We've come to this point of our lives where everyone's asking, WHAT NEXT?
Do you remember watching FINDING NEMO? i always like the last scene where all the fishes pushed their way out of the tank, out onto the road and into the sea in their plastic bags of water, then they floated around in their plastic bags, still trapped. 'Now what?'
It's like you work so hard after 12 years of your life in the education system, or for some, 15 years or more maybe, to reach this point of life that you ask- Now what? With all the qualifications i have, with all the things i've done, with all the awards, achievements, lessons.. Now what?
Or the more appropriate question- SO WHAT?
So what if you happen to be the one who got 9 Distinctions in the O levels, or even better, the A levels? (omgosh, CRAZY) So what if you're attending the BEST UNI in the world? Is life all about racing to the top?
OR
So what if you DON'T have all that? So what if you flunked your O levels? Or maybe you failed A levels, or maybe you didn't get what you think you deserved.. but i ask you, SO WHAT? I know it matters so don't think i'm saying otherwise. When people say 'it's ok', the truth is, IT'S NOT. But in life, you're not a failure just because you failed a silly exam. Grades don't make you who you are. Maybe you've failed if you think you've succeeded in everything in life but failed to know WHY you did all that for.
(disclaimer: Not to be harsh, so this is just to let u know that these are my opinions and they aren't forced upon anyone of you (: )
Is life about competing your way to be the best? To be better than the best and the bestest? It was strange. Sitting in the NUS talk, this question came thru my mind: Do i really want to be competing like everyone else to do the best thing in uni, to excel, to get a great job? All i want, all i really want is to live for God and be happy. REALLY.
Simplistic? Yeah. But does life always have to be so complicated? I know it is. I know living in this world is no joke, or ONE BIG JOKE cos it's so complicated. As we get older, things just get more and more complicated. But in this complex world, can't we live simply?
Have you asked God recently: God, what are Your plans for my future?
I have. But when i asked Him that yesterday, He said: Why are you searching for answers of your future when your future is in my hands?
Jeremiah 29:11
For i know the plans i have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.
then u read on:
vs 12-13
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and i will listen to you. You will SEEK ME and FIND ME when you seek me with ALL YOUR HEART.
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Matt 6:19-34.
Suddenly this verse stuck out to me from that extract, and it NEVER has stuck out before:
vs 24
'... You cannot serve both God and Money.'
You know, i really do worry about the future. WHAT IF i study this, and i can't get a good job and i can't earn enough money to support a family or something, etc etc? Yet, isn't that serving money? That's trusting in the power of humans, and that power is SO, SO limited.
I don't know about you, but whatever the future God has in store for you, i pray that you will find His will in your life, then boldly embrace it even if it seems foolish or against the world, and you'll never regret it (:
the world will try to tell you
that MIGHT is more than RIGHT
that BEAUTY is on the OUTSIDE
that BEING GOOD is a losing fight
but remember what i told you
cos the world will make you choose
Hold to Jesus, He's holding on to You
oh and i hope this has blessed you, somehow! leave a msg or anything! or email me if u wanna talk (:
yes. GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK. WED-SUN just seems like a mad rush of things. I"M GIVING IT ALL TO YOU! whoooo fancy lincoln brewster stuff.
ahhaha
shern