Settling In
I hadn't had much ideas on what to blog for some time... But partly cos I come home so late everyday. For this month I knock off at 9pm almost every other day. Then the other days I come home late because I'm out meeting people for various reasons. And so for the 2nd time this week, I have fallen sick again... I starting to think I'm one of those sicklings in the old Chinese shows. so I guess I really need to eat right and exercise. Vitamin C tablets anyone?
But this week was particularly relaxing. I had the opportunity to catch up on some reading on Sat morning before I met up with Ruth and Jason. Then I went cycling at Pasir Ris Park with Gil. Not too bad for a Sat afternoon.
But all in all, I been working for about 1 and a half months now. From a rookie with no assignment in the first week, to attending a company event last week and having assignments given to me; it does seem like I've been at this for the longest time. Even some of my collegues think that way. Reality ,on the other hand, is certainly far from that.
I thank God for my workplace, because the people are willing to teach and I'm entrusted with my own responsibilities even as a fresh graduate. Aside from the occasionaly interjections of "what does this-or-that-mean?"; you can hardly tell from how collegues interact with me that I've only started work 1.5 months ago. I guess I can consider myself "settled in". At least somewhat.
Some thoughts for the moment.
Christianity is a "universal faith" as opposed to a "private faith". This is evident in Christ's call for us to be His witness to the ends of the earth. Yet our society assumes that one's faith is private. You keep your religion on your side of the room and I'll keep mine. Or at least that is my impression of the world around me. And so I am apprehensive when it comes to an outward expression of faith.
But there are individuals at my workplace who view the world differently. They express their faith ways which are so natural that it is never offensive. God, faith and religion so undergirds their lives that their vocabulary is interspersed with "God-talk".
"I really prayed hard for that presentation to go on well" or "God really blessed me alot" are their catch-phrases.
There is no need for apologies or justification in any of these because they are neither offensive nor provocative.Nor were they meant to be that way. Just one person's expression of what he feels.
Ah...The false dichotomy of the publics and the private aspect of faith. That is another challenge wouldn't you say?
But this week was particularly relaxing. I had the opportunity to catch up on some reading on Sat morning before I met up with Ruth and Jason. Then I went cycling at Pasir Ris Park with Gil. Not too bad for a Sat afternoon.
But all in all, I been working for about 1 and a half months now. From a rookie with no assignment in the first week, to attending a company event last week and having assignments given to me; it does seem like I've been at this for the longest time. Even some of my collegues think that way. Reality ,on the other hand, is certainly far from that.
I thank God for my workplace, because the people are willing to teach and I'm entrusted with my own responsibilities even as a fresh graduate. Aside from the occasionaly interjections of "what does this-or-that-mean?"; you can hardly tell from how collegues interact with me that I've only started work 1.5 months ago. I guess I can consider myself "settled in". At least somewhat.
Some thoughts for the moment.
Christianity is a "universal faith" as opposed to a "private faith". This is evident in Christ's call for us to be His witness to the ends of the earth. Yet our society assumes that one's faith is private. You keep your religion on your side of the room and I'll keep mine. Or at least that is my impression of the world around me. And so I am apprehensive when it comes to an outward expression of faith.
But there are individuals at my workplace who view the world differently. They express their faith ways which are so natural that it is never offensive. God, faith and religion so undergirds their lives that their vocabulary is interspersed with "God-talk".
"I really prayed hard for that presentation to go on well" or "God really blessed me alot" are their catch-phrases.
There is no need for apologies or justification in any of these because they are neither offensive nor provocative.Nor were they meant to be that way. Just one person's expression of what he feels.
Ah...The false dichotomy of the publics and the private aspect of faith. That is another challenge wouldn't you say?
1 Comments:
That's a VERY interesting thing you point out. The claim that religion is a "universal" faith only rings true to those who follow that faith I think. Although minor sayings like "pray for it to go well" are accepted with no (major) offence, if anything more intrusive crops up, I'm sure people will start making noises.
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