I was chatting with a friend yesterday and we reminisced about our jc days. One thing, or rather, one person that really left an impression on me was my chemistry teacher. I was his subject rep and well, my chemistry was never good in school. I used to find him naggy cos he likes to nag at me about reading his mindmaps, about doing my tutorials, about revising those equations etc. He said i was his subject rep so i had to do well for his subject. And i used to always smoke him through when he asked me questions. I didnt understand why he kept asking me for answers to equations which he obviously knew i had no answers to. There was even a period of time when i was angry with him. I didnt want to talk to him, didnt want to look at him, didnt want to go to his lessons. I felt that he was forcing me to do something i couldnt do. I felt that he was pushing me to a corner. But now i realised. He wasnt forcing me or suffocating me. He was believing in me. The last few struggling days before A levels i decided to put down my pride to look for him for consultation. I must say, i really have to thank this teacher for his patience and for his faith in me. He didnt give up on me. Thank you Mr Alvin Yeong. (:

Perhaps the Holy Spirit is like that too. A teacher who has undying faith in his student. A teacher who never gives up on his student, even when the student gives up on himself. (:

"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. "
-1 Corinthians 10:13