Just attended my first Christian Union meeting today. It was good! Today was a fellowship session since there were a lot of new students. We had dinner prepared by one of the members, and the leader (a guy from Wales who married a Norwegian lady and who works at BI i.e. my school!!) shared about Norway. Haha... quite insightful cos their culture is really quite different (more about that next time) and he was funny too! Fellowship was fun! Managed to try some Norwegian food and learn more about churches here. Its like so many different cultures - Korean, Chinese, Brazilian, British, Norwegian, African - coming together, despite the cultural differences, and just because we are all placed here in Oslo by no coincidence, to have good clean fun and share our lives. I even know the Chinese aren't Christians but just popped by... Its amazing. The love of God. I believe God is there with us and will touch their lives! Yeah... so no bible study or praise and worship today but looking forward to it next week!
Hmmm... other than that, just kinda thoughtful tonight. It feels weird, being away from home (as in Singapore in general), and yea, kinda having fun, or at least more or less being rather relaxed. Well, its not like everything's smooth-sailing. Life's not like that or we will never learn anything. There's the culture shock, the weather, and even among the 3 of us Singaporeans who sometimes seem so united, I believe we are still getting used to each other's living habits and stuff.
The weird part is that I know that many things are still happening back in Singapore. I have very long nights here and it just drives me crazy when I know what my friends are going through or doing, but I cannot do anything except sit here. Stare at a computer screen and eat biscuits. Argh. Sometimes I wish I can just press an "Undo" button or something and get teleported back for a while to talk to a friend, to take something that I forgot to bring, to join an activity......
I so know how you feel and I just want you to be happy... I really do know. Yet I know that even if I'm back, I might not be able to really help you... I'm glad you found your answer in God. Only He can provide true peace and strength. He helped me through my nights and I know He will help you through yours... Let the joy of the Lord be your strength :) And remember that you are where you are for a purpose and a reason - I need to remember that too and stop thinking of going back but just be more useful here (haha).
Through the years, I realised that everyone has his or her own story to tell, his or her own personal problems. Some problems may not seem as significant to others, yea it depends on perspective, but also on how we have been brought up, what we have gone through in our lives. Sometimes we honestly want to help each other, but because of the way we see things, we are just not able to provide the right solution. Of course, friends mostly help to cheer you up, in the best way we know how! But in the end, all things come back to God and only He can provide the best solution and the perfect love and peace our hearts thirst for. If only we open up our lives and our hearts to Him, He will come and restore the order that He originally created. "Seek and you will find, Ask and you will receive." Just thankful that I have Jesus as my Great Friend to walk this road with me.
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