"Perseverance produces faith, so that we may be complete, lacking in nothing."

hi people, so glad to read the blog again, of how God is real and living in your lives.

first, read josh's post on faith of convenient. and was quite struck by it. i remember how cons shared with me before that she would never get a boyfren from school, cos she feels it would just be a r/s out of convenience, cos go lecture, tutorial, breakfast, lunch, dinner tog and maybe even stay in the same hall. wonder if she still feels the same way and i was equally struck by that too. i questioned if my r/s is one of convenience too. perhaps initially, but the days that follow definitely were not. there were jus too many inconveniences to be convenient. the number of times that i felt like giving up: countless.

then read marie's post. yup this is a much more effective way of sharing. glad this was set up. perhaps we might even do away with sunday sharing. except that there are still people who have not blogged yet, so need to encourage them.

and to ray, i am def not an angelic teacher. gosh jus scolded two boys for playing around in the lab. it's really tough. what does it mean by being of service to these students? where to draw the line? when to be compassionate and when to discipline. what if u dun discipline and they get into bigger and worse trouble in future. what if u dun show compassion and they are emotionally hurt and wounded. gosh a whole lot of what if. but am reminded to persevere, still rem the gift that alvin and some of them gave us for one of our msc anniversary. it's a photo frame and the picture of a guy standing on top of a cliff. the passage was from book of james and our individual names were typed into the passage. the frame is on my work table and everyday i'm reminded to persevere and to ask for God's wisdom. for perseverance produces faith, so that we may be lacking in nothing. it's not easy having to overcome discouragement and disappointment every other day, every other lesson. but the strength comes from God. to those out there struggling in work and studies too, persevere. as i spoke to my student, was on the verge of tears and crying in my heart "i have tried so hard to reach out to you. why are you not responding?" perhaps this was how Jesus felt on the cross.

eeever-lynn