As i laid on my bed, i had a glimpse of God's love. As usual, i'll think of my grandmother, wanting to help her and yet don't know how, unwilling. I told God to just touch her, enveloped her in His love, just hold her in His arms. I told Him i am willing to give all my angels, all my blessings to her if that will make her happy. That's all i wanted. I thought of all the times she took care of me. Never touching english her whole life, she did my english exercises for me when i was p1. it was an awkward process but she did it. I realised how much i love her, so much that i am willing to give my blessings and angels to her. Then it dawned on me, Someone loves us as much. He gave His life for us. Then i asked myself, will i do that for my granmother? It was at the moment, i realised the magnitude of God's love. We know He loves us, but do we really really know? I wonder...
Last night, i laid on my bed once again, this time thinking about my mom. She worked till the wee hours of the night just to go through my chinese with me, to accomodate my timing. An unspeakable love for her filled my heart. I am so afraid of losing her. Again. it's as if God is there, meeting me again. I realised that God looking at a non-believer, a backslidden christian feels searing pain. An undescribable pain that we feel when we lose someone. Only it is deeper, truer, purer.
I asked God why He showed me all these only to realise He is answering my prayer. I asked Him to be more real to me and He put things into perspective. So when we ask God for somthing, do we really mean it?
All for love a Father gave
For only Love could make a way
All for love
the heavens cried
For love was crucified
Oh how many times
have i have i borken Your heart
Still You forgive
If only i ask
Oh how many times
have You heard me pray
Draw near to me
Everything i need is You
My beginning
My forever
Everything i need is You
LEt me sing all for love
I'll join the angel song
Ever holy is the Lord
King of glory
King of all
All for love
A saviour prayed
Abba Father
have Your way
Though they not know what they do
Let the cross draw man to You
van
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Well, got sth to praise God today. Sth also gotta do with Facing The Giants lols.
Its a tuesday, so it means P.E day. 2 weeks ago we had our firswt 2.4km run, and i ended up 10th place with those that ran. i failed by 6 seconds simply by slowing down, sine i had thought that the passing time is 13:20, which was really 14:20. My timing was 14:26.
Today, when i was running the 2/3 round, i felt fatigue overtaking me. Thats the reasoni had not been passing since Sec 1. running the first quarter of the round already sapped me of strength, and i was soon reduced to walking briskly, not that it eased the pain present on my sides.
Reaching the half-point of the 2/3 round, i was soon slowing down to walking, but as i looked up into the sky and gave thanks to God, i remembered - Give Your Best.
With that thought in mind, i realized that, as my mind told God that i will give him my best in the run, i felt strength coming back to me, and the pain easing off. Soon i was back at the speed at which i started off with. Whenever i felt the pain coming back, or the temptation to slow or even stop, i recited the phrase that was mentioned in the movie that we saw last week during cell.
I can show my best, He has already provided the way for me to run, for me to actually pass my run. Cant help but slow during the final half, i even recited what was said in the movie - I aint done yet - and continue my last dash into the finishing place.
Finally, with God's help, i finished with 13:19, passing the timing that i actually thought was the passing mark.
Praise God, he helped me pass, not only the officially NAPFA timing, but the 'timing' that i thought was real from the start.
Dino
Its a tuesday, so it means P.E day. 2 weeks ago we had our firswt 2.4km run, and i ended up 10th place with those that ran. i failed by 6 seconds simply by slowing down, sine i had thought that the passing time is 13:20, which was really 14:20. My timing was 14:26.
Today, when i was running the 2/3 round, i felt fatigue overtaking me. Thats the reasoni had not been passing since Sec 1. running the first quarter of the round already sapped me of strength, and i was soon reduced to walking briskly, not that it eased the pain present on my sides.
Reaching the half-point of the 2/3 round, i was soon slowing down to walking, but as i looked up into the sky and gave thanks to God, i remembered - Give Your Best.
With that thought in mind, i realized that, as my mind told God that i will give him my best in the run, i felt strength coming back to me, and the pain easing off. Soon i was back at the speed at which i started off with. Whenever i felt the pain coming back, or the temptation to slow or even stop, i recited the phrase that was mentioned in the movie that we saw last week during cell.
I can show my best, He has already provided the way for me to run, for me to actually pass my run. Cant help but slow during the final half, i even recited what was said in the movie - I aint done yet - and continue my last dash into the finishing place.
Finally, with God's help, i finished with 13:19, passing the timing that i actually thought was the passing mark.
Praise God, he helped me pass, not only the officially NAPFA timing, but the 'timing' that i thought was real from the start.
Dino
The Small Things that God can do For u
I have seen God working in my life, doing small things that may seem insignificant to some1 else but for me, yes it matters alot.
Ever since i have been taking a bus to school, i have always been worrying about reaching there late, especially since i can only take 1 bus, 39 to school and it takes like 10 mins to come if u missed it. Bus no. 3 is not an option, takes like 30mins to reach, so yup...if i miss a bus i am most likely to panic quite a bit. Juz yesterday I was waiting 4 the bus and guessed what? IT WAS LATE. N the thing about 39 is, its usually crowded to the brim a few stops afetr I got up. But this time, I ended up being 1 of the last to squeeze up the bus. Get the picture? The bus is jerking all the time and taking forever to move on.Thank God however, I was not late, barely reaching on time tho. I was relieved.
