in response to my last post, things have changed a lot since then. i was pretty darn bitter and angry at that point, but things have gotten better since. i met up with him one night and just talked out our thorns that have been bugging us for months. basically, it just came down to lack of communication about our problems. there was something we were pissed off each other, but we tossed it in the back burner…to a point where we had blocked each other out. things got a lot more complicated when we were forced to see each other through different things we were affiliated in. well, i’m glad that we talked it through. it wasn’t easy, but at least we got it off of our shoulders. phew, i can breathe now 
as for our friendship, well, it’s going to take some time to heal now that thorn came out of the flesh. (wait a minute, isn’t that from our reading in 2 Cor. 12? just different context 
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what a summer! and it’s coming to a close very soon. i spent some time retrospecting on the summer. jacq and i were confessing that it’s actually really hard to keep a solid foundation with God each day during our work terms. life is so on the ball when you’re working and many time, it consumes you. i guess we’re both busy freaks, meaning that we can spend a moment without something to do. we like to jam our schedules as much as possible until we blow up in people’s faces. there still is a lot to juggle with taking on too much. i had a friend who said if you find that you have more than 7 roles than you’re burning out. i gave it some thought, 7 it a lot, but i think it varies between people. so what is doing too much? i think doing too much is when God becomes secondary over the primary position he deserves to be in. i find that i’m always trying to plug him into my schedule, like trying to squeeze in QT on a tight schedule. i confess that i am absent minded of Him. this brings me back to reflection on 2 Cor. 12. I think this passage or verse carried me through many obstacles in my early Christian life, but i forgot about it. thank God that i get to re-capture the taste of it.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. This is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecution, in difficulties. For when I am weak, I am strong.” 2 Cor 12:9-10
as much as the apostle paul is boasting, i think the greatest thing of rejoicing in his suffering is having the guts to admit that he is weak. it takes humility and courage to admit that one is weak and lowly, so that His power is made perfect in us. hopefully and prayerfully that jacq and i can be strengthened through our weaknesses too.
