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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
chanced upon this song called 'oceans will part' that my god sister posted as i was blog-surfing and got overwhelmed.
If my heart has grown cold, there Your love will unfold. As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand. When i'm blind to my way, there Your Spirit will pray. As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand, as You open my eyes to the work of Your hand.
Oceans will part, nations come
At the whisper of Your call
Hope will rise, glory shown
In my life, Your will be done
Present suffering may pass. Lord, Your mercy will last. As You open my eyes to the work of Your hands. And my heart will find praise, I'll delight in Your way. As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand, as You open my eyes to the work of Your hand.
Jesus, open my eyes to the work of Your hand.
beautiful, isn't it? reminds me of how awesome God truly is :) it speaks of how God will always be there when hope is lost, or when i'm blind to my ways. that one day, God will reveal his plan for me when my present suffering has passed.. and then, is when my heart will find praise. you know, from a very tender age.. i've strongly believed that God has a plan for me. that everything i experience is not by chance, but by reason. even if it makes me really upset and disappointed, i know deep down God is moulding me.
i was a naughty kid in secondary school. i remember doing so badly in my studies, i dropped from the third class to the last. i was devastated at having to do art instead of A math in secondary 3. at that point in time, i thought my hopes for a bright future were dashed. but two years later on the release of my o' levels results, i realise i wouldn't have done that well if i had chosen to do it my way and insisted on A math over art.. and i thanked God for it.
friends who knew me since i was a kid wouldn't have a problem telling anyone what i aspired to be when i grow up.. a ballerina, a professional one in fact. since seven, that was my sole ambition for the next ten years! haha. but when i was seventeen, while juggling my diploma and having intense dance rehearsals for a christmas event, i realised why God put the spirit of dance in me. it wasn't for a career, it was for His ministry. before, dance would be something that is not widely accepted in church and not considered a ministry. but now, as the society opens up.. it is! anyway, thousands of years ago in the bible, singing and dancing was how people praised God!
doing a diploma in hospitality and tourism management has never crossed my mind and was definitely not something i've always wanted to do.. it wasn't even a booming, highly sought-after industry then. i'm more or less a happy-go-lucky person who wants to do what she likes. haha! i don't think too much, and i never had plans. but somehow, it was the hand of God that led me to the course.. cos everything went so smoothly, i didn't even know it was a difficult course to get into! so gradually, my ideal career evolved into doing marketing within the tourism industry. that's how i found my niche! :)
God is unfolding His plan for me.. slowly, but surely. it's been so all my life! how can i not believe? God is too wonderful for human comprehension and i believe whatever He puts in my life has a purpose. i admit i've muddled through my life in an unconscious state.. blur and ignorant to most of the things happening around me. haha, but i feel i didn't turn out too bad! whatever i always derive from what's happening to me currently always turns out different.. even if it takes years, i'll always find out in the end :)
bringing me to his kingdom.
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