Welcome baby Arnold

It has been 9 months. Our dear son arrived at 11:58pm on 16 Oct 2013, in Mount Alvernia Hospital. He is 3.3kg and 52cm tall. He is so adorable and we are proud parents again. We named him Xie Annuo Arnold. Arnold carries the meaning "Strong like an eagle", while his Chinese name Xie Annuo 谢安诺 means Thanks to the Peace and Promise.

Grace is so excited and she cannot have enough of Arnold being around. She always wants to carry him and kiss him, though we know we have to be careful when she carries baby Arnold. We are always there to support their bonding.

Another God's blessing, Amen!

Challenges

In the first month of 2013, there are a lot of changes and plans in our life. It is such a happening time that we don't have to think what we shall do on weekends or during spare time. There are a lot of things we have not done as a family, or situations we have never encountered, or choices we did not have to make, well they are in our life now.

Day and night, we are thinking how we should deal with them the best way. Please keep us in prayers and may God provide us with wisdom and strength, so we can work towards them harder and better.

It is a time of hard work, full of challenges.... It is just like Autumn the harvest time, if our minds tell us it is tiring then we can only be negative, however, if we are able to see it positively, it will be a fruitful season after all the hard work.

Hold on and work harder, so the challenges turns to opportunities, not to problems. It is so exciting!

2013 - Resolution

It has been days since I wanted to write my resolution for the year 2013. Oh yes, I am back to Blogger and connect it with my Google+, hopefully I can write more in this year. Looking back, the last post was in the beginning of 2010 and that was 3 year ago!

The other day in office, I heard from my top management that they enjoy reading at my Facebook with all the happiness shared. I think it is really encouraging and I am here to watch myself and impact people in a positive way. It motivates me to keep writing.

Okay, here it is, my resolution for the year 2013 is to make a "Simple Living". I forgot how this idea came to my mind but I am really making it a serious decision and will follow through it for the year 2013 or even longer if I see the big value in it which I believe I will. Reflection is always very effective at the end of every year so I did mine and I realized that I have BOUGHT so much stuff which I wanted but I did not need, and the whole process gave me stress, and anxiety at times. I am going to stop this happening. During the Watch Night service in church, Pastor Dominic shared that our identity is not what we do or what we have, our identity is "all of us are son of God". In my opinion, we don't need so many physical things to reach our satisfaction. It does not mean that I am going to buy cheap stuff or live a bitter life. I am going to consume whatever I have and whatever I need (NOT want) to make life more meaningful, in terms of fully use those things to benefit the house and family.

I have my wisdom teeth removed yesterday so I am on MC today resting at home. I cannot talk or eat much but I can write and do my de-cluttering. I went through my clothes and packed a few bags of clothes which I am going to recycle, I may donate or submit to Salvation Army. I will share more about the process in the coming days.

Hope you all have a good 2013 start!

Choice

Everyday, we are making decisions. They can be big, or small ones. Small ones like “Shall I get up now or sleep for another half an hour?”, or big ones like “Which university program I should apply for?”

 

Well, it takes us time and efforts to process the “make-a-decision” thought. Recently, I have few very close friends who are thinking a lot and going to make big decisions in their lives, such as Marriage, Career, or even Belief.

 

Some of them are more long-term oriented and they think about  the impacts in the future. Some of them are more short-term focused and they would rather do anything to get out from the current situation in which they cannot stand any more. Nothing is wrong or right, I believe, as far as one has faith in Him, our Lord.

 

Always, have Faith in Him!

A New Start

From this weekend, our Cell Group is going to use 1 Thessalonians Vol.2 as our group study material.

Same as Vol.1, 6 sessions are included. I have gone through the topics of the booklet, we are going to study and share about Sex, Love, Death and some other heavy topics.

I pray, pray that everyone can learn the Word of God more sincerely, and desires to live for Him. There are struggles to stay on track, we need to take actions to overcome those and grow in His will.

Calm

Things bother me, sometimes. I need to seek for the ways of calming myself down.

Whenever I am in blue, I look at Him and ask Why... Most of the times, I don't get any answers. I am a person who comfort myself a lot, I will tell myself that after few weeks the problems will be behind the days. I believe this is what He gives to me. Yes, He provides.

With this ability, I always find beautiful things around me in life, even sometimes it is just for a moment.

Finding Myself

There are many times I ask myself that what I am here for in the world and whom I wanna be in the future. I don't get any clear answer on these questions. In fact, the more I ask, the more I am confused. Maybe one day I will understand and no more question myself those points. But the day seems quite far from now.

Yes, I am curious. Wanna know what would happen in the future. Prediction does not work all the time and I am still getting worried even though I know things have been planed before I was born.

I guess what I can only do is to keep myself on the right track, and walking towards my goals. At the end, I may not be successful, but I would be having joy whenever I think of the paths on which I have walked on.