FANNYDONG

Year 12.
Term 3.
exam block.
widely acclaimed as one of the most horrific experiences of the average overly-ambitious asian teenager's life.

ok so here's the thing. its year 12. crazy-time-blah-blah and i thought i would have to cut back on church, at least thats what my teachers were telling me.

teacherdude: so how u handling year 12?
me: ahh... depends on ur definition of 'handling'. *nervous laugh* its just a bit hard with assignments, church and work (forgot to mention to him that i work a whopping one shift a week at crazy's)
teacherdude: Well, maybe you should think bout missing church a little. Skool comes first!
me: *thinks* (aw man. poor guy. just when u start to wonder if teachers have lives outside skool) lol i think i'd rather quit crazy's, sir

i got why he was trying to get me to put skool as a higher priority, but seriously, sometimes when u put God first, everything else will just go according to plan. maybe not your plan, but a plan - a better plan. so i thought to myself "you know what... i'm gunna just try and go to choir, youth, church and bible study all through term 3." not just cuz i love going to church (for those who think ppl would have to be gagged, tied up and thrown into the back of a car to be taken to church) but just cuz i've seen what being faithful to God can do.

me: thinking to self (physics exam... in two days... maybe i should start learning everything the class has done this term)
i dont think i've ever been sooo unprepared for a test than those two physics tests.

knowledge and procedure.
there was one topic that the teacher told us to study that i didnt take any note of. *goes into test thinkin* (ok maybe it wont show up too much) *flips over page* no. *flips again* NO. *flips rapidly* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

scientific processing and complex reasoning (worse than it sounds, trust me.)
*reads question* ?
*reads again* ??
*reads each word for three seconds each* WHAAAAA???? i dont even understand the question!! how am i meant to answer it?? *starts wondering if drawing a simley face on the graph paper will get me points for trying*

i was just praying to God through that whole block exams. and came out thinking i did horribly but i wasnt gunna blame God for that. u dont not study all term and say "so God ive been goin to church everyweek... where's my A huh?" i was just praying that ive done my best and that i still trust Him.

but today goodole sean comes up to be and says "hey frances! you're fourth in ranking for physics!"
me: *high pitch yell* WHAT??
sena: you're fourth in ranking for physics!
me: WHATTT???
sena: you're fourth in ranking for physics! (exact same enthusiasm as the first two times)

im pretty sure i wasnt fourth before that dreadful test so it was like woooowww. thanx God ^^

and thats only one example. so many times, God has been faithful to me. and that makes me wanna be faithful to Him. and even if i was disappointed with my results... i know God will be with me, continuely loving me, guiding me and teaching me...

nothing is impossible for Him :)