Keep on keeping on

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

There is a saying that “when life give you lemons, make lemonade out of it”. One of the hardest things in life is the ability to surmount life’s challenges. But one thing you should understand is that challenges are a part of life. Thank God for his word that is ever present to guide and to help us in times of need. This is why the quality of your life will be determined by how much awareness of God you have.

I remember when I graduated from secondary school and then I told myself that I was going to work as a sales girl for at least a year so as to save up some money for my higher institution but fortunately or unfortunately for me, I only worked for some months before I got admission into the university. I was filled with mixed emotion. I was happy and at the same time sad. Happy because I was able to secure admission into the higher institution. Sad because I knew my parents financial status. I knew my mother was not that financially buoyant.

We were given some weeks or so to pay our tuition fee. My mother and I, started going from one place to another to get a loan from her friends; but all our efforts was to no avail. My mother prayed and prayed for God to help her financially. When she finally got the money, I rushed down to school only for the registrar to inform me that I had forfeited my admission since the school payment site has been closed. I wept and wept and wept. I got home and told my mother, we both wept. But one thing is that my mom and I refused to give up on the admission. We kept believing God for him to do something about the admission. First week past and nothing happened. I still went back to the head of department but he told me there was nothing he could do to help since the order was from above and not from him. The order to close down the payment site was from the vice chancellor and not from him. I felt discouraged.

When I got back home my mom encouraged me to keep hope alive. To my greatest surprise after two weeks, I had resumed back to my place of work then my colleague told us she wanted to listen to news on television. She tuned in and then an announcement from the University came that those who have not paid their school fees should go to the school and pay. One week was given for the payment. That was how I was able to retain my admission.

Please stay encouraged. It may look like there is no way. You may feel that all hope is lost but let’s keep on keeping on.

Love from me to you.