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As for yesterday night, mom's officially staying at our new old place. :)

Most things are still in a mess though... packed up and lying around. It's been a week of constant carrying and sweating... I guess that pretty much made up for the lack of my regular exercises this week. Still there's always this urge to put up my running shoes and go for a tour... but I know there are many other things to settle for now. Hopefully by the end of the Christmas party tonight (Char's discipleship group's holding it - MEATBALLS & TURKEY HERE I COME!!!!) we'll be able to shift 99% of the stuff over. Well... we've gotten most of the stuff over for now.

Unpacking will take another couple of days... followed by cleaning. The nagging feeling of not having enough time is still there... I guess it'll always be for this month. Much work to be done in the various places (and I don't mean shifting and unpacking), and it's really hard I must say. Hard to answer to people as well.

It's at these points in time where it'll be meaningful to ponder on verses such as "for the Lord is good and His love endures forever".

There's this nagging question that I've harbored for the past two days after reading Jonah again the day before... the heart of God is for Nineveh to repent and turn towards Him again. He could have appointed another person or prophet to go there after Jonah ran away from his task and sailed for Tarshish instead. He could have spoken directly to the people of Nineveh even.

But He didn't. Why?

He pursued Jonah. As much as His heart is for the people of Nineveh to turn back, His heart is very much set on Jonah as well.

The ultimate end of pursuing God is not enlightenment or nirvana, neither is it eternal life, though the latter's given as one sets his heart to believe and acknowledge Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior.

It's very much the relationship.

There is a reason why one lyricist penned: Knowing You Jesus... knowing You, there is no greater thing... There is a reason why Paul wrote in his epistle to the Church of Philippi that whatever that was to his profit he'd considered lost for the sake of Christ, that he'd considered everything rubbish compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord (paraphrased).

Because it's true. :)

The regretful thing in this world today... is that most probably ninety percent of the Christian population don't exactly understand that. Let alone the world's population.

To those who do... always remember that it's only by His grace that mysteries are made known and understandable... and give thanks unceasingly. :)

And frankly, it is only this relationship that'll keep me from going wayward and constantly guide me to be who I am to be. Slept at 4am and was woken at 8am... groggy and tired the entire day and mostly left to myself. The evil one tried to play around a couple of times today... but He who has the upper hand triumphed.

Almost there? Nah... long way to go. But I'm reminded that every step I take... is a step of faith.

:)