so it's goodbye to 23 and hello to 24. and that perhaps, is reason enough for a long overdue post.

what have i accomplished this year? not very much. but some highlights would prob be moving to RHC. getting into a new cell. gaining a great friendship. Trek (oh yeah, definitely). APC trip to china. Europe trip. new job scope (ok that was pretty significant, tho not necessary good). SUPA at the end of this year, but i guess that straddles both isn't it? and SUPA last year.

Turning 24. guess to put things in perspective, i shld count my blessings.

- definitely for the 2 friends who are colleagues, who have been my strongest pillars at work. 23 saw a definite strengthening of this friendship, with a foundation much stronger and deeper. as i always say, they belong to the inner inner circle. if not for them, i'm not sure how i'd keep sane at work. and one of them is a dear sis-in-Christ, so SUPA/Trek has been a partnership, a labouring together in Christ... incredible really. Thank God for all that and more.

- for the friendship found and treasured this year. never thought work would produce a gem like this, but it has. so, this is to the so-called "best friends forever" haha.

- for the two trips - how many pple in my position get to go where i have? i'm not sure i'll ever get a chance like this again, but it's been great. and the europe trip was... incredibly refreshing, relaxing and such a healthy time-off alone.

- for Trek. that experience was... wow. God showed up and showed me.

when i turned 23, i said, let 23 be for Him. but yet try as i might to focus on making each min count, i have lost sight of the bigger picture in the minute details of my life and work. This year, again i'm going to say, let 24 be for You Lord.

And this time, hopefully, the continual reminders to keep my eyes fixed on Him and Him alone, to keep in mind the bigger picture, to live for His glory and for Him... will take root.

I want this year to be for Him. it's 2 zodiac cycles, and one year to a quarter of a century. i'm feeling age catching up, feeling old, feeling that life (and time) is simply slipping through my fingers while i grasp futilely to it. i don't want to look back and think of my mid-20s as a time of... nothingness, where i don't remember significant details, where it didn't count.

Let it be for Him. my future, in His hands. my all, to Him.

mold me in the way You want, guide me in the path You have ordained for me, lead me through the ups and the downs.

As Spurgeon says - "to know Christ and be found in Him, oh this is life, this is joy, this is marrow and fatness. His unsearchable riches will be best known in eternity. He will give you, on the way to heaven, all you need; your place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks, your bread shall be given you, and yours waters shall b sure; but it is there, THERE, where you shall hear the song of them that triumph, the shout of them that feast, and shall see the glorious and beloved One. the unsearchable riches of Christ!"

Indeed, my wish this year is to know the fullness of Christ and be found in Him.

Lord. Unto You I'll fix my eyes.