[ r i n . a i j y o ] – flavor of life, love, and all that you dream of

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

– 2 Timothy 1:7

Lord, my heart is TRULY overflowing with thanksgiving. If not for all the prayers, obedience, serving, and all the uplifting YOU have administered to me throughout this preparation time, I do not believe I would have achieved what I desired.

I give you all the glory for anything I may achieve, because truly, without YOU I am nothing. YOU stretched time for me. YOU stretched my mind for me! YOU held me fast throughout all the complaining and late nights and tea and bananas and grapes, throughout all the last-minute referencing and sourcing for texts, throughout all the loneliness of a table lamp and a dark room.

I thank YOU for the wonderful, WONDERFUL supportive and loving parents You have blessed me with, who minister YOUR LOVE to me day in and day out, giving me that measure of grace and leeway when I get grumpy and short-tempered with them. (Dear mum and dad, thanks for all the late-night fruit runs to feed my studying cravings!! And the chicken soup, and the vegetable soup, and most of all for the prayers.)

And Lord, I definitely want to thank you for friends. For the church and cell, who have surrounded me with love, prayers, and blessings from day one. For the CF, even though I am a super-irregular attendee, who care for us and pray for us. For the jokes and laughs in the library the night before the exam. For all the love, y’all.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Lord, I am really not kidding. :)) I’m really happy. And I want to pray Lord, that you will do the same for all my batchmates, because we’ve worked so hard for all this, and now face the next obstacle: EOS 2.

BUT!

We claim Your promise, Lord, that nothing is impossible with YOU!! (Luke 1:37 paraphrased)

Amen. <3

Let’s do our best for EOS2, MEDT!! Even if you didn’t do as well as you expected, fix your gaze directly before you, and move forward, because we’re all going be together when we RETURN AS 2nd YEAR STUDENTS!!!! Ganbatte and God bless, guys!