“The Lord, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will also keep me safe from the clutches of this Philistine.” – 1 Samuel 17:37

I can still feel the thrill when I first performed two-digit addition. As a first grader, my knowledge was limited only to single digit math. But one day, while I was on a school bus with a friend’s grade two Math book, I was able to solve “complicated” two-digit addition problems.

Who would have thought that much, much later, I would learn to do Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and — the mother of them all — Calculus? If you told me back in that school bus that I’d have to solve problems with limits, derivatives, integrals and infinite series, I would have probably dropped of school.

It’s the same with the Lord. He prepares us all our lives to carry out His calling. Just as David’s work as a shepherd boy trained him for his encounter with Goliath, our education, experiences, family background, even trials and difficulties are our qualifications for the tasks God asks us to do today. So if you really think about it, following God can be as easy as grade two math. Rissa Singson-Kawpeng (justbreatherissa@gmail.com)

REFLECTION:
“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” (St. Francis of Assisi)

Lord, when it seems that You are asking me to do the impossible, remind me that You have prepared me all my life for it.

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COMPANION
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my reflections
t h i n k : David is not afraid because he knows that with God, nothing can defeat him.