yio! =) happy to be sharing this moment of grace with all of you...

truly, God has been so gracious and loving...

remember a few weeks back i was getting stressed out at work and am asking everyone to pray for me that i can complete my work and more than that, that it works. but looking at the deadline, it seems like an impossible task to finish programming... gosh... so many things to change.

am doing a lot of customising work, ie, programming, on the existing ERP system for implementation for my head office. though the cut-over date is in july, i've to finish programming by the end of april, which is really, the end of this week. at the end of march, i presented my system to one of the users only to be sent back to my desk to re-program a lot of what i've already done. and she told me, "alright, i guess that's enough changes for you to do now. maybe i'll see you again in 2 weeks." man... my heart really dropped... felt so discouraged and felt bad that because i didn't take a lot of conditions into consideration that i've put my boss in a bad light. but my boss was very very encouraging. she said that it was ok and that it was not that i forgot to consider many factors but coz the company's procedures are not that "solid" to begin with...

oh well, you see, using a system to do things, we all talk about control... a lot of control problmes come into play...

anyway, was back at my desk feeling down and out... and stressed and worried... and for the first time ever, i started to pray for my work. the last time i actually prayed for my work was when i was in university. hahaha. actually felt like i was back in university all over again where i've to complete a programming assignment over a very short time span. and there, i started to doubt God again... doubt that He would see me through... blamed myself for always being distracted during work (like now, hahaha.... am at my desk typing this blog)... and a whole lot of thoughts.

so everyday i rushed my programming work... and the day for the 2nd view of the system came. but guess what? the lady postponed it... coz her boss was not around and she would like her boss to see the system. that gave me one more week to do my work. cool.... thank God! relieve...

then i presented my system to the user's boss the following tuesday. he says that everything seems to look ok but he doesn't want to see the test system with test data that i created. he wants us to convert their data and upload it onto our test system to be tested. that was last tuesday...

since then, i had 1 or 2 more outstanding issues to settle and i think i've got this really raw prototype up for testing.

so yes, wanna thank God for His wonderful grace!! and mercy that saw me through the month of April. this is yet another episode through which i'm learning to trust in Him more... learning that where God has called, He will surely provide. thank God too for favour with my boss. she has been very pleased with my work... thank God too for all my friends who've been praying... or just there to hear me rant about my work...

though i wouldn't say that my system is working now, coz i've got to wait and download their data to see if it works within system limits, i just wanna give thanks. who knows, maybe after attaining their data i realise that my system is not going to work as well as i expect. but at least now i know that after seeing how our loving Father brought me through this month to help me "hand-in" my program, i'm sure He'll see me through till the implementation. =)

also a sweet reminder that wherever the Lord has called us to be, or whatever the Lord has called us to do, He will definitely see it through to completion. just like us, WIP... hehe (Works In Progress).

"And we know that God causes all everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them." Romans 8:28 (NLT)

that's one...

and our familiar "We're WIP" verse...

"And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again." Philippians 1:6 (NLT)

praise God!! =) love ya all

{ Tuesday, April 26 }