~~~~~Life as a Private, so far~~~~~
It's been way too long since I've been here and so much has happened while I was away from here. Well, to start off, my life as a Recruit was memorable. Minus all the injuries I had, it was fun while it lasted. My hair has been growing and that is something I love after posting out of the training island.
I'm learning a whole lot of things in my current unit. The good part of my unit is that; it is a stay out camp, meaning that I can go home in the evening. The down part of it would be waking up very early in the morning to make my way to Bukit Timah area everyday.
Today's Sermon got me thinking of how poor in spirit I need to be. How much am I relying on God these days? I realised that I haven't been sharing my burdens and troubles with Him. I thought that by relying on myself, I could be stronger. But after this morning's Sermon I realised that no matter how strong any of us are; we still need God's pillar of strength. I must start humbling myself before God and only then, I know what He wants me to do.
We should follow the example of The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector found in Luke 18:9-14. It reads:
9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
God bless all of you and take care of yourselves. ☺
This is JoNaThAn, signing out*.
