Saturday, October 14, 2006 ·

2 weeks without blogging. I'm alive and well, praise God for that. I've just been really busy these weeks. Almost everyday now is packed with activities, be it work, practices, church or cell group. It almost feels weird to be sitting here at the computer on a saturday evening.

I really thank God for sustaining me through this two weeks. Sometimes you don't realise how blessed you are till you really sit down and think back. Being out of the house from 7 in the morning to 10 or 11 at night isn't something I think I'd be able to do in my own strength. I felt symptoms of the flu coming on before the last weekend. But praise God, through claiming His Word and drawing strength from Him, I was able to recover in 3 days. For those who are raising eyebrows and questioning what the significance is, the fact is that I'd usually take a week or more to recover.

Thinking about it, I have come to realise that our lifestyle has a lot to do with our general health. I've been brought up in a society where, in order to take a rest or to avoid something we don't like doing, I have to declare myself sick (aka. see the doctor to obtain an MC). Be it in primary, secondary or tertiary level, army or work, I had never once looked forward to it the way I look forward to school(Rhema) now. NEVER. In fact, I often dreaded going to school as a child. Thank God for positive changes!

Thank God for battles won! Thank You that the only battle we fight are those with ourselves. And even with those battles, we are the favourites to win. The odds are for us because He is for us. I'm positioning myself in the victor's podium.

And he said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the LORD to you: 'Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel.
You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is with you."

| 2 Chronicles 20:15-20 |

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