Found this reading today on purpose. Made me think about what is my purpose? What did God bring us down here for? How does it affect my purpose? How does it affect my family both immediate and extended.
The thing about this article that really spoke to me was its about the journey and not so much about the destination. While the destination is important, we get so focused on the destination that we forget to just enjoy the journey. Going in line with what we have gone through this week I can't help thinking life is a journey. Our destination is either heaven or hell but we need to prepare well for the journey and the journey ahead is important, while it determines where we are heading it is as equally important because along the way we must stop and pick people up to take them with us. What an analogy, I guess that was one of the reasons I started looking forward to the trip to Suva tomorrow, the destination is not as important to me as there are places we can go see and things to do while I am there but the journey being the people I am going with and will be taking with us and places we will be stopping along the way, I think that is what I am looking forward to.
Progamming, Motherhood, Wifehood, Life, Total Randomness, Inspirations and Just plain thoughts
Thursday, September 27, 2012
7 from Germany
My blog stats show 7 from Germany. Who's reading my blog from Germany I can't help wondering. Fascinating! Well I'm going to put a lock on all that online buying. Too much stuff. But I have to admit that swaddle blanket and headbands I got for niece were absolutely gorgeous. If only I could open them up and wrap it around my face. I hope they like it. Makes you wanna have a baby girl. But no time for babies just yet. Let us just settle in,buy a house then yes definitely on my mind, a playmate for my lil boy. We're off to Suva tomorrow. Somewhere at the back of my head I dread the travelling and coming back in one day but then I realise that its a good outing so might as well make the most of it. First on my list of things to look for are my sushi rolls. Bloody chinese shops in Lautoka don't even sell them except for that $8.50 one in the mall which keeps breaking apart. Three weeks of anxiously looking for sushi rolls is driving me insane. This has got to stop soon. Taking the change team for an outreach that Harry is having at his brother's church. Not sure why we're going or what we're going to be doing but looking forward to hopefully stopping at Bose's, in Caubati, picking tv series from William, pick up some streamers from Cost U Less for deco for Pedro's engagement. I think they're rushing it, they haven't even thought about the future but I am looking forward to all that decorating and the trifle that I will be making for it. Should I do a trial run? My trifles have always come out good before, I'll just leave it for the day. On a separate note so this beautiful cloud covering on the mountains on my way to work this morning wish I had packed my camera to capture it. it was glorious. Gave me a deep revelation of the glory of God hovering over us. His arms enveloping us. I guess his constant reminder of his promise that he will take care of us. I will hold on to that today in the middle of everything that we are going through I will trust in him my refuge and my fortress and ever present help in time of need.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Blog Browsing
Was randomly blog browsing today. Not that I planned it or anything but I really enjoyed reading through a number of the blogs that I came across. Alot inspiring, a number of them thought provoking and mostly creative stuff. Why do I blog? Well I have been thinking about it lately and I would say as a programming I consider myself a writer. its possible that at some point in my life I wanted to be writer. With my English and teaching skills I suppose it was bound to happen but just don't have the time and the resources to sit and write a book like most authors do. What would I write about? I think my life has a whole lot of things to write about. From birth right until today but I think mainly my experiences and how my relationship with God kept me sane and going all my life. Blogging has helped me unclutter my brain of all thank junk that brings me programmers block. Yeah similar to writer's block I get programmer's blog. I can't code until my brain is empty. There have been moments that programming has helped me unclutter all that garbage but most often then not I've found that nothing comes to mind when I am trying to write code and mostly because so much is in my mind. Crazy as it may seem, its happened and over and over again. It somehow dawned on me while blog browsing that the blogs that I have subscribed to or commented on which I couldn't help doing will one way or the other make my blog public. I've managed to keep it quiet and to myself all these years I have to seriously think about whether I am ready to go public, whether I am ready for people I know to invade my thoughts like this. Its inevitable but just hoping that it doesn't happen immediately.
