Reality Sucks....

His grace is sufficent for me...

2 Corinthians 12:7-9

7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

I am not one who talks much about my job, let alone share with anyone the problems I face at work. Don't get me wrong, its not like I have no friends at office or my colleagues are back-stabbing me. My relationship with my colleagues are fine. I really don't know what I would do without them.

Anyway, recently the management have been implementing new rules and regulations in my office. I'm fine with change but there has to be a line to how much change you can implement. There are so many changes it is like social reforms on a daily basis. It is bloody ridiculous.

Part of me has been trying to show the management that the new systems don't work. Its miserable. No one feels like going to work. Its like there are blocks of cement chained to your feet when you walk into office every morning. The morale is rock bottom. The sight of the management makes everyone sick.

In my heart I've been wishing and hoping that the management would see the errs of their way and get rid of all the new rules. But something I heard at Alpha course today made me realize something. Like in the verse above, Paul asked God to remove the thorn in his side. Just like how I wish the new rules and regulations would go away. But God says that his grace is sufficient for us.

I realized that I have not put my trust in God and trust that it is his doing. Everything that happens, God allows it to happen for a reason. I should stop trying to change it and embrace it. With God's strength I can conquer any obstacle. Instead of asking God to remove the thorn in my side, I must have faith that God's grace is enough for me to face each dy at office and overcome the challenges that emerge with change.