running the race.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

life is comparable to a long haul race.
spiritual life is like a marathon.
sprinting may bring ya far at the start of the race, but it's questionable if one may last.

i am stupefied to realise how many are still in this race.
the gathering we had today brings back nostalgic memories.
we talked about those days when we served God together, the care groups we had, shepherdings we recieved, the veue and stuff.

Some of us move on to the next life station while others settled for a new life, and i'm still here.
when i saw their faces today, i must say that many have changed.
their dressing, speech, gestures and stuffs.
but deep in the recesses of my heart, i still love and care for them.
across the table sat 12 of us.
of which 9 were once my sheep. Out of this 9 sheep, 3 has left the lord but i know they still have a yearning to come back to him. My covenant with all my sheep has been always this, a shepherd for life.

I remember this unit came out from north A. Our unit leader was nicloe. We sat in a circle formation in church office in year 2001, and our unit leader announced the birth of north c. This unit comprises of only guys from marist, gyss, ftpss and beatty.
I remember that our first few weeks foucs was to maintain the 15 mark in order to be called a unit.
we even met before service at orchard point, bk to talk about our 15.
As time went by, the unit grew in quality and numbers.
At then i was taking care of the toa payoh schools at then, there came my first two female sheep. yu qian and helena.
I can vividly remember the care group we had at some park? yeah. we made deliberate effort to have a theme and invite cards for cg.(THE CODE) We will sit around starhub foodcourt every saturday to plan the following cg. wha. =) It's indeed amazing.
Not long after, i was asked to lead the far north group.
At then, toa payoh was called central north with marist group as well.
In that particular far north group, it started with kar shun, lesile, wei song and whosoever.
Central north was aloysius, si han, yu qian, helena and wen cai.
oh yeah. i led marist along the way too. =)
and the journey went on. =)
after three months have passed, it was announced that the sisters group to be transferred to north A.
Our hearts sunk further when we heard that our unit leader left church.
It was at this period of time, priscilla took our whole unit.
She trained me under her gudiance and help me to lead the whole unit.
At then we were about 30 odd 40.
I also remember it was at that period that leslie, kar shun and de zhen transferred to poly group.
and so much more.
north c has undergo at least 7 stages.
in fact, the history of north C has many parts.
and i'm very proud to have been through all of it untill i came to west.

The current north c now is a new book written by ruth.

but all in all, i must say, i enjoyed today's gathering.
though some of us have left, but deep within my heart, i truly care.
for all my ex and current sheep, i love you guys!

i will keep these memories in my heart.

i will upload some pictures too. =)

davidhoe

i wonder who will still be in this race 5 years later?
the people that matters to me? will they?
and will i?
i just simply wonder.
j/d= like what ya said.

till the end;11:26 PM