growing

two thoughts stemming from two worship songs i've learned here:

"this is how we overcome"
i sang a song with this line repeated as a bridge during the first worship service i attended in New Zealand. keeping this phrase in mind has given me near immunity to homesickness and especially loneliness, relative to the weakness/breakdown i know i'm capable of. i dont remember much of the rest of the song, but it's all about hope and finding strength in God and really, that leads me to the next brief thought:

"You're all i have"
Seriously. i dont have much to elaborate on this- who else do i have here? no deep relationships, no clubs, no activities aside from my times of communal worship. without God's constant presence, i'd be alone indeed. being here has reminded me more than several times that we cannot afford to lean wholly on the people around us because no matter how well-meant their intentions are, they will fail us (and we them).