lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Monday, September 04, 2006
-8:43 pm
Michelle!!!!!! You've got to seriously stop slacking and start studying.I haven't done any mugging since the hols started, unless you count PW to be substantial enough for work. I am so so so IRRITATED with myself. I've been mostly sleeping off the accumulated fatigue from the school term to alleviate my sleep deficit over the weekend. I spent the first good half of today watching TV. WATCHING TV. It's all Joel's fault. He's forever either on the computer mapling or on the couch watching TV. And once I join him, that's it- I'll be glued there for at least an hour before I can manage to pry myself away. Funny, before this week, I couldn't remember the last time I watched TV.
Somehow, despite this nagging voice at the back of my head reminding me that promos are less than 3 weeks away, I cannot seem to overcome the horrible inertia that inadvertently paralyses my body whenever I slip into this almost trance-like, semi-conscious mode of zero productivity.
Besides, I have this tantalizing stack of library books that I so want to devour if only I had the time: (Somewhat psycho-feminist) Margaret Atwood, Creme de la Femme- women's humour, and other littish, intellectual pickings to beef up my knowledge for my H3 literature topic. Reading is such a permissible pleasure, but not when you have a billion and one topics to cover for 6 subjects in a grand total of 19 days.
And, I'm getting this HUGE guilt trip from Sara because she and a few others spent the entire day in school today studying. When I called her at 7.30pm, she was just leaving school. !!! So, in my frantic attempt to start studying, I'm going over to Nah's tomorrow,
away from all distractions (I hope). The grand plan states that wednesday and friday will be mug-day in church and thursday will be the day I get owned by an impossible overdose of Econs and Maths back to back.
Ok, don't worry. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Repeat: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Amen!
What a
wonderfully relaxing holiday.
Ack I just remembered! I have dinner with Mrs. Tan tomorrow. Oh dear.
I need a miracle Lord.
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at 9:46 am
blah said...
Haha, I don't have any issues studying or getting away from tv (I don't watch either), but I surely need a miracle to not lose my head in the arbitrary spiraling of my consciousness in dealing with living in Japan. I seriously did not want to leave my room this morning, but that's kinda not an option with all the money I'm shelling out to improve myself.
We indeed can do all things through Christ. It's going to take all that we have also to get to where we need to be in order to reach that promise that God surely has in store for us according to my favorite passage Jer. 29:11-12.
You can do it. Oh, and forgive me if my inclusiveness in your troubles that slightly mirror mine is unsightly to you...That's the last thing I'd want.
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at 9:41 am
Mich. said...
Nah it's ok. I appreciate your comments so don't feel that way. (:
I have been updating myself on your daily affairs and it's really interesting to hear about life in Japan from a foreign student's perspective. (:
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at 1:23 pm
blah said...
I'm glad you don't mind my comments ^^
I also read your comment in one of my entries. I really appreciated it & surely will continue to pursue a conscious practice of those strategies you mentioned. You know as well as I do that it's not so easy when you're always caught up in the things of life, but as long as we remain aware that God is there & in control, meditating on Him does become much easier and commonplace, don't you think?
I'm glad my entries are interesting to you. Though most things may not hold your attention, it's good to know that you're in the area even still ^^