through dolphin boat rides, fisherman wharves with no fresh seafood, attempting to climb up and down Mt Lofty Peak to a "spit-fall" 3.8km away, the charsiew and duck noodles, the ice creams, the yiros and giant schnitzels, watching soccer, footy, playing mahjong......
to meeing new, and old friends... marilyn, felicia, aoh-lulu, and even shingyin.
im not sure i wanted to come home... there were a few different issues running in my mind. there was chao who made me think too, about decisions we have to start making soon about our future...and his worries of where his education is bringing him...and about how to ever be sure of what youre doing... i think truth is, you never know. but truth is, God knows! and when we make decisions based on knowing He will use it for His good and we boldly take that step of faith based on wanting Him to take us anyway He would, i think thats all we really need to know - that conscious effort in choosing LIFE, and not DEATH... for every little step we take is either towards one, or the other.
no grey....
philippains 4:8-9 Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.
to my dear friend,
i pray you keep your head high in humility and your heart open and your eyes always looking to your Creator and your mind always on that which is true, noble and gracious...the best and beautiful and the things of praise. i pray you put into rememberance everything youve heard, saw and realised thorugh all the years of growing and maturing in the fellowship of Christ, with your brothers and sisters, with your family. let it compel you to holding fast and standing firm in the truths you have learnt, pushing everything that tries to hinder you aside. and when you cant handle it or dont know how to, dont struggle with yourself, let it all go..and let god. cos i know theres nothing i can really do or say, but to cry out to god on your behalf for the holy spirit to always be by you...and we will together, be there for you any time you need, to stand by you and to pick you up and push you closer to Him who loves you most :) love you dearly.
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