Thursday, October 27, 2011

Happiness in a teacup

Wow. I am just really happy right now...why? I'm unsure, but I have a few ideas, there are just so many things in this big and beautiful world that are such a privilege to have knowledge about, or even better, that I can experience.

How Supportive people are...
Today I had a third round or public speaking, but leading up to today I was feeling pretty unsure and concerned about how I would use the 2.5 minutes in my life, and what kind of message I was aiming to send. Throughout these days however, God was constantly reminding me that I really don't need to stress at all, because He is sovereign, and everything to him has already happened. I didn't have to be in control, because He was. Everything that happens is according to his PERFECT plan and in God's PERFECT timing! Throughout this whole process, I have been able to witness this!

  • Annie-who encouraged me the whole way, gave up her time to read my speech and give ideas and advice! Even if its at 10:00pm!
  • Carrie-who gave me SO MUCH useful advice on how to deliver my speech which TRULY made a HUGE difference in the end!
  • All my friends! always so encouraging and have so much belief in me! They don't hesitate to congratulate me or to support me!
  • Other people in this school-this is the most unexpected! Random people who walked past me who I may not have talked to that often -or even at all- would tell me that they liked my speech! How amazing is this! God has spoken through me to reach out to other people!
As much of the credit I would like to take, ALL glory goes to God, who was so GENEROUS and LOVING to give me a talent/skill like this! He used all these people above as part of his perfect plan, to carry out what he intended! He truly answered my prayers (that he would guide me through this speech thing) and to experience his power is so indescribable.

How beautiful people are...
There is an ability within each of us to love, and if we don't hold back, we can truly inspire and encourage those around us. Sometimes we can hold back our love for others, judgement, sin, selfishness, pride can all get in the way, but when we open our hearts to the world and truly love those around us, we can make a difference in other people's days/lives and make ourselves a whole lot happier.

(At Year 6 camp)

(At Year 10 formal! my have we grown!)

Followers