But I guess it serves as a reminder to myself just how much of my life is in need of prayer. (ALL OF IT, as a matter of fact.)
Just feeling a little overwhelmed lately, and trying hard (albeit not very successfully) from whining to everyone I meet.
School
1. VERY heavy semester coming up ahead. Heaviest one ever, as a matter of fact. Gosh. Need to be very disciplined to keep from my usual habit of putting off things to an impossibly late date.
2. Need to do a lot better to pull up my GPA score to keep alive my faint hopes of a Cum Laude degree.
3. Parking is proving to be an unbelievably painful stick up my ass. I feel a deep sense of frustration welling up in me every time I think about the fact that my school virtually has a carpark-to-student ratio of about 1:30. Praying for more lots would be like praying that Alex Ferguson is again only 30 yrs old, so pray instead that I can accept the inevitable.
Ministry
1. Very frustrated by errant ministry partners. Need to pray that I will remember to always act in LOVE, and never to merely react in anger. Also, very importantly, to cease my very bad habit of judging people.
2. Lots of preparation to do for the move. Buying instruments, writing up the website, setting up a proper process for the projection team, planning the roster despite not knowing who will there be, preparing for the evangelistic meeting, and deciding what to do with the jamming sessions... etc. GOSH.
3. I need to expand myself. I need to be better musically, as well as be much more aware of the theology of worship. I cannot still be the same sort of worship leader that I was 8 years ago. Starting to read Robert Weber, Tim Keller and DA Carson.
4. Need to grow spiritually as well. As my ministry expands, I need to be sure I dig deeper also, so that I have enough inside of me to be able to give.
5. Life Group. Its in a bit of a mess, in terms of succession. I plan to step down, and both Xiu and Art will be gone too. There's precious little time left to plan and take steps. Time to knuckle down.
Self
1. My health seems to not be too good. On the brink of falling sick several times. Need to be more conscientious of the fact that I'm not 18 anymore.
2. Spiritual life. I want to finish reading a book by the end of my semester. I need to be learning something that correlates with my spiritual development. No excuse just because semester has started again.
3. With luck, I'll even have time to start tinkering around with the keyboard again. I guess I still have a long way to go towards repaying God for letting me learn to play.
Ah well.
That's all for now.
With so much to pray for, its mind-boggling why I don't pray more, actually...
