Monthly Archives: August 2006

i thought i’d get one more post into August before its out. HAHA.

So here are some things i wanted to share with you but haven’t really taken time to (well, apart from people i actually talk with one-on-one that is)…

1. MAJORLY PACKED month i’ve had. majorly. i’ve never had to be so organised as i’ve been during this period. but i really love it i think- purposeful, abundant, fruitful- love it!

2. i had a major accident. my first ever. my most scarily scarring car experience so far. long story short… tiredness should never be underestimated. there’s only one thing i have to say….thank you Jesus i didn’t hurt anyone.

anyway, so my car got pretty banged-up. but we’ve gotten a look @ it and we’ve decided to fix it. so, guess what guys…my little red festiva lives on!!…

3. pulled a roadtrip up with James, Rick & Daniel back to Melbourne…but we never took photos, coz the boys couldn’t be bothered and i didn’t bring my camera batt charger. ARGGGH. but it was a good trip nonetheless, Rick’s a gun…he drove all the way up through the sunday night AFTER church.

4. I totally loved catching up with you all down in melbs (some photos-> Carissa and Sue-Lee). i’ve missed each one of you dearly, and as i hung at various places with you-food court, cafes, strolling through malls, dmcs in cars, op-shopping, bismi-ing (notice how Bismi’s a label of its own hehe)- i honestly felt like we never missed a beat of one another’s lives…in fact, i felt like we had so much more to share because of the richness of what we’ve been going through apart from one another.

…ahh the beauty of our human souls…

though i’ve missed out on the joy of that most beautiful day, i hope that you both know how much i’m celebrating with you- not just that you’re beginning your lives in marriage, but also in rememberance of God’s faithfulness & the journey you’ve both taken to this point.

ES.

your friendship has truly been a blessing- looking back sec sch days, and the early years of CNL and icq-ing…and all the trials that came with it…and how much you’ve really rooted down in God, and allowed him to build your life on Him. You’ve become such a rock and stability to those around you.

you’ve really stepped out in faith over these past few years, and in so doing pushed yourself further into God- trusting, believing, holding on and perservering. These are traits in your character that could never have been built except that you had stayed on that altar. and for that, i thank you; for standing up in your generation to be counted, for not being one of those guys who roam around with no anchor in their hearts. for all the flack that everyone’s ever given you for it, i know that God’s made you unique and there’s much that you offer to this world that only you could ever give.

fear not. for the wisdom that you need for your family, God desires to give more than you desire to have it. :)

SUE.

i love you to bits. and i’m sad that we never got to share as much of life as we’d have liked. but i treasure the times we have had- the late chats, the random hangouts, the quirky visits (like to that exhibition on the human body!), the stayovers, the long phone conversations, the advice given, the tears cried and laughs shared, car rides.

I miss you. really.

And i honor you, for daring to take on seeming impossible things, for allowing the Lover of our souls to woo you and show you your true beauty. There is still so much in your life and heart that is waiting to be drawn upon by others, and i see you like a deep well and people are going to throw in and draw from what God’s been doing in your life.

Continue to be courageous! Speak boldly what He has placed on your heart, and may your eyes be ever open to seeing Him, your heart ever soft to break with what God’s heart breaks for, and your ears ever inclined to His voice.

Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.

you’re so beautiful sue…more than dresses, funky jewellery and hairstyles could ever portray…your value, far above rubies and pearls.

so here’s to you both…may your marriage be a home for many broken souls, may Christ be the cornerstone of your family. May He bless everything that you both walk in agreement with, and bless you with children…and generations from the fruit of your marriage…who will know their God and make Him known.

love you muchly…Joh.