I think Satan is using school to attack me...

[Popsicle]

[color="DeepSkyBlue"]If you guys have read some of my other posts you know that I am making a Christian manga/comic. I decided to also do this as a school project so I will be sharing it around at school and most of the administration will get to read it too.

I think Satan knows that I don't deal with stress well and it makes me get depressed sometimes. Usually the stress I get comes from school, and it only being the second week of school I am SWAMPED with projects and homework like you would not believe! And now I am starting to get stressed and I'm finding that I don't have much time after finishing homework to work on my comic (if I even have time, usually I have to go to sleep cuse its like 10pm) Satan obviously is using school to get to me and he doesn't want me to spread my comic around to people at school.

Please pray that I will be able to deal with the stress and finish my comic so that other people can come to know Christ! Thanks![/color]

[Etoh*the*Greato]

Sometimes when an avenue is closed off to us it may be that as much as we hope and pray that what we're trying to do will succeed it may just not be what God wants us to be doing at that specific moment. Doesn't mean God won't want you to do it later, but perhaps not this very second. Take a step back, pray for some insight in to the situation and maybe pray to see if God has anything He's absolutely burning for you to do. ^-^

[Danderson]

Know exactly what you mean about school taking up a lot of time....will definetly be praying....

[ADXC]

Yeah I agree with Etoh too. Don't think theres a due date for finishing your comic. If you really want to draw them to help people be christians than I see no reason why God would want to prevent you from doing it. But you should try to keep your grades and all your homework and projects on the up and up. Your main focus here is school with the help of God of course. Believe me, you can't draw well if you don't feel well. This includes all the work that piles up of which you should put first before your comic. Because if you don't do well in school then you'll feel bad and that will affect your comics. But once all your homeworks finished, even if its just a few minutes you should draw some of your comic then, little by little. And then some more on the weekends if they permit. And also please, please, please pray to God! God can move mountains if he wants to, so if he can do that, surely he can make your comic drawing schedule more do'able. In the past I belived I could never do something and I tried doing it on my own and failed horribly. But in the end I went straight to the Lord in prayer and prayed really bad for it. And in the end I was able to do it. I don't find it a coincedence, for me coincedences like this aren't real. It was the mighty hand of God helping me out. It was tough but I got through that storm and Im currently in another storm, but this time I have God to light away through the darkness and helping me keep away from Satans tricks.(Which was depression for me about 3 years.) But I know though that I will slip up again but hopefully not as bad as I have. So just try your best and I know you CAN do it. And I will be praying for you.

[Popsicle]

[color="DeepSkyBlue"]Thanks for your prayer and advice guys, its cool to hear from people on CAA. Believe it or not Etoh, I have already been praying about what you said before you even replied. Thanks for your help though. I think God is telling me to keep on with my comic, he was also the one who gave me the ideas for the story of my comic.

At first I didn't even want to do this comic as a school project, just as a hobby. But then the idea of using it as a school project struck me and I started praying about it, because being my human self, I had doubts about it. But I know God can do anything...Matthew 17:20 and Philippians 4:13. Oh and thanks animedude for your encouragement to stay faithful in the Lord's power.

As of right now, my goal is to work my butt off on the weekends on this school project/comic. Since my story is pretty long I'm breaking the comic up into "issues". I guess that's what I should call them. I plan to try to get one issue done by the time my project is due.

Well thanks for the prayers guys and the care you show towards others on CAA! [/color]

[K. Ayato]

I would suggest using a daily planner as well. That way you can have an outline of your weekly routine, and have some form of control of your time. Good luck!