How can decisions be made when it concerns matters of love, of the heart? I had a message from my sister, and I did not know how I should respond. I did not know how to love in a manner that could be appropriate too. WWJD?
So amidst all these, today was just.... not the best of all days. On top of existing IT issues that plagued me and remained unsolved, I couldn't get to work proper also because of several missing emails. And other issues cropped up throughout the day too... and I decided that tonight, I shall not dwell on them anymore. Tomorrow will better.
So this week, I got to know a new friend on Wednesday and she's a teacher here in a local school, just arrived in Abu Dhabi to teach about a month back. She shared how she dreaded going to classes and then the tears just came down. It reminded me of my BNSS days where I felt I was losing control, unable to cope with the increasing demands and pressures, wanting to be excellent in all that I do, and then, slowly, suffered from all the anxiety and stress, and succumbed to pneumonia, and had to be hospitalised. I shared with her and prayed for her. The whole expectation on oneself; those heart palpitations, the dread, the fear... it was almost insane.
I prayed Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, then 9-13 over her.
Eccl 3:1-8 is about times and seasons, and added with 9-13, the verses are just beautiful and meaningful. It speaks of how we can trust God through the times and seasons, and that as long as we've given our best, we deserve to live life well and enjoy the fruits of our labour, in the simplest ways of just enjoying our food and drink. :) It is the gift of God. I love these verses.
Eccle 3:9-13 (NKJV)
What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour - it is the gift of God.
How can I express this even more vividly?
As I enjoyed my work and become more exposed to different areas, I too, at the end of the day, want to eat and drink and enjoy the good of all the labour. :)
And so this week came, and will just pass by again.
This Friday night, I thank God for His provision. Truly, mini me in a mega world, but one that I know He has my back. With all the Futures Work (which really consumes a lot of my thoughts), I did eat and drink to my heart's content, and also played basketball. It was a pretty cool highlight for me.
Zahari and Narni came from Dubai for dinner together, and together with Sean and Viven, we really ate and drank.
And so, I have to work it off with a basketball game. Robert is darn good! And he knows MJ. How cool. We played 15 points, and I lost ...10-15. He is way too kind. :-p
And that mid-week random fellowship with Sim. Super thankful for her friendship and prayers. She will say I take unglam photos. And I agree, especially with this photo... but then again, that is how we are candid, and it captures that beautiful fellowship moment.
Finally, as the depths of the night creep on me again, I thank God that even when I don't have all the answers and solutions to life's issues and problems, He doesn't expect me to know how to solve them all.
In Him would be the answers and the solutions. In Him would be that rest.
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