I've got a class presentation due next week... and I haven't really prepared for it yet. I'm leaving it to the later half of the week because I have got other stuff to do.
Have been playing the piano quite a bit in the past few days (come to think of it, the motivation for it has returned after a break) - chapel-related as well as chapel-unrelated. One day, I played till there were blisters on the tips of my fingers - and usually I never get them. I've not experienced this kind of "after-effect" for quite some time already. Can't remember the last time I did. Not the nicest sensation of course - but my spirit felt really lifted up. I did have fun... enjoyed the challenges too. It is during such times God's presence is the most tangible to me. I knew He was there... cheering me on as a father would at his son's baseball game; inspiring me through His Holy Spirit; laughing with me at the sound of "good music" as well as that of the many "wrong" or rather out-of-box notes; encouraging me to try new things; helping me to coordinate my hands; etc. I felt His love... the security of a child in her Father's presence... the eagerness to push beyond my usual limitations, explore the boundaries of form and style, try new things, be creative, etc... because I knew that if I fell, He would somehow catch me. It was work and yet play. Play and yet a spiritual discipline in many ways. Spiritual discipline and ultimately worship.
Perhaps the next to return would be my song-writing kick. If God wills. Apart from Him, I can do nothing ~ but it's really fine with me.... coz then, I am less likely to get conceited! :)
Had dinner with Rachel this evening. Poor zombified little lamb. I felt
Hehe. Love you, Rach.
Studying the Book of Philippians for the second time since Dr. Lawson's class. Since it's a personal study this time, it has been even more impacting. God's Word is indeed alive and exciting.
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Two beautiful ladies! :)
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