I was led to blog about the tough times we are going through these few weeks of exam period as I prepared for my Old Testament exam just now. It has been tough on me, but tougher for Gen as she has to handle the 3 children without me being able to help out. But yet, we see God's work in our lives and how he has been helping us to cope.
I remember when I first started studying again in June, after so many years of working, that it was extremely difficult. I am now studying what some might term as a humanities degree. I had been in the field of sciences all these years, and my O-Levels humanities subjects were atrocious to say the least (English C5, History C5, Literature E8!). I remember my New Testament lecturer, having looked at my results transcript, asking me during my entrance interview whether I knew what I was getting myself into. The whole panel took turns to warn me that there will be tons of reading and writing. They probably knew I wasn't prepared for it but through God's grace, still gave me the opportunity to try.
My first assignment in Aug was a movie review and it took me 3 hours just to write the Introduction paragraph. God has helped me get slowly accustomed to it since then, but still I struggle with the remembering and the writing. And so, it was really through God's grace that I managed to get through my church history final quiz knowing that I didn't do too badly. Somehow, He helped my mind to linked the concepts, names and places together that actually came out in the quiz. Really grateful for that.
Gen has been going through tough times as well. With me needing to concentrate on studying, she has had to deal with the demands of the children. I really thank the Lord for her understanding and her patience, not just with the children but with me too. Sometimes I see her reaching her breaking point, on the verge of loosing her frustrations on all of us, but yet, she manages to talk about it calmly. Without her, it would not be possible for me to study as I am, and I thank God for giving me such a help mate.
These tough times will carry on for the whole of this month, with 2 exams and 3 research papers more to go. Appreciate every little prayer that is offered for us, we really need it.
