Sunday, January 01, 2006

a brand new year, the same old me.

the new year has passed but i'm listening to christmas carols. how strange.

but diana krall's christmas album is so nice. can't resist. also bought jamie cullum's catching tales.

i have no money left. after buying 4 tops, 2 CDs, and a range of accessories and skincare products from biotherm over the new year's weekend, with sales everywhere tempting me. i already put on a lot of self-restraint!!! so actually quite proud of myself.

slept a record of 13 hours straight. couldn't believe myself. due to the very little sleep i got the night before. spent the early morning hours chilling out with hall friends at sentosa till 3am. was fun.

2006... another challenging year. how come there's no easy year for me?? every year seems so difficult. choked with hurdles that i'm sure i'll stumble over. sure. i can see the finishing line. and the very obvious hurdles in my way. be it physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, real hurdles. but it's the intangible and invisible hurdles that is scary. and though it's just another year, another 100m hurdles, what if you trip on a rock and fall? what if you get a muscle cramp at your thigh and it becomes so painful to even move an inch?

so the comfort comes in the form of the supporters watching you from the stands. they cheer you on when you stumble or fall back. they rush to your side when you fall. even when all else fails, God will always be there. His hand is that hand that will always be there. He will carry you when trouble comes, so you'll only see one set of footprints. He will run the race with you. pastor encouraged us to embark on this worthwhile journey wholeheartedly. and once goals are accomplished, exceedingly great joy will greet us at the end of it all. and that's God's very special gift to us. =)

and it makes me want to run this difficult race. to go forward by faith. faith that will see me through. faith that will see sam through his sydney semester. faith that will see xiaohan through her US semester. faith that will see linhui through her taiwan semester. faith that will see louisa through her switzerland semester. so you can see many friends are going to be away. and i'll miss them! =( but time will pass. and they'll be back before i know it. haha. let's hope so.

Forward By Faith

Lord, You are the potter and we are the clay
Mold our lives into vessels, for Your service we pray
And when we go through the fire
may You find us strong and true
as by faith we follow onward
placing our trust in You

Forward by faith
led by Your hand
willing to follow Your every command
united in spirit, together we stand
We will go forward by faith.

Help us heav'nly Father, to walk by faith and not by sight
Living each day in victr'y, by the power of Your might
Lord, work within us, according to Your will
as we yield our lives in service
Your plans to fulfill.

Forward by faith
led by Your hand
willing to follow Your every command
united in spirit, together we stand
We will go forward by faith.

Majestic'lly, in victory we'll follow on
pressing t'ward the heav'nly prize
that is ours in the name of Jesus
the name of Jesus Christ
We'll go

Forward by faith
led by Your hand
willing to follow Your every command
united in spirit, together we stand
We will go forward by faith.

Forward by Faith.

This girl posted at 11:22 PM