Today is such a wonderful day.. 5 things that make me say this.

• Began the day sleepily. Haven't woke up so early for a long time. First day of school! Kinda excited though. Went to school with Hong. Glad to spend some time with her. Though we didn't talk much, but having my sister's company made a beautiful morning even more beautiful. Thank You, Lord!

• Then, I got my presents! Birthday presents, Christmas presents. Brought a HUGE and heavy bag home. So many presents!! Love all of them. What a way to start the first day of school. Thank you, Samantha, Grace and Peiling! And thank You Lord for the love of friends!!

• Next, quite sian cos 6 hours of break in between lessons in all. But admittedly, tired as I may be, I had tremendous fun. Grace bought me a game set for my birthday. We played with it. Had 11 games inside. Laughed and laughed the whole time. Was very fun! TIme kinda flew by just like that. Thank You, Lord, for the joy of friends!

• Well, insecure and sad feelings, doubts n hints of depression did invade my mind unsuspectingly at times and I am ashamed to say that I let them dwell in my mind a tad too long. But all I can say is God is good. His grace is sufficient. The minute I told God to take control of my thoughts, peace that is unexplainable washed over me. Well, He did promise peace to us all (John 14:27)!

• And most importantly, God spoke to me today. It wasn't a grand revelation or anything. It was just a causal, sweet conversation. He was telling me that He loves me, that I am never alone, that all He does (even when I don't understand) is the best. (Those who were wondering, it wasn't an audio conversation. It was enabled by the Holy Spirit. Somehow, you just know it when He is speaking to you. Like today, I gazed at the sky and was speechless and overwhelmed. God is beautiful and He makes beautiful things.)

And also, I have been reading blogs of women whose sole purpose in life is to be radically obedient to God. I am tremendously blessed and encouraged by their lives. God is good. Read this quote on one of the blogs:

To look around
is to be distressed
To look within is to be
depressed.
To look up is to be
blessed.

How true it is.

To look around is to be distressed. (I did got a bit sad when I saw Peiling n Henry and Zoie n her hubby)
To look within is to be depressed. (I look at the things I did in the past and got depressed)
To look up is to be blessed. (I look and focus on God and things got strangely dim.)

I love You so much, Daddy God. Love Ya, love Ya, love Ya! (maybe some people will feel that I am childish in expressing like this. But I think it will bring a smile to Your face, Daddy God. Like King David said, "I'll become even more undignified than this.")