Back from my charging station - Seoul

Thoughts at 1:30am about being almost 30.

I just got back from Korea and I feel that whenever I'm there, I'm not touring, experiencing the attractions, sightseeing. I'm mainly there to regain some balance within myself by spending a good amount of time being alone and at the same time spending time with dear friends that have been a part in defining the Camille that I am today. 

Its been almost 13 years that I have known these people. This trip to Korea made me reminisce and feel sentimental about how we used to be and how we are now. 

Our spending habits are different now compared to when I first started coming to Korea some winters ago. Back then, our budget for food would only be 3000-5000won tops and that would probably consist of cheese ramyeon, ddukbokki or bibimbap. Nowadays, our priorities are different. We now think about which has the most amount of veggies, or which is the most beneficial for our health and of course since Uri is pregnant, which will best suit her taste and the baby. 

I was never the type who had goals set on what I should have accomplished when I'm 30 back when I was younger. Now I just feel.. Oh so this is how late 20s feels like. It's pretty okay. I feel okay. Life is good. 

I'm just going to try to sit back and enjoy the ride. Life and God has so much in store for me. I have learned the past few weeks as its a consistent message thats been recurring that I need not worry. I need not be anxious. To stay faithful to God's plan for my life is what I need to do. How I will achieve it is by keeping my promises to my mission in life and continuously pray to God to lead me and my actions. 

This is the end of my Easter thoughts. Now, I must rest. Tomorrow, we hustle.

Speak words of life

"Yes, and so is gossip, and slander! They’re deadly. They make people feel worthless by destroying their self–esteem and undermining them to the point where life doesn’t seem worth living. Learn to guard your tongue and speak words that bring life, not death."

This word today struck me so much. The pressures that come with work just breeds gossip and back biting. 

This should be a constant reminder to me and everyone else that when we are in difficult situations, we should try even harder not to succumb to the easiest temptation to cave into. 

Keep in mind

When pride comes, then comes shame. But with the lowly comes freedom.
Proverbs 11:2

I really like this one

We may face some limiting circumstance today. Whether it is the result of our failure, or through no fault of our own, we can “go” through it or seek God’s strength to “grow” through it. The challenge of every confinement is to increase rather than decrease; to grow and not diminish. The Lord’s goal is to give us “a future and a hope” (v.11). —David McCasland

Today's Lesson

Have You Lost Your Focus?

He prayed that he might die. 1 Kings 19:4

Sometimes after 'giving it your all,' you can end up totally drained. Look at Elijah. God used him on Mt. Carmel to call down fire from heaven on the prophets of Baal. Yet he fell apart under Jezebel's threats. Fleeing for his life, he 'sat down under a broom tree and said, 'It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life.' The moment his focus changed from God to the enemy, he became overwhelmed. So God spoke to him again. This time it wasn't in a spectacular display. Instead, He spoke in a 'still small voice' (v. 12 NKJV), drawing him aside to rest and spend time with God. The next time the nation saw Elijah he was spiritually on top again. So answer this: has your focus shifted from God to all the 'stuff you have to do'? If so, you need time out, time alone with God. When He calls you aside to rest, do it! Vic Pentz says, 'Nothing fails so totally, as success without God.' The two-fold danger in the aftermath of any success is: First, spending too much time listening to the accolades of others; Second, presuming you have what it takes to succeed on your own. As a result you disconnect from God, who is the source of your strength. David said, 'The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?' (Psalm 27:1). Fearlessness is foolishness, unless it's based on faith in God. And one more thought: God sent Elisha to assist Elijah, and He can send the right person to help you too. He knows what to do to get you moving again. This was taken from UCB's the Word Today for Sept 8. :)