For a while, we've been wanting to move to a bigger apartment nearer our parents. We sold our apartment on 23 May, just only a day after putting it on sale. It is now July and we have not found a suitable apartment to call home after viewing several in the area. We will have to rent our own apartment from the buyer, or move temporarily elsewhere unless a new apartment is found soon.
On the job front, Daniel is rather particular (or fussy) with his next vocation, hoping to get a Japanese speaking job that allows him to work with Japanese expatriates in Singapore. Joy is considering several jobs in the social work sector. Alternatively, we are also interested in seeking further full-time theological training for future ministry in Singapore or Japan. We are praying for God's direction in this too.
We were encouraged by a sermon over the weekend about waiting on the Lord. The speaker likens our relationship to God to a pair of circus trapeze performers. Waiting upon the Lord is a lot like letting go of the horizontal bar and flying out into mid-air. Hanging out there in mid-air with a prospect of falling several storeys to a gruesome death in front of a sell-out crowd is not an exciting proposition nor a reassuring position.
The trapeze performer must not attempt to grasp onto your partner, or flail your arms in panic. He must be completely still and wait patiently, but surely, for his partner to catch him and bring him to safety. We as Christians will, many times over the span of our lifetime, wait for the Catcher to bring us out of a sticky environment.
Admittedly we are not very good at waiting upon the Lord. We often wonder what the Lord is trying to tell us by putting us in a perplexing situation, but we will trust that He will make all things perfect in His time. "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD." Psalms 27:14
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