We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
2 Corinthians 6: 3-10

what a beautiful verse - so many things i've learned over this past exam time , or even this semester.

endurance is what i think of primarily. i was extremely lethargic the first to years in university - didnt care much about school , head was in the clouds , eyes were focused on different things - things of lesser importance . but going through school , and actually working hard for it was definitely a test of endurance . but God did not only give me trials - of course He delivered me through . through endurance came reliance on God , a stronger faith and a sense of peace in knowing that i am already justified , no matter how well i do or how hard i fail .

and the second thing , and the thing i think i need to work on the most is genuine love , not for select people but for everyone . at times i find myself grumbling at things like "oh man , why are the dishes not done" or "bleh , i could be working but i gotta go out of my way to help this person" , and it sounds selfish it really does , but thats really what i thought - and proportionally so as i craved to do better and better in school . i need to learn to love loving other people - sincere in love , in truthful spirit , understanding , patient , kind - with these things , I would please God's heart & thats the only thing that matters in the end .

GOODNIGHT .