God's Amazing Ways

Okay since this blog has only been actively updated by Teong Rhen (and supposedly Pei - PEI WHERE ARE YOUR POSTS!), let me do my part by sharing a little about my walk with the Lord.

(brain is currently saturated with lots of G.I. information so please pardon my below-par writing =p)

there are many times which i would feel like i'm at the bottom of the pits. most of the time it's due to frustration with studies but sometimes it happens without reason.

what's amazing is that almost everytime i feel that way, God will speak to me through many means. for instance, Edwina will send me a verse via SMS which i can totally relate to - just out of the blue! what's even more amazing is that this has happened more than once. it's as though she has psychic powers but i know it is all the works of God.

just last week... i was again feeling very down. i kept worrying about the outcome of EoS. will i pass? will i not pass? what if i blank out for OSCE despite the many practices i have had? what if i were to fall sick like i always do?

worries worries worries.

so i took out my bible. without a chapter in mind, i randomly opened to a page and picked a verse. it was Mark 4:35-40 (Jesus Calms The Storm). it was about Jesus and His followers crossing the Sea of Galilee when a large storm comes up - so large that the boat threatens to sink after so much water has entered it. His followers started to panic, worrying that they would drown. Jesus was asleep amidst the storm so His followers woke Him up. He then ends the storm and restores the sea to total calmness, and says to them (in Mark 4:40), "Why are you so afraid? Do you not have faith?"

see what i mean?

another time was a few days ago. i was feeling very very frustrated and annoyed with myself because i was at my study table staring at my notes but nothing seemed to be going in. nothing at all. i would read a line and the next second i'll be asking myself, "OK so what did i read again?!"

i was on the verge of pulling out my hair and tearing my notes apart, so i chose to take a break and i went online. somehow, without much thought, i decided to google one of my favourite Christian songs sung by Darlene Zschech (of Hillsong), Shout To The Lord. i'm sure you've heard of it since it's a famous one. i was reading about the song and how it came about when i came across this :

Darlene composed the praise anthem inspired by Psalm's 92 to Psalm 96 at the time that she was feeling discouraged. "I felt I could either scream and pull my hair out — or praise God" she said. [Wikipedia]

i immediately felt my spirit being uplifted. the solution to our problems is obvious but perhaps we are too stubborn or too self-absorbed to acknowledge it. just praise the Lord! talk to Him! it is so easy.

God is amazing! He has shown me SO much over the years... made me mature as a person - emotionally, spiritually, mentally. i am just really thankful to have found Him.

and i'm VERY thankful to have you guys as friends and to be able to learn His word together.

=)

see you tomorrow! happy studying.

- Swee Leen -