"Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you. Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation." (1 Peter 2:11-12, HCSB).
"I havent finish my graduate jobs application yet, and theyre due soon!!"
"My GPA* is not as great as other people, surely it'll be super hard for me to get any graduate positions"
"My resume and cover letter needs to be good so that they employer would at least consider me to fill in the grad position, regardless of my marks."
"and on... and on... and on... and on..."
I had been caught up with the thought of not being able to get a job after i finish uni. As much as I'd love to graduate from uni and put to an end all assignments and exams, i am scared about what will come after. I had been thinking about looking for internship, finding a related part time jobs to make me look better as a potential employee after graduation, and regretting not doing or thinking about all this 2 years ago.
Then 1 Peter 2 reminded me that as temporary residents of this world, i need not to worry about not being able to get a grad position and desire to have one because as one of God's children, those should no longer be my desire (not saying that i shouldnt put any effort in applying and studying). Am i not a liar/hypocrite if i say that i am a christian who put my trust and depend solely on God but my action shows that i put so much hope in getting a graduate position?? I am super grateful that my heavenly father still takes time to rebuke me in this.
*GPA is short for Grade Point Average (according to google translate ;);)) that is your overall mark of all subjects that you do throughout the course.
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