the time of singing has come!

1. Lecturer ended his class earlier and I can get home earlier!

2. Believer Music called because I have not signed up for a slot for next term's lessons. They fear losing me as their client; they value me!

3. My mom called me because she was worried I would be knocked out on the bus journey home. She cares!

And counting....

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Starting my list of a thousand gifts since I have been feeling blessed. Might as well share my joy here with the rest of you! :D

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A lecturer who was sexually and physically abused by his father when he was a child. Today, he is holding the hands of those who are abused and alone, and crying with them.

A student who is trying to find the words for what is happening within her. Today, she held my hand, while tears roll down her cheeks.

It really is a broken and torn world. And we are fighting hard to live on.

Did God cause all these sufferings?

No, it was sin and it still is.

The evilness around us and the wickedness within. The evil without is pressing against us in all directions, while the wickedness within is pushing out, as though tearing up one's inside.

The result? Pain, confusion, depression, anxiety, struggle....

If only we know. That the only way we can heal is through the only Healer, the only way we can be built up is through the only Builder, and the only way our broken lives can be made whole again is through the only Body who was ever broken, for our sake.

I realized the touch of her hand still lingers.

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I'm on a journey.

This is taking me through somewhere new, I've never pass through these places before.

At this beginning, there are a group of people with me. Along the way, I'll get to meet new people who may come and go during this journey. But each will bring me a different story (I've just heard a few today!) and I'm eager to listen and share too.

I'm on a journey.

And though it might be a long one, I might doze off, I might be exhausted, I might feel like alighting halfway through... But at the moment, I'm feeling blessed, and excited to be on this journey. And the freshness of it inspires me to keep going.

Yes, I'm only just at the beginning of it; it's hard to say what'll happen next. But it's a good beginning. Yes, sacrifices have to be made but it will be worth it. Jesus made sacrifices too yea?

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On the way home on bus 72 after second day of my specialist dip course. I've never taken 72 before and it's gonna be a long ride home.

But I'm feeling blessed, that I'm able to learn and do something I enjoy, something I love, something that is very much me. :) I thank God.

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Change.

Things are constantly changing.

Nothing keeps still... not your work, not your relationships, not even yourself.

As much as you try to maintain things as they are, they still change.

Accepting change is part of maturing and growing up.

I can already feel the change that is taking place in my life, and within me.

I can see that I am already gradually discarding the old and embracing the new.

...Will I change?

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Despite all that has been changing, God remains the only constant in my life. And His grace continues to be sufficient for me each day. Whether it is the strength to move ahead with changes, or the serenity to accept the changes which I cannot change, He has showed me that He knows best. And the grace I received daily is sufficient for me, and, I believe, will carry me through. :D

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