the year ahead

now that the festive period is over and i'm about to fly back to york, it's timely to take a step back and reflect on what God has done in my life, as well as look forward to the year ahead.

you could object that dividing life into different chapters goes against the idea that life is not about drawing lines, but that just draws the line between drawing lines and not drawing lines. besides, God acts from eternity and is not bound by time or space.

already in the few weeks i've been back in singapore God has been leading me through church, conversations with others and my own quiet time/self-study, but He has been doing so from eternity (and for the purposes of this essay entry i shall briefly revisit the past two years).

out of the wilderness

2006 was the year i got baptised. it was the year God led me out of the wilderness, mentally (ord loh!) and spiritually. i can't help but think that things would have been very different if i had disrupted to study overseas in 2005 or even 2006 - not necessarily better or worse, just different. not that i had the chance to disrupt.

rehab, renew, restart

2007 was the year i turned 21. it was the year God led me on a transformation journey as i travelled in and out of physical and emotional prisons. it was the year i grew older and wiser, in the grace and knowledge of Christ. not that the process ever comes to an end.

here we go

in many ways, the next couple of months will be more significant than my first term at york. i'm going to be busier, have more commitments and be away from home for a much longer period of time. but 2008 promises to be an exciting year ahead.

the best is yet to be!