Out of the Blue

I'm sure you are aware of the recent wipeout of hundreds of thousands of lives in the Tsunami Tradgedy. In the face of outrageous loss and pain and suffering, I wonder how you felt? I hadn't been especially reactive or sentimental-not exactly angry nor shocked. Maybe it's because it hasn't really hit me. We had a Crisis Counselling training session this afternoon. Post trauma depression, pyschosocial intervention, psychological first aid..those big terms suddenly made sense to me and became reality with the tsunami tradgedy as context. I felt heavy hearted. Especially when I heard that one of the problems will be orphans whose parents have been washed away by the waves. My heart simply tugged. As I was on my way back, I decided to flip through a book I brought with me to office today. It's titled," What they didn't teach me in Sunday School". And I read this chapter "Sometimes answers aren't the last word". It was tal...

In the usual twinkling of an eye, we have crossed from 'last year' to 'this year'. I was on the bus this morning when I thought about that and decided to flip through my journal that has been filled with thoughts and lessons learnt from my quiet time. I found some nuggets of wisdom that I've digged from some books, articles and mostly the bible. So, here goes some extracts from the pages of yesteryear... 7 Aug I learnt that celebration is not just a pompous show or hype about God but an ongoing inner decision to pray and give thanks, to take joy at simple things in life and intentionally giving thanks to our awesome God! 23 Aug Sow your seed in the morning, and at the evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that or whether both will do equally well - Ecc 11:6 29 Oct God allows me to go through 'storms' in life but not without His knowledge and help. 'Storms' are to be expected and they are not out...