Thursday, June 26, 2008
Repatriation
This summer my whole family will be visiting the Pearl of the Orient. It will be for just a couple of weeks. We will see loved ones and sights we've only heard about. It will be hot, colourful, exciting, busy, and FANTASTIC!
Providence
I am a proud parent - and completely amazed at the way God works.
My son has for the past year had his sights set on a university with the highest reputation for his desired field of study. His second choice was for another also very good university which has a Scholars Electives program for a small group of students with high entrance marks. This program means more academic work, but also comes with perks, and brings a certain amount of prestige. Some months ago, when he got notice that he did not make it into the Scholars Electives program, he thought he would go with his first choice. The problem, however, was that almost all his friends had decided to go to the school of his second choice. He struggled long and hard about this. At almost the stroke of midnight on the reply deadline date, he decided in favour of his friends. It was a done deal.
Today, he got a call from the university he chose. He is being offered a spot among the 50 students in the Scholars Electives program... Have you ever seen excitement bursting out of the body of a 17-year old? This means his determination and disciplined hours of study has paid off! This means that in spite of disappointments and settling for second choices along the way, he has made the right decisions! This means that his good-natured approach to life does have its moments of reward! Looking forward, it also means that he will have to take on the extra course hour each year as part of this program. It also means he is guaranteed a spot in the nicer student residence for all four years. (And I guess all this means it will cost his parents a little more financially!)
Like I said, I am amazed at the way God works! By the way, if you think that this post is nothing but a parent exercising bragging rights, you are quite correct!
Lord, thank-you for your many mercies and the way you work things out beyond our expectations. Please, keep my son grounded. Don't let him become proud. Be his help in the journey ahead, with all its ups and downs. Let him follow and love you more than anything else. May everything about him serve as a testimony to you. Glory to your name.
My son has for the past year had his sights set on a university with the highest reputation for his desired field of study. His second choice was for another also very good university which has a Scholars Electives program for a small group of students with high entrance marks. This program means more academic work, but also comes with perks, and brings a certain amount of prestige. Some months ago, when he got notice that he did not make it into the Scholars Electives program, he thought he would go with his first choice. The problem, however, was that almost all his friends had decided to go to the school of his second choice. He struggled long and hard about this. At almost the stroke of midnight on the reply deadline date, he decided in favour of his friends. It was a done deal.
Today, he got a call from the university he chose. He is being offered a spot among the 50 students in the Scholars Electives program... Have you ever seen excitement bursting out of the body of a 17-year old? This means his determination and disciplined hours of study has paid off! This means that in spite of disappointments and settling for second choices along the way, he has made the right decisions! This means that his good-natured approach to life does have its moments of reward! Looking forward, it also means that he will have to take on the extra course hour each year as part of this program. It also means he is guaranteed a spot in the nicer student residence for all four years. (And I guess all this means it will cost his parents a little more financially!)
Like I said, I am amazed at the way God works! By the way, if you think that this post is nothing but a parent exercising bragging rights, you are quite correct!
Lord, thank-you for your many mercies and the way you work things out beyond our expectations. Please, keep my son grounded. Don't let him become proud. Be his help in the journey ahead, with all its ups and downs. Let him follow and love you more than anything else. May everything about him serve as a testimony to you. Glory to your name.
