Sunday, April 03, 2011
finding rest in random bus rides!
heya loggers, haven't been posting here in ages cuz i've been doing so at my personal blog -> 500daysofbummer.tumblr.com (shameless plug i know :D hahaha)
anyway, since jes has made a rallying cry for our experiences of session today to be posted i shall oblige!
most of you should know that i took 317 to sgn int (topped up my ezlink card + bought bubble tea there) and back to church. haha weird/time wasting-ish but i guess that's my form of rest amidst all the noise. i love bus rides where i can just retreat into my own personal space while sitting down despite all the noise and hustle that goes by, and just watch everything go by.
so yes, with that mentality i set off for a peaceful, uninterrupted bus ride to sgn int. but lo and behold, our God (a very funny one) allowed me to bump into shawn yeo (for those who don't know him he's a dude who was from yv, he's studying in aus now and was back for a short while) at the bus stop. i guess i didn't really wanna talk to him because i wanted my own personal time, but he invited me over to sit with him on the bus anyway. was a little reluctant at first, but i'm glad i did. had a wonderful chat about what he studies in aus (restaurant management, which he loves. sounds damn interesting, he was telling me about molecular gastronomy where they use liquid nitrogen to freeze foods and use agar agar to make soup into noodles o_O)
and i guess that was the highlight of my experience today. as much as i didn't feel like talking to him initially, i rmbed what i wrote in response to ricer's question - that i wanted to be free to love, and that meant dying to my own desire of having a quiet bus ride and instead going to talk to a brother in Christ who has been away for a long time. i guess many times i shy away from such social settings, wanting to preserve my own solitude and quiet space, but God reminded today that it is possible to experience Him even in the noise that surrounds us. despite me not having a solo bus ride to myself, i was given the opportunity to love my brother, just by allowing him to share his dreams, hopes and passions for that 20 minutes. and that brings me to a bigger reminder, that we are called to "go and make disciples of all men" (probably not the exact words :/), and not retreat to our own holes to seek God for ourselves. today was a reminder of our first call - to love others as He first loved us, and not just to love oursevles. and in this context i daresay my "noisy" trip there was one that was more loving than my silent solo trip back to church!
so yup, that's about it for my experience in living my life as a prayer, by being aware of God's presence during my rest time amidst the noise! now its your turn to share!
Soo
finding rest in random bus rides!
heya loggers, haven't been posting here in ages cuz i've been doing so at my personal blog -> 500daysofbummer.tumblr.com (shameless plug i know :D hahaha)
anyway, since jes has made a rallying cry for our experiences of session today to be posted i shall oblige!
most of you should know that i took 317 to sgn int (topped up my ezlink card + bought bubble tea there) and back to church. haha weird/time wasting-ish but i guess that's my form of rest amidst all the noise. i love bus rides where i can just retreat into my own personal space while sitting down despite all the noise and hustle that goes by, and just watch everything go by.
so yes, with that mentality i set off for a peaceful, uninterrupted bus ride to sgn int. but lo and behold, our God (a very funny one) allowed me to bump into shawn yeo (for those who don't know him he's a dude who was from yv, he's studying in aus now and was back for a short while) at the bus stop. i guess i didn't really wanna talk to him because i wanted my own personal time, but he invited me over to sit with him on the bus anyway. was a little reluctant at first, but i'm glad i did. had a wonderful chat about what he studies in aus (restaurant management, which he loves. sounds damn interesting, he was telling me about molecular gastronomy where they use liquid nitrogen to freeze foods and use agar agar to make soup into noodles o_O)
and i guess that was the highlight of my experience today. as much as i didn't feel like talking to him initially, i rmbed what i wrote in response to ricer's question - that i wanted to be free to love, and that meant dying to my own desire of having a quiet bus ride and instead going to talk to a brother in Christ who has been away for a long time. i guess many times i shy away from such social settings, wanting to preserve my own solitude and quiet space, but God reminded today that it is possible to experience Him even in the noise that surrounds us. despite me not having a solo bus ride to myself, i was given the opportunity to love my brother, just by allowing him to share his dreams, hopes and passions for that 20 minutes. and that brings me to a bigger reminder, that we are called to "go and make disciples of all men" (probably not the exact words :/), and not retreat to our own holes to seek God for ourselves. today was a reminder of our first call - to love others as He first loved us, and not just to love oursevles. and in this context i daresay my "noisy" trip there was one that was more loving than my silent solo trip back to church!
so yup, that's about it for my experience in living my life as a prayer, by being aware of God's presence during my rest time amidst the noise! now its your turn to share!
Soo