Birthday Cake Idea
Who's birthday is coming up so that I can try out this idea. Looks real easy. Just wanna give it one test shot to decide whether or not to use for Jaydon's birthday. Yes months away but always good to start planning early. Following Torika's tradition I will do everything myself. She told me first cake someone else to do but the rest you do. So I did Jaydon's second birthday cake, now to decide what to do for the big 3. Yup only 6months away. Alot of great ideas on Piniterest which by the way is just way too addictive by the time I realise it my entire time is spent on that site but Love love love it.
Ice Cream cone cupcake recipe:
Yet to decide whether I will have it as one of those cakes or the main cake. Will try then decide
Ice Cream cone cupcake recipe:
Yet to decide whether I will have it as one of those cakes or the main cake. Will try then decide
Web services I'm starting to hate you
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| Goodbye Uncle Dinesh |
To my uncle where ever you are today, I know you are not in pain but we are sad that you had to go that way. We will surely miss you. To my aunty I love you and would do anything to be there with you right now but I pray that God will see you through this sad time, that he will give you peace, comfort you even as it causes you to miss aji even more I pray that God will meet with you and minister to you during this time of need that if anything he makes himself known to you today. One year ago you lost your mother like this and now your husband. All that money in the world could not conquer death. I pray that God will take car of you regardless of what happens after this.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
One Year Memorial into a funeral
Our family was supposed to have had a family reunion next weekend.
Instead they will be cremating my uncle this weekend. Its so heartbreaking.
I had that feeling at the back of my head when I woke up this morning. I just prayed for dad and then pushed it away. I thought about it exactly two hours ago and pushed it away again to be told it was 2hours ago that he passed. Oh God help me. There's all this emotions running wild right now but the top most is that it it happened again. I am always the last to know these things in the family and even when I heard it I didn't take it seriously. Life is so short. We keep forgetting that anyone of us can go any day but we pushing it to the back of our heads leaving it to the next day. Now my heart is broken for aunty Kamal. How is she coping? Will she be ok? Is she ok? Oh gosh. Lord I would do anything to be there right now. Absolutely anything father, please help my family today. Wherever they are, everywhere, whatever they are going through, in everything Lord cover them today. Another soul lost Lord show me what to do now father. Comfort my family today.
Instead they will be cremating my uncle this weekend. Its so heartbreaking.
I had that feeling at the back of my head when I woke up this morning. I just prayed for dad and then pushed it away. I thought about it exactly two hours ago and pushed it away again to be told it was 2hours ago that he passed. Oh God help me. There's all this emotions running wild right now but the top most is that it it happened again. I am always the last to know these things in the family and even when I heard it I didn't take it seriously. Life is so short. We keep forgetting that anyone of us can go any day but we pushing it to the back of our heads leaving it to the next day. Now my heart is broken for aunty Kamal. How is she coping? Will she be ok? Is she ok? Oh gosh. Lord I would do anything to be there right now. Absolutely anything father, please help my family today. Wherever they are, everywhere, whatever they are going through, in everything Lord cover them today. Another soul lost Lord show me what to do now father. Comfort my family today.
Monday, September 24, 2012
My Oh My: What's been cooking in the art room
I have to try this, if not on Saturdays with Jaydon then atleast on Sundays during Church.
Home made Paint Recipe
A friend of mine shared this on Facebook and I can't wait to try it. Saves me heaps of lavos (money) and time roaming around the whole of Lautoka looking for paints.
Also I get to test it out with this cool Idea. Newer ways to make our saturdays more creative. Just mummy and sonny days.
Salt, White Glue & Paint Creativity
Also I get to test it out with this cool Idea. Newer ways to make our saturdays more creative. Just mummy and sonny days.
Salt, White Glue & Paint Creativity
Divided Against oneself
Somebody posted this on Facebook weeks ago. I had copied it out and pasted it in my outlook and only found time to really sit and read it today. its real good. Thought provoking.
