While everybody else is doing their merry-making, we (the ever FUN campus) are spending our time on books, calculators, exams. BEST summer ever!
Ok. So I was nursing a very foul mood just a while ago… I realize that I have an impending clash of appointments due to some prima donna date switching.
See, I have a flight this morning (4:30AM) and it’s still unknown to me whether I am required to take the final exams in org chem or not (scheduled today as well). Honestly, I don’t really care about the grade increase. As long as I don’t have to repeat the entire ordeal that is the subject organic chemistry, I’m cool with it. By now, I realize that I am not really ambitious and that my goals in life are not that high. (It boils down to that same question, “Why bother?”)
So there. I really have no idea what to say to my parents, as well as any inclination of what to do. I was really more than willing to dive headfirst from our roof deck to the streets of Nakpil and Malvar when some stroke of luck happened and I received a very auspicious message from Jaira. The missive informed me that I’m not among the people who will take the finals.
I'm exempted? I'm exempted!
IMAGINE my SHOCK. Absurd truly. But it’s still an Amazing Grace.
Thus this blog came to be. Conflict was solved. I can go home tomorrow with a clear conscience and light heart. Let me say this simply. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN TO BRING THIS BLESSING UPON MYSELF. My dormmates can attest to that. I think, by now, most of the people around me can attest to this lack of effort on my part as well.
But I’m not really that ashamed about that lack of effort on my part. I won't apologize for believing that it is His will to make life easy for us...Well, He made it so much easier for me. And I just really want to let the whole world the truth. God made all these not me. I bring all glory and honor to Him!
He’s really faithful in His promises. This summer it was:
Ephesians 3:20-21
“His power at work in us can do far more than we DARE ask or IMAGINE. Amen.”
See, the difference when we do things on our own effort is that we'll have a tendency to brag. I DID IT. I WON. I. It's all about ME. We end up being like Kuzco of the Emperor's New Groove. We become successful, but we also become prideful.
On the other hand, when we let God do it for us, we become successful. But we realize that apart from His grace, we are NOTHING. Thus, we end up being successful AND humble. We not only become victorious. We also develop CHARACTER.
"Our nation does not need competence. It needs CHARACTER."- Nixon Ng
Enjoy vacation! Trust in Him - WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH. Don’t hold back. And He shall direct your path.
^_^
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