“Break
camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites…. See,
I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your
fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them,” Deut 1:7-8.
Just this morning I found myself thinking about how it is mid April 2013
already and I remembered when at the start of the year I resigned my job to
take on a new adventure. The thought
somehow led me to this biblical verse when the Israelites were told to move on
and take possession of the new land.
Taking possession of a new land was no
ordinary decision to me considering it involved relocating into another country
where I would find new people and whole lot new experiences. And I would travel
amidst mixed feelings to this new town. The fear of the unknown, the anxiety
about the choice I had made all crowded my mind and had I been fainthearted I
would have changed my mind. Little did I know that that place would finally become
my home and for three months running I am happily getting acquainted. And like the Isrealites moved on casting their
fears aside, I chose to move on. And I
have learned many a lesson the main one being: That change is not for the fainthearted;
in fact whoever embraces change should consider themselves stronger than
Badanga(were we not told that he was the strongest man in Singapore). Whether
it is a job, marital status, political, city or country, change is necessary
because in the end - like one of my Secondary school teachers used to say - if
you don’t change, change will change you!
But we all know way leads on to way, and whatever happens, I hope I will
be telling the story to my son and his children that one day I made a choice and
that made all the difference in my life.
Cheers,
Pen Ninah
