The Shack

'The Shack' was the last book I read in 2009. It was certainly the year end gift I have received from Dear God. As mentioned in the promotional message, in this book, I've met a "God as I've never seen him before". You can read some preview of the book at theshackbook.com

I guess the most important reason I really like this book is that it brought me close to God again. Since the birth of Sum Sum, my spiritual life has been up and down a lot, at the low end for most time because of the much busier life with 2 young kids. But when I was reading this book, once again I feel really close to God and can just talk to Him and Jesus and Holy Spirit, freely, any time. It's the intimacy I always long for but haven't experience for a long time. So I really treasure it.

Apart from that, as I read, I could really feel God's presence in the book. I could feel His presence when He worked these ideas into the author's mind and life. Only if He was there that this book could be written. And I enjoy being part of it, when I know God is there and is working in it and thru it.

One more thing I enjoyed about this book is how vividly it portrait the loving God, and how the 3 Godheads relate to one another, and the love and relationship and the fullness within God Himself. All these things I have known in my mind, but in the book I could feel in my heart, and thus to love and long for my Lord much more.

I enjoyed it so much that I bought 2 copies and gave out as Christmas presents immediately. Hope that you'd like it too.

Love Letter

Dear Wesley,

Yes. After so many letters to Sum Sum and Lok Lok, I have decided to write you one too.

This week I have quite a bit of time to resume my blog writing, mainly because you have not been feeling well and you need more rest and sleep early each night. I treasure this quiet time by myself. But I treasure our time together even more.

Though I know I shouldn't worry, I still worry about you. I know it's only flu, but it breaks my heart to see that you can't have enough rest and there's so much work to do that you can't even call in sick to rest well for half a day.

I thank our Lord for He has blessed me with such healthy body. Even when I feel sick I would usually get well soon and I can still remain energetic even before full recovery. I pray the same for you too.

And apart from praying for you for that, we really need to do something about it too. We have talked about regular exercise for so long now, and we have just done our weekly ping pong ball for about 4 times. Let's get really determined and do some exercise together at least once every two weeks as our date. What do you think? For long term good for ourselves but also for the kids, it's really important to keep healthy. We may already be too late to start but late is better than never.

Being so good with self-discipline, I know you can do it once you have set your mind to it. And you can bring me along to do it too!

Apart from exercise, we should really stick with our monthly dating plan also. I think we have skipped October? And we did it once in November. I really treasure our time together.

You know, time is so short for a normal weekday night that after we put the kids to bed, you would already be too tired to talk or to share anything. As for weekend, it's just hectic, every single minute. Only when we have our date out, seated comfortably, taking our time to enjoy a 3-course dinner, that you would have enough time to relax, to think about what's in your mind, and to share with me. And that's really important to you, as you know. I really treasure you sharing your thought and what you're going thru at work, what you are thinking and what you are feeling.

Sigh, there are just so much things I wanna do. I want to spend much more time with you and the kids. Though part time may not be an option or may not suit me, I certainly hope there're some other ways. Lord would find a way for me.

Sleep tight. Have a good sleep tonight and a good bright new day tomorrow.

Love,
Grace.