Friday, February 29, 2008

Amazing Grace




Amazing grace was what I've been experiencing over the past 2 weeks. Its been a really jammed packed 2 weeks with exams and all. But I must say that in these 2 weeks was the time when god was ever so present. Before the 2 weeks started, I talked to the Lord and was discussing with him what I need to do the most due to the busy schedule! After much talking and analysis, I concluded that the preparations for exams & the SJS rally I'm leading worship in. These were the 2 most important stuff at that point. I really haven't had much time to chill out and all but to really focus on this stuff. I think during this 2 weeks was really a test in include god in all of it and also make him control everything!

The preparations for the rally have been really good. We are all set for Saturday night at SVDP church. And spiritual preparations have been good but tough too. I've been struggling too with sin but god has been reminding me not that, "Mark, I've got your back!"

The exams side of stuff, I have got to say and testify that God works even as you're studying so hard. Some of you might think that it’s impossible, that god's work only comes in when you're done with the exams and just leaving god to do the rest, but it’s been different man! Throughout my studying for whatever module, there's been numerous times when I just got so angry and frustrated on not being able to find the answers of some really tough questions. At this point, I would be cursing and swearing at times. God would just say, "Calm down Mark, Take a breather & try again." I felt that throughout this process of studying, god was present so many times in so many areas. Like all the prayers that were said for me, was the reason which gave me the strength to study so hard. The perseverance that god provided for me lead me to get all my answers right. And lastly, my faithfulness to prayer, lead me to being close to god despite the business which was the most important!

There was 1 incident where I was studying for my final paper which was my 2nd toughest paper of all. I was studying for that after my Tuesday morning paper and I could do everything but I could do 3 things. So I went for mass and told god that I needed his help for these 3 things. So that night when I was studying, I still couldn't find the answer. After struggling and struggling, I just gave up and went to sleep! Then the next day in the afternoon, as I was studying, I still was struggling. Then god said to me, "Look closer into that chapter." I was thinking and telling god, "The page is almost in my face", but I listened to god. The problem was that I was studying on something called, "Moment of inertia", and there's a formula for this and it was something divide by 64. But In some other pages of the book, it would divide by 32, and I couldn't understand when to apply which one. But as god told me to look closer, I found out that to find "moment of inertia", you have to divide by 64 but for "polar moment of inertia"; you need to divide by 32. He lead me to realising the difference which was a hugh factor in doing well for this module!

And after this incident, I just knew that god was absolutely with me all the way! I praise god for everything especially for this amazing grace that he has when he does his wonder! Thanks to all the wonderfully awesome people praying for me throughout my exams. It helped sustain me! Amen!

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