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| Its prolly about TIMEThank God its Thursday.
While the week has been rather eventful..After this week, I will vow to take a break from all that i'm doing.Its been running from one appt tothe other, one meeting to the next, and crossing yet another item on my never-ending to-do list. just CRAZYYYYYYY..leaving me next to nothing alone times at the end of the day.
Is it ever gonna be possible to deal and prioritise the amounts of responsibilities that im juggling,I wonder?
And they say, as you start working..its only gonna get more?
Or dealing with expectations, personal or that expected w the responsiblities you hold?
Or am I in too deep that I cant get out of it now?
Or are these even gonna matter 10 years down the road?
I have respect for someone I know who knows how to priorities e various events that he allows into his personal calendar and is selective of what would take up his time.
Then again, thats possible w him as his community circle isnt too widely networked.
Has God intended me to live a life like this? I surely dont think so.
Time to make some serious adjustments Val, on which and what and whom you choose to spend yr times with.
After all, one only has 24 hrs a day,168 hrs a week.
If Task A takes up 18 hrs, like it or not, that only leaves me with 6 hrs for other tasks.
I must learn to ruthlessly eliminate hurry from our lives"
Perhaps its time i start being a little more ruthless w regards to my choices of commitments/expectations.
High time to stop being Martha, and work on being Mary.
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| Developing Patience in WaitingEver experienced how its like during a particular season of waiting?
That in many cases, one would have no choice but to wait..teaching impatient me,the very gift of patience.
A friend of mine recently shared w me a joyous news that came rather unexpectedly for her as well.
How ironic was it that those around her saw it coming.Or at least I did.Hah!
All those months of wondering and being kept in the dark, was finally made clear!
And to you, that friend! I'm superbly glad for you!!
You deserve nothing but the very best in the very choices that you're about to make.
Though we're physically far apart,it seems like we've been friends forever
So many times of laughter,wackoness,tears and heart-to-hearts that have superceded the times
HOw proud am I to see this season in yr life come
As you begin an aspiring new journey altogether as another!
I love you so,and am so glad to have walked alongside a part of this with you!!
All the best, woman! To another level of what God has in store for You!
Ahh there w be many more of these similar incidences to come in the coming years..haha
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| Giving ThanksA few days more and gone w be the year 2006. As I look back into the past year,many things
have happened and taken place..Some things brought to surface that are being dealt with, and some others battles
of which i'm still fighting in my heart and mind.
Yet again, I am reminded what it is to give thanks.
To be thankful..
To a God who has seen me thru my ups and downs, thru the times of triumph to the times when I'm down
To a God who has given me a family and extended family,imperfect as it may be,encourages me to live out my faith even more
To a God who has blessed me with great friends and a cg that today i can call God's family
To a God that has seen me thru my studies when for a while, i never once thought that i would ever graduate,
To a God that has provided me with a blessed job,even when i had yet to seek
And more than anything else, provided me a Savior that gives me a blessed assurance today.
Its with the battles that I have had to fight,that has forced growth upon me.
To grow to identify areas in my life which I had yet to truly surrender, or perhaps learn the meaning of TRUST & TRUE LIBERTY.
All these while, I thought I had trusted God..but more and more, realised that actually I did not.
I chose many times,subconsciously to rely on my own strength and judgements than to rely on what I deemed as my faith. Prolly,FAITH doesnt come easy for all afterall =), esp in seasons when the heart and mind doesnt coincide.
Camp this year sparked a reminder for me in this season of my life
That I'm deeply loved beyond my imagination and
That I know for sure I am right where I'm meant to be in this season
As I seek to establish my foundation stones of who I am in Christ
Made in His perfection, continually moulded for His glory
To You, my great and magnificent God..I Give YOU Thanks. Thankyou for seeing me through the seasons of 2006.
I look forward to the new things which You'll open my eyes as You grant me the faith to believe in the coming year.
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| Matters of the Heart & Mind
Having
started working recently..for slightly past 4 mths already. It has opened my
mind to a whole new lot of experiences, perceptions, mindsets, working styles
and personalities..from all walks of life. Ppl whom you wonder if you can
actually trust; or whether or not to wear your heart on your sleeves...or to
keep it carefully hidden, for fear of being betrayed?
I can testify that the transition from a college graduation to a young working
adult is difficult..more difficult when there isn't someone to guide you along
the way. Worst still, we've to grapple with real-life issues such as managing
expectations (both of the employer and employee), the never-ending mgmt of the
newly-gained "purported" freedom in finances, family and social-life
balance, and not forgetting, the various ministry commitments that any young adult would have...Learning, learning, and more learning...
You're left wondering if you're doing things right, thereabout trying ever so
hard to survive in this "rat-race" that looks so promising from
afar...and at the same time, wondering how one's faith can effectively work in
the marketplace? Next,how can we as Christians, be truly truly
truimphant...than instead of barely surviving....
I myself know of many friends who are barely surviving...No wonder the Devil
doesnt have to work too hard to get us down and out...
Easier still, swept away in the wave of busyness or even ministry till we don’t
even realize that our hearts have become cold and reckless..when God has been
seemingly reduced to become a part of my usual agenda…
Nevertheless,
He never ceases to amaze me in worship, in spite of myself.
I
was reminded that once again, He looks at me as clean, spotless and most of
all, ALREADY TRUIMPHANT over my circumstance..becos of what He has done. And as
such, keep my life away from sin…to be a workman approved by God (2 Tim 2:15)
Oceans Will
Part – Hillsong If my heart
has grown cold
There Your love will unfold
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
When I’m blind to my way
There Your Spirit will pray
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
Oceans will part nations come
At the whisper of Your call
Hope will rise glory shown
In my life Your will be done
Present suffering may pass
Lord Your mercy will last
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
And my heart will find praise
I’ll delight in Your way
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
I
have much to say about how many church groups these days only preach half the
gospel..the blessings of salvation..but fail to equally emphasize on the cost
of following Jesus.
That
I shall keep for another time.
p/s: All in all, nothing beats such sweet things as 6 lovely stalks of roses in front of you =) stolen from a wedding..
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