thought in my head at the moment to try.

Just please, pray.