Some thoughts & Preparation for DIY popiah party

Have been thinking about something & even had nightmares about it.. Been bothered for many days and it sort of intensified during these period. I am in the midst of making sense of it, perhaps it is not something that God wants me to make sense now?.... Relying on Him and anchoring my emotions in Him.

These 2 months have been rather stretched period for me.. I can still remember vividly that I even experienced the intensity to such a great extent that's beyond me and the loneliness in fighting the battles was horrible. Thank God that I have Him that He never fail to comfort and strengthen me when I need help and guidance. Man might fail but God never. When I am alone with the many issues to handle, people to counsel, deadlines to meet, projects to handle beyond my limitations & when I needed support the most, He is the One who's been with me and He is in control. Seriously speakly, I am really very tired physically & emotionally in these 2 months but spiritually alive cos of Jesus. Dear Jesus, Thank you. :)

Currently, in the midst of preparation for my department's Popiah Party for tomorrow! It's my 7th time doing catering, with not much publicity and at ad-hoc basis, I think God really blessed me via word of mouth where people approached to taste my dad's and my cooking. This is a mini-project that I have embarked ever since last July to gather feedback on home-cooked food & new recipes before going full fledge into this biz. There's one catering project each month which is quite manageable for me as I am currently working full time, part-time studying and managing different aspect of my life like ministry and family time. When I think about it, I realised that I have grown in multi-tasking skills and capacity to manage stress and more things. God answered my prayer to increase my capacity to love (am stretched during this period to be patient and love despite that it's difficult) & He has added new skill sets so that I can be effective and efficient. I want to live my life with greater effectiveness and efficiency to accomplish more for the Kingdom, to impact and to influence more.

Next week will be a good break for me, on leave for 2 days! Looking forward to this retreat where I can finally plan my year and set specific short-term goals for my long term plan.

Reflection and meditation on Galatians 5

From the recent Unit Meeting where we meditated on Galatians 5, God brought me to deeper insights and spoke to me about what it means to be free in Christ and to live by the Spirit.

Initially when I was reading Gal 5, there were many thoughts and questions in my mind. I was asking God that many times the options available to lead a godly life are limited. So how then can this be freedom? I was quite confused but it becomes clearer as I meditated and related it to my journey with Him.

Freedom to many people is to be able to do whatever we want. I used to have that mindset as well. That is freedom in some sense but usually it end up with disappointments and unfulfilment. Have you ever experience that before?

True freedom in Christ is not what the world thinks and believe as it is coupled with obedience sometimes even sacrifice at the point of submission but the aftertaste of the inner peace, joy and satisfaction as well as assurance from God is the real freedom that truly sets me free from my selfish carnal nature and bondage of sins.

Gal 1:1 "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then and do not let yourselves by burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

Have a taste of what it means to receive freedom in Christ today! :)