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It's been my first semester, and what a semester it has been.
I thank God for bringing me through it all—He has certainly moulded me in plenty of ways, and I have surely seen myself grow in this short span of 4 months.
I shall list my thanksgivings and learnings here, very quickly...
I thank God that the academic learnings have instead taught me a lot of meta-lessons. I have certainly learnt from my classes on a theological front, but the me within that is being shaped by the learnings... Wow. From balancing knowing about God and knowing God, and learning to be disciplined not with my own strength but with His, to being reminded to rest in Him and also to focus on the process rather than the grade... A lot of ugliness within me surfaced and I had to catch them as quickly as they came (some I failed and realised only on hindsight)... This moulding is the most crucial and I am keen to remain pliable and become a clean vessel/vassal for His glory! The community of Christ has also surely displayed a lot of grace to this young seminary student who's still learning to be less brash and flighty. The lecturers have also been wonderfully brilliant and their effort to provide pastoral care whenever they can is definitely much needed—I thank God for it all.
I thank God for surrounding me with the most amazing people. Within the first two weeks of school a ladies' prayer group had been formed, and I thank God for adding to our number—S大姐 the gyroscope who always gives me a grounded and steady perspective when I feel overwhelmed; B my fellow soldier-in-love (ha ha) who has shown me so much love and taught me a lot of surprising lessons in more ways than one; M who has been the most thoughtful, nutty and punsome sister who doesn't dare to let her hair down with me, and there's L, HN, HC, G, and our latest additions of GV and EC (whom we go crazy together)... I believe A will be joining us reeeeally soon :D
Then there's the Thursday basketballers! The Tuesday group became way too huge, and imagine my joy when I found the smaller, half-court Thursday bunch—third-year schoolmates whom I have since developed much fondness for. It is always side-splitting, weight-losing, de-stressing (injury-scaring) playing with them, and I am ever so thankful that they have made school just a little more precious (and crazy) for me. :) They each have a special place in my heart and I will definitely treasure this short time spent with them before they graduate.
And for the random individuals whom I have formed some nice friendships with—E, a very tall sister from China who's become very dear to me, S2 from the Philippines who always looks out for me and at the same time I've possibly become her favourite object of tease, S1 the metro-world-citizen who brings out the worst in me (probably intentionally mutual) yet on better days always helpful and obliging, P who's always encouraging and has become a confidante-advisor of sorts, W whose candor and non-sequitur sequitur ways is always brow-wipingly refreshing... I savvy.
Thank You, Lord, for putting all these wonderful people into my life. I pray that you will use me to be a blessing to them as much as they have been a blessing to me. Amen!
I thank God for bringing me through it all—He has certainly moulded me in plenty of ways, and I have surely seen myself grow in this short span of 4 months.
I shall list my thanksgivings and learnings here, very quickly...
I thank God that the academic learnings have instead taught me a lot of meta-lessons. I have certainly learnt from my classes on a theological front, but the me within that is being shaped by the learnings... Wow. From balancing knowing about God and knowing God, and learning to be disciplined not with my own strength but with His, to being reminded to rest in Him and also to focus on the process rather than the grade... A lot of ugliness within me surfaced and I had to catch them as quickly as they came (some I failed and realised only on hindsight)... This moulding is the most crucial and I am keen to remain pliable and become a clean vessel/vassal for His glory! The community of Christ has also surely displayed a lot of grace to this young seminary student who's still learning to be less brash and flighty. The lecturers have also been wonderfully brilliant and their effort to provide pastoral care whenever they can is definitely much needed—I thank God for it all.
I thank God for surrounding me with the most amazing people. Within the first two weeks of school a ladies' prayer group had been formed, and I thank God for adding to our number—S大姐 the gyroscope who always gives me a grounded and steady perspective when I feel overwhelmed; B my fellow soldier-in-love (ha ha) who has shown me so much love and taught me a lot of surprising lessons in more ways than one; M who has been the most thoughtful, nutty and punsome sister who doesn't dare to let her hair down with me, and there's L, HN, HC, G, and our latest additions of GV and EC (whom we go crazy together)... I believe A will be joining us reeeeally soon :D
Then there's the Thursday basketballers! The Tuesday group became way too huge, and imagine my joy when I found the smaller, half-court Thursday bunch—third-year schoolmates whom I have since developed much fondness for. It is always side-splitting, weight-losing, de-stressing (injury-scaring) playing with them, and I am ever so thankful that they have made school just a little more precious (and crazy) for me. :) They each have a special place in my heart and I will definitely treasure this short time spent with them before they graduate.
And for the random individuals whom I have formed some nice friendships with—E, a very tall sister from China who's become very dear to me, S2 from the Philippines who always looks out for me and at the same time I've possibly become her favourite object of tease, S1 the metro-world-citizen who brings out the worst in me (probably intentionally mutual) yet on better days always helpful and obliging, P who's always encouraging and has become a confidante-advisor of sorts, W whose candor and non-sequitur sequitur ways is always brow-wipingly refreshing... I savvy.
Thank You, Lord, for putting all these wonderful people into my life. I pray that you will use me to be a blessing to them as much as they have been a blessing to me. Amen!
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