Moved

We moved over from my parents place to my Dad's place at Queensway. Its a nice cozy studio apartment just behind Queensway Shopping Center. The last few months have been hectic, running around buying stuff, thinking of design ideas and corrdinating all the reno work. Last week was moving and rectifying defects and CLEANING. So much to do and settle and everything is mostly in its place. It was a most enjoyable though tiring experience, but there's great satisfaction at creating and seeing your vision come to fruition.

Renovating and doing up the house has been consuming. Guess its cause its a creative pursuit and it kinda sucks me in. I find myself distracted when I want to spend time with God and find my mind preoccupied with thigns to buy or stuff to do around the house. There is a need to detach and say enough's enough and just let go. Glad I was able to do it today and to just spend my morning with God, realigning my purpose and being refreshed in His presence.

Its a whole new phase with Jean, living on our own so will see how things go.

2011

This year feels different from the last. Theres a renewed closeness with God and a deepening of my walk. A sense of anticipation for the possibilities and opportunities that this year holds. Will I emerge from my time of trudging? Hopefully, but nonetheless I trust in the sovereignty and purposes of God.

This is my verse for 2011:

"Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

That I will learn to rely less on my understanding but to wait upon the Lord's leading and direction and to make meeting and knowing Him my priority. That will require discipline, patience and dependence. I pray that God will meet me and show me His ways.

Stuff happening this year include getting know my next rotation tomorrow and the house renovation is wrapping up with the move this Saturday. Am volunteering at work to provide learning opportunities and a mentoring structure for the graduates as my way to connect with more young adults and introduce them to my Lord. Theres AHH cell to shepherd and I believe that God will move this year and Retreat to plan for.

So this year has much in store and we'll see where God leads at the culmination of 2011.