Today, something else took place and yes, another bus incident. Tho small and trivial, I see God's presence. I waited for my classmates after PE to change and what not so we could catch a bus back home together. N by the time we got to the bus stop, 39 JUZ LEFT! I was like: argh, i have to take 81, den have to walk, after PE sumemore, since 39 takes 10min, i rather walk in most cases. Consequently I got up 81 wif my classmates and they alighted at White Sands. 81 continued...and guess what I saw? a bus stop full of ppl, so much that I was wondering why. N ahead of the bus stop I saw 39. IT BROKE DOWN!!! If I have gotten up that bus, I would be rather pissed rite now, squeezing wif the crowd for the next bus. But here I was sitting comfortably in 81. I duno abt u but I believe its God working here. Thank God I missed 39! See the difference in missing the bus and not missing it at the appropriate time?
So I do not know how the rest of the week will be like but I do know what we should continue doing, juz like in the movie we watched on sunday, dun fail to give praise even in bad times and God will do wonders in your life. Hope this encourages you guyz.
Sam Low
Ever since i have been taking a bus to school, i have always been worrying about reaching there late, especially since i can only take 1 bus, 39 to school and it takes like 10 mins to come if u missed it. Bus no. 3 is not an option, takes like 30mins to reach, so yup...if i miss a bus i am most likely to panic quite a bit. Juz yesterday I was waiting 4 the bus and guessed what? IT WAS LATE. N the thing about 39 is, its usually crowded to the brim a few stops afetr I got up. But this time, I ended up being 1 of the last to squeeze up the bus. Get the picture? The bus is jerking all the time and taking forever to move on.Thank God however, I was not late, barely reaching on time tho. I was relieved.
Today, something else took place and yes, another bus incident. Tho small and trivial, I see God's presence. I waited for my classmates after PE to change and what not so we could catch a bus back home together. N by the time we got to the bus stop, 39 JUZ LEFT! I was like: argh, i have to take 81, den have to walk, after PE sumemore, since 39 takes 10min, i rather walk in most cases. Consequently I got up 81 wif my classmates and they alighted at White Sands. 81 continued...and guess what I saw? a bus stop full of ppl, so much that I was wondering why. N ahead of the bus stop I saw 39. IT BROKE DOWN!!! If I have gotten up that bus, I would be rather pissed rite now, squeezing wif the crowd for the next bus. But here I was sitting comfortably in 81. I duno abt u but I believe its God working here. Thank God I missed 39! See the difference in missing the bus and not missing it at the appropriate time?
So I do not know how the rest of the week will be like but I do know what we should continue doing, juz like in the movie we watched on sunday, dun fail to give praise even in bad times and God will do wonders in your life. Hope this encourages you guyz.
Sam Low
Monday, April 23, 2007
Romantic-Relationships
HEY I CAN SIGN IN !!!!!
Well, this'll be me second blog... makes me feel a lil left out i guess :/
anyway, about relationship stuff ? well, there are many stuff to it ie. raging hormones, love bug, whateverinterestyou stuff and idunnowhatthecrap symptoms.. but yeah, alot of couples these days at a young age too, and somemore i've been a victim of its folly before i knew God.. thank Him i gotten over it fast 2 yrs ago.
okay, tim you want to know about how pple kickstart a relationship yes ? well, i've been a crap guy with planes, and have come up with this 'sermon' about how pple can get together like planes... with God as a final victorious destination.
Stage 1
Human - You look at that person, you feel attracted to him/her, why ? cos you feel theres something special with that person yah ? well, nothing wrong with that, its like some natural reaction, but like what the Commandment says, - do not commit adultery, even with your heart - well, know our own limits, and go slow. fast relationships aint gonna work well, unless you get to know the person really well.
Aircraft - There is a ready-made Left and Right wing ready for fitting, cos they are made for one purpose - unity. But if there is even one glitch in the design of the part and pple just weld it together, there'll be a dangerous outcome - failure to achieve flight status. Companies like MCDouglas do check their stuff very well, thats why they are big in the world. If their planes are crap, pple will think them as crap.
[ Each person is a wing, you need to be both good and compatible to each other to work well. You dont have to be identical cos its the left and right wing, then if you rush you may end up screwing about with different wings on each other, or even a screwy aftermath. { imagine a Boeing 747 with F-16 wings -.-" } ]
Stage 2
Human - okay, ask already, going steady ? dunno yet... needs to be a good union of two hearts to one single bond, then there'll be chemistry of C6H12O6 [ Glucose - sweet ] instead of CO [ Carbon Monixide - poison :S ], so, when all is okay with the two of you, go steady into a relationship yeah, but not too early pls..
Aircraft - When the two wings are ready, a suitable chasis is needed to join the two components together. Without a good chasis, the wings are only useful for wakeboarding... so, good union of compatible systems will ensure a good workout of the craft, enabling it to work well, BUT, not for flight, which i would explain soon...
[ A good union of two people is just like a good union of the wings into the bond - aircraft chasis. With all things okay and set to go, we set off in a somewhat unstable thingy which most pple will end up as 'now-what' and thus inviting disaster. ]
Stage 3
Human - Stead liaos ? steady bo.. ? make sure you're all okay leh, some pple actually go into a relationship at mach10 they dont even know what they are looking for or what they want. Usually a couple said 'stead' a few weeks of idling and they ask again 'stead' ? now i tell you in your face THAT SUCKS ! know what you are and balance your life before you go serious !
