Thanksgiving for 2007
2007 passes with a blink of an eye. Went for CG yesterday night and we were asked to share our items of thanksgiving. Thought it was such appropriate time to celebrate God’s goodness and grace and give thanks for his never ending blessings. Praise be to God, whose name shall live forever more.
Entering into a relationship with my dearest is one of the highlights in 2007. Looking back, I am happily smitten by the times we spent together laughing and quarrelling. Thank God for this relationship. He has indeed carefully chosen one who could adroitly handle my unpredictable temperaments. =)
Faith has also learnt to trust in the Lord. When the rubber meets the road, it is always difficult to exemplify qualities of Jesus which God desires. This time, I attempted to, it was hard, but I am glad that I did. I was drawn to a point of desperation when I realized that my only hope was in the Lord.
My recent submission was a nightmare. By God’s grace, He sustained me. I did not know how my project would turn out when I have only the last 3 weeks to finalise and draw for submission. I surrendered the entire project to Him with the soul desire to honour and glorify Him. In this submission, I purposefully set aside time daily to seek Him and find rest in Him daily. The time spent was Him was so sweet despite the impending deadline and the impossibility of finishing my work. He never failed to meet with me. For once in a long time, I felt that I had truly transacted my fears and worries with my God.
This was my prayer which I wrote in my devotional journal during my submission preparation,
“I desire to honour God in this submission, glorify Him, trust Him and depend on Him. Lord, I pray that I’ll not exceed my own expectation. Instead, I will try to do what I can and leave the rest of my work and the result to you. Because, I desire to see you work in miraculous ways. I desire to experience your Grace that could mostly experience when the rubber meets the road. Lord, I pray to honour you by feeding on your daily bread and praying to you and giving thanks to you. God, would you honour me? =)”
For once, I truly understand the meaning of depending on God entirely and trust that His grace is sufficient for me. Eventually, I completed my work and submitted on time. There was no tear and emotional break down, unlike my previous submission. I was in more control and have greater peace in God who can turn water to wine - who can make the impossible possible. God is able when I can’t. God can.
I did fine and manage to overcome my fear of checking my results. All glory and praise to God because I have grown through this incidence of seemingly hopeless situation. I am victorious in Christ who overcame death and was resurrected 3 days later. My God is alive. There is HOPE.
Faith will continue to grow in this living hope.
