With the Holy Spirit

Thursday, December 21, 2006

For the first time in many many days since school ended, I get to stay home. At least for half a day. I'm loving every day, every minute and every second of my holz. And I'm so so happy!!!! Though for the past few days, I've been doing church stuffs and fei-low-ship-ing with my ministry mates, I'd had so much fun (^-^)

I'd gone to the zoo, rode on the motorbike (that was a wee bit scary cuz it was raining, but I insisted on riding it cuz I didn't want to wait until I was old and cranky and when my heart will probably just fail me and I'll get a heart attack. Heh. ), learnt how to fish (that was sooo fun!!! Though it really tests your patience quite a bit); watched Happy Feet (MAMBO!!!!! Haha...that was so cute!), Deja vu (really interesting movie even though it was quite far-fetched), The Nativity (I love it when Mary and Joseph were so sweet and Baby Jesus was born). There's more to come! And I can't wait!

Christmas is coming! "Tis the season to be jolly...fa la la la laaaa lalala laaa!!!!" Haha! As Christmas draws nearer, the excitement gets greater. Yet, as it is, and as we await the coming of our savior Jesus Christ, we musn't lose sight on the true meaning of Christmas-the spirit of giving, and the worshipping of the baby who will become man and will sacrifice himself for us. Cliche as it is, Christmas seems to be the season to be jolly. But for many out there, it is not a very jolly occasion. Disasters happen, floods arise and wash away corpses, people still live in poverty and struggle to have a decent meal, killings occur cuz of civil strife and social unrest...

But even so, as a friend told me in a metaphorical way, "In every sheet of white, there is a spot of black; and in every sheet of black, there is a spot of white".
Behind the joy and facade that the society displays of Christmas that comes with consumerism, the motive and the consequences of it which causes the widening gap between the rich and the poor is the black spot in that sheet of white.On the other hand, there are people there...who seek to find meaning in Christmas-to share the spirit of giving and to spread the love of Christ to all around.
A friend and his family left Singapore yesterday to Africa to help the people who are the poorest of the poor, to spend Christmas and New year there. And another of my dear friend is suppose to come to Singapore on a holiday, but may have to adjourn his plans and leave to spend Christmas helping the victims of the flood.
It touches me...cuz in that sheet of black, there is a spot of white. For hope. For love. For faith. I leave you my thoughts...

-Yours truly ;