KEEP ON WALKING
I'm listening to Planet Shakers' 'Reflector' album now as I blog. Two of the songs inside, 'Unto You' and 'Amazing Grace' are really soothing to the soul. Since Fiona is having a session while I am the only one left in office, I turned up the volume so that I can enjoy the songs.
Feels as if this week went by very slowly. For the whole of yesterday and today especially, I have been focusing most of my attention and energy on the PowerPoint slides that I need to prepare by tomorrow. Physically I'm very tired. Had not been having enough sleep these days also. So today my eyes were almost closing, making it hard for me to sit at my desk and concentrate on my work, and even harder for my brain to think.
But, God always intervenes at the right time. I had so much difficulty in staying awake that I decided I'll just pray in the Spirit, pray and ask God for added strength and wisdom, and will myself to carry on with the PowerPoint slides. Within less than 5 minutes, it's like new life just sprang into me, and I became wide awake. I did not feel like dozing off, neither did I have mental block. Instead I continued surfing the net for certain information that I was searching for, and found a real good article that was helpful. From the 4-6 slides I did yesterday, my presentation now encompasses about 18 slides. God is good. He is my Helper and He always sustains me.
I felt highly stressed over the weekend due to my work. When I came back to office last Saturday evening, Laura happened to come back to take something and when she saw me, she could see a worried look on my face. I didn't know it was that obvious to her, until Regina saw me on Monday evening this week and also commented that I look a bit troubled. But things began to get better from Monday night onwards. For one, the training sharing that I was supposed to present on this morning was successfully postponed. Then yesterday, a client whom I was supposed to see called to cancel the appointment. So that freed up my time to concentrate on preparing for the retreat.
I guess I was too focused on what's troubling me and that overwhelmed me. At one point I felt so lost and so stressed I just told God that was exactly how I felt. I kept on praying over the weekend and when this week came, it dawned upon me that though I have so many things to do, I needed to learn to take one thing at a time.
At the Bible study yesterday, I felt very encouraged at the end of it. Pastor Zhuang was teaching on the topic of 'A Word of Wisdom, A Word of Knowledge' for the class on 'Gifts of the Holy Spirit'. Pastor told us to get into pairs with someone of the same gender but one whom we don't know at all. And we were instructed to pray in the Spirit for the person and ask the Holy Spirit to speak to us something concerning the person's life, and give a Word to the person. We did it twice, each time with a different partner. And wow, it was so accurate! The first sister who partnered with me, spoke a word so specifically over my life regarding my work. And the second sister also spoke a word that encouraged me greatly. And both words given strengthened my heart for work today.
God is an all-knowing God. He knows our needs, our struggles and He gives us a Word in season at the right time to build us up at the point when we think we can't go on anymore. Instead of throwing in the towel and walking away, we only need to trust Him and keep on walking. And God will work out everything for us.
I'm listening to Planet Shakers' 'Reflector' album now as I blog. Two of the songs inside, 'Unto You' and 'Amazing Grace' are really soothing to the soul. Since Fiona is having a session while I am the only one left in office, I turned up the volume so that I can enjoy the songs.
Feels as if this week went by very slowly. For the whole of yesterday and today especially, I have been focusing most of my attention and energy on the PowerPoint slides that I need to prepare by tomorrow. Physically I'm very tired. Had not been having enough sleep these days also. So today my eyes were almost closing, making it hard for me to sit at my desk and concentrate on my work, and even harder for my brain to think.
But, God always intervenes at the right time. I had so much difficulty in staying awake that I decided I'll just pray in the Spirit, pray and ask God for added strength and wisdom, and will myself to carry on with the PowerPoint slides. Within less than 5 minutes, it's like new life just sprang into me, and I became wide awake. I did not feel like dozing off, neither did I have mental block. Instead I continued surfing the net for certain information that I was searching for, and found a real good article that was helpful. From the 4-6 slides I did yesterday, my presentation now encompasses about 18 slides. God is good. He is my Helper and He always sustains me.
I felt highly stressed over the weekend due to my work. When I came back to office last Saturday evening, Laura happened to come back to take something and when she saw me, she could see a worried look on my face. I didn't know it was that obvious to her, until Regina saw me on Monday evening this week and also commented that I look a bit troubled. But things began to get better from Monday night onwards. For one, the training sharing that I was supposed to present on this morning was successfully postponed. Then yesterday, a client whom I was supposed to see called to cancel the appointment. So that freed up my time to concentrate on preparing for the retreat.
I guess I was too focused on what's troubling me and that overwhelmed me. At one point I felt so lost and so stressed I just told God that was exactly how I felt. I kept on praying over the weekend and when this week came, it dawned upon me that though I have so many things to do, I needed to learn to take one thing at a time.
At the Bible study yesterday, I felt very encouraged at the end of it. Pastor Zhuang was teaching on the topic of 'A Word of Wisdom, A Word of Knowledge' for the class on 'Gifts of the Holy Spirit'. Pastor told us to get into pairs with someone of the same gender but one whom we don't know at all. And we were instructed to pray in the Spirit for the person and ask the Holy Spirit to speak to us something concerning the person's life, and give a Word to the person. We did it twice, each time with a different partner. And wow, it was so accurate! The first sister who partnered with me, spoke a word so specifically over my life regarding my work. And the second sister also spoke a word that encouraged me greatly. And both words given strengthened my heart for work today.
God is an all-knowing God. He knows our needs, our struggles and He gives us a Word in season at the right time to build us up at the point when we think we can't go on anymore. Instead of throwing in the towel and walking away, we only need to trust Him and keep on walking. And God will work out everything for us.
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