Saturday, May 10

Finally, my exams are over..after a seemingly long period of preparation, it is finally over!!! just a short reflection upon this period of exam preparation...

The contact I have with people was kept to the minimum due to my preparation for my examinations,,but it was not at all lonely. Somehow as more time is spent alone, I had more time to spend with God instead. Throughout the whole 5 weeks, when I was alone at home, there was much time spent with God, with His presence with me as I spent my time studying. It was so much in contrast with how I’ve felt in the past when I got along with the daily activities or in school, time spent with Him was not as much and now as I reflected upon this period, I realized there was a lot of catch up in time spent with Him. If it wasn’t for this period of study, it wouldn’t have ‘forced’ me to spend more time alone and as a result spend more time with God.

This caused me to draw closer to God and trusting more in Him in my life. I do thank God for all that He has done for me during this period of time as I experience His hands of work in my life throughout many occasions during this period. My preparations for my examinations were so much better as compared to last semester, being more prepared for my examinations. Many reasons can be factored in for this but I believe the most important is the spiritual growth which He has placed in me that enabled me to trust Him. In fact I was quite relaxed almost throughout this period of time.

Furthermore, I’m proud of what God has done in me as I made the commitment not to miss any dance practice and classes. Even during this period of time, I continued to attend the regular weekly dance practice and dance class and I’ve also attended all my SOL3 classes too. With all these commitments, I prayed that He will help me finish my preparation with whatever time I have left, choosing to trust in Him and indeed through His grace, I managed to finish whatever I needed and even have time to spare so well...

I’ve received much reward already as a result of obedience, with a better preparation for the examinations, a spiritual growth and even the examinations itself in which I find more confident in. Well, ultimately how the results turn to be will not be of my concern as I won’t define my rewards in terms of examination results. It really depends on how the rest of my cohort does for their papers and I really leave it to God to take charge. I choose to find my joy in Him and that’s something I value more.

I praise Him for the personal breakthrough in my life which I’ve experienced during this period of time!

jel; 11:47 pm