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I Will Take Hold of You

Because I need You Jesus…

Remember that song from Festival of Faith?  If it weren’t for Deanna, it would taken me the whole semester to learn how to play that song on the piano. 

I reckon all of us have a certain talent, a specialty.  Yet there are many times, too, when we fall back on someone to push us further.  Yet there are many times too that we become to dependable on an extrinsic force to help pave the road for us.  Well, honey it doesn’t always happen.  Sometimes it takes efforts from the self to get the ball rolling. 

I’m leaving Borneo again in a week.  I have become to comfortable here and it’s about time to feel like a stranger again… it’s good to be somewhere where NOBODY knows you.  You can start anew.  Whether this new start will be good or bad, it’s totally up to me. 

On a different note: Coming back home, where is home?  I find out how much my younger brother has grown.  Not physically (hihihihi) but how dependable he is now.  He’s got almost everything under control, the house, the cars, the dogs, the cat, the lawn… etc.  I think he’ll be the first to settle down and start his own family.

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shaunalvin said…
Haha! True that, Nathan has definitely grown up to be very independent, and yes, I agree he'll probably be the first to get married, hope you're having a safe trip to Aussie, say hi to Stella from me.
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