DONT ASUME YOU ARE BOOKING OUT RECRUIT!!!!!!

hello family haha maybe you all do not know but that is my officer's favourite line... This week has been one of the most tiring week I ever had since entering army.. I had a 16km route march IPPT, SOC and Battle Assualt Course over this whole week... to make matters worse, my knees and ankles were quite cui already from the previous week of training haha I dont know la but maybe my body takes a longer time to recover compared to my other friends haha

But what Jasper says about drawing near to God instead of drifting away from him is really true =) Generally my platoon is really strong...all of them have at least 4 pecs and are all very garang haha my platoon had a 95% Ippt Pass and 77% silver.... of which I am one of the 3 who didnt get a silver.... (half a pull up more zzzzz) anyways back to my point haha being less physically fit than my platoon mates really put me in a situation where I learn not to depend on my own strength but really tapping on the faithfulness of God =)

The Night before my Ippt, I prayed to God to help me pass CONFIDENTLY for the test. My SBJ and shuttle run is really quite jia lat haha I cant seem to jump far hahah and as for the shuttle run, I keep droping the blocks =.=" on the day of IPPT, I managed to clear the stations confidently but there was sense of pride seeping in through... I wanted more and more... I wanted to show everyone that I was equally capable of getting a silver award....and that was when God pointed out to me that I left him out of my endeavour to strife for glory.... it was all about me and not about his faithfulness and grace

Naturally I was disappointed with my perfermance but it struck me to wonder that if God allowed me to get that half more pull up, would I be 100% dependent on him for everything I did or will do ? would I be approaching my section mates and buddy to pray for me like crazy few days before any ippt ?

Ask and it shall be given unto you
I asked for a confident pass and God gave it me =)
Seek and you shall find.
I wanted a silver award for the wrong reason and God taught me not to be complacent. Sometimes you need to seek through disappointments to find the real victory

All in all, BMT has brought my relationship with God to a higher level. With more challenges and less time to spend with him, you end up learning to depend and appreciate him in a whole new way hahah like praying during route marches..... praying with your buddy at night.... doing quiet time at 5 30am when you have to fall in at 5 40am hahah