Aircraft - Gonna fly with two wings ? set, wheres your rear fin stabilizers ? you gonna do hoola-hoops in the air at 400kph ? slowly, add in the rear stabilizers and test. make sure all the flight body is all prepped up and okay, you got your wings, chasis, rear fins and your main outlook is good to go, not to mention the number of closets needed to be built for the designers and technicians.
[ Going steady is simply just the beginning, you cannot jump right into hyper-hiong mode and start spending big bucks at Vivo or Marche without knowing more about that person. Know his/her personality and know them well and incorporate them into your life, but do not become a changed person just for their sake, do not destroy your own personality just for the whimps of another person, learn how to co-exist ! ]
Stage 4
Human - Okay, good relationship, know you pace man, KNOW YOUR PACE ! you cant just go intimate with each other jus after what, 2 weeks ? no way man ! that aint right. Know the other party well, get togerther sometimes with your other priorities on hand, and really work you way when you get the chance, with out compromising your other life-stuff.
Aircraft - 3, 2, 1, Takeoff ! 'Wind Blowing' wheres the engine man ? okay, you need suitable engine for each plane to balance the Thrust:Weight ratio, for good speed and G-turning, as well as good maneuverability. Cant see the logic of putting a Proton-engine into the new F-22 right ? planes are meant for aerial fights, not using it as a new model which fires missile/guns/jamming system, they got tanks for that !
[ Know your pace, thats what i always hear in school. you cant learn moles in sec 1 right ? and you cant learn anti-matter/neutron-acceleration in sec 5 ya ? go slow, theres the world for you. you dont need to fear of another person snatching your precious from you if your stead is as committed to you. Knowing about pace - it was a span of 10 years before a tested plane got into service ! ]
Stage 5
Human - Whats your goal ? wheres your target ? know how to go there ? how you gonna go there ? stupified ? you're all set to proceed on. but, you still need to let your peers know about your relations ! no use keeping it a secret and still letting it get found out in the end right ? let parents know, get advice, then you know better. people talk about power, i talk about experience. Know where you want to go, let your stead know, if its okay, let ya parents know, just dont piss-em too much yeah ?
Aircraft - Should the F/A-18 be a fighter or attacker ? should it be land or carrier based ? Well, decisions... decisions... MCDouglas gotta know what pple want. get the craft ready with all specs all rammed in, and you got a nice beautiful plane ready for take-off. Let the contractors know, some aint gonna be happy, but others will be glad to know that The Hornet will be out to sting people who are 'buay-song' with them hah.
[ You need a way. Pray for a way. Know what you want to be, get the stuff right and ready, then go, tally no longer. Whats worse than a failed plan is no plan. Parents may or will object to you having a fast relationship, mebbe they are right. but do not let mortal judgement control your life. God gave us free will to make decisions that will glorify Him, if you think what you're doing is okay, you can cope, go. Pray for guidance that you wont fall into a drain on the way. ]
Stage 6
Human - Lets go get married ! lol, i dunno why I AM talking about marraige... mebbe cos my eldest bro already have 2 kids ? heh, i'm typing this out for crappy nuts, dont listen to it, but i think its what i think it is. Well, everything is all set, you're going for the BIG EVENT of your life ! dont screw up now, its probably the most important event that you'll ever face in da mortal life yes ? If you two are okay, everything is stabilized, then slowly, know your pace !
Aircraft - Go for your prototype test-run ! Dont screw up ! enough closets are bought by the designers that wedont need closet-designers in the company anymore hah. Fly well, perform beautiful ! know your roles and dont crash ! the first flight for every aircraft is probably its pinnacle in the production status, its the real test after years of hard work for the company. If somthing falls, so will the people.
[ Know your way, marraige is probably the biggest event in life, the only life-changing situation you'll have. Like a test-flight, its your pinnacle. ]
Stage 7
Human - Where we gonna live dear ? if you or the other person cant answer that, good game. A home requires good financial inputs and a balanced financial flow. you need a good sum of cash to get a nice home and all the furniture, then you can settle in. A good life plan is compulsory, like what someone said before - if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. yeah, know yourself, know your partner, and work somthing out.
Aircraft - Okay, lets take this machine to the Atlantic Ocean, we'll be based off a carrier. Planes need a proper home too ! You cant have 100 F-16s being put out in display at Tampines Mall's Nissan Showcase Studio can you ? The plane is ready, bombs and missiles all equipped at the undercarraige and external hardpoints, FLY ! Air Combat Missions also need proper planning as well as payload. You cant expect a what, F-16 to knock out Iraq's nuclear reactor with just a puny machine gun can you ?
Okay, fight in progress, planes armed with 4 MK84 bombs, closing on target... enemy fighters ? whats the plan ? we got no anti-air ! Boom Boom Good Game No Rematch.
[ In life, plans are all around us. Regardless of theme, they all form up a feasible situation that can be changed. Houses are good plans, planes are good plans, even ships are good plans. After you excecute, you need support from others as well as yourself and God. ]
Okay, i'm done... its 10.31PM and i gotta wake and run 2.4 tomorrow... please dont grill me over this in cell group, thanks you guys, God Bless !
Dino
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Seneca
Well, this'll be me second blog... makes me feel a lil left out i guess :/
anyway, about relationship stuff ? well, there are many stuff to it ie. raging hormones, love bug, whateverinterestyou stuff and idunnowhatthecrap symptoms.. but yeah, alot of couples these days at a young age too, and somemore i've been a victim of its folly before i knew God.. thank Him i gotten over it fast 2 yrs ago.
okay, tim you want to know about how pple kickstart a relationship yes ? well, i've been a crap guy with planes, and have come up with this 'sermon' about how pple can get together like planes... with God as a final victorious destination.
