It Is Finished
written at Monday, June 25, 2012
The season of my formal education now draws
to a close, and I realise that it wasn't just about what was learnt in the
lecture hall, but it was also a period where new perspectives and experiences
were gained, and where faith was refined. It was unbelievable while at the same
time believable, stepping out of the exam room for the last time, taking a
stroll down the campus to the nearby clock tower, or the places where I used to
have long and fruitful conversations with friends over a good meal.
I am thankful God's faithfulness and providence, for revealing
to me what I needed to see, for teaching me the lessons that I needed to learn,
and for discipline, something that seems somewhat painful rather than pleasant,
but yields the "peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been
trained by it." Hebrews 12:11.I am still work-in-progress, but He has
worked a work in me through these years for me to testify to His unfailing love
and grace.
And so a season ends and a new season begins. Simple but surreal. The
adventure continues, and I am indeed excited for what's to come, and I hope
that you are excited for what is ahead too.
In the midst of all of this, I hope and pray that I will sink
into all that matters, to not be self-seeking but to be selfless, to give what
I have received, to step out in love, to lift up the least of these, to
lean into something lasting and plant seeds, that may one day grow into trees.
It Is Finished
written at Monday, June 25, 2012
The season of my formal education now draws
to a close, and I realise that it wasn't just about what was learnt in the
lecture hall, but it was also a period where new perspectives and experiences
were gained, and where faith was refined. It was unbelievable while at the same
time believable, stepping out of the exam room for the last time, taking a
stroll down the campus to the nearby clock tower, or the places where I used to
have long and fruitful conversations with friends over a good meal.
I am thankful God's faithfulness and providence, for revealing
to me what I needed to see, for teaching me the lessons that I needed to learn,
and for discipline, something that seems somewhat painful rather than pleasant,
but yields the "peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been
trained by it." Hebrews 12:11.I am still work-in-progress, but He has
worked a work in me through these years for me to testify to His unfailing love
and grace.
And so a season ends and a new season begins. Simple but surreal. The
adventure continues, and I am indeed excited for what's to come, and I hope
that you are excited for what is ahead too.
In the midst of all of this, I hope and pray that I will sink
into all that matters, to not be self-seeking but to be selfless, to give what
I have received, to step out in love, to lift up the least of these, to
lean into something lasting and plant seeds, that may one day grow into trees.
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Knowing
What matters supremely, therefore, is not
in the last analysis, the fact that I know God,
but the larger fact which underlies it --
the fact that He knows me.
J. I. Packer
