opportunity missed?

Most final year students intend to receive a job offer before they graduate because it saves them the anxiety of being unemployed once they are done with school. Therefore, they seek out opportunities through campus competitions and the like to gain an additional advantage apart from their peers.

I submitted my resume over the weekend to a competition organized by a company whose name iwould be inconvenient for me to divulge. I was fretting all Friday morning over the structure and the content of my resume and managed to submit it a minute before the deadline at noon.

I did not check my inbox on Monday because I was at an etiquette workshop which was mightily useful. I also reached home late because I was playing tennis with friends and I thoroughly forgot about my resume submission. I only checked my inbox at 9.30pm after my wonderful bath.

To my horror, there in my inbox laid a notification letter of acceptance into the competition, sent on Monday morning by my college as well as another notification email by the company on the details of the qualifying round which was to be held the next day, Tuesday (or rather, today).

Wild thoughts raced through my mind as I quickly replied the organizer apologizing for my absence, negligience and ignorance (almost). I wanted to find out more about this organization and have thus somehow missed a golden opportunity.

I thought my world was about to crumble when my Dad quickly pointed out that an event which gave such a short time notice to their participants was probably not a well organized one. Even if it is, it was an indication of an ill-suited time for my participation. If things were to work out well in the end, my present fretting would have no effect on the organizer's decision, so why worry?

Today's devotion was on how Jesus gives us 'The rest' which is 'The refreshing', which reminds me that He is always in control and He has given me the peace that promises that all is well.

Now with his assurance, I am at rest.