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As u guys know, for the past week, I had an intense struggle with the devil. Circumstances and tribulations came abruptly in my path like never before. A few days ago, for no apparent reason, my laptop rolled back to *gasp* factory settings. My 2 years of university work is all friggin' in it and I did not even back the data up! But luckily, system restore recovered my data. I've backed up my data already. My health's getting back on track (at least for now). I'm still fumbling in my studies but I believe God ultimately has a way out for me. Get back to where u belong, goddarn devil! >:)
Everyone in my CG is in an emo mood this week. All our prayer requests have to do with something negative happening in our lives, except maybe Liu Jing and Wen Long *lol*. I guess I'm not just the only one facing problems, though coupled with my health problems which are invariably linked with my stressful situations, I feel as if I'm in a deeper ditch than they are.
As the new week progresses, I decided that I can't stay unhappy forever. God wouldn't like it this way. So, on Thurs, I lifted my spirits up and accompanied Kelvin and Debbie to visit Alvin, Kelvin's bro who just had a heart surgery, in NUH. Looking at how frail he is but yet having the bravery to go through all that he has went through, it enlightened me to look at life in different perspectives.
At least I leading life normally on the surface. At least I'm healthy enough to go about my daily activities. Just for that fact alone, I should thank God for His grace. As Jay Chou's new song, Dao Xiang, implies, there's many others in the world who are suffering worse fates than us. So, we should be grateful in the little intricate blessings of life. The very notion of just being able to wake up each and every day, knowing you're alive and well.
Pastor Kong reiterated the power of visualization and of the spoken word. What you believe and speak of, it will come to pass by God's grace. I understood this sometime back, and I kept proclaiming "By Your stripes, I'm healed" for days, but soon fell under the devil's influence to distrust God that He can't reverse my situation. The word from Pastor Kong really spoke deep into my heart, and I must continue proclaiming my faith consistently.
Another lesson I learnt from this is also to trust the close friends which I have already allowed access into my life. I thought nobody cared, but some of my friends actually do. And I'm ashamed that I'm not practising what I preach by offering them support when they're down. I was just too caught up with my own problems. No man's an island. So let's start trusting and believing in the ones we hold close to our hearts. =)
*WARNING: Major vulgarities alert!* When I was down and out, this video really cracked me up and made me forget my problems. Loads of f-word thrown around. Someone counted 160+ times that the dude in the video shouted "F&*@". LOL!
And of cos', Jay Chou being a born-again Christian, his songs bear greater significance and purpose to me now. 'Dao Xiang' is a song that really relates to my situation and I can totally identify with it. I'm gonna learn the song real soon. =D
And YAY! My birthday is coming up soon. =) 22 October. Haha, what a cheap way to garner attention. =P
Alright, I'll get back on track and serve up my next Japanese lesson on this blog soon! =D