Hello - here i am once again, and it's after thanksgiving... sigh... and back to work work work work... not only that, i have to settle a lot of other things like my semester abroad application, my packing for home, christmas shopping (if that ever happens) and most importantly, my studying for the final exams. Ahhhhhhhhhhh...

BUT.

life is good. isn't it?
i have a decent amount of work to do right now, but i sense that in a couple of days (well... TWO days) it's going to be overwhelming. but God is good, and ultimately all this is going to count for something. Results aside, at least i know that i'm doing it for Him :) pray for me, okay?

also, i've come to realise how my posts lack a lot of depth - SORRY people. i can be/am a very superficial person when i'm very lazy to think. this anti-intellectualism actually gets to me a lot and exasperates me because i feel that don't want to think very deeply or care very much (or enough) about a lot of people or things. instead, i look at bigger problems in the world and turn a blind eye to the need that is immediately around me. i think that before i get out there and try to save the world i have to begin to love and care more for the people around me.
it's already so explicitly stated in the Word of God yet where i so obviously fall short -

"4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails..." (1 Cor 13:4-8a)

i think that the depth and development of love in one's character is truly reflective of how deeply rooted you are in your walk with God. because just as God is love, we strive to be like Christ - who was a manifestation and example of this love. So i believe it is time for me to evaluate my 'love life'. seriously.