“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. ” ~Ephesians 2:8-9

Happy Sabbath. 

Inspiration

I would like to share this with you for today.

This excerpt was taken from "Life Without Limbs":

"I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and it's within God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God, who is well able to do all things! We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the power of God is that if we want to do something for God, we must refocus. Instead of concentrating on our capability, our attention needs to shift to our availability. For, the Word of God is clear; it is God working through us. Without Him, we aren't capable of doing anything on our own. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's! Philippians 4:13 highlights this point well, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." God has a truly great purpose for your life!"

"Never give up on God because God will never give up on you."

Happy Sabbath.

This time, I made it!

Second hike this week, and I made it to the top this time! It feels great to be able to stand on top of the hill! The haze set aside, the view from the top was awesome! I thought it was going to be a little harder this time since my legs were a still a little sore from Tuesday's hike.  It did feel like it was going to be harder at first, but as I made my way up, I realized that it was actually easier this time.  

I didn't even realized that I was already at the spot where I stopped and almost gave up.  

I passed that spot. 

Then I reached the spot where I finally decided not to continue to the top.  

This time I didn't puke.  I didn't stop to sit down.  

Stopped for a little while to take picture of Tamparuli.  I can see my house from here, hehe. 

With the State flag in sight, it suddenly seemed like my legs were not tired at all.  

Finally, the top. I made it! Woohoo! 

I set a goal of reaching the top and I did.  I'm so proud of myself! 

Planning to hike at least twice a week.  Wanna join? Hehe.  :D

I need to exercise...

Bukit Perahu - a decade ago, climbing this hill behind my house was not that hard to do, but yesterday, I only managed to climb just a little more than halfway to the top.  My goodness, I'm so not fit!! Ha ha! 

Jerebu oh jerebu!

The picture above was taken from where I stopped and almost gave up.  But, after a few minutes, I decided to go a little further up.  People where coming down - kids and adults alike. I decided I was not ready to give up yet.  So, ever so slowly, I forced myself to go a step further.  I kept telling myself "another step... another step..." until I decided, that was it.  I just couldn't take it anymore, my head was spinning and I felt like puking (for the second time).  Haha! Hopefully tomorrow, I will be able to go all the way up! :D

Btw, not too long from now, paragliding will be available in Tamparuli (read Soaraway future for small village). This is exciting! Go Bukit Perahu!