Two main points that I like about what the writer raised. We sit and watch our lives pass us by as if its a movie that we are watching acting like we are not in control of our lives, we can't do what we want as if we are watching someone else's life in play before us but its time we got up and made decisions for ourselves and made a move on it.
God works for our good in cooperation with the decisions we make and the acts that we do. Amazing!Comes back to what Jitoko's being saying to me all week that I haven't been wanting to take heed of. Also what I have been thinking about people who are hard working and meticulous with their lives, time and work. Do something about it. Do it to the best of your ability. Do it as if it were being done unto God but don't just sit there and wait for the heavens to fall on you make a move and make it happen.- atleast the first step.
From who to marry to Friday night plans, why our generation has such a hard time setting anything in stone.
When I was 23 years old I found myself sitting on the fence in a long term, off and on relationship. I had one foot in, the other foot out, and I was literally filled with anxiety as to what decision to make. Should we stay together? Should we break up? Am I ready for marriage? What if she’s not the one? What if she’s the one and I make the wrong choice? What if I miss out on my vocation by staying in this relationship? Like many of you, I had all these paralyzing “what if” questions swirling around in my mind. Then one day as I was standing in the office of a co-worker lamenting about my dilemma, my co-worker slowly began to tell me the story of the double-minded person that the scriptures write about in James 1:6-8:
“But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.”
The imagery and text call to mind someone who is “to be divided against oneself” or who “wavers.” My inability to make a decision and act on it, left me feeling tossed back and forth in the ensuing tumultuous waves of indecision. That is how I felt. I was a person who was living life never quite fully committed to any course of action, but continually making non-committal decisions.
When we live in an anxious fear of making wrong decisions in our lives we aren’t able to constrain them to just one aspect of our life, but they tend to bleed into other areas of our existence. As I work with young adults in ministry and counseling two aspects of decision-making have reared their head more prevalently.
First, too many choices seem to paralyze many people from making a decision. Author Barry Schwartz in his book The Paradox of Choice writes about the anxiety that accompanies even buying jeans these days:
AT THIS POINT, CHOICE NO LONGER LIBERATES, BUT DEBILITATES.
“At this point, choice no longer liberates, but debilitates…But clinging tenaciously to all the choices available to us contributes to bad decisions, to anxiety, stress, and dissatisfaction—even to clinical depression.”
Second, there is a fear of missing out on something. Last year MTV did a poll of 13-30 year olds and their web habits and came up with the term FOMO (fear of missing out) after reviewing the findings. There is a constant feeling in our culture that we might be missing out on something better, therefore, we rarely commit to a decision that we can’t back out of if something better comes along.
When we live life in fear of making the wrong decision or of missing out on something, it robs us of being able to be present not only with others, but with ourselves. We constantly live in a future state of “what if” that keeps us never rooted in the present.
Why do we often find it so difficult to make a yes or no decision as Jesus encourages us to do, instead opting to waffle back and forth in fear of making the wrong one? What can you do differently to combat the fears and make decisions?
There is no easy answer to these questions. Acting decisively in the fear of making the wrong choice, or in the fear of missing out takes practice. And it takes being okay with failing at times. But here are some recommendations that I practice not only with my clients and the people I serve in ministry, but that I daily try to exercise in my own life.
WE CONSTANTLY LIVE IN A FUTURE STATE OF “WHAT IF” THAT KEEPS US NEVER ROOTED IN THE PRESENT.
First, commit to being more intentional in your life. Decide not to sit back and be a passive observer in your life, as if you have no say in matters. Don’t expect a vocation, relationship, spiritual life, et cetera to just happen automatically. You need to commit to being purposeful and take action.
Second, practice experimenting with your options. Instead of finding or waiting for the perfect option to always come along, just make a choice. Experiment with that option. Most of our daily decisions that we get stuck on are not life and death. And it is these decisions that can become the practice ground and foundational building blocks for making more difficult ones later in life. You don’t know how to make a decision to marry/not marry a person if you have never practiced making lots of other little decisions along the way.
