Double Grace

Isn't God just awesome when someone not only skips church to sleep in, 

but gets leader's material that helps him in cell group later on in the week?

It is a humbling lesson to learn you have choice to focus on God's goodness or stay in a funk over how unfair it is when you see double grace given to another person.

This is like the 200th post labelled with 1000 things.
Looking back, I've been silly with most posts.
But there have been a lot of moments that I would otherwise have forgotten if not for having this label.
I'm thankful for today and how far I've come.
That is the grace and love He shows me, always.

A day spent with Spike

I finally get to meet Spike!!
He is like in his 80s in dog years yet he was chasing me around!!
It's been so long since I last met a dog and had rough play like I did today!! Like it has been eight to nine years since I last rough played with Wallace the Mini Schnauzer.


After dinner near the seaside, managed to catch this beautiful sunset.
It just really complemented my day splendidly.

I really hope there will be other chances to meet Spike again but it was good as it was today. I remember being so shy that first CNY that I could have met him. And then the second CNY I didn't want to go without Nana. There was no open house last year. So this is like the fourth CNY!

Seeing Spike is like a goal accomplished; of how far I've come in terms of being shy and being able to overcome it in order to see him.

Today is the day...

I finally drummed on stage!

FB tells me that one year ago yesterday, was when I first found the practice room.
And here I am one year later, playing for a main service.

It's been hours since service yet I still can't believe it.

It's overwhelming to realise how God has been good in giving me this opportunity.
How He has made me see that I didn't need to be perfect or of a certain excellence in order to drum up there.
How such a small dream, such a small longing, could sprout and grow into reality because of Him.

I was so insecure that every time Hair asked I had said a year or 3 years (on that last time).
And now it feels like I have been lying to Hair and myself all this time.

I still have a long way to go.
What I had believed to be loud was only mid range.
My heart is to grow bigger in order to grow louder.

Wait a minute...

You are waiting and scrutinising for your boss to grin.
The grin that will indicate he is joking.
But he doesn't. He is dead serious.

And inside you have a OMG moment.

You remember how you used to dream about travelling for work and now it's going to be a reality.
But yet at the same time, there's a concert you really really want to attend in that same month. Something you have also longed for.
So you're torn wondering if you should get tickets and not worry about the timing of everything.

Because this feels like a clear moment of God challenging you to trust His plans and timing for you.

A Sunday well spent....

Today was a really happy day.

Doing one another's nails.
(Although my fingers are still not painted as I got distracted doing all the other stuff.)

Cooking spaghetti and grilled bacon and tomatoes for dinner.

Besides doing jelly for dessert, we also end up making no bake cheesecake for another day.

And once i got over my initial balance issues (and embarassing screams), Bip the Xiaomi Segway hoverboard was awesome!

Most importantly, the fellowship time talking about things in life that's dear to our hearts.