Trusting in God

I was reading an article by Pst Brian Houston in Harvest Times last night, a pretty old issue, an article about how to lift up the quality of our day. 1 phrase that he mentioned stirred something inside me 'Every day is an opportunity for us to do something for God'. Lately, i have been feeling rather down, facing lots of pressure from my heavy workload n working life, which i'm still trying to get used to. I guess i'm someone who takes a lot of time to adjust to things, n i really wish i weren't like that many times. But somehow when i thought about this phrase when i woke up this morning, it suddenly seemed to make my day in school much easier to go through, even though my class was really restless n i really had to scream at them to get their attention. Knowing that i am doing something for God makes me feel better, instead of thinking 'I am so tired..I am so stressed.." It makes me realise how self-centred i am. Everything also I...haha

After that i headed to church for choir audition. it was nice practising with some of the choir helpers, who were really nice n helpful, sharing tips with us. It's taken me a long while n lots of courage to actually pursue this dream of mine, a dream which i thought was dead. i went for an audition about 3 years ago, which i din make it thru n after that, i didn't have the courage to go for auditions anymore. Whenever anyone asked me abt going for audition, i would just say that i wasn't ready yet. N for a while, i served in another area which pple thought i was quite gd at. But i think helping out in the support choir for benny hinn's crusade kinda sparked that fire in me again. During the audition, some things which happened were like deja vu, the circumstances were so similar to my audition 3 years ago n i actually heard some comments on the train which were not very encouraging...well i wasn't supposed to hear..but talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time...ha..i felt quite disheartened on the mrt ride home.
But i was reminded of a verse in the bible, a verse that i would use to encourage myself during my days in NIE when i was so bogged down by my work, n i was wondering if i would ever graduate..haha...

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, "says the Lord, "thoughts of peace n not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Jeremiah 29:11

I have decided to hold on to this verse, that God has a good future planned for me, that He will come through for me no matter wat, even when circumstances dun look promising, i know my Father has given me n will give me good things, as long as i continue to seek Him with all my heart. Even though i take a much longer time than most pple to get certain things that i desire for in my heart, things like my church ministry n a place in uni, n i dun really understand why God works things out this way as well, i trust n believe in Him that He works all things out for my good.