Daniel Bible Study

I am doing a Beth Moore study on the book of Daniel right now that has changed my life in just the 3 weeks I've been doing it so far. It is awesome, and I highly suggest it to anyone, girls and guys (Josh is in it, too). Our preacher has said before that people will come up to him after a sermon and say, "I just really needed to hear that, when you talked about (such and such)." He said that a lot of times he never talked about that and that God was speaking to them through his sermon. Maybe what I'm getting from this is just what I needed to hear and is different from other people, but this has helped me tremendously in getting my focus back on God. I think we hear the words "focus on God" so much that the phrase gets washed out, but it's SO important. I'm realizing how Satan is so subtle in steering me off track, by using things such as computer and tv to waste my time. I have made some goals for myself, and I'm realizing already how hard it is sometimes to just stick to them, when it's just me who made the goals. Something popped into my head, and I wrote it down, which has helped a lot. "Be strong! Weak is not working for me. Satan is SUBTLE!" He's using something that's not evil in itself and seems so harmless to take away from me being a godly woman. Distraction. Do you ever feel like God is trying to tell you something...and trying...and trying...and finally you wake up and listen and are changed by it? That's how I feel about God telling me to be still. BE STILL. BE STILL!!! I fight back constantly, but when I allow myself to listen, I am so relieved, content, relaxed, among many other things. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone but me, but it's just been on my heart so much lately. Every morning, I try to fight off doing my Daniel study and spending time in prayer (because there are many other things I could do), but as soon (literally as soon) as I open the book, a peace comes over me and I can't get enough. Isn't that interesting? Doesn't that show you how awesome he is, that when my mind is where it should be, I can't get enough? This happens EVERY morning! You'd think I'd remember, but it's an everyday struggle. That's where it becomes so easy to go back to being distracted and rationalizing it by telling myself that I'm not doing any "bad" sins. Putting God first in my day (that is, right after breakfast and feeding James) is not just an isolated thing. God has blessed me so much already by showing me other areas of weakness, the strength and wisdom to start overcoming them, and I think most importantly, helping me know him better. I'm writing this partly so that it'll help me remember, but hopefully there are others out there who can relate and get some encouragement from hearing a fellow struggler.