the Lord has brought me lower from the eighth floor so that I'll be more grounded, and so i can smell the after-rain better.
i haven't thought of any new year resolutions, and i'm not sure if i'm making any. but i'd like to share some little notes that were saved but went unpublished throughout 2011.
1. When My Wisdom Tooth Grew
"God, can we please have mashed potatoes in school today? Chewing is terrible." and voila. mashed potatoes it is! served that very day. i think the last time i saw mashed potatoes in the canteen was a year before that.
2. When I Drive
I hate driving to get myself fined. But I love driving to suddenly catch streams of brown leaves fall quietly like in the movies, right in front of my windshield.
3. When I Sing
In 2010, I took a whole year to read Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. when i finished that, i thought that the time of weeping for me is over. and hence it is time to sing. and i started reading psalms. that's why you'd notice that most of the blog posts in 2011 are in songs. but it turned out that i didn't stop weeping that year.
and that's okay.
Be patient, He says, the time of no death, mourning, crying or pain is yet to come.
4. When I'm Dissatisfied
"If I find myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
- CS Lewis
5. When Tiles Are Smooth
She told me to be careful when I walk because the tiles are too smooth.
TOO smooth? and you'd think that smooth is good. smooth sailing is very good. but too-smooth makes us fall. Better that the tiles are rough. we will have a firmer walk in life with rough patches.
6. When Shopping Pales In Comparison
A friend once asked if she could visit my hometown.
Sure, I said, but there's nothing there.
That's not true! She said. There are people there. And people are the most important.
Hence, I've decided that the next time I travel, it shouldn't be for shopping madness. but to enjoy the Lord's creation, and most importantly, to meet the people.
7. When I'm Blessed
The Lord pampers me, I know. He pampers me with mashed potatoes and falling leaves; with a family that loves me, and with friends who are like-minded. But His pampering is most obvious when He brought me to Singapore just to show me who He is. And now that I've known, He brought me back so I can show others here.
"The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
- Romans 15:13
"Blessed is the people whose God is the LORD."
- Psalm 144: 15b
i haven't thought of any new year resolutions, and I'm not sure if i'm making any. but i think i'd like to continue singing.
"I belong to you. This is my call, to sing melodies of You, and I can do nothing else."
- Sixpence None The Richer
"There is no one else for me. None but Jesus. Crucified to set me free. Now I live to bring Him praise. When You call, help me not to delay. This, my song through all my days."
- Hillsong United
