Thoughts: Hannah's Blog

        All of us could do with a little bit of encouragement now and then. In this competitive world, having to achieve something has become increasingly difficult and when we fail to fulfill the aspirations that we have set for ourselves, we tend to be heart-broken and weary.        For the past few days, whenever I read the Bible or devotionals or even in verses through SMS, I always came across words of encouragement and hope. So I was happy to see those verses and life was going normal. When the verse “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go” kept repeating, I was a little scared because I was almost sure that I might have to face some fearful situation [my project was nearing the release date]. As I was testing my application, I came across many bugs that God helped me fix [before it could be found by others]. I was happy as I could feel that God was helping me out in each step, granting me grace in the eyes of those I work with. Finally the day of release came and went without any problems. And I thought “Things are running smooth!”. That’s when unexpectedly a storm struck.

To my horror, the user had encountered an issue post production and as I was trying to resolve it, I thought I found where I had gone wrong and I was so upset at what I had missed to check. I started blaming myself for being so irresponsible but I kept remembering those verses and knew that God will surely help me. Still I will have to face the consequences, the very thought that I had to go and tell people that I was wrong was scary and I had no idea how people would react and everything seemed to be against me. Then I was reminded of a devotion titled “A calm in the midst of a storm” How God fills us with His peace even when the storms of life rage around us, the comforting words of Jesus, “In this world you will have trouble but take heart! I have overcome the world” was running through my head and finally I went to sleep.

The next morning, We prayed and I went to office and started looking through my code, tried various things and to my surprise found that it was not due to the blunder I thought I had committed, but due to an entirely different reason! When I realized that, you can’t imagine the amount of relief that flooded me. Even now I have to make code changes, I will have to face the users but with the confidence that God has filled me with, I am sure I can face this storm and He will carry me through. I was reminded of the verse “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning!” and I experienced that this morning! To know that God cared for me so much, that He kept hinting of what was to come and what I was to do, thrills me!  Feeling blessed! Reminds me of a song…