2008

Right...
Let's get down to this..

The past year has been a very... intriguing one..
If we get past all the nonsense that I had to go through...

The Lord has been faithful.
In the times that i obeyed, the Lord revealed that there is a reason for His will.
This will be my motivation for the coming year, that I will believe in the joy that will come from obedience..

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He who goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

-Psalms 126:5-6

My friends have been amazing.
I honestly cannot believe the number of times I have been blessed by the people around me.. I really don't understand this friendship thing.. We have varying degrees of friendships.. Some friends you say hi to only because you saw them coming round the corner, and you can't get away in time... Some friends you smile at once a week cause after the worship some genius has to tell you to go and shake the hands of 5 people before you sit down... Some friends you call when you need help with homework... Some friends are only there for tennis or DOTA...

And yet, this very intriguing system and compartmentalisation of friendships has been slowly moulded into a less rigid system.. The Lord has been revealing that friends are not just grouped into this category labelled 'friends', like parking aunties.. To us we don't really see the parking auntie as an individual, just as a role.. And increasingly this friend thing is more and more an individual person thing.. Its more than how deep you are into this friend role thing. Its a totally different mind boggling puzzle when there is a different person involved each time you interact.

Anyhow, I'm proud to have friends such as you guys.. And how deep this friendship is not really as measurable as I once thought it was..

Thank you ALL for your acceptance, and your time and your wise advice over the year.. Thank you all for talking to me, for listening to me and for thinking (hard) with me in the many things we've all had to go through.. Whether its things in school, things in church or just thingies, those things made up my year, and thank you all..

In writing the above i officially declare here that I feel like a socially retarded person because these are things that young children should have seen in growing up, and not when they are 22.. But better late than never, and we will press on in our growth.

Never give in.