FAITH.
As I type, I'm hearing Napoles and her trial and I can't help but feel annoyed with the woman. Honestly, it's like I'm watching a bad, low money-making soap opera starred with an actress whose only lines are: "Hindi po" "Hindi po totoo" "Sa iba na lang paguusapan." Blah. Blah. Blah.
It irks me to watch how she denies everything without giving much proof or detail.
But this is isn't what I'm supposed to be writing about.
Lord, kayo na bahala sa mga kumakain ng excess pork.
Anyways.
For the first time in my college life, the online registration has failed me.
Little background: our online reg in UPLB, the SystemOne, has always been like an online Hunger Games for us. We struggle for slots in the subjects that we need badly and we pray with all our might that prior to the registration, we'll be given an initial sched with the subjects.
I've never been a big fan of the online reg. For the past 4 years, I've had interesting yet head-aching challenges with the system (doses of multiple online crashes, heartbreaking lags, people getting in while you're desperately raping the F5 button) and even had to do it in school for one sem. The rants in social media that comes with it are interesting, however. It's fun to be bonded through trying times such as these.
Despite the hardships, I always managed to get the sched that I want. A day or 2 after the online Hunger Games, I would press the finalize button and finally enroll the next day. I would come to school, hassle-free and registered while the other students are in a frenzy- PRE-ROGGING.
Now, I'm sad to say-
I am one of them now.
Next week, I would be holding a form 2, probably going bananas worrying if the professor will say yes or no to me.
Thank God, I can somehow use the mejo graduating powers against the other students who I'll be up against for the slot.
There's just so many worries. What if the professor won't accept? What if the teacher won't come? What if I experience difficulty in enrolling? The long lines? The hassle?
But then I am reminded that I have a big God.
My faith has been tested heavily these past days. Apparently, God had a different test of faith for me. I thought He might possibly consider giving me the slots I needed for ENG107 and SPCM104, that by some miracle, I would get out of the waitlist. However, three days later, nothing.
That 1/4 sign is so unholy.
Just today, I had to make a decision.
To finalize.
And to accept my pre-rog fate.
To normal UP students, this ain't a big deal. It is for me.
I want a hassle free enrollment.
But then, I'm brought back to one of the things I learned from my vacation quiet times.
Even though I already have a plan in my head, a schedule for the to-do's of this sem, things can change radically once God says NO. His NO doesn't necessarily invoke negativity, although it may for some, but I've learned that despite my plan, the Lord can still choose to fulfill His purpose in my life through another way.
Jeremiah 29:11 speaks of God and His assurance for us. His plans for us. How He will give us a hope and a future. This verse echoed in my head. I studied this particular verse so I wouldn't take its real meaning for granted. Verses 12-14 goes on with seeking God and finding Him if we look with all our heart.
Basically, the gist of it is you may think your plan is already perfect, organized. But if God's purpose does not match your plans, you can say goodbye to it. Why? Cause He has something bigger in store.
I might never understand why God allowed all of these enrollment hassles. But who am I to understand Him? He's God and I'm not. There are times that I find myself complaining and just asking Him: "Why?"
At the end of the day, He'll always say:
"You'll see."
I know that pre-rogging is not such a big deal for other people (why, they've been doing it all their college lives!) but it's a test of faith for me. I've gotten so used to easy enrollment, to coming to UP registered and with no problems that this new situations is kind of scary for me, especially since I'm on the verge of graduating next sem and hopefully running for laude.
But my God's purposes are greater than my plans.
So, here's to a week of stress with worthwhile results from the Father! I know that He will be with me as I beg my professors to let me in and for Pete's sake, do not think twice in signing.
I end my blog post three day after beginning it. Currently, we are under the attack of a certain typhoon named Yolanda, who's apparently one of the strongest typhoons in the WORLD (Wowzers!). I've seen footage from those regions badly affected and all I could say is:
#PrayforThePhilippines
Our God is greater than these storms. :))
<3 A
I might never understand why God allowed all of these enrollment hassles. But who am I to understand Him? He's God and I'm not. There are times that I find myself complaining and just asking Him: "Why?"
At the end of the day, He'll always say:
"You'll see."
I know that pre-rogging is not such a big deal for other people (why, they've been doing it all their college lives!) but it's a test of faith for me. I've gotten so used to easy enrollment, to coming to UP registered and with no problems that this new situations is kind of scary for me, especially since I'm on the verge of graduating next sem and hopefully running for laude.
But my God's purposes are greater than my plans.
So, here's to a week of stress with worthwhile results from the Father! I know that He will be with me as I beg my professors to let me in and for Pete's sake, do not think twice in signing.
I end my blog post three day after beginning it. Currently, we are under the attack of a certain typhoon named Yolanda, who's apparently one of the strongest typhoons in the WORLD (Wowzers!). I've seen footage from those regions badly affected and all I could say is:
#PrayforThePhilippines
Our God is greater than these storms. :))
<3 A
