I think this is something that every teenager has had to face in there life time. That Giant jump from grade school to middle school. Depending on who you talk to, they are the some, not in my case though. When I was in grade school, I became very accustomed to being able to do very little to get straight A's. This wasn't the case in middle school.

I walked into school for my first day of middle school. I confident that I would do just fine. I did fine for the first week or so but, non of the teachers had assigned any homework yet. I got my first couple of assignments and was doing pretty good. I had a serious problem with procrastinating though, within the first month my grades dropped significantly.

My dad has always been one who believed very strongly in his children getting at least A's and B's. Many of my grades dropped down to C's and D's. My dad got my grades and became furious. I took my iPod as punishment and said that he wouldn't give it back until I got my grades up to at least straight B's.

I found that my spiritual life with God was as good as my study habits. I would put off my time with God because I was to busy with what I was already doing. I would put off that time until I had to go to sleep, and I didn't even spend much time then. I would say a prayer quickly thanking him for my family and to help me to have a good day, then I went right to sleep. I didn't want to spend time with God until I realized what I was doing. My study habits have gotten better and my dad is pleased with my grades and I now spend time with God that actually means something.

We shouldn't need to  put off our time with God, it should be something important to us. He made us and we really should be thankful for all has has given us.