Sunday, February 26, 2012

Reflections from the weekend (so far)

[Pulled from Daylilies 2/26/12 and 365+Grateful Project 2/26/12]

Two posts in one day on this blog! This hasn't happened in a while. (Except with 365+ bahaha) But this will be short.


I'm at Starbucks, I was going to write my essay for the two hours between Evelyn's departure and the PDPT meeting ~~ but here I am almost an hour and a half in and I still have not done anything for my essay other than review all my chicken scratch.

Evelyn came to visit this weekend - not really to visit me but for her audition :) But we were able to have lots of fun too! We did the classics - Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market and North End (for cannolis!!!), Russell House for oysters bahaha, and dim sum this morning. I really enjoyed having Evelyn here for the weekend.

Her visit has also taught me a lot. I would say they are reminders, which I suppose they are in some sense, but what is a reminder but a re-learning, and what is a re-learning but a new learning? Everything is old, and everything is new.

I am selfish and prideful. 
I think so much of myself... it is not natural for me to think of others, truly, even though I like to think that it is and that I am a compassionate and loving person... it's not true. At all. Anything that seems that way in my life is the blessing of the Lord as He works in my heart. Evelyn has definitely shown me so much..

God is good. 
He knows all. He works through all. He understands us so well, and yet loves us so deeply... He has been working so powerfully in her life, even though she may not be seeing it yet. Just the same, the words she spoke to me and the ones I even spoke to her struck me in my heart deeply. God is so good. He knows what we need and when.. He knows what we struggle with and why. He knows also when and how we will grow because of these struggles and be delivered from them because He has already planned that path. And He loves us so much that He does not let us go mindlessly about...

God is faithful. 
He doesn't let us go... He doesn't leave us hanging. He fulfills his promises without fail, and He works in our lives sometimes quietly and unnoticed, sometimes less so, but always powerfully. His allowing us to see that is yet another blessing from Him as He guides us in our walks with Him.

There is more.

And there is still more that I have yet to learn. I know there will always be. And I hope that I will never feel that I've learned enough. 

I'm thankful for being able to host Evelyn this weekend. Wow I love the Tsen fam. <3

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  3. yay! I love Tsen family tooo!!!
    coincidence? I think not! =)

    Thank you for this post. It blesses me tremendously.

    "And I hope that I will never feel that I've learned enough."

    Amen and amen.

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  4. <3 :) :) :)
    it's been a while since i've kept up with blogging (and everything else online).
    sanku ma!! for blogging?..! :)
    also, i'm so surprised when i saw your grateful blog. you kept up with it so well!! unlike someone who stopped couple of months ago... hahahahaha.
    makes me wanna blog again too!

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