Friday, June 03, 2005
Exam results came out yesterday...to be honest I was somewhat disappointed because the grades were not as good as i expected. And i know those of you out there will be ranting about the way i feel about my grades, but if you'll sit and listen to what i have to say for a while i'll explain further why i'm posting this.
Amidst my checking of the results, a lot of other people evidently have also checked their results, and to my knowledge, quite a few of them didn't do too well either. (of course i know those whom have done well, but that's not my focus at this point of time - congrats to you anyway)
And again i'm facing with the question - does it really matter? Is there really a difference between a D and an A? Of course there is - but not in the way most of us think it does.
The difference then is how we have used our time. I shall share further by saying that even though i wasn't happy with what i got, i was satisfied - reason being that i know i tried my best with what i had. Amidst my struggles and preparation for the musical, amidst coaching other people and doing my other stuff, i believe that i had done the best i could with the time that i had. (which is not to say that you should busy yourself with other things and forget about your studies and say you've done your best - that's not your best)
So the question really boils down to whether we have been good stewards of what we have, and in this case, mainly time. Why do i use the word "steward" instead of "owner"? Well, we don't really own the time we have, do we? Can we at will extend the day by even a second, or make an hour last more than that? We only can utilize what has been given to us, and thus we are merely stewards of our time. God is still in control of what He gives us.
To those who are given much, much will be expected. May i be so bold as to say the possibility of us being judged according to what we have done with what we have been given, and not against another human being. Our standard for purity/righteousness/etc is God's standard. I'm pretty sure from what i know of my God, that He won't go up to a mentally challenged person and ask why he didn't get a Ph.D. He
will, however, ask that if you could and should have gotten it, but didn't, for whatever reason you chose.
What really counts is that we put in everything we had - for Jesus did just that.
How can we give Him anything less?
simply jon.pondered @ 4:33 pm
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