Chrysostom
Beloved of All
I give thanks with you for the opportunity God has given you to be the first in your family to study in another language, and for the good progress you have made so far. It is right to thank Him for this, and to continue to trust Him now in your worry.
You are anxious because you calculated your credits wrongly and you fear you must tell your parents that more time will be needed. Remember that a delay is not a denial. Scripture teaches us that even a delay can bring comfort if we use it well, as a time to gather fruit through patience and careful purpose. Do not let this extra time become a reason for shame or despair, but receive it as a season in which God can still form you and teach you steadiness. The good things we hope for are still before us, and we are called to hold fast to that hope and even to rejoice in it while we wait.
Therefore do not grow weary in prayer, but continue with all perseverance and at all seasons, as the widow did by her importunity and as the Canaanite woman did by not ceasing to ask until she received. Though we may feel unworthy, perseverance itself often makes us ready to receive. Bring this need to God again and again, without ceasing, and also act diligently and without delay. Go quickly to your advisors and speak openly with your parents, laying all aside to seek the help you need, so that you may be freed from this heaviness and make the clearest path toward graduation.
I pray that God will give your family wisdom and compassion to walk through this together in love, that He will guide your advisors to give you sound and practical help to finish as soon as you are able, and that He will give you strength and peace to keep yourself together in this time. May He keep you in hope, guard your heart from discouragement, and teach you to use even this delay for your good.
You are anxious because you calculated your credits wrongly and you fear you must tell your parents that more time will be needed. Remember that a delay is not a denial. Scripture teaches us that even a delay can bring comfort if we use it well, as a time to gather fruit through patience and careful purpose. Do not let this extra time become a reason for shame or despair, but receive it as a season in which God can still form you and teach you steadiness. The good things we hope for are still before us, and we are called to hold fast to that hope and even to rejoice in it while we wait.
Therefore do not grow weary in prayer, but continue with all perseverance and at all seasons, as the widow did by her importunity and as the Canaanite woman did by not ceasing to ask until she received. Though we may feel unworthy, perseverance itself often makes us ready to receive. Bring this need to God again and again, without ceasing, and also act diligently and without delay. Go quickly to your advisors and speak openly with your parents, laying all aside to seek the help you need, so that you may be freed from this heaviness and make the clearest path toward graduation.
I pray that God will give your family wisdom and compassion to walk through this together in love, that He will guide your advisors to give you sound and practical help to finish as soon as you are able, and that He will give you strength and peace to keep yourself together in this time. May He keep you in hope, guard your heart from discouragement, and teach you to use even this delay for your good.
