today's dinner was over at jace's and co. we cooked some dishes and sped our way through the biting cold with the pots and pans in our hands! :) so that is suet with tupperwares of chooks. me balancing pot of rice. tlp soup, and steph drinks.

geared in our comfort wear of slippers and i suspect, pyjamas for SOME of us, we really looked odd on the cold streets. steph's was classic: socks with slippers?!

nevertheless was good time with the rest, sharing the familiar chinese food and spending time in jace's bedroom, which apparently seems to be our "playpen".

tomorrow's off to healsville! kinda upbeat about it. i'm getting a lil sick of city and buildings. nature should be good stuff. the air should be good stuff too. pray that the weather will be clear and nice!

yesterday's meeting was refreshing. it's a faith journey ahead. but am thankful to Him for His providence in every little way.

eric shared about the parable of the good samaritan. it din seem to speak to me as much there and then. so scribbled some notes so that i may go back to it again at my own time.

thought about it as i got home. it's always easy to love someone lovable, give to someone whom we think "deserves it", to share with someone whom we are comfortable with.

was brought back to what my ex-shepherd used to share to me: to love with all your heart till it hurts, to give it all that you have till it hurts.

i suppose, we don't often give or love till it hurts, cos we detest the feeling of being vulnerable and having nothing left. humans being humans, we expect reciprocation. a conditional giving.

but i've learnt from the passage that, there are 3 distinct groups of people. the takers, the keepers, and the givers.

true giving, is where you invest your all without calculating the costs and expecting returns. not taking, not hoarding. true giving comes from Christ's love.

not easy.

but it sure can be done as we practise the art of giving. :)

off to watch amer football between bulldogs and eels. shower. sleep.

and, i just discovered a new thing!