Minecraft

This is what I found while not studying at uni today. I must admit; even though I am not proud of the amount of work I got done, I am proud of this..

This song made me laugh. I think it was well done. Out of curiosity, does anyone have this game?

This is an art attack!

Last night after music practice we decided to decorate the wall behind the stage since it's getting knocked down tomorrow.. Turns out our church stocks spray cans for special occasions such as this.

I miss doing spontaneous arty stuff like this when I was at school... creativity is good for the soul I think. It'd be awesome to have such a massive canvas any time you needed to release some creative energy.

dusk

So still, my hair isnt even blowing. The sand has started to cool down but it's still warm below the surface. I feel like my words would do no justice to the sky though. It's a cross between night and day, but it's both at once. The vision I have of the scene is lit by the fading but still enduring sunlight of today, but the moon is shining, not simply the white shadow of its usual daytime self. The sea still has colour and although it is grey and orange instead of blue, it isnt yet the invisible black that it is at night. I can see the flashing lights of beacons, which at night mark the horizon but I can still identify the horizon because of the peach-coloured sky contrasting the dark ocean. Now I can see the moon's reflection on the almost flat waters in front of me and realise it must be almost night. sigh.
I should head home because nighttime is not somewhere you should be without shoes..


Decision made: don't ever go anywhere without a camera.

blessed

Wow, so I've been thinking since I arrived in Singapore that I would blog everything all the time and as it turns out today was the day I was to fly back and still I had done none. Coincidently however, it turns out I will be here a while longer. So I will not miss the opportunity after all!

That isn't the reason I extended my stay though.

So, around two and a half weeks ago I flew over to Singapore with Jonny, my bro, to join some of our Singaporean friends on a mission trip to Cambodia. Until then I had never been to either of these countries, in fact- never out of Australia anywhere before. Very exciting.

So I've since then made heaps of new friends (want proof? check fb) and eaten heaps of new things. Some less new than others...

As for going home after the trip, that was meant to be today.. Two days ago I decided that I would stay in Singapore and one day ago my flight was booked. The crazy thing is how much God has blessed me, despite my  often remarkably unextrordinary, undeserving and sometimes erratic behaviour. Clearly God loves me.

You know who else He loves?

These little ones.

pretty

God made this. He knew I'd like it ;)

coincidence.

This morning’s reading was 1 Corinthians 13, ‘The Love Chapter’ as Gran called it. I love this passage and have actually been thinking about it a lot recently... Maybe you can tell… I figure now is as good a time as any to explain the name if this blog, because even I can admit, it does seem a bit random. Well, the url is a bit of a giveaway. I thought to myself, “I could just call it Charity. Or Charities Blog” (I like pretending my name can be plural. The spell checker doesn’t pick it up!) But I thought that was just too boring, and not meaningful enough. Effectively though, this is the same! And I am proud of my discovery :)

The King James Version reads;

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

I think this verse is speaking to me… Haha. Now, as a coincidence, I also read this today – also on the topic of love.

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

-Helen Keller

Some quotes only become truly profound when you realise the context in which they were said, and Helen Keller was a truly amazing and inspiring person. The capacity which I have, not only to live but to love suddenly seems immense.

fire

There is something uniquely exhilarating about having a ball of fire roaring towards your face through the darkness. Not altogether bad either..

I love my family. Thanks God for the awesome family you've given me :)