Third, wrestle with God. One of the most perplexing verses in the New Testament for me is Romans 8:28 where Paul says:
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
I don’t understand the mystery of that passage, and how things are worked out for our good. But I do know that the Greek word in the passage for “works” conveys the idea of cooperation or working together. I am a participant in my life, therefore, I must make decisions. I don’t believe that God asks me to understand the intricacies or outcome of every little decision I make, but I do believe He has called me to participate with Him.
The Bible is full of stories about people who were faced with making tough decisions without knowing how they would play out. My hope for you is that you wed together spiritual practices (prayer, scripture reading, community, silence, et cetera) that strengthen your discernment and resolve to act when decisions come up in your life
Sunday, September 23, 2012
I Won't Give up on us
Song stuck in my head by Jason Mraz.
I must admit I do wonder if he is a christian but even if he is not the words are just inspiring:
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
I must admit I do wonder if he is a christian but even if he is not the words are just inspiring:
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
Why am I a programmer
Testified the other night about why I loved my programming so much thought I might as well put a few thoughts or two about it in writing. I love my programming because its not just fully using all my brain power. its not just creating something about nothing. Its about faith and trusting in God each and every time I get stuck. Its about waiting on God to show me where to look, what to look at and how to do it. Its about God and that phrase again "making a way where there is no way" Its true. Time and time again he is making it, opening it, showing me. I get to speak and hear from him first hand. And most often I stand or should I say sit in awe of him because right there in the middle of it all he was faithful and totally blew me away with his awesomeness. He made it happen and all I can sit there and say is its was God. It was only because of him. it was him. He was faithful and he does it over and over again never ceasing to fail me. Always always always coming through and all I have to do is wait for him to move heaven and earth just for me. Amazing!
Am I going or not?
Heard things with aunty Kamal and uncle Dinesh are not so good. Ever since knowing they were supposed to adopt me a part me me goes out to them for the circumstances surrounding that not happening. Alot of things would have been different. Possibly no Jitoko or no Jaydon in my life but I have Jitko and I have Jaydon and they have nothing. My heart goes out to them in this situation. Doing everything possible to be able to go see them next month. Have this deep sadness at the bottom of my heart that December may be abit too late. Lord this is me trusting you for my miracle. Give us this opportunity to go and minister to the family in NZ when mum and them leave next week. Right now it will take a miracle but I am open to that. That phrase comes to mind but can't remember the rest of the verse. make a way Lord. Read today about Angels heeding the voice of his word. Coincides with what Ji was talking about last night about praying and asking God and then asking him to move his ministering angel to do that. So have prayed that and also spoken his ministering word out loud in faith, so now sitting here waiting for my miracle. Bring it!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I can't be Quiet
“I can't be quiet! I am angry and bitter. I have to speak.” (Job 7:11 TEV)
Like Job we should be able to say anything to God. So how exactly am I feeling? I have no idea. What exactly do I want to say? I have no idea. Why why am I trying to say something? Because he is listening and he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If I don't say it to him then I won't be able to say it to anyone and while holding it all in I am bound to blow up or snap or say the wrong thing. So here I am un-cluttering again. Taking out everything inside of me, trying to clear things up and make space for something new.
One thing I remember hearing at the arise Fiji the other night. Which by the way was amazing bordering on the lines of semi mediocre but preachings were good regardless. Pastor Pita Cili whom I have so much respect for and also Pastor Poate Mata amazing men of God that I found to be very spirit filled and in tune to what God had to say to them and through them to the nation. He said you can't give what you don't have. Amazing. If I don't have it in me, how can I give it?
So here I am making space in my life for God to fill me with something to give. What do I have to give?
So I'm not going to be quiet, I'm not going to hold it back in. I'm going to let it all out but take it to God because only he can sort it out for me, whatever it is that is making me agitated, restless, worn out and indifferent. I will therefore not be indifferent because being indifferent is in fact actually sinning.
