see the song during service where this excerpt comes from
Christmas has been busy, like always, year after year, but this year has been exceptionally challenging for me, from mental strain, physical challenge, resource obstacles... but I still picked up the mic, swing like a crazy stir-fry Master (my choir team always like to joke when they see me conduct), and raise my voice up high.
It is not because I am worth it, but He is.
I was contemplating how to share what I have been going through this super busy December (post catch up with HIVE friends from HIVE fest); and I even clocked a lot of 10K steps, but half of the time, my mind is stuck how to pen it down as I ponder how 2025 has been.
I could only say:
Thank you Jesus. You brought me blazing through one heck of a ride this year, and You never left me. ✝️💝
I came across this YouTube link and it speaks so strongly about Habakkuk's accounts, penning down his prayer what the Israelites suffered through the invasion of the Babylonian (well, kind of, because they asked for it, from the rebellion after rebellion) and why God still allowed it in chapter 3.
The expounding on the final part of Habakkuk 3 in this YouTube short truly shook me to the core, reminding me how good God has been, with His patience and how He turned all challenges into a refining opportunities.
see the special Christmas presentation where this excerpt comes from
Of course, 2025 is not all sour, there are just so many good things happened to me too. Though there were constant mental strain in the beginning of the year, till it hits lowest valley, where my dad almost died from a simple procedure because of UTI (Urinary Track Infection), every provision was met, one hurdle at the time, sent from God: open doors, and reconciling relationships; though my family is hit again with other hardship, God still shows me very promptly that he is still in control, no doubt about it.
Yesterday when I was sitting in the pre-service prayer time, I couldn’t stop tearing. Not because I was realizing so much has happened this year; but despite of the challenges, His tangible love continued to pierce through all the distracted depressing thoughts that occasionally throws its arrows at my sanity.
That is not superstitious. That is just real facts, that every human is first created in spirit before born in the flesh; the continuous connection with our Father, the Creator of the universe, the core designer down to DNA level, is vital, or else we function with nothing but constant "error" and it will take longer to bounce back.
It’s like operating a machine without reading its manual.
And so, just like Habakkuk 3:17-19, I will keep pressing forward, just like him:
Habakkuk Rejoices
17 Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines,
though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,
though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
18 I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
19 GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!
I won’t forget to share the other highlights of December with my 10K steps fulfilled, but right now I think this needs to be penned down first
Until Then
Stay healthy, stay curious and learn new things, and stay happy!
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