Stuff

Typing with a sore left arm... took 3 jabs @ Tan Tock Seng Hospital's Traveller's Clinic (cool huh?)... 1 for Hepatitis A, 1 for Typhoid and 1 for Tetanus... the last one is the one that's causing the soreness... ouchies. definitely didn't pay almost $100 bucks to get jabs for fun... Going on a voluntary trip to Cambodia in March for a week. Building cement floor, repainting the dormatories and teaching kids English @ an orphanage. it's not a missions trip, but am still expecting to see God work miracles.

went Chinatown to do CNY shopping w/ parents last night... but trip got cut short coz of rain. that's kind of a bummer but am very glad of time spent w/ parents... mom couldn't resist the question... "so girl, are you seeing anyone?"... which of course leads to... " don't be so 'tiao'" =) Just realized that when I speak w/ parents, the old self keeps popping up; approaching them w/ familiarity meant that I tend to butt in, less patience and tolerance. Holy Spirit, got work to do here... !!

"The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary" Isaiah 50:4
--- when I saw this verse, I couldn't take my eyes of it, it spoke to something deep within me. perhaps the best summary of what my purpose is, of my spiritual DNA. perhaps that's why I come alive when I see a need and I can't seem to shut up... eager to speak a word to refresh, restore, redeem. sometimes... too eager.

May the word of the Lord for you in this season take root and bear fruit... let Him... it's worth every while.

The Vision

"Write the vision and make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come, It will not tarry."
(Habakkuk 2:2-3)

Never expected myself to be encouraged by verses in Habukkuk, but boy, these verses are surely relevant as we contemplate what the Lord has installed for us this new year.

So often, God gives us a vision and we can't wait to make it come to pass that we miss the fact that we need to continue to abide in Christ. Many times, when God gives us a glimpse of His plans, we need to patiently wait on Him; to wait for His timing. It is possible to have a godly vision but fleshly motives. We need the Lord to work in us, to prepare us before we can step into the promised land. It was not in vain that the Lord made the Israelites wander in the desert before leading them into the land that's flowing with milk and honey.

So let's gird up our loins, wait in patience and pray with persistence, as the Lord unfolds His plans for us this new year...

NO REGRETS

"No one who puts his hand to the plow, and looks back, is fit for the service in the kingdom of God" (Luke 9:62)

This is the Word for the season. To give my all to Jesus. It's onward marching, it's no looking back... it's No Regrets. Truth is, there isn't any grand resolutions for the new year. The refinement will continue, but there'll be promise of greater joy in the walk with the Lord.

Have been very blessed by my daily devotions from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost for His Highest". To share some insights.

-- Let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the bosom of Christ. Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistable Future with Him.
"The God of Israel will be your rereward" (Isaiah 52:12)

-- To be my utmost for His Highest is a question of will, not of debate nor of reasoning, but a surrender of will, an absolute and irrevocable surrender.
"My eager desire and hope being that I may never feel ashamed, but that now as ever I may do honour to Christ in my own person by fearless courage" (Philippians 1:20)

-- In Christian work, you do not know what you are going to do; the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing.
"He went out, not knowing whither he went" (Hebrews 11:8)

The Lord has been most gracious for me to divinely meet up with old friends and being able to minister to one another. Church ministry will up in tempo in 06. Will most likely see a change in my work environment. Despite all the changes that r upcoming, only one thing is needful, that is to sit at the feet of Jesus and enjoy His presence, to enjoy His fellowship, to receive His abundant love.

I pray that the new year will be an exciting encounter with God for you too...