Like Job we should be able to say anything to God. So how exactly am I feeling? I have no idea. What exactly do I want to say? I have no idea. Why why am I trying to say something? Because he is listening and he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If I don't say it to him then I won't be able to say it to anyone and while holding it all in I am bound to blow up or snap or say the wrong thing. So here I am un-cluttering again. Taking out everything inside of me, trying to clear things up and make space for something new.
One thing I remember hearing at the arise Fiji the other night. Which by the way was amazing bordering on the lines of semi mediocre but preachings were good regardless. Pastor Pita Cili whom I have so much respect for and also Pastor Poate Mata amazing men of God that I found to be very spirit filled and in tune to what God had to say to them and through them to the nation. He said you can't give what you don't have. Amazing. If I don't have it in me, how can I give it?
So here I am making space in my life for God to fill me with something to give. What do I have to give?
So I'm not going to be quiet, I'm not going to hold it back in. I'm going to let it all out but take it to God because only he can sort it out for me, whatever it is that is making me agitated, restless, worn out and indifferent. I will therefore not be indifferent because being indifferent is in fact actually sinning.
NZ in October
May not be happening. Well maybe if I can get the washing machine sorted out we can still get our visas processed in time but right now it looks like a very likely "No Go". Which sucks because would have really loved to take Jaydon to meet the fam. We still have two weeks to go. anything is possible at this stage.
On that note while giving away a few of Jaydon's old clothes to workmates for his baby boy. He asked where do I buy Jaydon's clothes from that was when I realised that the only time I bought Jaydon's clothes was when he was born and recently a few t-shirts from Clarisa but otherwise all Jaydon's clothes are from overseas. Trues up! From his grand uncles and grand aunts and aunties. Gosh what a blessing and at two and a half he still has a whole bag of unopened clothes that I've put aside and also two drawers. One at the grandparents place and one at home and both are overflowing. Amazing!
On that note while giving away a few of Jaydon's old clothes to workmates for his baby boy. He asked where do I buy Jaydon's clothes from that was when I realised that the only time I bought Jaydon's clothes was when he was born and recently a few t-shirts from Clarisa but otherwise all Jaydon's clothes are from overseas. Trues up! From his grand uncles and grand aunts and aunties. Gosh what a blessing and at two and a half he still has a whole bag of unopened clothes that I've put aside and also two drawers. One at the grandparents place and one at home and both are overflowing. Amazing!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Incorrect input string error
Spent the last 3 days struggling with an incorrect input string error in my code. The error gave a hint that the Datetime variable may have been causing the issue. After changing and re-changing the code and the Datetime variable numerous times between string and Datetime and parsing and try Parse I found out from our consultant that it had nothing to do with the Datetime variable but that some invisible characters were being passed through the url string for whatever reason. Bloody hell. Just glad I can move onto the next phase of programming this.
Traction
no more shooting blindly aiming at nothing in particular. Time to take stock. Reassess. Strategise and get results. Why are we doing what we are doing? What is our motives for doing it? What is our purpose. "For this cause"- What is the cause set before us. What do we need to realign and reassess. Where do we go from here. Back on course. So what is the course.
"Get traction, so you can progress forward. Stop just running uncertainly. Get the purpose, plan & strategy to reach a destination. Don't just beat the air. Land a punch, so obstacles are removed."
Time to move mountains. Mountain move now in Jesus name.
"Get traction, so you can progress forward. Stop just running uncertainly. Get the purpose, plan & strategy to reach a destination. Don't just beat the air. Land a punch, so obstacles are removed."
Time to move mountains. Mountain move now in Jesus name.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Surrender
Funny I was just listening to the song and this was sitting in my email.
A message from pastor Phil Pringle:
Whatever it is I am sure God wants me to totally surrender it to him. Show me how Lord. Show me what. I pray! On a separate note I am sure he is using Galaxy note to write this.