Stage 1
Human - You look at that person, you feel attracted to him/her, why ? cos you feel theres something special with that person yah ? well, nothing wrong with that, its like some natural reaction, but like what the Commandment says, - do not commit adultery, even with your heart - well, know our own limits, and go slow. fast relationships aint gonna work well, unless you get to know the person really well.
Aircraft - There is a ready-made Left and Right wing ready for fitting, cos they are made for one purpose - unity. But if there is even one glitch in the design of the part and pple just weld it together, there'll be a dangerous outcome - failure to achieve flight status. Companies like MCDouglas do check their stuff very well, thats why they are big in the world. If their planes are crap, pple will think them as crap.
[ Each person is a wing, you need to be both good and compatible to each other to work well. You dont have to be identical cos its the left and right wing, then if you rush you may end up screwing about with different wings on each other, or even a screwy aftermath. { imagine a Boeing 747 with F-16 wings -.-" } ]
Stage 2
Human - okay, ask already, going steady ? dunno yet... needs to be a good union of two hearts to one single bond, then there'll be chemistry of C6H12O6 [ Glucose - sweet ] instead of CO [ Carbon Monixide - poison :S ], so, when all is okay with the two of you, go steady into a relationship yeah, but not too early pls..
Aircraft - When the two wings are ready, a suitable chasis is needed to join the two components together. Without a good chasis, the wings are only useful for wakeboarding... so, good union of compatible systems will ensure a good workout of the craft, enabling it to work well, BUT, not for flight, which i would explain soon...
[ A good union of two people is just like a good union of the wings into the bond - aircraft chasis. With all things okay and set to go, we set off in a somewhat unstable thingy which most pple will end up as 'now-what' and thus inviting disaster. ]
Stage 3
Human - Stead liaos ? steady bo.. ? make sure you're all okay leh, some pple actually go into a relationship at mach10 they dont even know what they are looking for or what they want. Usually a couple said 'stead' a few weeks of idling and they ask again 'stead' ? now i tell you in your face THAT SUCKS ! know what you are and balance your life before you go serious !
Aircraft - Gonna fly with two wings ? set, wheres your rear fin stabilizers ? you gonna do hoola-hoops in the air at 400kph ? slowly, add in the rear stabilizers and test. make sure all the flight body is all prepped up and okay, you got your wings, chasis, rear fins and your main outlook is good to go, not to mention the number of closets needed to be built for the designers and technicians.
[ Going steady is simply just the beginning, you cannot jump right into hyper-hiong mode and start spending big bucks at Vivo or Marche without knowing more about that person. Know his/her personality and know them well and incorporate them into your life, but do not become a changed person just for their sake, do not destroy your own personality just for the whimps of another person, learn how to co-exist ! ]
Stage 4
Human - Okay, good relationship, know you pace man, KNOW YOUR PACE ! you cant just go intimate with each other jus after what, 2 weeks ? no way man ! that aint right. Know the other party well, get togerther sometimes with your other priorities on hand, and really work you way when you get the chance, with out compromising your other life-stuff.
Aircraft - 3, 2, 1, Takeoff ! 'Wind Blowing' wheres the engine man ? okay, you need suitable engine for each plane to balance the Thrust:Weight ratio, for good speed and G-turning, as well as good maneuverability. Cant see the logic of putting a Proton-engine into the new F-22 right ? planes are meant for aerial fights, not using it as a new model which fires missile/guns/jamming system, they got tanks for that !
[ Know your pace, thats what i always hear in school. you cant learn moles in sec 1 right ? and you cant learn anti-matter/neutron-acceleration in sec 5 ya ? go slow, theres the world for you. you dont need to fear of another person snatching your precious from you if your stead is as committed to you. Knowing about pace - it was a span of 10 years before a tested plane got into service ! ]
Stage 5
Human - Whats your goal ? wheres your target ? know how to go there ? how you gonna go there ? stupified ? you're all set to proceed on. but, you still need to let your peers know about your relations ! no use keeping it a secret and still letting it get found out in the end right ? let parents know, get advice, then you know better. people talk about power, i talk about experience. Know where you want to go, let your stead know, if its okay, let ya parents know, just dont piss-em too much yeah ?
Aircraft - Should the F/A-18 be a fighter or attacker ? should it be land or carrier based ? Well, decisions... decisions... MCDouglas gotta know what pple want. get the craft ready with all specs all rammed in, and you got a nice beautiful plane ready for take-off. Let the contractors know, some aint gonna be happy, but others will be glad to know that The Hornet will be out to sting people who are 'buay-song' with them hah.
[ You need a way. Pray for a way. Know what you want to be, get the stuff right and ready, then go, tally no longer. Whats worse than a failed plan is no plan. Parents may or will object to you having a fast relationship, mebbe they are right. but do not let mortal judgement control your life. God gave us free will to make decisions that will glorify Him, if you think what you're doing is okay, you can cope, go. Pray for guidance that you wont fall into a drain on the way. ]
Stage 6
Human - Lets go get married ! lol, i dunno why I AM talking about marraige... mebbe cos my eldest bro already have 2 kids ? heh, i'm typing this out for crappy nuts, dont listen to it, but i think its what i think it is. Well, everything is all set, you're going for the BIG EVENT of your life ! dont screw up now, its probably the most important event that you'll ever face in da mortal life yes ? If you two are okay, everything is stabilized, then slowly, know your pace !
