So I’ve been living in Sydney doing Hillsong life now for
almost 5 months and one thing that keeps flashing it’s face at me is a little
thing called GRATITUDE.
//God
Now more than ever I have been in total awe and gratification
to God for getting me to where I am today, living my dream and being able to
learn and make way for greater things. In the beginning I found it SO easy to
complain about the little things;
…I don’t have a car so now I have to walk
…I don’t have a job so have to be extremely cautious of my
money and only buy essentials
…I have little to no free time and a very full college
schedule etc…
BUT then I had some
realizations…
…I don’t have a car, so now I walk, which means I get an
hour of fitness every day, also means I am healthy and capable of getting to
places on my own, even get to experience the adventures of public transport.
Thank you Jesus!
…I don’t have a job, YET, giving God so many opportunities
to open my eyes to receiving blessing, see the love and generosity in people to
bless me and also teaching me how to handle finances. Thank you Jesus!
…so I am tired most of the time, but why did I use to see
this as a bad thing? Being tired means I’ve had a full productive day. I’ve
been placed in the most active serving areas which requires my utter most
attention and reliability. This may not be soon as ‘cool’ to a college life
student but I now see it as the biggest challenge for me to grow- Bring it ;)
Thank you Jesus!
Joel A’bel once said how do we live in gratification?
Simple- Learn the most you can out of life because God is more interested in
who you are BECOMING than what you simply can achieve right now.
//Parents
Only when you move away from home do you realize how
freaking amazing parents are. Honestly would have never been able to come to
college without their support. So thankful to God for giving me parents who
have NEVER questioned what I want to do with my life, ALWAYS support me (and my
expensive dreams) and always make me feel like everything is going to be okay.
//Family
Been so thankful for family and their love and generosity to
me here in Sydney. Family I have not seen in years have just showered me with
phone calls and support as well as family friends here in Sydney that have blessed
me beyond words with meals, furniture, airtime, rent money etc.
//friends
God has been so good to have blessed me with such a lovely
house of girls here, making my house a home. Making good memories and more than
that meeting some new friends in the different serving or learning areas of
college has been inspiring and just such a blessing. Secondly being here made
me realize how crazily grateful I am for amazing friends back home that are so
supportive and just so great with maintaining deep friendships with mail,
skypes, messages, texts etc. Man I miss them, I am seriously surrounded with
people of gold!
//Church and support
To all the support I got from church back home, I am so
thankful for every prayer and word of encouragement. To the wonderful couple
who sponsored my air tickets, without them this trip would have been impossible
and their investment in my growth and potential was just so encouraging to this
day!
//Timothy
Moving overseas choosing to leave your loved one behind is
never ever an easy thing, every other day I still get those moments that I wish
I could hop on a plane to just see his face but I know for now God has called
me to be here. But I thank God for Tim every day, he has been the most loving,
committed and caring man. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be
blessed with such a kind hearted guy who is not only such a beautiful creature (haha)
but so talented and in love with Jesus. I chose a man who allowed me pursue a
deeper love for Jesus, a man who always gives me the freedom to follow my
dreams. So I guess at the end of the day I am just so ridiculously thankful to
have Tim in my life because his life shines JESUS more than any human in my
life.
Life is too short to not be thankful for the little details. xxx
My trip to Brisbane was spectacular, was such a blessing to
see my family that I haven’t seen in over 10 years and was absolutely spoiled
by them. I loved the city of Brisbane, most of all I loved the sunshine. We
went to the Gold coast for the day and well I found myself more than at home
with my feet in the sand, salty breeze in my hair and sunshine beaming in my
face - heaven!
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