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whee. buffet dinner at Teahouse was good. we were missing Don who was busy with this takraw IHG finals but we had such a "full-filling" time! haha. i ate so much lesser than i did the last time i went with the hallmates but still i felt like i was bursting! omg. and everything was good all over again! i wasn't sick of the food even though it's like my second time in a month?headed back to hall for CG which was pretty good. we looked back at last year and reflected upon it. i must say that i grew so much spiritually in just last year even though i've been a Christian for seven years! life exposed me to so many elements, both desirable and undesirable. and with spiritual guidance, i went through it all and i've definitely gained insight on so many more things than i've ever been.
"give to Him, and He'll return it more abundantly." these were the words of Pastor Prince last service.
i realised that one of the greatest returns i've had in the past year is the amount of time i've spent with my family. ever since secondary school, when i was going through the "can-you-just-leave-me-alone" growing up phase, i've drifted away from my family. physically, we were living under the same roof but other than that, no interactions other than "are you coming home for dinner?" and "what time are you coming back?" were made. it didn't help that i am an independent person and i pretty much made most of my life's decisions on my own.
after moving into hall and spending my weekdays there, my Saturdays at tuition and my Sundays at church, the time spent with them decreased even further. well, if there was time to speak about at all. but i guess He saw my situation and He told me to always fork out some time to spend with my family. and i did. it started with the couple of company family days the parents had, at Downtown East and Sentosa. interestingly, we've always gone to such family days when we were much younger but both their companies stopped organising such events for a very long time. and last year, both of them decided to hold such an event all over again! and i'm glad that He miraculously returned me much more than that, allowing us to go out together for a proper dinner now, something that we've never done in years.
i'm thankful for this.
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