Aircraft - Go for your prototype test-run ! Dont screw up ! enough closets are bought by the designers that wedont need closet-designers in the company anymore hah. Fly well, perform beautiful ! know your roles and dont crash ! the first flight for every aircraft is probably its pinnacle in the production status, its the real test after years of hard work for the company. If somthing falls, so will the people.
[ Know your way, marraige is probably the biggest event in life, the only life-changing situation you'll have. Like a test-flight, its your pinnacle. ]
Stage 7
Human - Where we gonna live dear ? if you or the other person cant answer that, good game. A home requires good financial inputs and a balanced financial flow. you need a good sum of cash to get a nice home and all the furniture, then you can settle in. A good life plan is compulsory, like what someone said before - if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. yeah, know yourself, know your partner, and work somthing out.
Aircraft - Okay, lets take this machine to the Atlantic Ocean, we'll be based off a carrier. Planes need a proper home too ! You cant have 100 F-16s being put out in display at Tampines Mall's Nissan Showcase Studio can you ? The plane is ready, bombs and missiles all equipped at the undercarraige and external hardpoints, FLY ! Air Combat Missions also need proper planning as well as payload. You cant expect a what, F-16 to knock out Iraq's nuclear reactor with just a puny machine gun can you ?
Okay, fight in progress, planes armed with 4 MK84 bombs, closing on target... enemy fighters ? whats the plan ? we got no anti-air ! Boom Boom Good Game No Rematch.
[ In life, plans are all around us. Regardless of theme, they all form up a feasible situation that can be changed. Houses are good plans, planes are good plans, even ships are good plans. After you excecute, you need support from others as well as yourself and God. ]
Okay, i'm done... its 10.31PM and i gotta wake and run 2.4 tomorrow... please dont grill me over this in cell group, thanks you guys, God Bless !
Dino
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Seneca
Friday, April 20, 2007
Catching up!
Hey pple!
Sorry for not coming last week. School's very hectic now, with lots of ongoing projects and homework. Im surprised we even survived this wk lah!Seriously, my friend termed this wk as International Emo Week. We've had classmates breaking down 1 by 1. So much for the additional year...Ok, so!I have to apologise for not being able to come this wk too. SORRY!! Once the projects are completed, I'll come right away.. Sobs. My weekends are burned. Anyone wanna hold a funeral for my social life?
Anyway, reading tim's post really reminded of God's goodness and i realise i have alot to thank him for:) Thank God for my class. We're top in everything!! haha. 07A1 A Class Above All. So cool right? I have a very supportive group of friends and though life's challenging, we have loads of fun too! Thank God for my econs test results!19/20! Its really God-blessed..:D Im really loving MI alot! So many things happening!!the blood donation drive, CIP day( did u see us in the news? haha!), project runway ( the press's coming down on mon!), sc investiture, debate competitions (in which we beat our class rival) and ProjectEarth Day!etc..On top of hw and projects.. Tiring hah? Thank God for strength and patience throughout this trying time. Honestly, i look back and wonder how i got thru it. Ahhhh!!! I cld go on and on, but to quote tim, i'd be boring u all.
Pls pray for my 2 darling bands. SYF is this coming thurs and i pray they'll do excellently well. Gold for SAC and Gold with Honours for MI. Pray tt somehow i might be able to go? I'll be seeing SAC full dress rehearsal at RGS 2mrw.. Hope they dont let me down..
Ok! take care pple!Im missing you all. Hopefully i can come nxt wk!! In the meantime, love ya! Esp van;)
Cheryl!
Sorry for not coming last week. School's very hectic now, with lots of ongoing projects and homework. Im surprised we even survived this wk lah!Seriously, my friend termed this wk as International Emo Week. We've had classmates breaking down 1 by 1. So much for the additional year...Ok, so!I have to apologise for not being able to come this wk too. SORRY!! Once the projects are completed, I'll come right away.. Sobs. My weekends are burned. Anyone wanna hold a funeral for my social life?
Anyway, reading tim's post really reminded of God's goodness and i realise i have alot to thank him for:) Thank God for my class. We're top in everything!! haha. 07A1 A Class Above All. So cool right? I have a very supportive group of friends and though life's challenging, we have loads of fun too! Thank God for my econs test results!19/20! Its really God-blessed..:D Im really loving MI alot! So many things happening!!the blood donation drive, CIP day( did u see us in the news? haha!), project runway ( the press's coming down on mon!), sc investiture, debate competitions (in which we beat our class rival) and ProjectEarth Day!etc..On top of hw and projects.. Tiring hah? Thank God for strength and patience throughout this trying time. Honestly, i look back and wonder how i got thru it. Ahhhh!!! I cld go on and on, but to quote tim, i'd be boring u all.
Pls pray for my 2 darling bands. SYF is this coming thurs and i pray they'll do excellently well. Gold for SAC and Gold with Honours for MI. Pray tt somehow i might be able to go? I'll be seeing SAC full dress rehearsal at RGS 2mrw.. Hope they dont let me down..
