Somewhere I Belong...

When I was in secondary school, Form 3 to be exact, I used to have a "secret place" in my school where I always go to and nobody else passes by there. It's a little garden right behind the block where my class used to be. It was peaceful, green, full of plants and flowers, and the best thing was, somehow nobody seemed to pass by the place other than the occasional gardeners. It was like my very own little "sanctuary". It was a place I could think, reflect, be at peace, a place to escape the pain of school life, and a place to let out some tears occasionally. It felt like the only place in the school where I BELONGED.


Now that I'm 19, and in my 3rd year of college in KL, I still couldn't find any place like it. It's very easy for me to feel out of place sometimes. Throughout my years growing up, I've always felt out of place, as if I don't belong anywhere I go. This feeling is still no stranger to me. 


There is one thing that I find comfort in though, and that is Jesus was born a STRANGER to this world too. Through Jesus all things were made, without Him nothing was made that has been made. He came to this world that He has made but the world did not recognize Him. In his lifetime, REJECTION and feelings of "not belonging" wouldn't be any stranger to Jesus too. Wow, that feeling would be wayyy worse than mine. How could He have handled it? Well, other than the obvious fact that He's fully God (and fully man), I would think it's because He had a place that He could go to too. It's His own "secret garden". That place is the Father's arms. That would surely be His greatest comfort in this world that He didn't belong in.



Though I no longer have this little garden in my school to go to, I have a BETTER place to go to. It's a place that I look forward to going one day. One day, I will see Jesus & my Heavenly Father face to face. This time, all tears will be wiped away, together with my shame, my pain and my sins. That will truly be SOMEWHERE I BELONG. 



The place that I'll be going will be WAYYYYYY better than this pic...but guess I'll just have to be satisfied with this pic for now...;)


Blessed Christmas everyone!!! =)