Thoughts: Hannah's Blog

As a web developer, there was a new page that I was developing for which I needed to display the input fields in 2 columns. I had to use some customised components so it was like plug and play, we wont have much details on how the other component which displays the page works, but we need to call that component with some set properties so it would display it correctly. So in short, google wont help me solve the problem.

I tried giving different values (comparing with the other files which has similar set of properties) but to no avail. This was a cosmetic bug (no impact on functionality, just the display was not on par with the design provided to me) so this was parked in the back burner for a while. I was tired of trying so I tried to assign it to others in my team (who are far better at this than me) They did try but couldn’t get it done. (May be they tried a little while and gave up as it was trivial) But this was on me, so I couldn’t give up.

I would ignore it for a while then go back to it, get frustrated, then give up, then move on to other high priority items. This cycle kept repeating. And it’s been almost 2-3 months since the issue started.

Today, I decided to give it another try, not because there were no other things to do, but because I had a strong conviction that today was gonna be the day that it is finally going to get fixed and that I should be the one to fix it. So I prayed (yet again) and started trying out different things one after the other. Spent 2 solid hours in it.

Usually I get dejected after I fail so many times but today there was an unexplainable determination and a strong feeling that it will be done (faith?), I just had to keep trying. I again referred to other files and tried one after the other and voila! It worked! It was exhilarating, I was pleasantly surprised, but also had a feeling like I knew it would work today all along.

I’m writing this post as a gratitude and as a fulfilment of a promise I made while trying to get it working. I am grateful to God for helping me do it, for granting me the determination and motivation I needed. No one else knows the struggles I had to go through. To my manager, it will just be another issue that got fixed. But I know, that it was God who helped me, and that at the appointed time He made all things work out wondrously for me. He cares about the little details of my life, whether the issue is big and complicated or whether the issue looks simple and insignificant but tricky, he is helping me with it all.

I’m glad to get to know and experience God in and through my work.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song(my post) I praise him. Psalm 28:7