2nd Week in NUS

Work starting to come in, tutorials starting next week, project proposals due end of the month... feeling a little lethargic... feeling a little overwhelmed... feeling a little confused... feeling a little tired...

Feeling so caught up in my life, in my struggles, in my circumstances that for some time, I can't seem to see beyond all these...

My accountability group leader told me about this "Befriender" thingy, where we can volunteer to befriend PRC students here, to help them with settling in, etc. Having studied overseas before, I totally know how big a difference having local friends who care about you, can make to an overseas student.... Yet, all I can tell her is "PRC students stressed me too much... they are too smart... I can't take being inferior to them...."

Wah lau... what have I become...

Flipping through this phamplet which I received yesterday in church... some words just caught my eyes...

Blessed to be a blessing...

"It never dawned on me until now, what a privilege it is to be able to study."

Freely you have received, freely give.

"... while we wait and postpone the decision to go, countless people, more precious to the Father than anyone of us can ever imagine, die without knowing the love of the Father and His saving power."

"What was I born here for? That girl in the Smoky Mountain, living in the slums could have been me."

"I am blessed to be a blessing. Why was I, of all people, born in Singapore? So that I can be a blessing."

Let me draw strength from God, to be a blessing to the people around me... Let me not be so concerned about myself that I fail to see beyond my comfort zone... for even Jesus came, not to be served, but to serve as a ransom for many...