Small Blessings

Count your blessings, name them one by one, count your blessings see what God has done..Count your blessings, name them by the score, count your many blessings, there'll be many more! the words of the old hymn ring true for me today..and i see why this should be one of my father's favourite hymns..

its been a blessing today to meet some old friends whom i've not met for some time and how the sharing can be a blessing and encouragement for all parties..take my friend R for instance..last saw her 3 years ago when she was still doing a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Social Work at the National University of Singapore..she's grown and changed a lot since those days and i find that today i can have a discussion about the Bible and our respective churches that i couldnt have a few years back because our positions and opinions were often diametrically opposed..of course it was i who needed to mature and not her..she was telling me about her issues with her boyfriend who's still quite a young christian and it was a helpful discussion..she reminded me again about what the Bible actually says about relationships and our priorities in this life..

then over dinner i met 3 of my ex-classmates from St Andrews School..since we started meeting regularly again last year whenever i'm back home they've been a great source of encouragement and a pool of Christian wisdom..one of them will be leaving soon to do mission in (of all places) Japan for a year with OMF..another friend was talking about how his church was asking him to consider full time ministry with youths for a year or 2..sort of like MTS..we've all grown up so much from those noisy,rowdy and girl-crazy boys in SAS when we were 14 and 15..next year it would be the 10 year reunion for the class..i wonder how each of us turned out..and how many people will be going into full time ministry from our batch..whenever i think i must be some kinda weirdo talking about christianity and ministry so much..i look at these ex-classmates and am both challenged and encouraged

and today i heard again the desire for effective sharing and bible study amongst university graduates..i heard once again a university grad looking for a bible study that is able to engage with the issues the person is facing at this stage in life..as i meet Michael tomorrow for one to one bible study, i think we should pray about this..