An Update.
heyieeee... feeling so excited today. of course, it's because i'm back at work from a long, well-rested holiday! really needed that and now i can concentrate much better at work!! ah... feels so good to be productive.
friday was fab. had an early night and woke up real early at 5 plus on saturday. it's great to be up when the skies are still dark and slowly watching the day break. haven't seen that happening in the longest time. but PTL! praise Him for His faithfulness and love that's renewed every single morning. visual effects of turning darkness into day. =) always thought i was nocturnal... until i started working and now, i think i'm more of a morning person.... which is great!! totally love it. =)
on saturday it was SOW... which stands for step out into the wilderness. wahaha. weeee!! it was sa12's lil' retreat. we watched two videos... and they're really great. the one by rick warren was the best! more on that on another post. hehe. then there was tea with grandma... nice... =)
and sunday, i was off to muar!! with SA and JL. it was such a restful time there. very peaceful sleep and i think the sleep i had was really deep. i've not entered such a deep sleep for the longest time and i can feel it. funny how you know how deep a sleep you enter... but yes... i could feel it. i think the last time i had such good sleep was in korea. good time there of reflection and rest... and i managed to finish a book! i read kinda slowly so i'm really glad i finished a book and can remember the gist of it. read this book by elisabeth elliot called 'let me be a woman'. it's a collection of letters she wrote to her daughter before she got married. it's so good. so full of truth and wisdom. and yes, more on that on yet another post. haha.
ate a lot at muar too!! malaysia's food is always better than singapore's. don't ask me why. it just tastes better. hehehe. yummy... tasty... and God was so good! it rained the 2 days we were there but the rain always came only when we were indoors. the haze wasn't too bad too coz of the rain.
so we were back on monday late night and tuesday was another exciting day. there was SOW somemore!! weeee!! though i was only there for like 2hrs to play guitar, i had fun. hehe. =) we played this game called sardines. lol! it's funny. and at night, went for the first trip meeting to shanghai. see a lot of unfamiliar faces... which is a good thing. i generally don't enjoy socialising... but i still feel excited. =) excited to learn from one another, excited to work with one another.
such a cool holiday break. enjoy it so much and many praises to God!! i believe i enjoyed the holiday so much because His hands were upon it and i give thanks for the answered prayers and His presence with me. touched.
thank you Jesus.
friday was fab. had an early night and woke up real early at 5 plus on saturday. it's great to be up when the skies are still dark and slowly watching the day break. haven't seen that happening in the longest time. but PTL! praise Him for His faithfulness and love that's renewed every single morning. visual effects of turning darkness into day. =) always thought i was nocturnal... until i started working and now, i think i'm more of a morning person.... which is great!! totally love it. =)
on saturday it was SOW... which stands for step out into the wilderness. wahaha. weeee!! it was sa12's lil' retreat. we watched two videos... and they're really great. the one by rick warren was the best! more on that on another post. hehe. then there was tea with grandma... nice... =)
and sunday, i was off to muar!! with SA and JL. it was such a restful time there. very peaceful sleep and i think the sleep i had was really deep. i've not entered such a deep sleep for the longest time and i can feel it. funny how you know how deep a sleep you enter... but yes... i could feel it. i think the last time i had such good sleep was in korea. good time there of reflection and rest... and i managed to finish a book! i read kinda slowly so i'm really glad i finished a book and can remember the gist of it. read this book by elisabeth elliot called 'let me be a woman'. it's a collection of letters she wrote to her daughter before she got married. it's so good. so full of truth and wisdom. and yes, more on that on yet another post. haha.
ate a lot at muar too!! malaysia's food is always better than singapore's. don't ask me why. it just tastes better. hehehe. yummy... tasty... and God was so good! it rained the 2 days we were there but the rain always came only when we were indoors. the haze wasn't too bad too coz of the rain.
so we were back on monday late night and tuesday was another exciting day. there was SOW somemore!! weeee!! though i was only there for like 2hrs to play guitar, i had fun. hehe. =) we played this game called sardines. lol! it's funny. and at night, went for the first trip meeting to shanghai. see a lot of unfamiliar faces... which is a good thing. i generally don't enjoy socialising... but i still feel excited. =) excited to learn from one another, excited to work with one another.
such a cool holiday break. enjoy it so much and many praises to God!! i believe i enjoyed the holiday so much because His hands were upon it and i give thanks for the answered prayers and His presence with me. touched.
thank you Jesus.
{ Wednesday, October 25 }
No More Tag?.
fellow bloggers, if you read this in time, please remove tag board code from your blog. there seems to be a problem with its operation.
if i'm not wrong, i think they 'close shop' liao.. =( time to look for another one.. otherwise, fellow taggers, please use blog post comments to leave your messages. ;)
if any of your tag boards are working, please lemme know.. it could just be my comp giving me problemes o_O
if i'm not wrong, i think they 'close shop' liao.. =( time to look for another one.. otherwise, fellow taggers, please use blog post comments to leave your messages. ;)
if any of your tag boards are working, please lemme know.. it could just be my comp giving me problemes o_O
{ Thursday, October 19 }
Hazy Dayz...
hey... check out the contrast...
if i'm not wrong, 7th oct is the day in 2006 where the haze is at its worst. psi of 150.
i remember last last week at touchkidz where pastor yew lin asked us all to pray for the haze to lift as it really is causing health problems among a lot of people, especially children. and as we prayed she spoke that at the same time that we prayed for the haze that's covering the eyes of our pre-believing friends to lift.
now, as i look at this picture, i can see how difficult it is to see clearly at who really God is with the distracting haze that covers our eyes...
had a religious discussion with one of my uncles today. thank God we didn't end up in any major arguments. and i can see how distracted with the state the world is in now. well, it's not wrong and i don't blame him coz i was once in his shoes. but we must press on, in living a life of truth and speaking truth and only pray that by the grace of God that the haze in their lives would be lifted.
haze can also clutter the lives of christians. we get distracted, we think to ourselves we'd rather live a cushy life and we fail to see the goodness and love of God.
how God is good in my life i can hardly use words to explain. i can only say, taste it and you'll know.
it's free. all you have to do is to believe.
just a little thought. it's knock off time. =) psi now: 106
{ Tuesday, October 17 }
Story #4 - God speaks.
while i have a little time to spare, here's a story i received a while ago from a few people. i think this story is amazing. sometimes, we wonder if God still speaks. well, you can only know when hear and obey. otherwise, you will never know if He has spoken at all. and obeying would require faith. believing in a God that's good and believing in a God that's real.
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A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?"
After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had ledthem in different ways. It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God ... If you still speak to people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk. The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. "Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk.
He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he passed Seventh Street , he again felt the urge, "Turn down that street." This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I will".
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep.
He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat. "Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk. Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.
"What is it?"
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to you." The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway. Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk."
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?"
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still answers prayers.
After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had ledthem in different ways. It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God ... If you still speak to people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk. The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. "Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk.
He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he passed Seventh Street , he again felt the urge, "Turn down that street." This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I will".
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep.
He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat. "Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk. Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.
"What is it?"
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to you." The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway. Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk."
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?"
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still answers prayers.
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dare to believe... dare to ask... dare to obey...
{ Monday, October 9 }