Friday, March 30, 2007

Thanksgiving

Once in a while, I like to take stock of the blessings I received from God. Many things to thank God for.

1) His provisions which allowed me to go on a trip to Sydney. Thank God for the savings I managed to save that made this trip possible.

2) A resttful, relaxing and heartwarming time in Sydney. Thankful for a very enjoyable and fruitful trip with my travel companion. (Both of us managed to rest well and be refreshed through this trip. We survived our first long trip having discovered that we travelled very well together and we could do this again.) Thankful for the great time with our host. Thankful for their love and friendship. Thankful for God's goodness in all three of them. Thankful for the generous hospitality showered by them (I am always full of respect and admiration towards people who can be such hospitable hosts because it's an area of struggle for me).

3) Few moments of quiet time with God during the Sydney trip. I have not been doing my quiet time with God much. Lately, I have forgotten to pause and talk to God. During the trip, I was thankful that I managed to pause and bask in His presence. Few moments of quiet time: when my host's child ( a little beautiful girl) and I took a stroll along the beach; when we were playing with the waves; when I was alone in the loft looking out of the window; when my travel companion and I were at Blue mountain....

4) Affirmation and recognition of good work at the workplace - appointed as the academic manager; got my performance bonus; given the Asian Nursing Scholars consultancy project; given the Ministry of Foreign Affairs consultancy job in Cambodia.

5) Found a very good dog hotel for Rusty when I went away. Thankful that the dog hotel owner handled Rusty very well. Rusty obeyed him and grew attached to him. Rusty could walk off leash in the nearby park and ran back to the dog hotel on his own. I was so happy when I heard the dog hotel owner tell me that I really wanted to cry. Rusty also got to play with other dogs when he stayed there.

6) My loving parents, sister, brother and sister-in-law. Have been having great family time with them lately. I thank God for every one of them.

7) Still extremely thankful for this roof that I could call my own. Thankful for the beautiful times spent at home.
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2 comments:

shih yun said...

hi yiling
so happy to read yr contribution!
we have to catch up soon!!!
:)

love u


sy

March 30, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Novi said...

Hi Yiling!
Nice to see a contribution from you. It's good to know how God has blessed you so abundantly.

March 30, 2007 at 6:05 PM

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