AL(L)ONE
AL(L)ONE
That was the theme for this year's College Retreat - a good reminder that the theological learning and experience which God has enabled each one of us to have is not an individualistic one.
It seemed only like yesterday that my class first came together and met each other, and our class presented the same item during this evening's Finale Night - the one we did when we were in our first year - memories of our 2 years together somehow just came flashing past .... how we were as green and blur as the current freshies, how we were extremely worried and anxious about getting our textbooks on time so as to catch up with readings, how we enthusiastically begin working on our assignments early but yet at the same time wonder if we have figure out correctly what we are expected to write, how we seemed to have "all the time" in the world to go for coffee breaks, games and outings.
The "powerful" effects of a simple dance somehow brought the whole class together. Perhaps it's also due to similiar ministry background that many of us were from, the class got together quickly and cohesively. Label me bias or whatever, I do feel that my cohort is a very cohesive and united bunch - always on the lookout for one another, helping one another during times of assignments and exams, being unselfish in sharing our resources and notes, and chipping in to share the load when another person is given a task that requires more than one pair of hands. We seemed to be always ready and available for one another.
That was also the reason why I decided to take 2 years off from work and finish off the course with the rest of the class - we all want to graduate together and be good ministry supporters as we are sent out by God to the various fields. In the words of Dr Kenda Dean, holy companion that walk alongside with one another.
Somehow, the time has finally come - to a point where it's going to be the final year for all of us, and as each day passes by, it means the time we have together gradually decreases. For me, I definitely wish this final year can be a fruitful and memorable one, and I believe some of my classmates perhaps feel the same way too. Well, while I hope that we will still give our best shots to all the subjects we are taking, I hope that we will also take time off to meet and fellowship with one another - something which I felt was lacking drastically as we entered into our second year.
Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
That was the theme for this year's College Retreat - a good reminder that the theological learning and experience which God has enabled each one of us to have is not an individualistic one.
It seemed only like yesterday that my class first came together and met each other, and our class presented the same item during this evening's Finale Night - the one we did when we were in our first year - memories of our 2 years together somehow just came flashing past .... how we were as green and blur as the current freshies, how we were extremely worried and anxious about getting our textbooks on time so as to catch up with readings, how we enthusiastically begin working on our assignments early but yet at the same time wonder if we have figure out correctly what we are expected to write, how we seemed to have "all the time" in the world to go for coffee breaks, games and outings.
The "powerful" effects of a simple dance somehow brought the whole class together. Perhaps it's also due to similiar ministry background that many of us were from, the class got together quickly and cohesively. Label me bias or whatever, I do feel that my cohort is a very cohesive and united bunch - always on the lookout for one another, helping one another during times of assignments and exams, being unselfish in sharing our resources and notes, and chipping in to share the load when another person is given a task that requires more than one pair of hands. We seemed to be always ready and available for one another.
That was also the reason why I decided to take 2 years off from work and finish off the course with the rest of the class - we all want to graduate together and be good ministry supporters as we are sent out by God to the various fields. In the words of Dr Kenda Dean, holy companion that walk alongside with one another.
Somehow, the time has finally come - to a point where it's going to be the final year for all of us, and as each day passes by, it means the time we have together gradually decreases. For me, I definitely wish this final year can be a fruitful and memorable one, and I believe some of my classmates perhaps feel the same way too. Well, while I hope that we will still give our best shots to all the subjects we are taking, I hope that we will also take time off to meet and fellowship with one another - something which I felt was lacking drastically as we entered into our second year.
Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
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