Saturday, January 27, 2007
Empower me
27th january 2007
january flies. as time is nearing, o levels is nearing, stress level is building but yet things are getting better because God promises that He will empower me (: so i shall base my blog today on empower me. and its not by random that i chose this but rather how God has just amazingly touched me ytd during cross country.
ytd was cross country at macritchie and just the past few days i was just praying that God will let this last yr be a yr where i put in my best and God will just grant me a top 10 position. firstly, you must understand that my stamina sucks because i dont runor train n my position in netball doesnt require much running. secondly, i didnt run cross country last yr cos i was suspected of dengue fever so i was exempted so i couldnt rmb the route much. and this is my conversation with God:
gina: God please help me get a top 10 please!
God: Gina, not a top 10 but eleven.
gina: but i really want a 10 please.
God: i say 11.so i just let the matter rest. at first i was after Joy and i was very scared i wouldnt even be in top 25 cos i was quite slow then at the highway turning in, i just sang empower me to myself. it really brought much strength that i sprinted all the way. at the last 5m, i overtook fiona by one step and i felt very bad. but there was just this push that was pushing me to the finishing line though i was quite behind her. It was just God doing the work. when i ran in, i saw the tag" 11". i was really shocked. how God even told me what i will get before i started the race. this just taught me one thing. He has an end in his mind all planned out for me. and even though i didnt get what i really wanted, i just thank God so much, how exciting and memorable the race had been for me.
honestly, 4d is not a bonded class. everyone is kind of cliquish and individualistic. but because of ONE PERSON, ONE SHIRT, makes a difference. The shirt design was nice but because the printer printed it worngly, it kind of spoiled everything, and many complained but none dared to go and tell naijie. know the reason? because HE WAS THAT ONE MAN that put in the most effort in all that. he planned the class design and got some help from olie, debbie and joel and he kept contacting the queensway ppl and he did so much just for the class shirt, the day before cross country, he collected the shirt like arnd 8pm with mark t, marcel,clemence n joel i think. and i really thank them man! the first look, you will be like.... okay why this color? but the more you look at it, the more you will like it and the more you see it, the more you will love it. thats the difference, one shirt change it all. and guess what! naijie came to apologise to me and say" gina im so sorry the class shirt so ugly." its not his fault at all! he put in so much harwork so i think we should thankhim instead him apologising to us.
just because of that one shirt, i feel there was an identification in the class! the class sec 4d. do you know everytime one person run in to the finishing line, you can see if he or she is from 4d. because we are so outstanding the only class with green class t shirt. see how beautiful my shirt is:
but i havent got class photos yet. it was quite sad cos cross country was cancelled after that. the competitive races finished but the fun races were cancelled. so poor thing esp the eunice tham, want to win the towel. haha. and i wouldnt mind running with her again to give her motivation. the competitive race is super stressful but i think the fun run will be much more fun. the school must have spent a lot of money to send students back from macritchie. i think more than 2o buses were hired because of the rain. but we all still took alot of silly photos that are not sent out yet ):alright. i got to go.God i just pray that this class will be comitted into your hands and help us to bond and give Glory to your NAME.in Jesus name;amen.LOVE;GINA.
