Wednesday 25 June 2008
Sunday 15 June 2008
Year of New Lives 2008
We started the new year knowing of my pregnancy.. as well as my sister in law's pregnancy. It's interesting that in the year of Sabbath, the Lord led us into 2008 with news of having a new life/ addition coming into our little family!
The journey was not easy and interesting. 1st 5 months was tough, only way of going through was with the strength of the Lord. Worship and His word was the only thing that sustained me. Of course, I thank God for my husband. I could not imagine how the entire time will be if he wasn't there to pray, sustain and be my support through this.
There were anxieties and worries, mixed with joy and greater consciousness of many things in life. E.g: In the past, I could eat anything I wanted, now there was a consciousness of only eating what was good for baby.. as well as what my body will not repel. This made me anxious at first, subsequently humble, and thankful to the Lord for many things and abilities He has blessed me with. I learnt to slow down and not take things for granted.
For ministry, it made me think more about G12, and how important it was to quickly raise my 1st level of leadership amongst my 12. I started to layer and create my platforms for my 1 st level of leadership to start leading, with supervision. All these were done to ensure that the Lord's work continues when baby comes and I enter a new phase of life.
I am thankful to the Lord for many teachings for now. Ben & Glenn's parenting class (not Ben and Jerry!) was definitely a blessing and a started us thinking of long-term sustainance and service for the Lord. The values, the desires as well as handles are all things that we want to, in time, pass them down to our 12 (24) such that they too, can serve a life-time through different seasons and transitions of their life.
This year of Sabbath, thus far, has really been a year of rest, refreshing and re-invention in the Lord!
The journey was not easy and interesting. 1st 5 months was tough, only way of going through was with the strength of the Lord. Worship and His word was the only thing that sustained me. Of course, I thank God for my husband. I could not imagine how the entire time will be if he wasn't there to pray, sustain and be my support through this.
There were anxieties and worries, mixed with joy and greater consciousness of many things in life. E.g: In the past, I could eat anything I wanted, now there was a consciousness of only eating what was good for baby.. as well as what my body will not repel. This made me anxious at first, subsequently humble, and thankful to the Lord for many things and abilities He has blessed me with. I learnt to slow down and not take things for granted.
For ministry, it made me think more about G12, and how important it was to quickly raise my 1st level of leadership amongst my 12. I started to layer and create my platforms for my 1 st level of leadership to start leading, with supervision. All these were done to ensure that the Lord's work continues when baby comes and I enter a new phase of life.
I am thankful to the Lord for many teachings for now. Ben & Glenn's parenting class (not Ben and Jerry!) was definitely a blessing and a started us thinking of long-term sustainance and service for the Lord. The values, the desires as well as handles are all things that we want to, in time, pass them down to our 12 (24) such that they too, can serve a life-time through different seasons and transitions of their life.
This year of Sabbath, thus far, has really been a year of rest, refreshing and re-invention in the Lord!
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