too much to swallow

Man, life has been so hectic! When was the last time I came home before dark?? Hmmm...

Though I'm not at home all too much now (at least it doesn't feel like it), home life hasn't been too good to me. Just when I'm alone now, the washing machine chooses to break down. And when I got home from uni tonight, I found the hot water tank leaking...water all over the floor. So great...now I have to handwash everything and I have no hot water...

But life in general is great. These past two weeks I feel as if God has lined up stuff for me for every minute of my life. Especially at uni... I've just had blessing upon blessing upon blessing, and I mean back-to-back. Somehow I'm at the right places at all the right times...it's definitely God's blessing that someone as clueless as I am is getting by.

Can't believe it's only been two weeks since uni started...it's been quite an intensive experience. Maybe cos I've been so busy. And also cos it's been crazy making new friends every day of the week. Eg. I had lunch with a complete random last Tuesday, we met while getting our textbooks from the bookshop. Turns out he's in my political economy and international relations lectures! And last night...I caught the train back with two people I'd never met before: this girl doing a cadetship at Ernst and Young, and this guy doing Engineering. Also, I now have a Senpai (senior) helping me with Japanese. We communicate in Jap...I mean...at least he does.

The workload feels like a lot already. I had an assessment yesterday and this Easter hols I need to finish:
1. court report
2. international relations presentation
3. jap speech
4. political economics written report
5. elise
+ law readings
+ jap vocab/grammar revision
Holiday indeed.

I also feel like I need to be getting more of God's Word! I really am running dry...I brought my textbooks and bible and stuff upstairs last night, but I fell asleep doing my law readings. Woke up this morning to find myself lying on my open textbook...didn't even touch my bible. Instead, I ended up at Studentlife bible study after class today. I intended to go to law drinks at 6, after meeting Kim for coffee at 4, but I ended up staying for bible study, which was so refreshing!! I was reminded about why I believe in Jesus and about the magnitude of what Jesus did for me. I was reminded about the enormity of God...I mean...I always tend to 'put God in a box', as if He were just a compartment in my life, in my pride forgetting that He is not only bigger than me, but bigger than everything. Awesome stuff... A bunch of us went to grab dinner afterwards.

Speaking of food, and the Word - I liked the analogy Hendy mentioned last Sunday at church: if man lives not on bread alone, but on every word that comes from God, man has to chew on the Word, before it can be properly ingested. Well...he didn't really say it like that, but that's basically how it works. Take scripture. Chew on it. Concentrate on it. Wrestle with it. Enjoy it. You'll find yourself fuelled for life. Refreshed. Renewed!

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! - Isaiah 26:3

Food, anybody?