Inspired by a random conversation with my roommate.
My roommate attends a cell group outside school weekly and the cell group consists of university students and working people. She told me that one of the member who is working now told her that attending cell group has been a burden lately and weekly attendance is just too much. Sometimes my roommate also feels tired of attending the cell group weekly, especially in her final year.
At that moment, I shared with her about the beauty of persevering. When something feels like a burden, it doesn't mean we should give up and compromise (let's say coming every alternate week rather than weekly). I asked her what makes her going to cell group initially and I asked her to try to imagine what will happen if she stops attending cell group. Furthermore, there might be other people out there that will be inspired by her perseverance :):)
It's very hard to persevere. Sometimes we might not even see the point of keep struggling, keep trying. There were some moments early in this semester, I was so disillusioned by the idea that "No matter how hard I try, it's still very hard to get good grades, it's still too competitive to work in the area that I want," and this idea makes me give in more to the inclination to be lazy. However, after the retreat, I was reminded again that we can offer every little thing for God. Nothing will be wasted and if we think of our effort attending cell group even though we are tired or our struggle to keep reading our notes although we feel bored as an offering for God, we want to do it well, as best as we can, not for ourselves, but for God and to pray for other people.
Two more exams.. It's getting more challenging. I saw someone carrying luggage to go home and my roommate can already watch drama happily today!! HAHAHAHA..
but yeah..keep struggling, keep persevering, JIA YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! :):)
My roommate attends a cell group outside school weekly and the cell group consists of university students and working people. She told me that one of the member who is working now told her that attending cell group has been a burden lately and weekly attendance is just too much. Sometimes my roommate also feels tired of attending the cell group weekly, especially in her final year.
At that moment, I shared with her about the beauty of persevering. When something feels like a burden, it doesn't mean we should give up and compromise (let's say coming every alternate week rather than weekly). I asked her what makes her going to cell group initially and I asked her to try to imagine what will happen if she stops attending cell group. Furthermore, there might be other people out there that will be inspired by her perseverance :):)
It's very hard to persevere. Sometimes we might not even see the point of keep struggling, keep trying. There were some moments early in this semester, I was so disillusioned by the idea that "No matter how hard I try, it's still very hard to get good grades, it's still too competitive to work in the area that I want," and this idea makes me give in more to the inclination to be lazy. However, after the retreat, I was reminded again that we can offer every little thing for God. Nothing will be wasted and if we think of our effort attending cell group even though we are tired or our struggle to keep reading our notes although we feel bored as an offering for God, we want to do it well, as best as we can, not for ourselves, but for God and to pray for other people.
Two more exams.. It's getting more challenging. I saw someone carrying luggage to go home and my roommate can already watch drama happily today!! HAHAHAHA..
but yeah..keep struggling, keep persevering, JIA YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! :):)
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