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Yummy tim-sum for breakfast this morning...at Foh San...
We ate and ate and ate...
Someone was teaching us "Baby Shark" the whole morning - which got us laughing like crazy.
A little bewildered...
Tracy, me and Vanessa
Vanessa and Ai Hua
Ooi (who kindly brought us around his hometown), Matthew and Kevin...
Chloe (from Hong Kong) and Tracy (from China)...But... I'm back from Ipoh... It has been a very good day road-trip with some of my classmates to eat and lepak. We needed the bonding time very much ~ and I think God purposely brought us together because He wanted to speak to us individually through each other's words and encouragement. Well, at least that's the case for some of us, if not all.
I especially enjoyed our journey back to Penang - when it was Vanessa, Ai Hua and myself in the car. (We did miss Kevin though - since he had gone to the other car...) Vanessa shared her testimony of how God had called her to be a pastor and the trials she had gone through (and persecutions) to even enter the seminary (and is still going through) ~ It truly blessed me to see her childlike faith. Many times, there was alot of joy sparkling from her face. It was so, so beautiful! I felt the Lord impress my heart with many convictions just listening to her. Knew that He was speaking to me, and when I arrived home late tonight, I just had to spend some time in prayer, with Vanessa's voice echoing over and over again in my head, "God really sayang's us, you know..."
Yes, Jesus loves me...the Bible tells me so...
What a wet Monday night! It rained all the way back from Ipoh, but thank God for helping Vanessa manouevre the car through the heavy rain on the North-South Highway...
Thought of the day... I am appalled at the lack of effort we make to see the world through another's spectacles sometimes. What a lack of compassion to listen, understand and say words that bring life.
I've always disliked it myself whenever people come and tell me, "Ah, everybody gets burnt out..." when I am burnt out. Or convenient things like, "Be strong!" ~ Strengthening as these may sound, they just don't 'bring life', but make me feel plain frustrated. Today I was reminded: when people tell me that they are burnt out, do I try to listen and understand, instead of suggesting all kinds of solutions or 'motivating' them to "...go on! You can do it" ? Do I show my support by praying with them? Do I make the effort to help them every way I can - even by taking on some of their tasks, so that they can have a rest and be refreshed?
Honestly? Not always. But the cry of my heart today is: LORD GOD, help me to be a good comforter and encourager, by Your Spirit ~ and never to over-spiritualize things or take other people's pains for granted.
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