The Lord's Prayer

Hello again,

God again has spoken.

EoS is just a few days away. It's about time we prepare our minds and hearts for it.

Do I fell anxious? Definitely. Nervous? Weak in the legs? Butterflies in my stomach? Tired and exhausted? Sometimes those feelings take me to the extent that I get convinced the sole purpose of exams are to shorten our lives. I wonder why God brought upon this injustice into this world.

What we're facing is similar to the situation that our Lord, Jesus Christ was about to confront when He was in the garden of Gethsemane. He didn't give up although He was mentally drained. One of His disciples conspired against Him. The "religious, holy" people plotted against Him. It seemed the whole world was sharing the same goal of exterminating Him from the face of this earth.

No, He didn't give up. He didn't even try escaping. He knew it needed to come to pass, so that the ultimate purpose of His coming to earth would be fulfilled.

We've to set our minds straight. Tests and exams are necessary. Through them, we become more mature. Through them, we get stronger and tougher.

I don't know whether my efforts are sufficient. I hope they are. But to my myself now, I can say with conscience, I've never studied this hard in my life, and I've never kept to God's word so faithfully at the same time. I never thought these two actions can go hand in hand, right until a week and a half ago, when we started this bible study group.

It's a difficult time now. All we can do is to try our best, and leave the rest to God. We can learn a lot from our Lord Jesus how to handle these situations. Before I started typing this message, I was looking to God for comfort. And He reminded me how He suffered before being arrested by His conspirers. And even at the threshold of death, and when everyone was practically spitting at Him, He took it all so calmly, and confidently.

I'm ending this post with the Lord's prayer. Lay before God your burdens, and u'll find peace.
-TR

Our Father in Heaven,
hallowed be Your name
Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen