Surviving in the face of insanity

So, I’ve been really busy this week. My schedule starts at 7:00 AM and stops at about 2:00 AM. Study, part-time job, new business, social life, elders quorum, reading, exams…I’m insanely freakishly busy. I actually had a random outburst of laughter during a “physics party” over at Christie and Mikayla’s apartment. I couldn’t stop laughing for about two minutes, and they were very concerned for me. I had a brief relapse before ward prayer today, considering that I still had another five ours to go (I’m using a new computer right now, so tonight’s been spent doing a transplant between my old and new systems). And I get up at 5:30 tomorrow to deliver an information security presentation on adolescent miscreant tactics at a government conference. Those are always fun, but I think I’ll be skipping some sessions to go sleep in my car and/or study for book of mormon exam tomorrow and read 100 pages of Kierkegaard and the cliffs notes for it too…

So, now for the testimony/advice/experience/whatever – I went home teaching today to Geoff Gautier. Originally from France, he’s a convert to the church. Really awesome guy to be around. In the course of the lesson, we came to a point where we were talking about how busy everyone was and how hard it is to get it all done in 24 hours. I stopped and just bore testimony of how it is that I’m able to survive in the face of 30 hour days between all my activities. Honestly, I don’t know how it all works out every time, but I know that it does, and it’s because I “take time to be holy” with scripture study, prayer, obedience, and commitment to the principles of the Gospel. Even now, with my alarm practically sounding in a few minutes (I think I’ll be getting 5 hours sleep…), I know that I’ll be fine tomorrow because the spirit says so. I’ve been doing the Lord’s work today from when I woke up ’til about 11:00. We read in D&C 84 that serving in the priesthood and magnifying your calling entitles you to the renewing of your body, and I’m taking that one to the bank because I feel and know that I’m entitled to that today. I’ll let you know what it’s like tomorrow.