Bragging Rights

As this semester is getting started I cannot stop thinking about how the last ended. I had some difficult classes, but one definitely stuck out head and shoulders above the rest. I can say that it is by far the most difficult class I have ever encountered. I tried my absolute hardest on every piece of work I turned in for the class and I was still not doing that great going into the final. I prepped my parents for my getting a C in the course and I studied for three whole days. I went over every slide. I read every page of notes. I did all the practice tests. Still the information was not sticking in my brain. I did the math and it was not even mathematically possible to get even an A-; B+ was my highest option. That was if I made a 100 and history revealed the unlikelihood of that. 

Before I left my study cave to take the final, I realized all I could do at that point was pray. Miraculously I never hit panic mode and I just prayed. I remember telling God in the most sincere way I can remember, "God I can't do this. I have tried. If you want this to happen, you are going to have to do it." 

I went through the test and answered all the ones I knew or could make an educated guess on. I looked over the test and still half the questions had no answers. So, then I went through and made slightly less educated guesses on some and then wild guesses on the rest. I even made a joke on one of them because of how far removed the question was from my realm of understanding. 

I walked out of the class knowing I had failed the final and hoped my parents would be okay with that. I waited and waited for the grade to pop up online and it didn't until a couple of hours before the deadline. Much to my surprise, an A was marked. I still cannot fathom how this came to be other than God made it happen. There is no way, absolutely no way I had any hand in making this happen. 

What happened next was even more surprising. I began to share my joy with my friends and family. I would praise God and tell how thankful I was for this blessing. Let me tell you how much more awesome it felt to brag on God than it has ever felt to brag on myself. God is good. Praise the Lord!