Unbelievable!
Well, I just wanted to write a quick update to let you know that I've received a conditional offer following what I felt was the worst interview of my life (not that I've had THAT many interviews or anything). I take this as an INCREDIBLE answer to prayer and assurance that this is where God wants me to be, albeit the work ahead looks tough and this is definitely not the end. First things first, I mentioned it is a conditional offer so the foremost focus now is to graduate! If you will remember, this depends very much on the ten exams I'll be sitting for in the summer. I also need to write a short essay to impress the school I'll be going to and then there's all those other little administrative details to wade through- the big one being an application for the finance. In whatever is happening in the immediate future, I certainly do praise the Lord for this answer to prayer because I know it is ALL by God's grace and mercy that I could even get this far and it will only be with the Lord's strength, wisdom and guidance to keep me going. This certainly feels like a John 15:5 moment so let us continue to abide in Him!
As the last blog, I thought I'd end by sharing with you another poem from the devotional I'm reading. It seems to me so appropriate considering this lesson in focusing not on the trial of the interview or even the importance of finishing this stage of my education but keeping that focus instead on The dearest Shepherd Himself!
O Thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight,
On whom in afflication I call,
My comfort by day and my song in the night,
My hope, my salvation, my all!
Where dost Thou, dear Shepherd, resort with Thy sheep,
To feed them in pastures of love?
Say, why in the valley of death should I weep,
Say, why in the valley of death should I weep,
Or alone in this wilderness rove?
Dear Shepherd! I hear, and will follow Thy call;
Dear Shepherd! I hear, and will follow Thy call;
I know the sweet sound of Thy voice;
Restore and defend me, for Thou are my all,
And in Thee I will ever rejoice.
-Joseph Swain
(Taken from 'The Pursuit of God' by A.W. Tozer)