A message from pastor Phil Pringle:
Rom 12:1 I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service
In the light of God giving His all for us, we should give our all to Him. God is looking for our physical sacrifice, not just spiritual. Serving God will always call for sacrifice. There's always a price to the will of God. No great destiny comes cheaply. It's impossible to serve God without being separated to Him, set apart for His exclusive use. What we present to God needs to work. A phone with a dead battery is useless. A car without wheels doesn't do what it's designed for. Paul says this is reasonable - that we live each day on the altar for God. The fire of God only falls on us when we're on the altar!
Whatever it is I am sure God wants me to totally surrender it to him. Show me how Lord. Show me what. I pray! On a separate note I am sure he is using Galaxy note to write this.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Weekend Rendezvous
Feeling a little too adventurous, Jaydon and I took a bus ride down to the Sofitel to visit the Brodies. Its was a great day. First we got out of the car to get into the minibus when it occurred to me that he was not wearing any shoes. Then we got of at work to pick up the package that I had forgotten in thenoffice. Then we went and looked all over Namaka for a pair of little boy shoes. How hard can it be to find them. They called us later to tell us they were at the resort. So we caught the bus down there. Jaydon loved every minute of it, wish I had brought my camera to capture it. Torika had hers and I totally love it. Check out these precious moments she captured
Right before our little incident that is. Mr brave little one and wanted to follow the older kids was climbing over stones and not listening at one or two points when he headed all the way across the pool to the other side. I turned to see him gone, looking around to find him bopping up and down on the far end of the pool. No second thought I jumped in and ran- if you can call it running on water to the other end to pick him up. He was ok but he had nightmares that night waking up constantly to grab a hold of me. I hope there are no permanent psychological damages but I know my little boy is brave and I cannot imagine what I would have done had something more serious happened. I cannot imagine having to spend the rest of my life without my precious one. It then occurred to me, this is what happens when you are at the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing. I was supposed to be at a leader's meeting in church but being to my moment of wallowing I'd decided to skip the meeting instead and just go down to Nadi.
Slowly by Slowly
Slowly by slowly, little by little. Trusting God to make a way. To show us what exactly it is that he has put us here for, why and for who. Its not easy. There are moments of highs and moments of very bad lows but we will look up to the mountains where our help comes from. Our help comes from the Lord the maker of Heaven and earth. For whatever it is that he has put us here for we will trust only in him. Trusting in man has proven futile. Trusting in our own understanding, skills and knowledge has proven even more futile so Father I will trust in you. Show me your way. Guide me in your truth. lead me in your paths of righteousness for your name's sake. Help me to go on.
Its so so hard. Feels like I'm running in a losing race. Feels like there's no light at the end of the tunnel but I know my redeemer lives and my God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above anything that I could ask or imagine so I will trust in my God today. My god my refuge and my fortress. my God in him I will trust. my God you are so faithful. Teach me to hold on.
Its so so hard. Feels like I'm running in a losing race. Feels like there's no light at the end of the tunnel but I know my redeemer lives and my God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above anything that I could ask or imagine so I will trust in my God today. My god my refuge and my fortress. my God in him I will trust. my God you are so faithful. Teach me to hold on.
Oh what a night
Photos from the combine where we hosted the Play Fair Brazilian Soccer time. Awesome night of fellowship, lots of food and all glory be to God.
These guys did not come to Fiji to win, they came to Fiji to evangelise. We can come from whatever walks of life, whatever background but when we gather in the name of Jesus every tongue confesses that he is Lord to the glory of God the father, regardless or what language. Everything stands still in the presence of God. In unity praising God because it is all about him. The make of heaven and earth. All creation stand to declare his name for he is good and his mercy endures forever.
