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It Is All About The Base

Christmas is coming!! 🎉🎉🎉our family is so excited to have our first ever christmas tree in singapore.. we had a mini tree last time but it does not count as it does not have the feel as much as a tree with proper height..

So we bought this tree last sat and tried to set it up on sun and mon.. what took it so long?!.. the biggest issue was we can't make the tree stood straight as it is supposed to.. several tries it leaned backward, another few tries it was slanted to the right.. so frustrating because of 2 things: 1) our expectation is so high as this is our first christmas tree but we could not make it right 2) we hate to dissapoint kakak gide as he kept talking about decorating the tree..

After several battle scars trying to tighten the base we realized that the issue was with the base itself.. it did not serve as firm foundation for the tree to stand straight and tall.. thus we decided to come back to the shop.. cut the drama short (the store's real opening hours differs from what is stated in website and in its front door 😅😅) we managed to change the base and the problem was fixed..

Throughout the experience i was reminded how important the foundation is.. in life we might have struggles and challenges that makes us "slanted", "leaned backwards", shaky, etc. like the tree.. sometimes we know that something is wrong but we don't know where to start to fix it.. maybe we should come back to the foundation?.. i did it this morning by spending time in prayer declaring God's love and faithfulness in my life.. it feels so right after that.. i feel i am standing straight again..

I will build my life upon Your love. It is a firm foundation. I will put my trust in You alone and I will not be shaken.

Build My Life - Housefires

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