Ok exams finished on friday, they didnt go very well and i'll keep my fingers crossed about passing dreaded circuits & electronics. Actually this felt like the toughest exam period I've been through; and even the exams seemed custom-designed to test the areas I had merely skimmed through. As expected Joseph Chang pulled the biggest stun of all, but really all the papers were much harder than in past years. And with all the distressing daily news, it really seemed like one of those doom-and-gloom episodes right out of a South African editorial. I was feeling particularly down after screwing up Dynamics, a mod I expected to do fairly well in, but God encouraged me with Jeremiah 31 in its entirety - the restoration of Israel, Rachel's cessation of mourning, the new covenant, the Church that never falls.

".."I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.. ..Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded," declares the Lord.."

Through it all, I know Jesus loves me, and has a wonderful purpose for me better than anything I can imagine. There was more to come in the next few days:

"You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not."

"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near."

God has led me through all these years of my life, and been with me both in times of tribulation and peace; and I know His promise stands firm: "Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt 28:20). I'm thankful that I've drawn closer to Him during this difficult period and learnt to trust Him even more - in my results, my friendships, and everything I do. When I'm stumbling in the dark, He will not merely wait at the end with a light, but will uplift me and provide me with a lamp. In this Advent season, let us prayerfully remember Christ's coming as a man to be amongst us, and consider His glorious return. Emmanuel - God with us - even to this very day, the Lord will be with those who seek Him. It is precisely the promise needed in these troubled, uncertain times; the reassurance desperately needed by the lost and the broken who've yet to hear of Jesus. May we be convicted to share the message of hope this Christmas, and be a source of joy and inspiration to others in these somber days.

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