food that endures

jn 6:22-9 daily bread today was something i needed to hear. i've been reminded of it by friends, especially when i've felt so stressed out with school that I feel powerless to do anything else. i just wind up sleeping or getting upset at people. ouch. But it's become clearer to me that Jesus doesn't want me to live like this, so focused on the material, the immediate, the now: my circumstances. All of this is food that spoils, so why do i get so bent out of shape about it, meanwhile forgetting about the one food that lasts forever? Jesus is the bread of life, not the bread of grades or accomplishments. I was so blessed to sit down and take a look at our ubf website today to receive this this morning. I didn't even want to; i was trying to review my cancer pathogenesis notes this morning, and hopefully--which i never wind up doing by the end of the day--turn to God later. But then He just gets replaced by something else, and another day, another lack of time or care for God. But thankfully, so thankfully, God drew me to Him today. Yesterday was bad, many previously have been bad too. But today will be different. i prayed and begged God that i might stand in his presence today and seek his true pleasure, not giving my heart away to girls or lewd music or poker or even too much school for that matter. But to stand before him and fix my eyes on him, seeking food that endures to eternal life: the pleasure of God. And what more could i ask for? "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless ."