it has been a busy week again! worship practice on monday, prayer meeting on tuesday, slack on wednesday, national conference on thursday to saturday... though i do enjoy serving most of the time, i feel drained out when i seem to be serving out of nothing, which means when i feel that i have nothing to give. i need to start reading more frequently to feed myself with spiritual food, and listen to sermon podcast more often.
perhaps i should dedicate to read one book per month. it is a BIG challenge for me. firstly, i don't usually read. secondly, this sem's readings is WOW! i would be glad if i could finish half of it (or maybe one quarter would be good enough), not by my own strength, but by His grace.
i thank God that this week is finally over. OVER! although i didn't really do well for my singing presentation on tuesday due to my not-so-fully recovered voice, i thank God for giving me the freedom to choose that song, and also the courage to stand in front of so many people to proclaim my faith for Him. i believe God desires a faithful heart to a perfect voice.
thank God for giving us the freedom to attend religious conferences in Singapore. national conference has challenged me to think deeper about my faith, the myths and assumptions that some of us as Christians may have. it has shown me how a simple faith could also have many differences in points of view, how different people read the bible through different lenses, and have different interpretations, and that we don't necessarily have to hold on to a perspective that we've been taught since young. there can be changes to perspectives along the way, depending on your different situations in life. the key is to read more, and have more fellowship with God.
thank God for group members who will initiate discussions to make my group leader experience less taxing. i wasn't a very committed group leader as i wasn't there half of the time (NTU is probably the only school not having vacation this week), and so somebody else had to do practically everything for me. i thank God for every single person that God has placed inside the group who were active in discussion and helped me along the way. thank God for all the blessings, and how despite this very dry seasons, i could still see His abundance of providence. i'm learning to count His blessings every single day, the strength, support, wisdom and friends He has given me throughout this whole journey.
i seriously dunno how i got through this week, thank God for all His blessings. next week would be even worse with 2 presentations. ahhh. ok. anyways, this is the song that i sang for my presentation!
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