Ok! take care pple!Im missing you all. Hopefully i can come nxt wk!! In the meantime, love ya! Esp van;)
Cheryl!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Giving thanks!
hello guys!
very long since i blogged here, bcos i've been very busy. This week has been quite krazy for me, but anyway i really wanna thk God from the bottom of my heart, for blessing me so much, opening my eyes to the answers when i got stuck at that chem calculation, forgiving all my sins, helping me forgive myself, reminding me of His love for me, blessing me with good NAPFA results, helping me during bio test, helping me to deliver a good PI, protecting me from all harm and politics, blessing me with great and caring frens, giving me imagination to imagine i'm in japan having fun, giving me ears to enjoy music, eyes to search the stars that decorate the night, and for being alway there, whether i'm so lost, lonely or at the top of the world. The list can go on, but i wouldn't want to bore u haha. God has blessed not just me, but all of us, bcos His children who are righteous are always blessed and prosperous in wadever they do. It pays to be close to Him, to live by the Spirit and be righteous and upright in wadever we do.
This week, i was pondering over something. While i was meditating, i thought abt the way i had been, and i realised that perhaps i have been too lax on the words i say to others. Maybe i talk too much and too fast. I dunno, but i rmb pastor rony mentioning abt making ur words full in one of his books. How to make ur words full when u are full of lame jokes and krazy stuff? I'm like some clown in class, ppl think i'm some samurai, who lives in the gym, and i always make ppl laugh, bcos i act blur and funny. Ok, maybe not everyone, perhaps i have hurt ppl unknowingly. I wanna know how to make my words full so that it will be life to ppl, instead of discouragement. Maybe humour is one good way to do that, haha, well, or maybe i just think too much. There something that really bothers me, and that is do ppl treat my words with respect? i hope to be funny yes, but when it is time to be serious, i'm really serious. Is it possible to be funny but respectable at the same time? If i'm too funny, then ppl won't be serious with me when i share the gospel with them. That's just my thought for the week.
Ok, i was thinking abt something else as well. I was wondering how 2 ppl get together, i mean isn't it hard, like wad our dear lil' jo said? It is usually one-sided right? haha, i'm quite curious abt this, cos my 2 classmates just suddenly like became a couple, it's very funny. Nv thot it could happen.
Anw, are u all seriously busy? I know this is probably krazy, but wanna have cell outing soon? I want to sleep alr, tmr got 2.4, shiok man, i love the pain and anguish, cos that's the time God always helps me. haha, sounds sick, but yeah, my frens still can't understand why i like interval trng. ok, i want to go to bed soon, bye!
Tim
very long since i blogged here, bcos i've been very busy. This week has been quite krazy for me, but anyway i really wanna thk God from the bottom of my heart, for blessing me so much, opening my eyes to the answers when i got stuck at that chem calculation, forgiving all my sins, helping me forgive myself, reminding me of His love for me, blessing me with good NAPFA results, helping me during bio test, helping me to deliver a good PI, protecting me from all harm and politics, blessing me with great and caring frens, giving me imagination to imagine i'm in japan having fun, giving me ears to enjoy music, eyes to search the stars that decorate the night, and for being alway there, whether i'm so lost, lonely or at the top of the world. The list can go on, but i wouldn't want to bore u haha. God has blessed not just me, but all of us, bcos His children who are righteous are always blessed and prosperous in wadever they do. It pays to be close to Him, to live by the Spirit and be righteous and upright in wadever we do.
This week, i was pondering over something. While i was meditating, i thought abt the way i had been, and i realised that perhaps i have been too lax on the words i say to others. Maybe i talk too much and too fast. I dunno, but i rmb pastor rony mentioning abt making ur words full in one of his books. How to make ur words full when u are full of lame jokes and krazy stuff? I'm like some clown in class, ppl think i'm some samurai, who lives in the gym, and i always make ppl laugh, bcos i act blur and funny. Ok, maybe not everyone, perhaps i have hurt ppl unknowingly. I wanna know how to make my words full so that it will be life to ppl, instead of discouragement. Maybe humour is one good way to do that, haha, well, or maybe i just think too much. There something that really bothers me, and that is do ppl treat my words with respect? i hope to be funny yes, but when it is time to be serious, i'm really serious. Is it possible to be funny but respectable at the same time? If i'm too funny, then ppl won't be serious with me when i share the gospel with them. That's just my thought for the week.
Ok, i was thinking abt something else as well. I was wondering how 2 ppl get together, i mean isn't it hard, like wad our dear lil' jo said? It is usually one-sided right? haha, i'm quite curious abt this, cos my 2 classmates just suddenly like became a couple, it's very funny. Nv thot it could happen.
Anw, are u all seriously busy? I know this is probably krazy, but wanna have cell outing soon? I want to sleep alr, tmr got 2.4, shiok man, i love the pain and anguish, cos that's the time God always helps me. haha, sounds sick, but yeah, my frens still can't understand why i like interval trng. ok, i want to go to bed soon, bye!
Tim
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Jesus,
my passion in life is to know You
May all other goals bow down to
this journey of loving you more
Jesus,
You've showered Your goodness on me
Given Yours gifts so freely
That's one thing I'm longing for
Hear my heart's cries
and my prayer for this life
above all else
above all else
above all else
give me Yourself.
my passion in life is to know You
May all other goals bow down to
this journey of loving you more
Jesus,
You've showered Your goodness on me
Given Yours gifts so freely
That's one thing I'm longing for
Hear my heart's cries
and my prayer for this life
above all else
above all else
above all else
give me Yourself.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Saw this article online at Studylight.org (a very good Christian resource, by the way) and I thought it was a good follow-up on the lessons we had about the woman at the well some time ago. Enjoy!
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An irritated chirping sounded from the bushes behind me. Good, I thought. Better the birds should be uneasy in this hush before dawn. I had never heard the city so quite. My chest hurts from so much weeping. I think I have poured out all my tears and yet, more come. My body aches from so much lamentation.
