Persevering.
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." Romans 5:3-5
I thought this verse stood out pretty much as I read my bible (electronic one heh. the ipod bible) on the bus ride to school this morning. Perhaps its familiar so it jumped at me. Perhaps it's my whole frustration, worry and mulling over the crazy chem lab report that I had to complete desperately by today before I leave my hse at 9am to go to school, which as a result caused me to have only 4 hrs of sleep last night, that made these few verses so precious. I believe it's a mixture of both reasons?
Sometimes, familiar verses get by us so much more easily as we take them for granted, since we know them more closely at our fingertips. It then takes something for these verses to trigger and effect in us. At times like that, the verses would speak to us even louder. That's for me, for sure. These verses sure did that to me today when I read them.
Paul was truly an amazing person. Already I can feel the stress of a uni student building up, especially with the last week of madness and this week where i had to rush out that chem report rather last minute because i had other things that had to be completed prior to this deadline for the chem report. I think im 'suffering' but when I think about Paul's own sufferings as a Christian of his time, my 'suffering' is really nothing big. If he can rejoice in them, so can I. These few years in uni shall definitely serve to produce perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And this hope will be in God and not in anything else. His love for me is enough, definitely.
I am rather looking forward to the series on Romans, IWant2BeNew! Egg-citing! haha
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On another note, I'm in Resonance! :D And I'm not a sop, neither am I an alto. I'm finally where I'm meant to be - Mezzo! :D heh. My range has always kinda be the mezzo range so yea. Well, we had our welcome tea last week and this tues was the official 1st meeting we had. Spent the night learning the 2nd half of the 2 songs we learnt during round 2 of auditions, as well as an Into to A capella session where we basically listened to how A capella music has evolved! Interesting! Got to know a few cool groups other than the ones I already know. :D Whee~ I'm excited bout the subsequent ones where we'll be learning bout blending, mic & PA, stage etc.. Coolios~ haha Thank God for this opportunity!!
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