Faith Noodles

This morning I feel like even taking it one day at a time is hard, it's too hard. I don't even want this day to start, I wish it won't. Instead of dreading every bad thing that may happen today, I'll just take it one step at a time - I'll just focus on putting one foot in front of the other. That I can do, as long as You are with me, Jesus - I have all that I need to face and overcome every moment of this day. Come whatever, let my eyes and heart be fixed on You - that there will be a spring in each step - pave my path with hope in You, joy in You and love for You for whomever and whatever; rocks, nails, banana peels.. I meet along the way. NO, it won't be a dark day, it'll be a hard day but a very bright one still :) "There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose." - Alan Redpath ...

What I really really want to do after all this work is over is.. Go to a good cafe. By myself. With a good book. And my journal. And my iPod. Sit outside. On a sunny day. Sipping a cool drink. With my dog beside me. For half a day. Then afterwards, go for a long walk. By myself. With my dog. I really don't care how muddy we get. 

(warning! musshhyy to the extreme) If there is anyone in my life that I am most thankful to have and know I can never do without, it's God, my Daddy, my Pa. You saw that coming right? It's You who sustained and helped me through the times when I was 4, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 and 22. All those years were hard but amazing years for me 'cos You just used it so that I could know You better. You've collected all my tears over all these years (how many litres already ah? :P), You know my sorrows and my joys, the things I think are cute and the things that make me happy and not-so-happy. I just can't begin to imagine that every day of my life is already written in your book. It makes me feel so secure and so unafraid of whatever may happen. Like how You helped me through those years, You will help me through however long I may live till. My heart just sings along with the psalmist: "How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can...

I want to attend every catch-up, party, hang out post-exams but I'm really really worried I won't be able to finish my 50k word assignment. Exactly a month now. So here's where I need to ask God for wisdom in my decisions and stop worrying, He knows better than I do.  By Paul Miller, "A Praying Life" Pray like a child.. So instead of being frozen by your self-preoccupation, talk with God about your worries. Tell him where you are weary. If you don't begin where you are, then where you are will sneak in the back door. Your mind will wander to where you are weary. We are often so busy and overwhelmed that when we slow down to pray we don't know where our hearts are. We don't know what troubles us. So, oddly enough, we might have to worry before we pray. Then our prayers will make sense. They will be real as we tell God where we are & what's on our mind. They will be about our real lives. Your heart could be, and often is, as...

Just let me hear Your finest whispers As You gently call my name And let me see Your power and Your glory Let me feel Your spirit's flame Let me find You in the desert Til' (I learn that) this sand is holy ground And I am found completely surrendered To You, my Lord and friend. -  Darlene Zschech, "Just let me say" Just such beautiful words dontcha think? That I may hear Your "finest whispers", Pa in everything I do - there's nothing else I will ever need or lack if You are with me and that You teach me to be consciously aware of You every waking moment.. how much more will You be able to use me and how much better will I be able to love You and love others for You. There's nothing more amazing than the comfort and joy of Your presence, even in the midst of a trial and an uncertainty and a challenge. And although I am so bad at being faithful and I keep making mistake after mistake, ...

So my last paper was on Saturday but I still have work to do for research that's due on mid-December. Took Saturday off. Worked on it a little on Sunday. Today? I've just been procrastinating since 6:30a.m. and I still am. It's like my brain is protesting - and I just don't feel like doing anything but need to get some work going 'cos I'm going out a lot this week :( Catchy song a friend shared with me - very nice! :D (doesn't matter if you don't understand a word ;)) Planning to get some work done after I post this though with this verse in mind :) "We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised." Hebrews 6:12

You know you're exhausted when.. (yup another one of these!) instead of reaching for your keys to unlock the door, you reach for your purse, take cash out & hand it to your doorknob.

*telegraphic sentences ahead - tired student. As girls, we have a tendency to compare our looks with each other. On a deeper level, as people, we tend to compare our circumstances with one another - sometimes wishing we could swap places with another person, or just have a taste of the other person's life. I'm guilty on both accounts. This video (worth a listen!!) has taught me a lot about how to respond to the situations in my life (past/present/future) that I "don't want, don't like, but just can't change". Carolyn Mahoney tells us of Peter in John 21  who also had the tendency to compare. When Jesus had just told Peter that he would die a martyr's death and followed it by a simple command to follow Him, you wouldn't believe how he responded - yet I am so grateful that he responded the way he did 'cos I've learnt much from Peter's highly relatable faults! Peter responds by turning to another disciple and asks Jesus, "Lord, w...

This is only a mountain You don't have to find your way around it Tell it to move, it'll move Tell it to fall, it'll fall. This is only a moment You don't have to let your fear control it Tell it to move, it'll move Tell it to fall, it'll fall. - Jason Castro, "Only a mountain" (Jesus said:) "if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible." Matthew 17:20