I love birthdays. Especially when it’s not mine. *wink*
My all-time favourite is planning birthday surprises. I get all tickled just imagining the whole event unfolding in my head. From hand-crafted cards , to specially-wrapped presents, to planning birthday parties. I guess cos I’ve always been so blessed to be surrounded by loved ones and to have more than one birthday celebration, and I just assume that everyone else should also have a wonderful and meaningful birthday celebration..
When it comes to my own, however, I would somehow switch into a melancholic mode of serious reflection about life, purpose and calling. I'd call it Pre-birthday blues.. Haha.. Maybe it has to do with age playing catch-up game. I really don’t feel like I’m in my LATE-twenties, but the birthdate seem to confirm it, and so does my IC.
This year, I decided to do a stock-take of my life. What have i achieved? What have i done with the 365 days God has given to me? Or 28 years for that matter?
I am blessed to have had the opportunity to serve Him in Awana Club in the past 5 years, and now to take a sabbatical rest. The past few months have been a refreshing time-out for me. I had expected it to be a blissful time of rest and relaxation. Instead, it has been a time of discovery and adventure.. Taking roads I've never travelled before.
I've had the opportunity to dabble in things i never imagined possible. Like photography. And song-writing. Now that has been amazing. I believe it started as a challenge from YY. And before i knew it, a bunch of us were writing songs for the church, as our praise to the Lord.
As I had expressed in one of the songs i wrote, Faithful God, God has truly been faithful to me and my family. In every phase of my personal life, it's as if God has been choreographing my life into a tapestry, weaving events and circumstances, people and places to teach me and mould me into the person He wants me to be. I look back, and i'm in amazement at how He's led me thus far, and i cannot cease thanking Him for His faithful providence and blessings.
I know He's definitely not done with me yet; I guess I have another 365 days ahead to look forward to all that God has in store for me...
