What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger.

i know i know.. it's been way too long since i last logged in. tonight, i really am feeling blessed so i thought i could maybe let the feelings inside me be put to words, and hopefully it can lift your (YES...YOU) spirit up too.

Today is the day that i submitted in my Literature Review (which i stayed up til 5am last night/this morning to finish). also, it is the day that my church in melbourne turned 5! it's still very young i know... we only have about a hundred people in the congregation. it's little but warm. (= i've been in this church for 3 years plus now, since back when i was doing my Trinity Foundation Studies. *reminiscing those days* and i can say that since then til now, i've grown! (well, not in terms of size, duh) in terms of maturity, personality, character. i've learnt many things that i thought was right at the beginning, but was actually wrong. i now began to learn how to divert my focus and attention to God first, above all other things. i've also learnt to develop relationships with people who i've no whatever connections to (favourite things, school, hometown or whatever, except that we all love God). especially where i come from a conservative background, making friends and treating them the way i treat my family was really hard for me honestly. but one thing that i've learnt through POJ and ko iwan's (pastor of the church) sermon/sharing is that WE ARE MEANT TO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE. NO ONE MAN IS AN ISLAND. IN FACT, WE NEED EACH OTHER TO BE BETTER PERSON. and experiencing the four years here in melbourne, it really has become real in my life. there are friends who laugh and joke with me, and there are some which i thought was horrible, that criticize and forcing me to do things i don't want. but at the end of the day, looking back, i really wanna give my appreciation to those "horrible" people. indeed, they've hurt my feelings. but that actually makes my inner spirit stronger and better altogether. ahhhh...i really feel so much wiser now compared to before. big shoutout of thanks to the special and unique people of POJ, and of course my cell group. LOVE YOU ALL!!! and i believe that this is not a coincidence at all, but i know that i know that i know, that i am in God's plan and He has a wonderful plan ahead for me. and for that, i musn't worry cause He will provide me. i wanna share a bible verse that i recently found that helps me get through the day; Psalm 56:3-4. read it y'all, if you have the time. (=

i thank God for bringing me through those dark stages of my life, cause because of that, i can now proclaim and taste victories in my heart. how very sweet!

alright til here for now, i'm gonna go rest my weary self with a movie. hihi. have a blessed day everyone! (=