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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Oppong Boateng, a Young Evangelism Officer at Cliff College, Derbyshire.

Good Morning.

If you’re anything like me, it can take you a while to get over lost opportunities. I remember when I missed out on going to my first- choice university, it took me quite a while to get over that disappointment. But if we are not careful, we can get stuck on focusing on the opportunities that have not materialised and miss the opportunity that can be before us.

I remember being invited for an interview at said University, although there were some nerves, I thought I had aced the interview. I felt like I had built a good rapport with the course directors and I even could envisaged myself sat down in the lecture rooms. So, you can imagine my shock and surprise when I received a letter a few days later, stating that I had not been offered a place. To put it mildly, I was gutted! Now my initial university rejection may not relate to everyone, I am sure, you can think of your own personal, perhaps similar scenarios, where you have felt some form of rejection or closed door.

There is a passage in the Bible that says: ‘Time and chance happens to us all.’ This has always encouraged me to be on the lookout for opportunities.

While I didn’t get into my first-choice university, I did get into another, more prestigious university which ended up being the place that I would meet my now-wife and the mother of my children. There’s always a sliver lining!

Lord, help us to not be discouraged when things don't go our way, but to remember that time and chance happens to us all. Help us to look for the opportunities that are ahead of us.

Amen.