cinderella

It's been such a long time since my last entry and I've been debating whether to continue with writing this year, especially since I've just been too tired to write. This year's Christmas vacation didn't quite seem like Christmas or a vacation and I'm just lost in time. I know it's 2008 but it doesn't feel like a new year at all. I usually enter the new year with such a rush of hope and excitement but this year it's different. I promised myself that I would stop classifying days as 'good' and 'bad' but it's hard. My energy's been down so that's why I'm not quite in a writing mood either. But I realised that I need to continue just because my blog has been a reminder of God's grace to me and if I lose track of that, it'll be harder to find my way back if I get lost.

But I've found enough energy for this next post. Where from? From a little push of love. As I sit here listening to Steven Curtis Chapman's singing 'Cinderella' from his new album, I remember the little incident which happened a few days ago. This trip back to Dundee was quite an ordeal for me. I was terribly ill on the plane and spent about 4 hours lying on the floor of the plane, just outside the toilet. I was well enough to leave the plane on my own eventually but it was definitely a difficult experience. As I got out of the airport and sat on the bus, I thought to myself, I wish I had someone there with me, not for company really, but just to say a silent prayer for me. In any case, I was fine now and didn't give much thought to it.

Anyway, being out of the plane, I turned on my phone and found a few missed calls from my daddy. I wasn't sure why especially since he knew I was going to be on the plane but later he told me that he had felt such a burden to stop and pray for me. This is what the song 'Cinderella' reminded me of, how special fathers are. How my heavenly Father used my earthly father to intercede for me, even if we were thousands of miles apart. It is amazing how far love goes.

"So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone"

No matter how far I go, I know Cinderella will always be daddy's girl.