you'll go forth a little stronger
with a fresh supply of grace
if each day you meet the Saviour
in a secret, quiet place.
- Adam
i have finally gotten down to doing my stock-taking for the past year.
plenty of regrets and heartaches, but definitely more than enough sunshine to make up for gloomy times. 2007 was indeed the most eventful year of my life. post A levels, volunteering at beyond, working at a student care centre, doing gigs, fusion, started driving, A level results, co-planning youth sunday, cambodia mission trip, youth com, camps, shopping sprees, by God's grace, got into uni, baptism, wonderful wonderfully sweet birthday surprise (: met so many wonderful people. made the greatest friends ever and met the most unexpected turn of events. people whom i never thought i'll be friends with are now the closest of the closest. just did so much that i can't even finish recounting them.
but what's most important, apart from enjoying the tangibles is the fact that it has been an incredible year of blessings - blessings that were given beyond measure. it has been an amazing year of growth and strengthening, healing and forgiving. a year of forging new and stengthening old friendships, a year of growth in faith and strength. perhaps a year of testing and hurt, yet everything turns out for good. it has truly been a wonderful year of thanksgiving. a year filled with the Lord's grace. a year where i saw myself stepping up in more areas than one, hoping to give yet received so much more in return.
this is gonna be an abrupt change of flow of thought. but to my dear JC friends (shania, eugenia, pearls, jane) and to my awesome family, i feel like i've neglected you guys this year. and i'm sorry. i've been taking all of you for granted yet you guys stuck closer than ever. and i can't ever be thankful enough for that. i want to make up for it. thank you all for being so forgiving, understanding. sometimes i ask myself, what have i done to deserve such love and concern? and i realized i've done nothing. nothing at all. yet, you guys have given it all to me.
love you so much! (:
i'm leaving behind a year of somewhat lost pain, melancholia and of lamenting, but at the same time, i'm moving forward with a fresh new burst of hope and strength, armed with a wealth of experiences, precious memories and underserved blessings, a heart brimming with joy and anticipation. cheers to a whole new year of self-discovery and growth in the pursuit of righteousness.
for Christ.
Beholding your beauty is all I long for
To worship You Jesus with my soul's desire
For this very heart you've shaped for your pleasure
The purpose to lift your name high
Hear and surrender in pure adoration
I enter your courts with an offering of praise
I am Your servant come to bring you glory
As is fit for the work of your hands
The spirit now living and dwelling within me
Keep my eyes fixed ever upon Jesus' face
Let not the things of this world ever sway me
I'll run 'till I finish the race
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