I can't believe I'm done with high school! This is the testimony I shared on Friday. (:
Verses that I held onto in
high school:
“But
seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given
to you as well.” -Matthew 6:33
“Commit
to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” – Proverbs 16:30
“I
can do all things through Him who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:13
“For
we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10
I
believe that I came to know God deeper through these four years of my life. God
taught me to trust him in deeper levels as I faced the difficult school work
while learning to take responsibilities in leading the Christian club Truth
Love & Character and National Honor Society during my junior and senior
year of high school. Academically, I did well, but it was only through God’s
help through the craziness of junior year as well as all my other years of high
school. During junior year, the year people label as the hardest year in high
school, I held onto Proverbs 16:30– “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and
your plans will succeed.” Often times I would study for my calculus test,
holding onto the verse, and one of the questions I studied would be on the
test. Considering there were only seven or eight questions in the calculus
test, it was amazing when it occurred. And it happened three times in a row! As
my friends would panic for an AP physics or calculus test, God gave me peace
and assurance that he was in control of all things. Through these small
instances in which God provided knowledge and victories on tests, God taught me
his sovereignty and goodness. Romans 8:28 says “And we know that in all things,
God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to
his purpose.” When there was not enough time in the day to finish all my
homework, God gave me the strength and grace to continue. Often I would ask Him for strength,
knowledge, and wisdom because it was impossible for me to do it on my own. However,
by God’s grace I have successfully finished high school! As I look back at high
school, I realize that God placed certain people in my life such as my friends
in TLC to encourage me in my walk with God. Without them, it would have been
hard to keep up with my faith. I was the Vice President of the National Honor
Society this past year, which I only won the position by one vote during the
end of my junior year. I believe that God gave me this position because I won
by one vote. Through National Honor Society, God taught me how to work with
others in leadership positions to promote and host events. I was a leader in
TLC along with my friends Preethi, Chris, Michael, and Danny and we learned to
step up as leaders during junior year. I saw how God working through the lives
of the TLC members and it was great being able to encourage those who came out.
This year, we studied a different Bible character each month and by the end, we
studied Esther, Joseph, Daniel, Paul, and Peter. I really thank God for giving
me a great opportunity to learn to lead others and to grow spiritually.
Aside from school, I was able to go
to Mexico with the youth group on a mission trip in 2011 and 2012. Through
missions preparations and trips, God began to open my heart to learn to love
others and for possibly future missions as well.
I thank God for these four years of
my high school career. Now it is over, but I pray that I may have even greater
four years in college. I would like to thank all of your encouraging prayers
throughout high school. I want to thank my Bible teacher missionary Susanna Bae
for studying the Bible with me since freshman year to now. I learned so much
all the Bible studies we had. I also learned so much more about Jesus by
observing how each of you genuinely serve each other.
All the glory goes to God!
one
word: It is finished.
I remember I had a grammatical error somewhere, but I can't find it now...
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