Worthy is the Lamb once slain,
Praise and magnify His Name.
Laud and honour may we bring,
To my Lord, Saviour and King.

Lord, I know we've had our daily conversation this morning, but I'd like to put it in record now that I'm here: Thank You so much for a wonderful school year.

Thank You for Your grace and favour such that You've showed me my worth despite of my shortcomings. Thank You for the opportunity of having the perfect work schedule as a full time student and managing two jobs all in campus. Who am I to receive such blessing? I thought I couldn't see my value, but You have cherished me in ways I've only longed to imagine. I don't mind having tears right now, since the cafeteria is finally empty. After all, people have made their exit for the long weekend. Yet I can't help it.

You have provided me when I have been financially troubled. Your grace has been sufficient and more than sufficient in times of exhaustion, weariness and distraught while living in this the fast lane of academic work and life. Yet I'm amazed that I still have the capacity to give to my parents and relatives back home. The Fall term has been difficult. My Winter term has taken a toll in my mind. As of today, during this lunchtime, after writing my final exam this Spring, I shake my head at how awesome it has been. My memories flash to me the verisimilitude of overcoming every struggle this school year has thrown. The school year has been awesome, because You are awesome. I dare myself to say that You haven't supplied all my needs and wants, but I cannot. Truly, You have provided the best that I wonder a bit why I have these wants cluttering my room. So it would be unfair to deny You this, because it's true that You simply have been ever present in my time of need.

I know I have fulfilled my BBA, but as I push through to my second degree and minor, as I'm one step closer to reaching my dream of graduating from this foreign university, in a land culturally and intrinsically different, a world that is alien and sometime almost inhospitable in winter, as I'm one tile closer to fulfilling my parents' dream... God, I will be brutally honest in saying that I couldn't have made it this far without You. My God, You have been my portion, my light, my refuge, and my strength. I have prayed for wisdom and You have granted it. James was right: "Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise." he said so in James 5:13. I am thirsty and only You can quench it. Continue to reveal Yourself in my life, because I am searching for the ultimate reality that is Ultimate, and the absolute Truth that displays the order of an intricate universe reflecting a grand design. I will not leave one stone unturned. I will find You in highs and lows, above and in the depths of the world. I will keep studying these hints of truths, because I want to know more of who You claim to be. Yet I will not be stubborn and I will try to bear a teachable heart. I don't know where to start proclaiming Your majesty and mystery. All I can do for now is to praise and worship You, my God, my Maker, and my Friend.

Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
9Fear the Lord, you his holy people,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
- Psalm 34:8-9

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