It's tough

I have not had a great week. Really.

The only issue that I feel that the Holy Spirit is speaking to me is to humble myself and do whatever is required for the new boss.

When I was on the floor packing, colleagues would say, "wah.. Why so ke lian? You become his personal assistant ah? This kind of thing also ask you to do."

Honestly, I feel a sense that I was being despised and looked down upon. They prob felt that I no longer have my old boss to back me up. So I've been reduced to the lowest level of cleaning his room.

The scripture that kept ringing in my mind was Luke 14:11. "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

And if my God could be accused, spat on, tortured to his death and take it all, then this is really peanuts for me.

The best part is that if my God could then resurrect from the death and save us all, then I know that in the end, im always on the winning side... :)

The guilt trip.

So yesterday was my cousin's wedding. It was a joyous occasion. until a certain relative of mine popped in, and literally everyone started leaving one by one.

Let's just say, people love to judge based on the things they see and heard. I used to be very judgemental, judgemental to the point where only the Holy Spirit could change me. I don't know if i'm still as judgemental, but i am made aware of it by the Holy Spirit and i get very cautious these days whenever i speak about things and others. That's because it is so easy to be judgemental. 

It is so easy to conclude things about people and assume that they should do this and this, instead of that and that... 

But we have not led their lives to be able to ever judge their lives... We have not been through every suffering, every hardship, every heartache, every lesson in their lives.. We don't know where they have been... People are the way they are because of their past experiences, their past hurts etc... Maybe if we only knew what they have been through, we would judge less...

Imagine a colleague is always coming in late and leaving on time. She's always pushing work to you. That's why she is the person you resent most.

But one day, you find out that the reason why she has to leave on time, is because she has to go home to take care of her sickly son everyday. And you also find out that she does not mean to push work to you. She just does more ad-hoc reports which are actually more stressful, that's why she passes you the easier work...

What's the view of her now?

Do we really have a reason to resent her? Nope. 

Is she really the mean person we think she is? Nope. In fact, she is actually just a loving mother and a great colleague...

We always just need to know a bit more about people to realise that we have judged wrongly. ONE FACT changes EVERYTHING. So hold your judgement about everyone... People aren't always who they seem to be.

Just my two cents worth.

In case you are wondering.

Hello, I moved my past blog posts into my old blog account for archival. I will still be praying everyday, but i'll post in that other blog instead.

I think the major thing that God spoke to me this week is "don't run after the person whom God has removed from your life for your protection...". Even though i really do not see it now, but i trust that God knows best.

And i realised this week that i'm not the only one facing changes at work. It's nice to know that i'm not alone in this, and it seems like we are somewhat going through the same seasons at work. There's this sense of comradery and support. :))

We went through the stage of job search where we prayfully sought God. And because we did, we experienced great conquests (Joshua-Jericho) in our lives. Those memorial stones that we can cling on tightly to whenever the going gets tough and we feel like giving up.

About the Youtube channel, i do it cos i LOVE it. I love singing covers. I love radio hits. How i do it could always change... But the vision to reach people through music stays the same.

In the words of Andy Stanley, "MARRY THE VISION AND DATE THE MODEL"