Usually when people ask me how JC life is like, they'd usually get the response 'fun', and go away thinking that I'm crazy. But it's true, I do find it fun. However the reason why is something they never wait to hear.
In the interest of time, let me put it this way: It is not a JC life without the stress, without the pain, without the sleepless nights and without the workload. It's also not a JC life without the laughter, without moments of camaraderie, without happiness, and without achievement. You cannot wish for one without having the other.
I was told not too long ago that I would never survive in a science course. I was too expressive to be a doctor. Too emotional to withstand the bitter steel of the competition. Humanities was supposed to be my cup of tea. Stick to it, the system told me, and you will be successful. Discouragement was definitely inevitable. They weren't wrong, having analysed my character down to the tips of my hair. But that doesn't make them right.
God's grace has been more than sufficient for the past year. It has been proven that I can indeed be a Humanities-inclined science student and have the potential to be successful. It's not easy, and I have to admit that there are times where I was lazy, or on the verge of giving up. But the Lord has really been Good.
So why do I find JC life fun? I'm the very defiance of their rigid predictions of success, how can it not be fun? The Lord is greater and mightier than all things. Sticking to Him doesn't guarantee a smooth life, but it does mean that life will be interesting. So I'll continue to stick to Him, placing my faith in Him through the unknown. At the very least, I know I'll never die of boredom.
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