on the phone with my mum today,
i remarked on how much she has been able to sacrifice
she tells me, in her usual nonchalant manner, laughing as she does

oh well, you just have to ask God to supply you with the grace not to grumble when you give.

it's a different conception of grace, another facet to it.
it's not just to give, but that even in giving, you don't silently resent and think of how you're so much of a better person for doing so, that you were the so-called bigger man.
you just give.
with the full awareness that this isn't second nature to you and you humbly ask for help in this area from the Guy who knows most about giving.



hannah and i finally had our wrestling showdown with tony in the living room. the boy from wisconsin took on two singaporean girls, playfully shoving us around with the couch cushions, dragging us by our feet across the living room floor and sometimes tackling us to the ground.

but like hannah said, he totally let us win. and had the grace not to say that he did :)