kk! thanks for the email.. hahas.. tot i'd share it in here...
ya.. went back to work today.. felt pretty "sian" (bored/tired/sick of..) kinda feeling..
sorta tot going back to camp would mean learning nothing from God.. but HEY! i was wrong!
dun limit God kae...
anyways, down to the story(email)
a girl/boy(dun matter which. up to you if you're sexist.) was having some tough times and went to see her/his mom for advice. (i'll use "him" la.. cos im lazy to type "him/her" >_<)
his mom took him to the kitchen and told him to get a carrot, an egg from the fridge, and some coffee beans from the jar. she boiled a pot of water, and told him to throw everything inisde.
after 10 odd mins, she told him to take it all out, and she asked him to observe.
the carrot had turned soft, the egg hardboiled, and the coffee bean turned the water into coffee..
all the items went thru the same test: boiling water.
so mom said,"are you tough outside, but when you encounter hardship/testing, you turn soft/weak?"
or
"are you malleable/eager to learn, but harden your heart when hardship comes"
or
"are you able to adjust to your hardship, and overwhelm your troubles and turn your troubles into something good?"
i guess i was like the egg, where hardened and eventually sought the wrong things for comfort.. ie. playing games... (all you out there who do that too.. you better watch it.)
i guess due to the split with my queen, it has taught me another facet of life. cherishing the things i hold dear.. ie, my family, friends, her, the things God has called me to do, career(to a certain extent), and esp God.
God's been so good now that i think back, providing understanding parents, girlfriend,old friends that stood by me(tho i dint make much time out with them.. dom, shaun, xingwen, thanks!) church friends, new friends(sam/sitiZ/roy) etc..
now i realised God was with me even tho i wasn't letting Him in.. so He was just waiting outside my doors, in the rain(bad times), or in the hot sun(testing), or even during nice breezy days(good times la), waiting for me to open up and welcome Him in.. and when i need help, He'd still be outside pointing pple to my doors so they can help..
guess now i really wanna be the coffee bean, and overcome my troubles(i dun just mean the break up!) i mean feeling lost/directionless, getting back to civilization, sorting my confusion/emotions(pertaining to my future,career,love life,social life,etc)
i wanna overcome!
the hillsongs song "this is how we overcome" comes to mind.. hehehe..
