24.08.2008

It's been sometime since I blogged and maybe I am too lazy or there is nothing or too many things to blog about... Its been a roller coaster weeks and I can officially declare that I am REALLY stepping into adulthood. Haha, weird huh? But this doesn't mean that the old "crazy and funny" Geraldine is gone cos this is still part of my character. hehe! ;) What I meant is that it is time for me to get more mature in certain areas of my life; no more a junior in my company, the need to get more and more serious with my work so that my boss will not need to handhold me;a leader who can lead my sheep well in terms of balancing the way I relate to them when I joke and get serious with(haha this sounds scary ah?? have you met a serious Geraldine before?? lol!) I had a few chances to work with some teens/youth in church and I was even approached to mentor one of the youth! I was joking with Mel that it might be a stepping stone for me to join the youth ministry in the near future... It is quite interesting to work with them but maybe it is because I tend to show that I am a "chin chai" person that they almost climb over my head so therefore I want to be firm when need be. I am also going into another phase of adulthood dealing with stuff like finance, relationship and even for my future... I am starting to get a better understanding of what are the different type of insurance, savings plan and even investment which I feel that that needs proper planning and thinking. It is no longer a "depend" on mummy to decide. I have to make certain important decision in my life now! All these things seem to be very overwhelming and one cannot lean on his own understanding and strength. This is when we need God to come in to guide us... However, I feel that we cannot just speak without action. We also need to spend enough time with God reading His word so that we are able to know Him personally and to be the "Jesus" first christian. Nowadays, whenever situation happen, I will ask myself this qns "If Jesus was here, what will he do?" This makes me have a better understanding of the problem that I am facing and I am able to appease my anger and change my assumption... Even though there's a lot of ups and downs in life, I want to thank God for every single thing that He has blessed me. Those are things that I do not want to take granted of and why make life so miserable when we have a BIG God? Instead of telling others how big your problem is, why not tell others how BIG our God is? Like what today's sermon had said, let's continue to have the fighting spirit and the perseverance while training under pressure! AMEN!