These guys did not come to Fiji to win, they came to Fiji to evangelise. We can come from whatever walks of life, whatever background but when we gather in the name of Jesus every tongue confesses that he is Lord to the glory of God the father, regardless or what language. Everything stands still in the presence of God. In unity praising God because it is all about him. The make of heaven and earth. All creation stand to declare his name for he is good and his mercy endures forever.
Another One for Fiji
Floating around youtube right now, the fijian girl with the big voice. Semaema Conford, her sad story and her beautiful voice. Way to go Semaema.
Fijian Cuisine
Congratulations to Mango cafe for putting its stamp on the world. Excellent article and awesome place to eat if you're in the Capital City. Miss the aroma of freshly ground coffee and smoothies and the homemade cakes and delicious Tiramisus.
One of the best parts of Suva and the market on a beautiful Saturday morning. Would do anything to be there right now but we're settled now. So to look forward to those many weekend rendezvous - Suva City. The Best of Fijian Cuisine - Robert Oliver and Manogo Cafe have done it, noting like delicious fijian food.
One of the best parts of Suva and the market on a beautiful Saturday morning. Would do anything to be there right now but we're settled now. So to look forward to those many weekend rendezvous - Suva City. The Best of Fijian Cuisine - Robert Oliver and Manogo Cafe have done it, noting like delicious fijian food.
Overseas trips
5 overseas trips in 6 months. Times I wish I was a millionaire.
So there's that family reunion next month that I am still fretting about whether I have the money for it. And then there's Vimal's wedding which he will definitely kill me for if I do not attend. Then there's that conference in Feb and cuz wedding and then another conference. whoa! Lord order our steps. Please provide for the one that we need to be at. Lord if we have to be at all then please open that door and provide for all. I ask.
So there's that family reunion next month that I am still fretting about whether I have the money for it. And then there's Vimal's wedding which he will definitely kill me for if I do not attend. Then there's that conference in Feb and cuz wedding and then another conference. whoa! Lord order our steps. Please provide for the one that we need to be at. Lord if we have to be at all then please open that door and provide for all. I ask.
Emotions Running High
Went through a pretty emotional later part of last week. Emotions running wild. Spent the entire weekend wallowing and whining in my head and really just trying to tune it out. That didn't really work for me and I know that I have things that I need to deal with. A little blast from the past led to a situation that blew totally out of control and its affecting my thinking and way of doing things. I am supposed to be writing up a scope document for tomorrow's discussion but everything is on slow motion right now and my brain can't think. I think the verse that really puts into perspective what I need to do is:
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I had that thorn in the flesh and that thorn in the flesh has really taking every shot at me possible. I guess its even harder finding the thorn in the flesh in family. Sometimes its really difficult, I think Jitoko summed it last night. We spent the entire night pillow talk and he mentioned that I was trying to please people instead of God. I think he is right. I am trying to please family, I am trying to plese work, I am trying to please Change and it is all falling flat in my face. It is all winding me up and getting me frustrated because am realising that I cannot please anyone and I'm finding that nothing I do will ever be good enough. So this thorn in the flesh moments is supposed to be good for me right? last night Jitoko said something to me that really got me angry but thinking at the same time. When I said time and time again he said well then maybe I need to change because if I don't change in the way I treat others I'll keep getting the same reactions and attitude from them. Whoa...what? yup...I got a if you keep doing what you're always doing then you will keep getting what you're always getting moment. So what is he saying? have I been doing the wrong thing? I thought I was treating everyone correctly. Is there even such a thing as treating people the wrong way? How exactly have I been treating people? What exactly do I need to change? What have I been doing wrong all this time that I need to do right? Reaction! Reactiong! Reaction...ok so I suppose I need to sort out how I react to things. How do I even start?
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Azonto - Fiji Style
That bus driver that got in trouble with LTA. so funny. Only in Fiji.
But check it ouot already 18k hits on that video. Wish it would go viral.
Best way to promote Fiji...hehe
But check it ouot already 18k hits on that video. Wish it would go viral.
Best way to promote Fiji...hehe
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