Had 2 games of bowling, went to the gym (timing improved YAY!), popped into the arcade and tried my hands (legs rather) on the Dance Mixer before heading off to late dinner at Yoshi (Sushi Tei and Hanabi were closing by then). Oh saw a silver SLK 200 and we parked beside it! It’s indeed gorgeous! I would love to hear the engine hum! We went into Dempsey Road to admire St George’s Church. It’s beautiful. Would have loved to explore the place around on foot some night. 

Reon Ho, a writer in my class, whose writing I enjoy, graces my blog.

The work of heavy highway equipment is to smooth the way for travelers by exalting valleys, making low the mountains and hills, straightening the crooked. Obstacles–trees, rocks, houses, even mountains themselves–are put out of the way. This is what the Lord can do for his travelers (it is promised by the prophet Isaiah), but He does it without fuss, and in response to the one who simply thinks of Him: "Think of Him in all your ways, and He will smooth your path" (Prv. 3:6 NEB).

The mind can build barriers, produce huge obstacles, collide with boulders of impossibility. Strangely and wonderfully, when we turn our thoughts to Him with whom nothing is an impossibility (and to turn thoughts takes an act of will), He smoothes the path for us. We find it possible, maybe even easy, to move forward.

Don’t waste time, energy, perhaps sleep-time, thinking of all those rocks in the way. Think of Him. Think of Him! You may find your path suddenly smoothed.

Left school at 1 today. Plan was to head off to Haagen Daz to do some marking of compositions but the balmy hilltop with the swaying of the palm trees beckoned me. I made my way to my favourite quiet spot overlooking the pool. Let my hair down, close my eyes and let the breeze have its way with me. I opened my eyes after a few minutes only to laugh at myself. For my mind was a total state of blank during those minutes–a moment of much-needed quiet from myself! No thoughts speeding through at warp speed vying for my attention. Just letting God’s peace wash over me. It was a moment of inarticulate closeness. No need for words. It was as if the wind carried my thoughts away into heaven. Aahhhh… heaven… 

This excerpt is dedicated especially to Jo, Angela, Wen, Min, Hwee Peck, Sharine & Ian.

"This stream of counselling… flows through His people as well. We need others–we need them deeply. The fact is, we are usually too close to our lives to see what’s going on. Because it’s our story we’re trying to understand, we sometimes don’t know what’s true or false, what’s real and imagined. We can’t see the forest for the trees. It often takes the eyes of someone to whom we can tell our story, bare our souls. The more dire our straits, the more difficult it can be to hear directly from God."