Post by 2fw8212a on Jul 13, 2019 6:48:44 GMT -5
About eight years ago (before being saved) I received a prophetic message from someone in a church I used to go.
He said that he saw me in a university.
At the moment I did not understand it very well because I had no plans or interest in joining university.
I resumed my life, and that thing I heard was in my mind.
I even had planned to quit studying altogether, then after a sad year in the school I did not care to study anymore.
Then I have stopped studying for about six years, I haven't completed middle education and stopped at eighth grade.
I was sad and depressed, not knowing how my life would be in the future.
I also faced thoughts of suicide and I did not do it because, fortunately, I had not the courage.
It was only after being saved (in December 2016) that my life started changing for the better.
My heart was filled with new things, hope, love and faith, despite all the negative things surrounding me.
And God started working in my life, and in March 2017 all things worked and an opportunity came and I started studying to finish high school in that year.
It all went well, I was approved, and I finally finished high school. I was ready for university.
I was ready, but it is not that easy.
In my country, public universities are not for the poor, it is the wealthy people that study in it.
Public federal universities are the best and the most coveted, and rich people do not pay a cent to study there.
It is very hard to enter in one of these universities. The competition is tough; I heard of people that tried for years before being approved.
And I did not have time for that. But I had a decent first result, and that test served to confirm to me I have finished high school.
Then I simply waited, and an opportunity to start studying in a private university came this year.
It is not hard to join a private university in my country. To pay is the hard part, and are the poor that study in it.
There are some well respected private universities, not all are garbage.
Indeed, it is not the university alone that will make you a good professional. That is up to the students for the most part.
Then - by a miracle I would say - I started being interested in joining university. Not because of me, but because of what was ahead and happening.
I had a problem:
To join a public university is hard, very hard.
And I am too old already (27), I cannot spend several years studying just to beat the wealthy competition and get access.
But I also was poor to pay for a private university, indeed I never had a formal job, then I do not know how it is to have a decent amount of money in my hands. Then I prayed:
Lord, if it is your will that I start studying in this private university then make it possible because I cannot pay it.
Then, after some days, I received a call from my father telling me that he would pay for me to study in a private university.
I checked the price and all things and he said it was OK.
Remembering that I did not do a thing to join a university, simply all things worked and I couldn't escape, I just followed the course of the river.
It was only after knowing what the Lord was planning to do that I actually started being motivated to join university.
Then - by a miracle I would say - I moved from uninterested and careless to interested in studying in a university.
“Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will reverse it?” - Isaiah 43:13
“...Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall stand...” - Isaiah 14:24
“...For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” - Isaiah 40:5
And the day finally arrived, all things are set up and I will start studying this month (God willing).
I will be studying Computer Science in a respected private university near here.
This is going to be cool, my parents are joyful and full of expectations. Then I already have good reasons to do it and another mission to accomplish.
I know it is not going to be so easy, but I have all things I need from God.
And if I do my part, God will certainly do His.
“...for the battle is not yours, but God's.” - 2 Chronicles 20:15
Thank you, Lord Jesus!
He said that he saw me in a university.
At the moment I did not understand it very well because I had no plans or interest in joining university.
I resumed my life, and that thing I heard was in my mind.
I even had planned to quit studying altogether, then after a sad year in the school I did not care to study anymore.
Then I have stopped studying for about six years, I haven't completed middle education and stopped at eighth grade.
I was sad and depressed, not knowing how my life would be in the future.
I also faced thoughts of suicide and I did not do it because, fortunately, I had not the courage.
It was only after being saved (in December 2016) that my life started changing for the better.
My heart was filled with new things, hope, love and faith, despite all the negative things surrounding me.
And God started working in my life, and in March 2017 all things worked and an opportunity came and I started studying to finish high school in that year.
It all went well, I was approved, and I finally finished high school. I was ready for university.
I was ready, but it is not that easy.
In my country, public universities are not for the poor, it is the wealthy people that study in it.
Public federal universities are the best and the most coveted, and rich people do not pay a cent to study there.
It is very hard to enter in one of these universities. The competition is tough; I heard of people that tried for years before being approved.
And I did not have time for that. But I had a decent first result, and that test served to confirm to me I have finished high school.
Then I simply waited, and an opportunity to start studying in a private university came this year.
It is not hard to join a private university in my country. To pay is the hard part, and are the poor that study in it.
There are some well respected private universities, not all are garbage.
Indeed, it is not the university alone that will make you a good professional. That is up to the students for the most part.
Then - by a miracle I would say - I started being interested in joining university. Not because of me, but because of what was ahead and happening.
I had a problem:
To join a public university is hard, very hard.
And I am too old already (27), I cannot spend several years studying just to beat the wealthy competition and get access.
But I also was poor to pay for a private university, indeed I never had a formal job, then I do not know how it is to have a decent amount of money in my hands. Then I prayed:
Lord, if it is your will that I start studying in this private university then make it possible because I cannot pay it.
Then, after some days, I received a call from my father telling me that he would pay for me to study in a private university.
I checked the price and all things and he said it was OK.
Remembering that I did not do a thing to join a university, simply all things worked and I couldn't escape, I just followed the course of the river.
It was only after knowing what the Lord was planning to do that I actually started being motivated to join university.
Then - by a miracle I would say - I moved from uninterested and careless to interested in studying in a university.
“Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will reverse it?” - Isaiah 43:13
“...Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall stand...” - Isaiah 14:24
“...For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” - Isaiah 40:5
And the day finally arrived, all things are set up and I will start studying this month (God willing).
I will be studying Computer Science in a respected private university near here.
This is going to be cool, my parents are joyful and full of expectations. Then I already have good reasons to do it and another mission to accomplish.
I know it is not going to be so easy, but I have all things I need from God.
And if I do my part, God will certainly do His.
“...for the battle is not yours, but God's.” - 2 Chronicles 20:15
Thank you, Lord Jesus!