Was spending the evening planning the last session of the Alpha Course and surfing the Web for a traditional satay man to order from. I don’t know about you but after spending a couple of hours perusing various websites reading reviews and looking at photos of delicious satay, I was struck with a craving for satay.
Feeling extra ravenous because I’d skipped dinner earlier, I called a friend from church and arranged to meet at the Adams Road Food Centre for their satay and “teh alia” (ginger tea).
The satay quest turned out to be a bomb because the stall was closed. Perhaps, it may have been that a lot of frustration, anger, pride and <substitute whatever emotion you think is appropriate here> had been building up in me or that it had been a while since I truly shared with someone about what i was feeling or thinking these last few months but the evening turned into one of soul-baring and sharing.
The topics we covered ranged far and wide from the frustration we were feeling (or rather I was feeling with church and its leaders) to how problems seemed to be cropping up in various aspects of church-life. At the end of that 5 hour conversation which eventually ended at 3am, I was left with a number of questions which I’ll have to think about and explore for myself. With things churning in my heart and brain, I turned to the occasionally used source of inspiration and comfort, the music of Chris Tomlin.
With the iPod set to shuffle, the first song seemed especially poignant given this evening’s tone of the conversation. Thought I’d share the song with you.
Video courtesy of Youtube.
