Reprieve

So the thesis proposal deadline was moved another week. Reprieve! Which gave me time to get some much needed human interaction with people I love…and thus inspiring this post.

A week before Judgment Day, I thank you for:

helping me exercise grace and the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

letting me realize that this has become a comfort zone… but no longer.

daring me to “sweat a little!” and thus try out badminton for the first time.

the shared agony and the shared (claimed) upcoming victory.

reminding me that it is worth the wait (else what is an MA for?).

the wonderful opportunity and the glowing recommendation.

revealing that the truth can be just as damaging, and some things no longer needed saying (for self protection).

making me feel like an ate again and affirming my call to lead.

both the encouragement and the rebukes, as well as listening to me rant in this thesis journey.

affirming that I do not have to settle for second best.

treating me to coffee and lending a book that was like the light shining in Damascus.

showing me that I am part of your family.

letting me go and grow.

and the inspiration: no matter the heartbreaks and failed expectations, there is always room for love.

“Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;

poor, yet making many rich;

having nothing, yet possessing everything“

2Corinthians 6:10 NIV