Monday, December 31, 2007

2007 Review and 2008

Today is the last day of 2007. I am now waiting for Yee Sum to finish her last bottle of milk for this year before we head out to church to join the year end thanksgiving prayer meeting.

There are so many things we need to say thanks to our Lord.

For the smooth and healthy pregnancy period.
For the date and time and smooth operation of Yee Sum's birth.
For Yee Sum is such a lovely adorable healthy baby so easy to take care of (most of the time, not now when she's crying and refusing her milk bottle, finished only 1/3).
For my mother accepting Jesus Christ to her life and had her baptism this year.
For Robert my brother-in-law also had his baptism this year, together with my mom.
For Wesley to experience so much of Lord's presence in his work life.
For Rowena to come to our home.
For the Lord's plentiful supply to us, physically, spiritually, our health, our family.

None of the above we should take for granted. All of the above I'm truly thankful and grateful, for they're all gifts from my Lord.

Looking ahead, I think this year is a rare one in recent years that I don't have a clear plan or targets to look forward to in the year to come. May be too busy to think about?

Of course we'll continue to take care of Yee Sum and she'll have her first birthday. But then, what? Seems like no significant milestone will be coming up.

Sounds a bit dull, doesn't it? I think it sort of reflects the stagnancy I feel for right now. Especially my spiritual life. Yee Sum's birth is of course a most happy thing. But the changes I've gone through during pregnancy and after Yee Sum's birth were so great, that definitely has drawn my attention and as a result, I'm further from my Lord than before. And it's not satisfying to my heart. Things started to improve a bit since I returned to work 1.5 month ago as I can at least have my daily devotional time back. But it's still a long way to go and I do really wanna go back closer to our Lord. I guess this is the only thing that I really look forward to in 2008 for now.

(P.S. We have lost - baby still just finished 1/3 of her milk tonight and we've put her to bed already. Let's see if we'd need to feed her tonight after we come back from church...)