It's a New Season

Psalms 126:1-5
1 When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion,
we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them."
3 The LORD has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
4 Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like streams in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.

Last Friday was my final interview, after so many hours in waiting and taking so many exams. Finally, I got the answer, "Esther, you are IN!"; It was an exhilarating time knowing that I will be able to go to school and get training for FREE! literary "Free", Oregon state will be funding my education (tuition, books, misc fees, etc).

Driving home, I realized how beautiful it is to receive something remarkable for FREE. It was like a dream, since I hardly received "things" for free. Those who knows me, they know how hard I've been struggling to pay for my education. It reminded me when I was at PBC I had to work so hard, sometimes I had to work 12 hours at custodial just to save for tuition/down payment. It reminded my good ol' time working until 5 am with my good friend King Man. It reminded me how hard I worked when my friends were in vacation. It reminded me lots of grace just to sit in the class without being registered!

I cried with tears of joy and suddenly this one exhilarating minute has wiped all my past troubles and struggles. I realized that God is opening new door for me to enter into a new season in my life. A season of blessing!

Although problems of life may persist but I believe in the inner strength that I had found and built through the hard years of the past. I believe that the faithfulness of God never change and there is no shadow of turning in HIM!

I hope this note will be a living testimony and an inspirational story. If you are in the season of hardship, let me encourage you to believe that "God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all what we ask or we think."