morning! before the sun is up, i am sitting in front of the laptop blogging away. I din sleep the whole night. .cos my mind actively refuses to rest. ..... so for the past few hours, i have been in front of the computer, doing some misc work and updating the joule club blog. i wished i could sleep as soundly as my mum, sis and bro.. but i am still wide awake at this hour! i hope i can brace through the event later without fatigue! hopefully catching 40 winks will help! sooooo.... in another 2 hours or so, i'll head to the office to work.. today there is a big sports event, "ROMP!08 organised by Harvest Care Centre. REACH is the presenting partner. . and i happen to be the main person in my agency coordinating this event. Today is finally THE day! Months of planning, discussion, answering seemingly endless phonecalls, networking for sponsorships, setting booths and doing publicity in schools.. phew..actually i am quite glad today is the sports carnival. we will be expecting a total of 800 youths for this event. yes...its a big event. and u know the Murphy's law says that "whatever can go wrong will go wrong.", heard that b4? even as i am now in the last few hours before the start of the event, i really dunno what will happen later. Will things go accordingly to what i've planned? well..in most times, we know things DON'T always go accordingly to plan! Am i panicking? No i am not. Are i fretting? No. by right, i have many reasons to be anxious and panic. .
but i am not bcos i know ultimately, God is the real holder of this event. I remembered Ed quoted me this from Proverbs, "Man plans but God directs his steps".
so true! however much us humans can plan, at the end of the day, we dunno the outcome but God knows what is going to happen. We have our plans but God has the future in his hands.
and even as i have been kept very busy coordinating this event, i realised the wisdom in what Martin Luther once said ; "The more things i have to do, the more i have to pray." heard from one of the pastors' sharing that Martin Luther spent hours praying! woa..that is really something. he is really wise huh..
but sad to say the busier we get, the less we pray, or we dont even pray. we push prayer to the bottom of the list, when what we need most is to talk to God, hear from Him, and seek His presence to renew our strength.
i learnt to pray in my busyness.. it is hard bcos we will always weigh the opportunity cost. we always value getting things done more than being still. its so hard for us to believe prayer is worth our time and sacrifice in the midst of the 1001 things we have to do.
yet what is prayer actually? prayer is talking to Father God.
Josiah shared with me this analogy yest, "Would you spend time with the one you love? So then why are you not praying?"
thats so true. we often see that so clearly in human relationships. yet when it comes to loving our maker and creator, we fall so short.
Serene, 25, Christian
a sinner saved by God's grace.
a beloved child of God.
a social worker (youth).
a daughter.
a sister to 2 younger siblings.
Your Love
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." -1 John 4:10
Loves n Adores
*God; the Father, Son Jesus and Holy Spirit
*Family; Tan
*Church; Grace Assembly of God
*My close friends
*My cell group; AHH (After His Heart)
*Youths
*Missions
*Children
*Good food, Chocolates and Ice-cream!
