10 years old

It's been so busy lately, I hardly had time to prepare myself for the new year. Traditionally, I like to take time out to reflect on my life, count my blessing, remember people, evaluate on mistake and lessons learned. I also think about how I would move forward in the new year, make resolution, set goals and etc.

Today, I turned 10 years old as a disciple of Christ. How can I let his significant day just pass like that? Firstly, I started my day by waking up early for the Run of the Year, together with most of my running kakis. While Dionne, Fang, Anna, Siew Lay and George did the regular 11km round MacRitchie Reservior, Jason and I did a run from Bukit Timah back to MacRitchie. We left our belongings in Dionne's car. After the run, Jason and I went for the 1st Prayer of the Year. We then took the 1st shower of the Year, follow by the 1st lunch of the year at Upp Thomson on so on and so forth.

I want to spend some time with God and so I drove to the Sembawang Beach by myself. 10 years... I thought of a few question. Have I change for the better in my character. Am I more spiritual (Loving, patient, righteous, obedience). Have a been a good son to my parents, a good brother to my sibling and to the disciple. One thought stands out from the rest- Are you proud of me, my Father? I think this is the most important question for me. Silly me wants to hear from God himself that He is proud of me but I know it is not possible. Sometimes I really wish I could have a face to face conversation with God just like Adam and Moses. I thought of my best friend Raymond. Is God proud of him. Yes without a doubt. Why? Is it because Raymond has a stable career, a great marriage, a loving wife and Russell, his incredibly cute newborn son? I think God is proud of Raymond for the above mentioned but more than that, God is proud simply because Raymond is his son. I find comfort in realising that God also love me simply because I am his son.