"Results do comot," my friend said, and my heartbeat accelerated. I followed him to the notice board to check mine.

Five minutes later, I felt disappointed. My first reaction was, "God, why? I trusted you."

Dear Reader,

During my first exam of the semester, a lady pointed out a wrong answer. I hesitated, wondering if changing it would be cheating. But I remembered my vow to God and left it as it was.

For the first time, the idea of exam malpractice crossed my mind. This was due to weeks of feeling anxious, fueled by procrastination, fear of failure, and pressure to meet expectations. I was stressed, frustrated, and struggling to focus.

At that point, I made a vow to trust God regardless of the outcome. Despite my anxiety, I kept that vow.

When the results came out, I felt disappointed, not because they were bad, but because they weren't what I expected.

Then I read a quote by Rick Warren that resonated deeply with me: "Don't ask God 'Why?', ask God 'What do you want me to learn?'"

This simple shift in perspective changed everything. I began to see that God's plan wasn't to give me a perfect score or a stress-free exam experience but to teach me the value of trust, perseverance, and self-discipline.

As Karen Kingsbury wrote in her book "Summer,"

 "God doesn't answer our prayers just because we're good. Sometimes He doesn't answer them the way we want, and sometimes we don't understand why."

Trusting God is a continuous process, not a one-time decision. It's choosing to have faith in His goodness, even in uncertainty, even when we don't understand why.

Sincerely,
Amos Bani 
(The Bibliophile)