P.A.U.S.E.D.

There is something to be said when you cannot pause. I just finished a pretty extensive run of classes. I know it was the Lord that awakened me this morning and I had to get out of bed at 545a on a day that should've been a "down day" due to it being the 4th of July. The short story version is I had not finished my major assignment for my Marriage Coaching class (which was now late) and took the late penalty for the Psychology Research assignment the night before. Unbeknownst to me, I was tired. I had not "paused" to purposefully assess my own behavior which were tell-tale signs first and foremost.  Nonetheless, when you read this research paper, let me tell you, I know God gave me the Abstract which in turn gave me direction.  Yes, I had an idea of what the topic was supposed to be, but nothing else. I was so busy dreading and not doing the work and acting like I had all the time in the world to get it done. This is so out of character for me. Now, with all my work in except the last last research assignment (its in to my professor to review just not on the assignment link), and my real estate work that I met the deadline for, I had a headache but was thinking it was the half cup of coffee I had at about 730am just for taste and warmth. I was still ignoring the signs. After my quiet time, I decided to lay down...its now 3 or 4 hours later and I just awakened realizing now how tired I must have been and the additional things I wanted to get done.  All I can say is that I'm glad I laid down and feeling the headache subsiding as I type this. P.A.U.S.E.D<:

Pray & Purposely
Assess & Adjust
yoU, yoUr, oUr
Situation(s)
Effectively &
Deliberately Decide to obey the call.

Your very life depends on it.