uni

I was talking to Pastor Daren Tay from Coos over lunch last Thursday, and he mentioned something about economics. When he said that, I felt God telling me that I was staying in Singapore for my uni. Well... All along, I've been praying and hoping that I could get into Carleton College in the U.S., and I believed that if God granted me a place there as well as a scholarship, it'll be a sure sign that I was meant to go there; rationale being, it's so difficult to get Carleton, not to mention, get a scholarship too, so if God gives me both, it means that He wants me there. However, what if He gave me that option, and then ask me to stay in Singapore? How now brown cow?

Anyway, that troubled me because I really wanted to go to the U.S., and I had been doing the apps, working hard over the essays, and placing a lot of hope on it. :(

Nevertheless, God's plan is always the best, and I must trust that He has something greater planned out for His glory.

I was reading "Growing Deep in God" by Edmund Chan, Senior Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church, and it talked about Moses. In Hebrews 11, it says that Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. History suggested that the daughter of Pharaoh was Hatshepsut, daughter of Thothmes I, who had ordered the massacre of the Hebrew babies. Thothmes had only one son, but he was mentally and physically handicapped. (unlike in The Prince of Egypt where Moses had a bro, sorry fans) As a result, Hatshepsut co-ruled with him. When the handicapped son died, Hatshepsut was the supreme ruler of Egypt, and therefore Moses was in line for the throne as the adopted son of Hatshepsut. So from history, we can see that Moses was giving up much. How could he have done so?

Well.. in order for us to give up something, we need to have something of a higher value in exchange for it. So what did Moses have?

Moses had seen God, God's Glory, and God's Power, and I believe that that glimpse of God allowed him the grace that was needed to cast all the power, fame, and riches aside, to catch on to something greater.

Carleton, U.S. sounds real neat, and I really want to be there. However, if God wants me here, He must have a higher intent, and a greater purpose. I couldn't ask for more.

Happy Chinese New year!

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