draw me near

Just a quick update. School is going on quite ok, i still need to submit my school applications as soon as i can before i call my father. I dont want to sound like i'm not planning or anything, that wouldnt do.

Having tests all this week, the last one should be over by tomorrow, thats going to be interesting but i'm quite confident la. My first test wasnt too bad although i'm yet to see the result, i think i did well despite some mistakes i only noticed when i thought about the questions again a few days ago. The thing with programming and the different languages is the syntax is changing and you must adapt to it. But i enjoy it, its like playing chess. I haven't started anything on my project yet, still dragging my feet.

Chinese New Year is almost here. I'm not sure but i might be visiting a few houses this year, lets hope all goes well. This might well me my last CNY in kuching, by God's grace before the end of the year i'll be somewhere else. Where? I'm sure yet. It all depends on the response response i get from the schools i'm applying to, but by God's grace i wont have to leave Sarawak.

A lot of people leaving this year, i guess its the sending out year :) its kind of sad but thats life, people come and go and the only permanent thing is the love of God for our lives, He is the lover of our soul.

Finally, a song;

Lord I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I found in You.

And Lord I've come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love.

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.

And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.

Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me.

Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my eyes
In living every day
by the power of Your love.

This song made some sense to me a few weeks ago, of course the lyrics are powerful, and i know what it means but i got a personal understanding of it and i find that to be rather profound. I won't try to analyse each line of this beautiful song but i just want to point out something here.

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side

What i see here at states we can be in, i was very encouraged when this was revealed to me. We cry out hold me close because he's near, and we're near but what about times when we are afar off? We ask him to draw us to his side, bring us near to him again. It doesnt matter where we're at, he's hands are always open wide to receive his children. ...Whoever comes to me, i will not cast away... thats an absolute promise, but we must come.

~shalom~