When we take a step of faith forward, we might learn the hard way but the rewards are great.

Today is the second day of our move back to our home. For the 2 mornings that we sent our girls to their respective school and nanny, both have some problems adjusting.

My hubby will bring Bliss to school and I will bring Zest to the nanny place. So we will take the same bus but Hubby and Bliss will alight one stop before Zest and me. This 2 mornings, Bliss will cry and attempt not to alight with my hubby. Then she whined all the way till she reaches the school. Zest will also protest not alighting the same stop with her sister. When Zest reaches the nanny's place, she will show me her "I miss you, Mommy" face. This face I have not seen for quite some time. These are the things that makes my heart cringes. I worry that my girls and hubby do not get enough sleep and how will the girls get adjusted to their new school in the coming May.

The following is what the Lord reminds me of David's Psalms today:

Psalms 71:3

Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go;

give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

So I will look forward for the goals that I have set. I know that when my girls are well settled down, they will grow and learn better in the new environment He has prepared. And me too, I will learn and grow better. I will look forward for the rewards to come. These rewards from my Lord will not come easy as He needs to prepared me to receive the best. But I do know that I will not have to look back and regret not having done this. Amen!!

Strength to carry on, Courage to fight on and Faith to share Christ

This week marks a new beginning. We shifted back some stuff to prepare our permanent stay in my own home. And starting tonight, we will make our way back home every night.

Actually this move is quite daunting. Every morning, we have to all wake up very early to send Zest to the nanny's place and Bliss to school. That will be 6 am. I worry about whether my girls can adjust and if we can all make it to work on time. In the evening, we will have to make it back from my inlaws place to home. Then in May, there will be another change of routine as I will put both of them into another brand new school (supposedly nearer to my home now). That means that the kids get to see less of their grandparents and we must get home in time to fetch them every evening. Dinner will be packed from any coffeeshop along the way. Expenses will increase and budget will get tighter. Etc.. I think I can continue typing a very long list.

All these are adding to my anxiety everyday when I think about them. However, today my Lord told me that my bondage will be broken. I will no longer be enslave to all the lies that the evil one has injected in me. My spirit was aroused, and I am awaken. I walked out my tomb and remove the strips of linen that was wrapped around me. The Lord said that I am never never to put it back again.

So the Lord said to give me:

Strength to carry on,

Courage to fight on, and

Faith to share Christ.

Psalms 9: 9-10

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will trust in you,

for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

I lost my running mate today!

Today I ran another addition 2Km because I lost my running mate.

This running mate of mine usually finishes his run at about 10 mins before me. So he either waits for me at the end point (hardly unless there is more than 2 of us running) or starts to cool down back at his desk (reading emails or attending to some questions from other colleagues). However, today I fail to find him in either locations.

That makes my whole office panicked! We start calling his handphone, but it is on his desk. Then some of us went all over the building to look for him. So I went another round to comb for him.

I was thinking that he may either went for another round of run or go to the gym. But I also thought that if I find him lying somewhere in the usual route, what should I do? I forgot my handphone and carrying him back to office on my own seems impossible.

There as I was still thinking I saw him running towards from the end point. Good thing he was all right.

So as we both gathered back in the office, i was told that some of my colleagues nearly drove off to comb for him.

What an exiting run with such wonder colleagues (the one running or the ones not running?)!!!

Matthew 18
12"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.

A tiring weekend

The last weekend was very tiring as I was down with fever, cold and sore throat. Had no choice but to stay at home (no service and Sunday School teachers' training). My hubby was also very tiring as his in camp training made him wake up @ 530am every morning in the past week.

We slept till 8am. My kids woke us up as they were very hungry for breakfast. After 3 hrs when breakfast and dishes were done, myself and hubby when back to slumber as the kids continue to create havoc in the living room.

3pm : Finally my kids had to wake us up again for their lunch. We ate some biscuits and milk. If my in laws were to see that my kids are fed this for lunch, I will definitely get it. Then we just sat there and idle till dinner time.

Such were one of the idle days that we missed in the past. Just cancel all appointments and sleep at home. Most of all, we felt much better after the rest and won't having bad Monday Blues.

Rest so that we can walk longer and much more exciting journey.

Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.