SuPa LoNG WeeKeND... *sniff sniff cough*

S-U-P-A long weekend this week from 14th Aug to 18th Aug... good, right? like real ah... not when 2 days of the "long weekend" r MC for my week-long flu... sigh... last Tues was down with flu, saw doc on Wed & got MC for tt day... but din recover cos the next day rushed back to work etc.. took leave for Sat & Mon cos my bday was on Sun, so decided to spend the weekend with Grace, family & CG pple... din expect tt cos of this, i din have enough rest & the flu din go away... when i woke up for work this morning, i still felt drowsy, nose stuffy & still coughing badly, i decided tt i really need to re-visit the doc.... true enough, the new diagnosis was tt i had an viral infection, tt's y 1 week already still not healed... & so he extended my already long weekend to 5 days altogether...

by far, the Lord has been extremely gracious to me while i m in JB.. almost every week, i just happen to be able to return to S'pore during mid week or have a supa long weekend back here at home, be it for work or in sickness.. so it's like my days working in JB is not tt unbearably long.

kinda tired now... myb just doze a bit b4 going to SP for my sister's grad ceremony.. will continue to update the blog these 2 days, cos i still have MC for tmr.. :)

thank YOU for saving me, what can i say...

1 month in JB already.. gosh!! how time flies.. very thankful tt thru-out this 1 mth, there r pple ard to kinda take care of me (e.g. my roommate who works as an engineer there), yet there r pple whose sole purpose there is to teach me patience... i was telling Grace tt day tt at the end of the Industrial Attachment, i'll be a Doctor, cos i'll have a lot of patients (patience) by then... :p

well, like wat i said in the previous entry, it is possibly a time of resting in the Lord, the time of Sabbath.. but upon reflection, i suppose it's a time to learn to rest in the Lord.. why do i say tt?

i guess i m sure of my salvation, my r/ship with God. but there r many times, just like wat Ps David said in today's sermon, i know the word but i din keep the way. i love God & i trust Him, but i still have unbeliefs like will my parents be saved, & dun have the faith to believe tt God will work tho my head is telling me : yes, God'll work in my life.

also, there r times tt i wanted to serve Him, do things for Him, eventually missing the whole point of worshipping God in what i do, sometimes even to the extend of feeling tired.. even when i think my ministry for this 1/2 year in JB is really prayer ministry for the pple there, i began to pray merely out of routine & much less of compassion. i guess i need a personal revival during this time of Sabbath..

after a mth of "overseas", i began to appreciate fellowship among brothers & sisters in Christ (BnSiC), & to serve along side them, worshipping our Father with like-minded BnSiC is indeed a privilege. there is no one there to discuss things of God with me, keeping me accountable, walking with me. & by God's grace, i was able to join the choir for practice yesterday & duty today.. W-O-W!!! the feeling was wonderful!!! the joy of worshipping the Lord in a community is indeed beyond words..
Thank You Daddy for giving me this chance to worship You, to sing praises unto You with my brothers & sisters. Thank You for Your word that reminds me to be vigilant in my walk with You. More importantly, thank You for saving me through the shedding of the blood of Your only Son, so that my worship unto You can be made pleasing in Your sight... I love You, Daddy...