As A Chapter Closes ...

Oh wow.

It's been ages since I last made an entry to this blog. And oh my, do I have a lot of updates bottled up in me.

Yesterday (March 29) was the day I submitted my last (yes, as in super-duper-mega-over-lastest-of-the-extremely-last) requirement, hopefully, for my college life. And nothing can help me express the whole of my psyche more (that includes everything conscious and unconscious, right?) other than a humble sigh of praise for my Lord.

A few times, maybe three or four times, has it sunk in, that I'm already done. Most of the time, it hasn't. Or well, at least, not yet, now that my grades aren't still up. And there's still the slightest of a possibility that it still won't happen.

But nevertheless I'm grateful. Because I know that the Lord has sustained me through the 6 years I've spent in tumbling and crawling my way to get through college. And boy, was it a ride!

And I owe everything to my Lord. It's humbling to think that He has taught me a lot of things - me, a sinful human being, and Him, being the holy and gracious and powerful and Almighty Creator that He is. I have gone through a lot during college, and if I may enumerate: a terrible break up from an almost 5-year relationship, my parents separating, struggles with uncertainties, struggling with other people's struggles, the seemingly never-ending failing marks ... the list goes on.

I could have quit, you know. I could have given up or have gotten insane. But my faith in Christ saved me. My Lord has saved me, and is still continually doing so.

This is just one chapter in my life, about to reach its ending. But it doesn't end here, for another one is about to start. And the chapters go on and on and on until it's time for my Creator to take me home. But I have peace. And I can smile. Because I know I have nothing to worry about. The Lord has taken care of me. I am a living testimony of that. After 6 years, I'm stronger, I am more mature. I had been broken several times, just to be a little more whole again today. And the Lord will continue to take care of me for all the chapters that are still yet to be uncovered.

There's nothing really left to say other than a resounding song of praise to my Lord. For He alone deserves all the glory for everything that has happened, is happening, and will still do.

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the LORD is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 100

As this chapter closes, to God be all glory!

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