1st Day of 2012

It's 10:45 pm, I still have few minutes left before it's the second day of 2012. I just thought maybe it's the best time to revive my interest in writing and blogging again as I have not been able to write here for a few months now.

There's no better way to start the new year than praising God! Good thing the 1st day of this year fell on a Sunday; be at church, sang for the Lord, praised and thanked Him for the past year. Although 2011 was a year of trials, pains, brokenness, loss, and death of a love one, God has proven Himself faithful once again to fulfill in my life His promises that "He will never leave us nor forsake us" and that "in all things (this includes even the hurtful and injurious ones), God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose." Rom. 8:28

During my times of needs, he provided, in times of sorrow, He became my joy, in weakness, He became my strength, in times of despair, my hope is in Him. God has continued to shower me with blessings of true friends, and our family became closer. But most of all, He has instilled in me the passion, longing and need to search and know Him deeper, along with the joy and eagerness to share the goodness of the Lord unto others.

Last year was also the advent of putting my musical (primarily instrumental) gifts into where they are truly being used for God's greater honor and glory. I know eversince I was little, I love singing, and then later, during the early years of my adult life, I have become so interested to learn to play different kinds of musical instruments that I even strived to teach myself how but I never had the slightest dream of becoming a professional artist. I just like doing it for fun but never actually achieved sense of fulfillment. It didn't make sense. There must be a perfect reason why I have been given such gifts. Later I realized, those talents and gifts were not for myself nor for others, but for God's glory. Only then the singing and playing music gave fulfillment and true joy in my heart.

Happy New Year everyone! As the saying goes...new year, new beginning. Let it be the beginning of things good and pleasing to the Lord.