Of Rainbows and Covenants

Saw a beautiful rainbow in the sky on Wed night. =) What a sight! It caused all the shoppers along Orchard Road to pause and take photos or look at the Rainbow.
We city dwellers don't get to see much of other beautiful natural sights!

Rainbow is a sign of God's Covenant. We also make covenants with people in relationships. What does a commitment and a covenant entail?

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Watched Slum Dog Millionaire on Wed. My goodness....the kind of conditions that the kids went through, scavenging for rubbish in the slum areas. Same conditions I recall at Cambodia, at Philippines. And I see these kids begging for money when I am a tourist in different cities. We think some of these kids are scums or thieves or pitiful, but we hardly see them as individuals. Each with a past, a family and a story.

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Learning to love people. When I say I love migrant workers, what does this mean? Or when I love people in China? Etc. etc. I find that I need to have more love. How is it that it is so difficult these days to share my faith with others or to pause and talk to them. How do I move from seeing the multitudes to seeing the indvidual? How do I move from pity to love?

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3 interns in the office have been a blessing. 2 of them are from RGS, tho they are 8 years my juniors. heh. I feel like a girl gang leader, going for lunch with them etc. I miss peers in the office. But thank God for providing 3 of them to help out with work. They bring so much cheer and hope into the office.

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Felt a bit down today. And I met J, one of the volunteers. She started asking me abt the work in Aceh. I was feeling overwhelmed by problems in the ministry (esp Aceh), plus other personal issues. Wow, and God provided me with someone to talk to. She prayed with me.
Next thing another partner called me and also shared words of encouragement with me.

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So yeah, I definitely believe in rainbows, and God's covenant love. He has shown me so much of His love through work in GB. May I learn to love, as He has first loved. To love Him, to love him, to love her, to love myself.

Resonance

That elusive sense of restedness, as one gets bombarded by emails, calls and deadlines.
It comes when I realise that I am loved & secured & known.
And...this is what I have been searching for. ;p

When one is secured, one loves others better. As the lenses are no longer coloured, and one is able to let go and allow others the freedom of expressing themselves. Even if their behaviours are different from yours.

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I have been enjoying long walks at Bedok Reservoir and ECP. I like to be next to the water, to see the glistening reflection of the moon or the sun on the waters. Most of all, to talk freely about God, nature, books, songs. Bliss is when the deepest heart cry resonates with another.

Taking a pause

heh haven't been blogging for awhile..
Work is building up again in the office as March Holidays approach, and there are multiple teams going to do community service.
My email inbox is flooded again with loads of emails!
The thing is, the more busy I am, the more I find difficulty in concentrating on each task, and the more I want to chat with people, and do other interesting things. ;P

Life is a little overcrowded with so many things! And this sounds like a line from many of my other blog entries.

I was sorting my pile of letters on Monday and as I was filing something, I stumbled across this certificate of acknowledgement from Singapore Children's Society. And then I recalled during sec 2, I was in the interact club and I made weekly trips to Bukit Merah to give tuition to a pri school girl. Had to walk for a long time from the MRT and climb up a slope of stairs. Remember buying her stickers and sweets. That triggered memories of me in sec 3 and 4 when I went to Jervois Special School to teach the youths there as well. :) I bought marbles to teach counting. We also did craft work with them. Heh..

Its good to remember the meaningful things you did. To pause and take stock of life. Otherwise its just continuous running and running.....

Alrighty, back to my running............

Gentle Kindness

Today I experienced the kindness of some people. :)
And I thought of how this is a glimpse of God's love. And the Holy Spirit who guides me gently. The tenderness of God's love :)

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Few days ago while I was walking, the wind wrapped around me. And I thought to myself, "I was embraced by the wind". It was nature/or God's way of loving me :) The sun, the breeze, and the sky above me.