giving up.

oh today. its already gotten off to a rough start. 

i am tired and am getting sick. i missed house breakfast. i have a test tomorrow and haven't started studying. i'm stressed about money. my mom called me crying this morning. 

what do i do? how do i find joy today? 

God put isaiah 58 on my heart---it talks about fasting, and what it means to truly fast. 

vs. 6-11:

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: 
       to loose the chains of injustice 
       and untie the cords of the yoke, 
       to set the oppressed free 
       and break every yoke?

  Is it not to share your food with the hungry 
       and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— 
       when you see the naked, to clothe him, 
       and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, 
       and your healing will quickly appear; 
       then your righteousness will go before you, 
       and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; 
       you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. 
       "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, 
       with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

  and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry 
       and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, 
       then your light will rise in the darkness, 
       and your night will become like the noonday.

 The LORD will guide you always; 
       he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land 
       and will strengthen your frame. 
       You will be like a well-watered garden, 
       like a spring whose waters never fail."

God will guide me today--I must give up focusing on myself and my problems, and rejoice in Him, believe in Him--that he is who he says and will do what he says. My hope and my strength come from Him--I have to give up trying on my own.