Last weekend was one of those rare non-working weekends which I don't go home because I've just gone back not too long ago.
Spent Friday sleeping then staying back for supper after Bread Talk at church. Miss suppers we haven't had them for a long time and I seldom get to go out with Campus peeps now. I was so glad we could stay back late together.
Then Saturday was board games afternoon at Jon's prof's house with his students. Learned new games and got beaten by his seven year old little boy. Smart kid he is, understanding all those complicated games and picking up how to strategize. Needs to work on the concentration though. Still he's already extremely good for a kid. I wish I had as many board games in the house. Could see them piles up everywhere - so exciting! Then at night I had dinner at Kow Fu's place. As usual they sent us home piled with goodies. :) And full to the brim.
Had another session of board games with Andrew Joanne Rachel JonC and Geri after church service and lunch. Then we dinnered and movied with Andrew and Joanne, then played sparklers with Rachel. It was a great weekend catching up with people whose schedules seem to always operate on a parallel universe with mine. Loved the block 6 gathering for the 3 in 1 birthday celebration too, although it was almost one month late.
I wonder how long would I still be stuck in this shift cycle. And work is changing me, am I so easily succumbed to external pressures? Disappointment from untrustworthiness, emotional fluctuations, negative attitudes, negative words. I seem to be picking all these up. How to be salt , how to be light if I let myself be conformed not transformed in Christ? The solution is not escape from this environment but making a difference to it.
And the answer to this is all in my identity in Christ and the love and forgiveness I have received. To rejoice in the hope He gave. To be patient in suffering and constant in prayer.
