defeating the enemy

The title of this post has to do with what I have been reading in my Bible plan. I am in the midst of the book of Joshua. If you don't know, Joshua is all about the Israelites defeating their enemies that are inhabiting the promise land and finally moving into the land the Lord set aside for them. With the help of God Joshua and the Israelites just crushed their foes with no problem at all. They only ran into trouble when they leaned on themselves and not on God. I thought this concept was pretty cool and it has been weighing on my heart these past couple of days. I can not defeat my enemies by myself, I need to rely on the Lord and everything will work out. Now when I say enemies I do not mean other people. My enemies are school (specifically tests), stress, and myself. Yes I know these things seem small and trivial. However, when your job is to be a student, those things are enormous. But I am learning a little by little that I need to just take a deep breath and let life just go on. I know I will be OK. I have begun to realize that the Lord really does know where he needs me to be and I am trusting in him more and more every day. He is awesome!!!!! This weekend has been amazing and a big stress reliever. Spending good solid quality time with your friends is always a blessing. My girls are such a Godly influence in my life and I love sharing time with them. We made a little road trip Friday which was a blast, and then yesterday we were able to spend time together at dinner. Like I said, it was so much fun. I am now ready to tackle this upcoming week head on. It will be stressful but oh so worth it in the end. Please pray that I stay focused and God conscious this week. The more I stay focused, the more I can get accomplished!!! Also please pray for me as my journey to this summer creeps ever closer. I should be receiving my staff packet this week and I am over joyed!!!! I pray that everybody has an amazing week and that you get tons of stuff done. Remember that God is always on your side...and of course i hope that your journey is blessed!!!!