yesterday was an eventful day. somehow, i got blessed again and i managed to go home. went for an extremely long jog. i think this would be one of the few last times i would be running in this area... so decided to run a long one. for those who know the places i'm talking about, good for you! if not haha, just imagine with me where i went on this road.

i ran from my house, symphony heights, towards hillview green.
from hillview green towards lam soon
from lam soon towards bukit batok nature reserve
from bukit batok nature reserve towards burgundy hill
from burgundy hill towards highoak (the hill here is horrendous. almost died)
from high oak towards toh yi
from toh yi towards bukit timah market
from bukit timah market towards beauty world
from beauty world towards courts
from courts towards home.

home.

i've been living here for the past 9 years of my life. Blk 33 #01-10 Hume Avenue. i really like this place because its surreal. its convenient and i love the pool alot and of course! the function room!

in this place... only harry has stayed over before. my room is the perfect place to sleep. its dark and cosy. in this place... i've had singer's retreat. i've had choir retreat. my sister celebrated her wedding here. i've made a few friends here.

however in this place, i've made alot of mistakes before. it's not the place, but the person.

God speaks to me alot on my walks home. because my place is so close to nature and i think the sky is alot less polluted by light as well. stars really shine in the darkness here. i still remember vividly on one walk home after some silly movie i watched with harry, the stars just directed me to God, and God in His usual move of perfect timing, played indescribable on my shuffle list.

am gonna miss this place. but move is for the better =)
new house! bigger room! more stay over! more discipleship.

i'm about to change into a choa chu kangger! no longer a bukit timahrian

keke.

anyway, God finally gave me the answer to why i'm exceptionally blessed. its not because He loves me more than any other person(He loves all man the same), God blessed me to remind me that He loves me. i'm actually someone who forgets easily, someone who tends to lose sight of the far goal when circumstances cave in or when i'm overwhelmed by everyday life. God's blesses me to remind me time and again that i'm His child and am loved by Him. He gives me what i need. not what i want.

THANKS GOD!

the Holy Spirit prompted my heart to sing this song yesterday.

i was made to love You
i was made to worship at Your feet
in every circumstance to find a chance to thank You

i was made to praise You
i was made to glorify Your name
and to obey You Lord, i was made for You

this song was ringing in my head for some time today.
actually, its just these 2 lines.

so i'll take off my shoes
and go where You'll lead me.

am reminded constantly by the burning bush incident. whereby God tells moses to take off his shoes because he was standing on Holy Ground.

come to think of it, isn't any ground with God on it, Holy Ground? that's why take off your shoes to go to places where God is leading you. Because leading is from the front, any place that God has been is Holy Ground.

i think shoes in my context would be the many forms of protection i have for myself. like, my precautions, my doubts. shoes to protect myself from failure, from getting hurt. yea. take of my shoes to go where God leads me.