8 April 2007. Remember this date.

The day that marks the truth that sets me free.

I shared my Testimony to the congregation of Hope Brisbane Church. Testimony of my happenings over the past semester. Here goes:

"Good morning brothers and sisters. My name is Eliza and I come from the family of Judah 5. I came to UQ last July for studies. I was enrolled in a Bachelor of Biotechnology course that was to be completed in two years.

Before I came, I had managed to secure a sponsor that pays my entire course fees. So I had no financial problem, I was happy and it was all good. In fact, I knew that it was a blessing, and I was just so excited and full of thanks to God.

Everything went well until the end of last semester, when there was a misunderstanding which resulted in bad terms and fallout between my sponsor and I. And because of this, the sponsorship was cancelled. I was very upset, and I kept asking why. Why did such a thing happen, if this was a blessing from God? God, how could u allow such a thing to happen, when the sponsorship was supposed to be a blessing from u?

I was also very angry and bitter with the people involved, as I believed that it had all happened because of other people.

At the same time, I was worried that I may not be able to complete my 2 years of studies here. At a point of time, I even thought of quitting the honours programme, so that I could shorten my degree to 1 year.

After all these, after the semester has ended, I went back to Singapore for the holidays. When I was in Singapore, in January this year, God miraculously provided for me again. During that time in January, the stock market did extremely well for just a brief period, and stock values increased ___________.

At this point, my dad realized that he had some unit trust, and even though it has not matured, but due to the good stock values, he could sell it off and not make a loss. So he sold it, and the amount was exactly enough to pay for my second year of studies.

After all these, even though the money has been provided for, I realized that I still had no peace, and there was a lot of bitterness and unforgiveness within me. God reminded me that I had to change. Gradually, slowly, God helped me to focus back on to Him again, and I learnt that at such times, trusting God and submitting to Him is still the best. Now, I am able to forgive, I have looked beyond the situation and even give thanks.

Finally, I would like to end with this verse from Proverbs 3:5-6. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

8 July 2006 was where it started. 8 April 2007 is where it officially ended.

A battle fought. A battle won.

Thank you God.

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