26 Nov is Thanksgiving Day in the US. so what am i thankful for?
to think back, this year has been a trying year of personal failure and yet, also one of the greatest growth!
i've grown in my capacity taking my own cg now. i'm thankful for every single one of my members. each of their antics never fail to tickle me and bring my blood pressure a bit higher. i would not exchange anyone of them away for anyone else. being with each of them only redefines love each time, showing me how God loves us. and i realized that i'm loving my members more each time i spent time with them. and the greatest joy? to see them GROW!
i'm thankful for the friends that i've made through the campus ministry - the people who believed in the vision and ran along with it. many others caught on and joined in this race while some have ever since went on to embrace a new phase of life. with special mention to those that i've got the privilege to spend more time with and i'm closer to. i'm really blessed and touched by how willing and giving everyone is. the list goes like this, cheryl, esther, ziyun, joyce, eileen, towkay chong, tai gong, daddy, ah gong, lengkian, isaac (amazing dedication and loyalty), liwei, changhan, quanhan and ashley. *this list is not exactly exhaustive but limited to what i can recall now*
and i'm thankful for the most memorable birthday ever!!! just right outside my own home!!! :)
i'm thankful for the study buddies that i have had for the past few weeks - people that listened, people that blesses and people that bought 'teh-o' and yummy snacks all the time.
i'm thankful for helpers that rose up to the ocassion as i'm fighting exams to stand in the gap. and even as i'm not around for service tmr, i know they will do a good job.
i thank God for Min. it is funny how we take turns in being the older sister, mother and everything else. cannot imagine how much closer that i've drawn to her over the months. even in the times that she does not understand, she still puts up with my nonsense. she probably saw the most of my nonsensical self. haha.
thankful for roomie who is ever so cute and so loving and positive. the constant exchange of smses between us is one that i cherish. jia you roomie and happy 21st birthday!
i also thank God for FOTS, especially Mingyan. loved that night when we all had a WII-bulous time! how each of them sowed in my life in the different seasons are beyond what words can describe. thank you for giving me a chance to be part of your lives!!!
i thank God for fellow leaders friends. thank you for helping me to integrate and being one of you and the "hugs" that very night. i'm blessed to be part of WLsub- zone and to be serving together with all of them.
i thank God for Wenling who is ever so loving and gracious. If not for love and if not for grace, i would probably have given up on fighting. thank you for your love and faith in me!
i thank God for bestie. taught me a lot of things about life and helped me to confront fears and issues of my life that now i've learnt to run to God even more.
i thank mummy for all the lovely meals and facials she pampers me with whenever i get to go home and spend time with her.
i thank God for Pastor and Sun for being role models in our lives. when we have it tough, they have it the toughest. they are really an epitome of faith! not forgetting how their love for each other and the family knows no distance is an inspiration to all of us to have strong and loving families.
i thank God for loving someone like me. so imperfect. yet, He still loved me and took me in. the times that He kept on speaking through people and His word were all just on time. if not for an Abba that loves me so much, i really don't know where would i be and what would i be doing. there is indeed no greater love than yours!
and i'm a bit tired now. shall continue during year-end. :)
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