This week is our final week. It is the moment when everything starts to get messy; you start to panic about your work. You spend all your time studying or working on your final project that you are getting some lack of sleep; in some cases, you don’t even get to sleep at all. Coffee, energy drinks and anything with a lot of sugar is your main consumption since it can restore your energy to do your work. You don’t have time to do anything for fun; it’s all just work, work, and work. It is basically the busiest moment of your life where everything is crazzyyyyy. Frankly, I don’t feel that way at all.
To be honest, I don’t really know why that is so. As everyone is panicking, I am somehow able to just stay calm and continue with my usual daily activities. No, in fact, I even have more free time during this final week. I used to think that maybe it’s because my major is easier compared to other people. You know, like for architecture you have to build stuff, in fashion you make all the clothes, for business you study and memorize textbooks for the final exams, and in advertising you create ads. But then I met up with my advertising friends, and they all complained about getting no sleep at all either. That’s when I realized that it wasn’t because of my major. Then what is?
One day, I noticed the one thing that I did that might’ve supported my excessive amount of free time. I don’t know whether the others are doing it, but it sure did apply to me. Before I do my work, I always make some time to pray to God. I know, some of you might think it sounds stupid. “What? In all this commotion where time is like super important you go waste your time by praying?” It might sound stupid, and yet, here I am, typing this blog post during all the stress of facing the finals. Isn’t that enough proof that I have a lot of time on my hand?
So anyway, I made a commitment where I would spend some time with him every single day and simply talk to Him. I also prayed about our final exams, to give creativity for the art students, and more wisdom to the non-art students, and give us better time management & etc. When it was Sunday, it was time to go to church. No matter how much work I had to do, I always went to church. When it was time for our caregroup, I went. I didn't skip any of the moments that I could spend with Him. And that is when I realized the key to all of this:
When I give up my time for God, He will give it back to me, but in an even greater quantity.
Even though a mountain of work awaited you, and you think that you will lose some sleep today from doing your work, whenever I spend my time with Him, He would always prove me wrong. I would be finished much faster than I had expected and would be left with a lot of free time.
Besides, when I do my work, I got all my ideas from Him anyway. Yes, it is really that moment of being still, thinking hard or maybe even not thinking at all, and somehow an idea would magically appear in my head. And the idea will be so amazing that I immediately start to execute it with the time that I’ve been given. And once I finished, it is not just some crappy low-quality work. I’m not bragging about me, I’m bragging about God’s creativity. The teachers actually liked it and I got a good grade for it! :D You can ask me if you wanna hear any of those testimonies.
So once again, I think that just praying for His help won’t be enough. But give up some of your time for Him, and He’ll give it all back to you, plus some extras. Don’t believe me? You can always try it out yourself. I hope this does apply to everyone and not just because maybe advertising is easier or something. Especially during this final weeks, who knows this might be the real energy booster you need instead of drinking coffee or sacrificing your sleep!
