Thanksgiving
I know, the title of this entry sounds way too late, as in the American tradition of Thanksgiving took place a few weeks ago. Here in the li'l red dot of an island I call home, Thanksgiving is not a holiday that is celebrated.
Anyway, this entry had more to do with giving thanks to God. 2 - 3 weeks ago, I was prompted to undertake a fast, as I hungered for a spiritual breakthrough among the boys I was teaching in Sunday school. One of them, J, is no longer 'averse' about going for Encounter - a church camp conducted over the course of the weekend for believers to be ingrained with the word of God and to experience Him. Meanwhile, I had also prayed while fasting that L will get into Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) for the Gifted Education Programme (GEP). Previously I had prayed that he'd be able to get into the GEP. This time around, it was to pray he'd land a place in ACS. I was convicted that God would answer my prayers. But when I heard L got posted to another school with the GEP programme instead, I was disappointed but thought perhaps He has better plans.
Then last week, L's mom rang me in the middle of the day while I was in the office. L told me himself that he had managed to succeed in his appeal to ACS. Praise God!!! I was ecstatic and totally elated for him.
On another note, this week had been a struggle......work wise. Struggling to submit to a manager whom I was reporting to. Why? She had seemed supportive of my request to switch portfolio at work, but yet she is not releasing me to the new portfolio. Her reason? My replacement has yet to report for work. I was disappointed with her, and things got to a head when she swept into the office on Thursday and called for a team meeting (with my ex-team) and told us off. I felt the things she said were uncalled for, and really felt so pissed off with her that I made it clear and obvious to her. Somehow I realise I have lost all respect for her. In my fury, I even wanted to go talk to HR about it. But I resisted, and decided that I can choose to be professional about it although I have lost all respect for her. God placed people above us for a reason, and I know there is a lesson to be learnt in this trial.
Hanging in there, and trying to be edifying in my actions and thoughts...
Anyway, this entry had more to do with giving thanks to God. 2 - 3 weeks ago, I was prompted to undertake a fast, as I hungered for a spiritual breakthrough among the boys I was teaching in Sunday school. One of them, J, is no longer 'averse' about going for Encounter - a church camp conducted over the course of the weekend for believers to be ingrained with the word of God and to experience Him. Meanwhile, I had also prayed while fasting that L will get into Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) for the Gifted Education Programme (GEP). Previously I had prayed that he'd be able to get into the GEP. This time around, it was to pray he'd land a place in ACS. I was convicted that God would answer my prayers. But when I heard L got posted to another school with the GEP programme instead, I was disappointed but thought perhaps He has better plans.
Then last week, L's mom rang me in the middle of the day while I was in the office. L told me himself that he had managed to succeed in his appeal to ACS. Praise God!!! I was ecstatic and totally elated for him.
On another note, this week had been a struggle......work wise. Struggling to submit to a manager whom I was reporting to. Why? She had seemed supportive of my request to switch portfolio at work, but yet she is not releasing me to the new portfolio. Her reason? My replacement has yet to report for work. I was disappointed with her, and things got to a head when she swept into the office on Thursday and called for a team meeting (with my ex-team) and told us off. I felt the things she said were uncalled for, and really felt so pissed off with her that I made it clear and obvious to her. Somehow I realise I have lost all respect for her. In my fury, I even wanted to go talk to HR about it. But I resisted, and decided that I can choose to be professional about it although I have lost all respect for her. God placed people above us for a reason, and I know there is a lesson to be learnt in this trial.
Hanging in there, and trying to be edifying in my actions and thoughts...
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