I now find it a struggle to open the Bible and read the Word of God. The main reason is that knowing this is indeed the Word of God, the task of wrestling with the scripture, constantly asking for the enlightening from the Holy Spirit, and trying to figure out its deepest meaning to my life are quite challenging. But I know it's good, and I need it desperately, but often the lazy side of me just doesn't want to tackle this challenge. "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer."
Didn't do much in the morning except the usual RRRR. Purposely avoided checking email since last night because I was kind of afraid of what I might be reading. After reluctantly finished the day's devotion, I finally got to it. There, I finally found closure from Francis (and I still don't know how, but that was the feeling that I had). Also, I found out that because I ranked 6th among Canadian contestantas in the wpc qualifier, there is a good possibility that I may be able to go to Bulgaria this October for the World Puzzle Championship. Fellowship was ok, not so good because I still don't how to approach Francis in person, but good in the prayer meeting in a sense that Chen Jie and I shared a bit of our personal struggles, and I may have made a new close friend there. Dinner was ok, finally went to Swiss Chalet...heh. After dinner, I was tired, but went to Dooly's with Ed and Li Zhen anyway. This would be my guilty pleasure, since I still got a ton of work to do... We played darts (which I never played before), but somehow I won 5 games versus 3 games each that they won...so that's kind of shocking. Sadly, at the end of it, I find myself still shying away from any possible public display of masculinity...heh. Anyway, it's been an interesting and joyful day, if not suspenseful. Thank you, Lord, for the abundance of blessings today.
I'm grateful to God for...
Didn't do much in the morning except the usual RRRR. Purposely avoided checking email since last night because I was kind of afraid of what I might be reading. After reluctantly finished the day's devotion, I finally got to it. There, I finally found closure from Francis (and I still don't know how, but that was the feeling that I had). Also, I found out that because I ranked 6th among Canadian contestantas in the wpc qualifier, there is a good possibility that I may be able to go to Bulgaria this October for the World Puzzle Championship. Fellowship was ok, not so good because I still don't how to approach Francis in person, but good in the prayer meeting in a sense that Chen Jie and I shared a bit of our personal struggles, and I may have made a new close friend there. Dinner was ok, finally went to Swiss Chalet...heh. After dinner, I was tired, but went to Dooly's with Ed and Li Zhen anyway. This would be my guilty pleasure, since I still got a ton of work to do... We played darts (which I never played before), but somehow I won 5 games versus 3 games each that they won...so that's kind of shocking. Sadly, at the end of it, I find myself still shying away from any possible public display of masculinity...heh. Anyway, it's been an interesting and joyful day, if not suspenseful. Thank you, Lord, for the abundance of blessings today.
I'm grateful to God for...
- somehow bringing Li Zhen to the mccf praise and worship night back in March...I never knew how Tony's testimony helped him and Penny so much;
- preparing my heart to face today's challenges;
- the sense of relief in receiving Samuel's email;
- finally releasing me from holding a grudge against Francis; and
- possibly getting closer to Chen Jie.
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