I seek a more comfortable position on this hard rock I chose for my night’s repose… more like a vigil, though. The chill in the fibers of my being had little to do with the chill of the night, although, it truly is unusually cold this night, too. The stars seem to have lost their luster and the moon hides its face from any who looks for it. Too many have hidden their faces from not only the moon, but from those who have murder in their hearts. It is a cold Hell and has been for several days. It is a wonder the tears on my cheeks have not frozen into trails of ice.
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I tug my robe tighter across my shoulders and tuck it under me for an ever so slight a cushion. Like a sore tooth, I poke and prod at the anguish in my heart. Not one person in all of Jerusalem could half way imagine my desolation. Well, maybe Peter can. He has hidden his face, too. John, so young and his resilience stronger, is probably with him.
My life was filled with evil and torment for the most of it. Only a few brief years of respite, one might even call it happiness. Yes. I could call it happiness.
A beautiful man had crushed my tormentors, broke the shackles of bondage and set me free, cleaned me up, dusted me off and I was so deeply grateful for that. Why couldn’t those knuckleheaded priests see the Truth for what it was? Why had this terrible thing happened?
I tried once to make them see… to make them understand. They would have none of it. I was tainted. I was unclean. Some thought I was a whore. No so! I was none of those things, but they could not see past the surface. Well… back to the Man.
His name was Jesus. Rabboni, master, teacher. One day I was drawing water and He walked by. Something compelled me to spit in His face. I cringe now to think of it. These tormentors who spoke things in my mind and took control over of my body screeched at Him obscene things that make my whole body blush to think of them. He just looked at me with the strangest expression. I had no idea what it meant. I had never seen compassion on anyone’s face before. I saw that same look on His face when He healed the lame and the sick and the demented. Some part of my brain registered surprise that he would look at me so when I’d just spit at Him. He spoke two words. Come out! His voice was soft, but held such authority that my tormentors flew from me. Emptiness after that.
Nothingness. The clamor was gone. The thunder ceased. The change was so abrupt I collapsed in a faint. The next thing I remember was the tenderness of His touch. He was washing my face with His robe dipped in the water I had drawn. For the first time I knew what clean meant. It had nothing to do with the removal of a bit of dirt from my face. It had everything to do with the removal of those things from my mind and a completely different path to walk.
Now look! The sky is getting a bit lighter. Not much longer now. The spices at my feet give off a heavy, but sweet aroma. What’s this?
The earth trembles and shakes.
I lost my balance. One minute I’m sitting on solid rock and the next I’ve been tossed to the ground. Oy! What is going on? My hearts stops beating along with my breath when I look to the tomb. Oh! The stone is gone!
The other women come out from their places of vigil and look at this most extraordinary sight. I cannot stop the tears from flowing. My body is wracked with sobs and I pay no attention to the two men dressed in shining clothes because the worst possible thing has happened. Jesus is gone. His body has been stolen and I cannot do this last thing for Him… to wrap Him in spices and to prepare Him for His final repose. It is too much to bear!
One asks me, “Woman why do you weep?” I fall to the earth in fear and despair.
Desperately I cry, “They have taken my Master and I do not know where they have put Him!”
One of the men said, “Why seek the living among the dead?” I paid no attention and ran from them into the garden, seeking I know not what.
A Gardner stood a short way away. Again I am asked that horrid question, “Woman why do you weep? Whom do you seek?”
I did not know that who I sought was standing right beside me. I accused Him, “Sir! You have taken Him. Tell me where You have put Him and I will take Him away.”
He says one word, “Mary,” His voice so tender and so soft and so full of authority. I knew.
How does one describe joy? What is this emotion that displaces despair? The one is death and the other is life. I can only tell you that my heart started beating again. My breathing started up again. Where there was numbness, there was life. Where there was darkness, there was Light.
He cautions me not to touch Him for He had not yet ascended to our Father. He knew I wanted Him to stay here forever so that I might love Him and serve Him and learn from Him. He tells me and the other women to go tell the disciples what we had witnessed. I had a mission! What greater joy than to be a service to Him. He could have done that Himself, yet He told us to go. We had great news and we could bear this great Joy to those closest to Him!
I ran. I could not help it. The energy surging through me had to be expended or I would burst. I knew what David’s thirtieth Psalm meant. It seemed that David had written that Psalm just for this morning, for truly, my joy came this morning.
2 O Jehovah my God, I cried to You, and You have healed me.
3 O Jehovah, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, from going down into the Pit.
4 Sing praises to Jehovah, O saints of His;
and give thanks to the memory of His holiness.
5 For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life.
Weeping may endure in the evening, but joy comes in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity, I said, I shall never be moved forever.
7 O Jehovah, in Your favor You have made my strong mountain to stand;
You hid Your face; I was troubled;
8 I called to You, O Jehovah; yea, I prayed to Jehovah.
9 What profit is in my blood, in going down to the Pit?
Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?
10 Hear, O Jehovah, and favor me; O Jehovah, be my helper.
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have loosed my sackcloth and have clothed me with gladness.
12 So my glory shall praise You, and not be quiet;
O Jehovah, my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
________________________________________________________
An irritated chirping sounded from the bushes behind me. Good, I thought. Better the birds should be uneasy in this hush before dawn. I had never heard the city so quite. My chest hurts from so much weeping. I think I have poured out all my tears and yet, more come. My body aches from so much lamentation.
