Work and faith

I have to submit a book chapter tomorrow and I have the number of pages, but I know that it needs to be revised for clarity and emphasis. So I have printed out the draft and have to go through it. But every time I do this, my nerves are on edge. Writing is an exercise of faith. Will God save me? Will He guide? Will I be done by the deadline? LOL. Sigh.

I praise You, Jesus, because nothing is too small for your Love, and nothing is too big for Your power.

Lord, please be bigger than my mistakes.

Weird

I feel as if I'm only learning to know how my mind works now.

That's a strange thought to have.

Dog sitting

Drama queen in the mornings when all she wants to do at night is hang out in her bed.

Words from friends

Adventures ahead

Bought a new backpack!

Lifetime warranty!

Can't wait to hit the road!

White out

No half-measures

“The Christian way is different: harder and easier. Christ says, ‘Give me all. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you—No half-measures are any good. I don’t want to cut off a branch here and a branch there, I want to have the whole tree down.  Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent, as well as the ones you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.'”(CS Lewis, The Joyful Christian)

Becoming extroverted

It was nice to have folks over on a Wednesday night. K's birthday.

F, K and I will be in J's lightbearer class II starting end of January. I can't wait. F and K are good for me because they're so different from me.

I need a new care group.

Found in my office mailbox

And I found this today too! She wrapped the card in paper so that no one else from work could read her timely words to me. How thoughtful!

Printed at the back of the card (not her handwritten message):

Psalm 62

Sometimes, rest isn't simply doing less. It is the continual rhythm that we can walk in, when we know we are doing what God has asked of us.

at His pace.

Jan 2, back in the office

I wasn't very happy about coming back to the office on JANUARY SECOND and thinking about all the work that I have to do. But I came back to this email in my inbox, time-stampped at midnight, Jan 2:

Dear Dr. ___,

Hope you are having a wonderful winter vacation and a festive new years celebration. This is S____, and I recently graduated from ____  majoring in psychology and comparative literature. I took two of your courses in my senior year - C____. I was in Hong Kong for a few days a month ago for the graduation ceremony, and ran into you near the mtr station. As I briefly mentioned then, I recently got admitted to a few graduate schools in Korea, and am currently waiting for the military service to commence in a few months. I wanted to express my gratitude for everything you taught me through your courses last year, and for guiding me to become a better writer and scholar. You were one of my favorite teachers from ___, and I sincerely enjoyed all of your lectures and class discussions. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart, and best wishes to everything you do in 2018. Happy New Year!

Best Regards,

______

2018

My word for 2017 is friendship. Without friendship, I wouldn't have experienced healing, and I wouldn't have made it through the tough parts of the year.

My word for 2018 is gift.

Not achievement.
Not doing.
Not getting, not grasping, and not control.

Rest. Relax. Receive.

Let's see what God will do this year.