Your Grace

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Many times I have given my friends this verse as an encouragement when they seem to be in a difficult situation. And today while I was praying, God put this in my heart. Speaking of reciting verses, I fail at it, but the few words "My grace is sufficient for you" was planted in my pea-brain.

Sitting in the library, trying to focus on the work that needs to be done before Wednesday, I'm so stressed out. Today during group meeting, I was assigned to do proofread and finalizing the cost schedule for our final group project (which I completely forgot it's existence...). So one more thing was added to my list and that means my week isn't ending until Saturday...but then...Saturday does not mean I have a rest day because I have to go uptown on Saturday night. I was so devastated, and all I could say to God in my prayers was that - please help me through this, I know it's a lot to ask from You God, but You know what's on my mind. There's just seemingly too much for me to handle.

Decided to spend some time simply resting in Him and listening to Him. Was scared to spend too much time...because I needed to compromise working time. So I went out for a mini photo shoot because I need to get familiar with the camera, but then it quickly ran out of batteries...while plugged in with my iPod...I was "hmmm...maybe I should then go back to work."

In a span of 2 hours, I typed 8 pages. I was astonished...by my productivity while being so distracted by many things. In the middle of it...I got phone calls, texts that I can't really ignore, but I pulled through most of my assignment until I can't finish without further instructions.

I've always felt that I was very distant from God these days, especially when I felt like nothing was going right - my way. Yet God showed me love. His love was so abundant. I cried at ISM meeting today during small group prayer because it was until then that I realized how faithful He is while I'm a complete wreck. Revisiting many things, I just can't be in awe of who He is...and as you see...I can't even put it into words. This feeling is not something that I can articulate.

Anyway, need to go back to work. And I'll leave this quote with you all...I read it in one of my devo subscriptions today.

Whether God gives us more than we imagined or far less than we desired, we can trust that His plans are much better than ours.