1. It was one of the easier terms so it wasn't too difficult to get use to studying again
   
2. I got to know a classmate really well. I even had a chance to spread the Gospel to him. And he told me that one of the things he'll try to do this summer is to write down his impression of who he thinks God is. (So happy)
   
3. I got to know more about myself as well:
   
   • I'm not as social as I thought I am. In fellowship, I would approach any strangers and start a conversation. But I wouldn't do that when I'm in my class. Maybe I didn't see a need or purpose in doing it
   • Sometimes, I realize that the things that I do are not necessary something I want to do, but it's something that I like to do. Before, I used to think that I always do what I want to do, but that is not true.
   • I would much rather help someone to complete his/her assignment than to further improve on my completed one. I might not get as high of a mark, but I rather help someone to finally come to grasp of a concept.

Isaiah 40:27-31
"27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, "My way is
hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God"? 28 Do you
not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the
Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,
and His understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the
weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired
and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope
in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like
eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not
be faint."

When in doubt, just look up, have faith, and wait upon the Lord.

The following is an excerpt from a book I've been reading recently - "The Jesus I Never Knew" by Philip Yancey:

Beatitudes: Lucky Are the Unlucky

What makes the poor deserving of God's concern? I received help on this issue from a writer named Monika Hellwig, who lists the following "advantages" to being poor:
1. The poor know they are in urgent need of redemption.
2. The poor know not only their dependence on God and on powerful people but also their interdependence with one another
3. The poor rest their security not on things but on people.
4. The poor have no exaggerated sense of their own importance, and no exaggerated need of privacy.
5. The poor expect little from competition and much from cooperation.
6. The poor can distinguish between necessities and luxuries.
7. The poor can wait, because they have acquired a kind of dogged patience born of acknowledged dependence.
8. The fears of the poor are more realistic and less exaggerated, because they already know that one can survive great suffering and want.
9. When the poor have the Gospel preached to them, it sounds like good news and not like a threat or a scolding.
10. The poor can respond to the call of the Gospel with a certain abandonment and uncomplicated totality because they have so little to lose and are ready for anything.