TESTIMONY
By Sis Loretta Wong

"He has made everything beautiful in His time" (Ecclesiastes 3:11a), this verse has not failed me the last 6 years, and it never will. It is truly a blessing to be able to testify the Lord's goodness in my life, of how He has helped me in my academic career as well as my growth in Him.

Firstly, I would like to thank God for helping me to gain admission into NUS Medical school. Looking back, it is not by chance, but by God's sovereign plan, that I am able to pursue this career. I can still remember my Biology being weak, but after much prayer, God gave me an A for Biology in both "O" level and "A" level.

There came the problem when my "O" levels results did not meet the requirements for me to remain in RJC, thus I had to go to another JC in the meantime. Although it was a full 1 month of waiting in anxiety before I managed to appeal back into RJC, it was however a time where I learnt to trust in God and to leave the future into His merciful Hands. Little did I know that God's work was at play. With a plethora of attachments that RJC provided, God used one of my close friends to introduce me to a 5-month medical attachment after my A levels. Through this attachment, I was able to see how God had used different people, at different time and place to be used for His glory. Proverbs 16:33 "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD". I can still remember in Year 1, when I was planning how I was going to get an attachment on my own. Now, I understand how our plans may not turn out as what we wish, but ultimately, God's plan is still the best plan.

Through my 2 years in JC, I thank God for many opportunities to experience God's grace, and also for close Christian friends whom I am able to share my problems with. One platform which greatly thrilled my heart was prayer meeting. Every Wednesday, I looked forward to seeing how God had blessed His people, and was greatly encouraged when many of our prayers were answered. Sometimes I would think to myself, that my friends who are non-Christian have more time to study since they did not have to attend such prayer meetings. However, I gradually understood how God should be our main focus and all else being secondary. And it is through this, that I realized work, taking over God's place or being more important than God, would make my existence empty and meaningless.

God has indeed been very merciful to me for many years. Though the future may be filled with long hours of studying and difficulties, I will leave it in the hands of our loving God, who will plan my life in the most beautiful way possible - Because He has done it before, and He will continue to do so.