I seek a more comfortable position on this hard rock I chose for my night’s repose… more like a vigil, though. The chill in the fibers of my being had little to do with the chill of the night, although, it truly is unusually cold this night, too. The stars seem to have lost their luster and the moon hides its face from any who looks for it. Too many have hidden their faces from not only the moon, but from those who have murder in their hearts. It is a cold Hell and has been for several days. It is a wonder the tears on my cheeks have not frozen into trails of ice.
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I tug my robe tighter across my shoulders and tuck it under me for an ever so slight a cushion. Like a sore tooth, I poke and prod at the anguish in my heart. Not one person in all of Jerusalem could half way imagine my desolation. Well, maybe Peter can. He has hidden his face, too. John, so young and his resilience stronger, is probably with him.
My life was filled with evil and torment for the most of it. Only a few brief years of respite, one might even call it happiness. Yes. I could call it happiness.
A beautiful man had crushed my tormentors, broke the shackles of bondage and set me free, cleaned me up, dusted me off and I was so deeply grateful for that. Why couldn’t those knuckleheaded priests see the Truth for what it was? Why had this terrible thing happened?
I tried once to make them see… to make them understand. They would have none of it. I was tainted. I was unclean. Some thought I was a whore. No so! I was none of those things, but they could not see past the surface. Well… back to the Man.
His name was Jesus. Rabboni, master, teacher. One day I was drawing water and He walked by. Something compelled me to spit in His face. I cringe now to think of it. These tormentors who spoke things in my mind and took control over of my body screeched at Him obscene things that make my whole body blush to think of them. He just looked at me with the strangest expression. I had no idea what it meant. I had never seen compassion on anyone’s face before. I saw that same look on His face when He healed the lame and the sick and the demented. Some part of my brain registered surprise that he would look at me so when I’d just spit at Him. He spoke two words. Come out! His voice was soft, but held such authority that my tormentors flew from me. Emptiness after that.
Nothingness. The clamor was gone. The thunder ceased. The change was so abrupt I collapsed in a faint. The next thing I remember was the tenderness of His touch. He was washing my face with His robe dipped in the water I had drawn. For the first time I knew what clean meant. It had nothing to do with the removal of a bit of dirt from my face. It had everything to do with the removal of those things from my mind and a completely different path to walk.
Now look! The sky is getting a bit lighter. Not much longer now. The spices at my feet give off a heavy, but sweet aroma. What’s this?
The earth trembles and shakes.
I lost my balance. One minute I’m sitting on solid rock and the next I’ve been tossed to the ground. Oy! What is going on? My hearts stops beating along with my breath when I look to the tomb. Oh! The stone is gone!
The other women come out from their places of vigil and look at this most extraordinary sight. I cannot stop the tears from flowing. My body is wracked with sobs and I pay no attention to the two men dressed in shining clothes because the worst possible thing has happened. Jesus is gone. His body has been stolen and I cannot do this last thing for Him… to wrap Him in spices and to prepare Him for His final repose. It is too much to bear!
One asks me, “Woman why do you weep?” I fall to the earth in fear and despair.
Desperately I cry, “They have taken my Master and I do not know where they have put Him!”
One of the men said, “Why seek the living among the dead?” I paid no attention and ran from them into the garden, seeking I know not what.
A Gardner stood a short way away. Again I am asked that horrid question, “Woman why do you weep? Whom do you seek?”
I did not know that who I sought was standing right beside me. I accused Him, “Sir! You have taken Him. Tell me where You have put Him and I will take Him away.”
He says one word, “Mary,” His voice so tender and so soft and so full of authority. I knew.
How does one describe joy? What is this emotion that displaces despair? The one is death and the other is life. I can only tell you that my heart started beating again. My breathing started up again. Where there was numbness, there was life. Where there was darkness, there was Light.
He cautions me not to touch Him for He had not yet ascended to our Father. He knew I wanted Him to stay here forever so that I might love Him and serve Him and learn from Him. He tells me and the other women to go tell the disciples what we had witnessed. I had a mission! What greater joy than to be a service to Him. He could have done that Himself, yet He told us to go. We had great news and we could bear this great Joy to those closest to Him!
I ran. I could not help it. The energy surging through me had to be expended or I would burst. I knew what David’s thirtieth Psalm meant. It seemed that David had written that Psalm just for this morning, for truly, my joy came this morning.
2 O Jehovah my God, I cried to You, and You have healed me.
3 O Jehovah, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, from going down into the Pit.
4 Sing praises to Jehovah, O saints of His;
and give thanks to the memory of His holiness.
5 For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life.
Weeping may endure in the evening, but joy comes in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity, I said, I shall never be moved forever.
7 O Jehovah, in Your favor You have made my strong mountain to stand;
You hid Your face; I was troubled;
8 I called to You, O Jehovah; yea, I prayed to Jehovah.
9 What profit is in my blood, in going down to the Pit?
Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?
10 Hear, O Jehovah, and favor me; O Jehovah, be my helper.
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have loosed my sackcloth and have clothed me with gladness.
12 So my glory shall praise You, and not be quiet;
O Jehovah, my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Time will fly..
Heys people! This blog is going to the doldrums man! =] hahas..anyways, I'm leaving tomorrow liaos, so yup, the next time I will be seeing you all will be on the 6th of May..wooohoos, sounds pretty fast! You guys and gals take care, and I will buy back some power taiwan snacks for you all..oh yes, and don't stop evangelising, bring your friends to cell!
In His love and mine,
Normz
In His love and mine,
Normz
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