Is There a Light at the End of This Tunnel?

    So I have to admit I have not been doing as well with my devotions as I'd hope to. I've been letting my piles and piles of homework take priority = ( Which is NOT good at all! I've been trying to be better this week about it which is been somewhat successful so far...it does help that this is the first time that I've been ahead on homework! But I really want to work this semester on continually growing closer in my relationship with Christ. I've come a long way since high school and even since the first few years of college, but still not where I need to be. I know I'll spend my whole life growing though! But I want to become a woman after God's own heart and I really do desire to serve Him with my whole life.
   
    Yeah, is there a light at the end of this tunnel? What tunnel you might ask? I've been struggling severely with finances the past couple months and it hasn't gotten any better! I'm trying to pay off my bills and it just doesn't seem to be getting anywhere. I have accumulated bills that total around $1000 and a very small income paying job. I have to pay my $100 hospital bill from the summer, which I've been putting off...I have my $240 credit card bill that I used to pay for my school books...and I owe my dad $750 for my car repair which he initially paid for. I'm really trying to trust God and not freak out about these bills!!! But honestly it's really hard not knowing where this money is going to come from. And I still have to pay phone bills and gas and such. This past week I did come up with an idea to save me some money that I did put into action...it cost me a bit of money to start but I can make up that money within no time with what I save--I ended my AT&T cell phone contract that was costing me around $75-80/month (and that was the cheapest plan they had) and switched to a Virgin Mobile pay-as-you-go phone that you can put on a monthly unlimited plan but it's not under contract for $35/month........that saved me $40-$45/month!!! So I had to pay some money to end the contract early and get the new phone but I can pay that off pretty quickly. So I was pretty excited about that. But trust has become a big thing in my life right now! Something I'm really trying hard at, but sometimes I see myself failing at! I know God will supply all my needs and these bills will get paid in time...and by God's grace my dad has been very gracious with waiting for any money and has not even asked about it. I know I'd feel pressured and overwhelmed if he kept asking for it, but yet I do know I have to pay him.

"My Shepherd will supply my need:
Jehovah is His Name;
In pastures fresh He makes me feed,
Beside the living stream.
He brings my wandering spirit back
When I forsake His ways,
And leads me, for His mercy’s sake,
In paths of truth and grace."

"'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus. Just to take Him at His Word; Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know, Thus says the Lord! Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more!"