Day # 338

"2012 will be a year of changes and challenges. Like it or not, I still have to face them. So I gotta face them with joy, and in the Lord!! My new year resolution will be based on the sermon on 01/01/12 by Kin gor - 人在，心也在.

I also want to pick up my guitar to play again."

 

Above was what I posted in my other blog in January 2012. It has been truly a challenging & fun year living sort-of-alone. But I think so far, it has been a good year :) I don't know how to describe, but I just feel that this year has been a very, very meaningful year. Grown closer to God, desiring to know His word better, and loving His presence in my life. Though sometimes I may stray away, but He is still so faithful in loving me, caring for me, giving me strength and joy each day. He also put people in my life who are capable of building me up, encouraging me in my walk with Him :) I feel so very blessed.

 

One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

Ps 27:4

Day # 337

:) I really thank God that I am out of uni and have a stable job, because now I can use the money that I earn to buy gifts for my cousins! Also lately, my heart has been closer to family more than ever. They always make me stop in my pace to think about how wonderful a family God has blessed me with, and I love them all so dearly :) May God continue to be the center of it all!

Day # 336

03/11/12

Thank God for a wonderful catch up with friends :)

Day # 335

I thank God for a friend who challenged me in my view of who God is -- 自己觉得神是一个怎样的神，不是从小到大听别人说/别人的意见. What are my personal thoughts/opinion? Who is God? What kind of God is He? Made me think real hard, and I realised on the spot, that I actually do not have an answer that I could call my own.. except God is a God who loves me. "There has to be more than this", I thought. And I've been thinking & praying for the past few days. Last night during shower, I thought about what I went through one of the days before an exam - it was a subject that I hated the most, one that I feel most hopeless with. I was at the stage where I thought even if I studied, even if I understood what I read, applying them in answering questions won't be easy, and that is what I struggled with the most. I wanted to give up so much I even thought of not going for the exam. Trust me, I wailed on my bed like a baby, telling/complaining to God "I really do not want to go for this exam. I really hate it, etcetc." Then and there, I felt God comfort me - God is my comforter. I quieted myself and decided to get back to study, and while studying, I felt peace - God is my peace. The worry & fear was gone. I also asked God to show me what I should focus on, and He did because they came out among the exam questions (whether I did focus on those topics or not is another story though, and I've learned my lesson)! - God is my help.

In my previous posts:
Day # 334 - God is my protector
Day # 333 - God is a faithful God, He is my companion, my comforter, my strength. He gives me hope and fills me afresh each day.
Day # 331 - God is my teacher. God is my potter.

And more, I'm sure :)

Day # 334

Ahhh super fail new year resolution! To think I stopped updating this blog since last year! Tsktsk

Anyway, I'm so close to accomplishing it so I think I should continue :) mmm, thinking about it, there are actually a lot of things that I can thank God about. Big and small alike :) even for things like protection - the one thing that I actually ask of the Lord everyday - and God has been so faithful and consistent up until now. There may be times when I feel danger and fear, but whenever I pray, "Lord, help me!" - He will turn situations around, and He has kept me safe - each and every day. With this, I praise Him and I thank Him.

The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me. Ps 116:6