Faith Noodles

A dear, dear friend couriered a gift to me today with a little note reading: "Abby, you've been working too hard. It is time to pamper yourself and relax a bit." Awh mann, I'm tearing up. Flying off at an unearthly hour on Thursday morning, haven't finished my project, so it's coming with me on holiday. It's been such an up-and-down process. This is so special. Heheh, more motivated to work harder now!! Haven't opened it yet - the package looks too nice! It's like wrapped in weaved flax and it's about as thick as a fat textbook but is square-shaped :D What could be inside? I'm even more touched by how thoughtful this gift is so I'm just as happy leaving it unwrapped. O-kay, but I admit, I'm curious. *dabs eyes* *time to unwrap my first Christmas gift!* :)

Can't get this outta my head (: "I am a mystery, I am a locked room in a tall tower.. While I am tuning you in, you are deciphering me, not such a mystery, not such a faint in a far away sound. It's love, it's love that holds us, we will be alright. It's truth, it's truth that shows us, if we'll walk in it's light." - "Deciphering me", Brooke Fraser Ah, I love her music! Puts me into a better frame of mind so I can work better :) Guess it's no surprise whose songs I'll be putting on repeat all day! (:

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...