Musings

Tonight's Service was pretty interesting.

There was an announcement that after CNY, the SP was going to commence a series of messages entitled 'Our Lord of the Rings'. They generally revolve around the issue of marriage like how to start, how to maintain, what to avoid and how-to-live-happily-ever-after. I thought to myself, that's good timing. Probably all the singles would have been bugged to death over their status when visiting relatives that at least some would come to church to find the answers. Excellent idea. Then I thought, do I really want to listen to this? I am somewhat adverse to this topic. Product of bad experience resulting in a healthy (unhealthy rather) degree of cynicism. Plus the landscape seems rather empty of girls that I can click with (perhaps none of them want to click with me to start with resulting in this perception *lol*), therefore leading more skepticism on this issue.

Now onto the sermon. Interestingly, it's on Lamentations 3:22-23 and there was this point about God's neverending steadfast love and mercy which are new every morning. The speaker went on to elaborate that we should let old baggages go and start on a clean slate and realise the full benefit and potential of His gift. It stuck me. Maybe it's pretty obvious on hindsight but I thought it was a revelation. I really ought to let it all go, the bad experience, the trauma, the fear, the missteps and the regrets. Retain the lessons but let everything else go. Somehow, somewhere, I'd suppose that I never did let everything go. I've been running away from this issue and its peripherals , never really facing it upfront and dealing with them all. Oh well, guess the buck stops here and I'll just have to get rid of the excess weight. Maybe sell them to the karang guni man, may as well make a profit of this affair. Riiiggghhhttt... that's a pretty cold joke.

Now about the series of messages? Let's just say I'll see how many relatives bug me with singlehood and I'll decide whether to go or not ;)