Posted November 22, 2009 at 8:59am
here is love
this week has been a complete mad rush - tiring and energy draining and sleep depriving - and finally, i am able to sit down on my new couch (that the girls assembled!) and take a breather. it is still pretty empty but i spent the night anyway, drifting in between sleeps and wondering if it was really our house. my living room balcony sort of overlooks a little jungle so it’s hard to open the doors fully because summer’s here and creepy crawlies somehow find their way in.
so i hardly got any sleep last night, but i am not at all complaining because i got to spend an awesome time with a really good friend :)
my flight is at 4ish later so i am leaving in about an hour’s time, and it feels like i’m leaving my life in sydney behind and picking up from where i left off in singapore. also it is my birthday tomorrow but it makes no sense to me anymore; birthdays have just become another day. still i am glad that i will be going to church and seeing wonderful familiar faces (i hope).
Posted November 21, 2009 at 1:43pm
the silence isn’t so bad until i look at my hands and feel sad because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly.
time of our lives.
as my year in sydney comes to a close, i can’t help but praise God at how He’s been growing and changing me over the past year. i see how He’s just worked and moved throughout lives and i praise Him for being so very real to me, not just some days, but every day. every decision i’ve made, every incident that has happened and every little detail just reflects all of God’s amazing glory.
i can’t believe it’s already been two semesters, or ten months, ten whole months since i’ve been here.
today marked my last Sunday at Barneys for 2009. as i look back, i thank Him for His faithfulness - to Barneys, to OCF, even to myself for being able to settle into these wonderful groups of people. today’s service meant so much to me; not just because it was my last for the year, but because it made me realise that i have honestly come to love Barneys for everything it is. and truly, Jesus is in control of all things, and for that i am so so thankful that i just want to prance around and tell everyone about how real and amazing and wonderful He is.
so even as things take place and change occurs over the next few months, i pray that i’ll constantly be thankful, for we’ve been granted access to this peace that comes through Jesus. & i pray that i’ll always be reminded that indeed He is in control of all that is to come, chaos or not.
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on another note, we headed to Glebe for the circus fair today. i had loads of fun! Gilly and i had our little Holga party - though most pictures would prolly turn out very much similar because everytime i took out my Holga to take a photo she’d proceed to follow me to take the same subject, same angle, same everything. hi, i know you’re reading this. it’s cool. ;D
we also shared street food (more like, they bought and i leeched off them), saw heaps of animals, drank slushies (!!), looked at expensive dresses, took lots of photos (film! didn’t bring my 400d out. will develop it when i am back), and walked walked wallked. :) love it.
aaaaand now,
i’m extremely hungry.
Posted November 15, 2009 at 6:03pm
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.
sculpture by the sea, in between bondi & tamarama 2009
Posted November 15, 2009 at 2:47am
Posted November 14, 2009 at 11:47pm
home. 2008.
Posted November 14, 2009 at 8:47pm
