WONDERFUL BLISS

Today was amazing. On Saturday evening, I wanted to go see my high school's varsity boys basketball game to support my classmates. I said that I would do my best to be there. Little did I know, the church Christmas dinner was to be on the same night. I went to the dinner and I realized that I would not be able to make it to the game in time. So, I prayed to the LORD, "I said to my classmates in the basketball team that I would try to be there. But I can't make it in time. I pray that you would go in my stead and at the same time, help them win!" Just this morning, I went to school and the morning announcements were read. THEY WON! YAY!!

Then, during the first period, we played Capture the Flag in PE. My team was appearing to be losing. So many were in the opponent's jail. Including me. I prayed, "LORD, please help my team win! Turn the tide of the game and help us win!" Right after the prayer, I looked around and saw only a few people left in the jail. I looked forward and saw many of them running back to the team's side. YES! The game suddenly turned to our favour. In the end, my team won 3-1.

The next blessing was with my persuasive paper. I had prayed fervently to God to help me make the paper persuasive the way He wanted it to be. But when I turned it in a few days ago, I thought I typed it more in an expository fashion than persuasive. But today, I got my paper back. Apparently, the teacher passed mine before the others. Actually, he didn't seem to have passed the others' back at all. PRAISES TO THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, MY ADONAI, THE WONDERFUL AND HONEST. I got 76/77 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Furthermore, it has a tremendous weightage to our grades. This defnitely bumps me up a grade.

The only sad thing of my day was with my self-portrait, but that's a different story.

I thank God for giving me strength

God gave me strength today at school. I had only about 4-5 hours of sleep. When I went for PE, I had to run for 5 mins. I prayed to God to grant me physical strength and endurance for that amount of running. I managed to get through it and I wasn't as tired as I could have been. God didn't stop there, though. He had impressed the teacher to have us play "Capture the flag". Then, God let me have so many delicious cookies and there were "tater tots" for the lunch spread. Oh, I had kept forgetting to post the poem composed some time ago. Here it goes:

Day by day I wander by
Seeking for the world that's high
Seven times the Way is seen
Showing me the way it's been
Heaven's harps with angels sing
Praises to the greatest King.

I'm thinking of expanding on this poem to make it as close to an iambic pentametre as I can get.

Showers of blessing

Today went by more smoothly than I expected. I went to school and I realised I forgot to do several things. However, the teachers were gracious. They let me submit them at a later date. Of late, my understanding and comprehension have been clouded over because I broke a promise. Thankfully, I've started to keep my end of the promise. Thank the KING. So tired am I. I've been abusing my body by sleeping so late and waking so early. Sleep, sleep, wonderful sleep.

What I find puzzling, is that my mind feels so clouded over and yet my mind catches theological loopholes in discussions so quickly and effectively. Is it because God blessed me even though I broke the promise? The multiple blessings point to 'yes'. That makes me feel so bad. It makes me feel depressed that I broke my side of the promise. That was so bad of me. :(