Saturday, December 23, 2006
Hey I put a music video list of Silly Songs with Larry (from Veggie Tales) here *lahlah~* I love Veggie Tales! They're cute and funny (and Christian). Oh, the first video's a Christmas special *tehe* hope readers of this blog would like it :) I also put a little cutie PostPet clock on this blog, so kawaii!! Dean and I (with my youth group) are gonna have a night out in TST tonight! So excited. Gonna see some marvellous Christmas decoration and some good old friends! I'd ask Dean to bring his camera and take some nice pictures. But right now I'm sitting at the office; No day off for this weekend... Can't wait till tonight!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
*Yay* got a new skin for Christmas. Chose this skin as it carries a pretty deep message. Hope you guys like it. As Christmas's coming, people start asking me what I'm gonna do on that day. To be honest, I'm not sure yet. Pete invited Dean and I to watch the Nativity Story movie. On the other hand, my youth group's going to have a wild camp (or something like that). Dean doesn't have the money to go camping, so I don't think I'm going with my youth group. Feeling a bit guilty for not going with them. But, you know, this is the first Christmas I have with Dean *ooo*.
Anyway, I don't wanna be distracted by all the things people do for Christmas. I want myself to know the holiday is a gift from God. I should spend sometime with Him - remembering what He's done for me. People always have a very pleasant impression about Christmas. However, Christmas is a sad story. This is a story about a Father sending His lovely son to suffer and die for His other betrayal sons. The good son was all innocent, however He took the suffering out of the love He had for His brothers. He even gave His life for His brothers, yet His brothers didn't understand why He'd died for them...
I'm so thankful that now I know what my Brother's done for me; and understand why my Brother's died for me. Oh my dearest Brother, I love you.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
My back seems getting better. People who have been praying for me - THANK YOU! God does listen to our prayers. After all, It's the Sweet Daily Living working. Sweet Daily Living is a life style that helps us to fix our eyes upon God. Every morning, the first thing I do when I just wake up is to talk to God and meditate on the essential truth in Him. When I feel God's presence, the whole me (my mind and my body) is totally relaxed.
Lately, I'm learning to rejoice in God continually. Some people may think it's a funny idea. But yeah, I think rejoicing in God is something we need to learn as it requires lots of faith. Actually it's a training of our faith and mind. Faith doesn't come easy. It takes time to build up our faith for God. And Faith is based on truth. Truth becomes our faith when we let it live in our "hearts" which I interpret as "minds". Again making truth alive in our minds is no easy task. It takes time and effort and it's an exercise (as Paul said). Actually, it's a conscious process - as we need to choose to focus on what grows our faith and to ignore what doesn't.
Honestly, I find it hard sometimes but I choose to rejoice in God instead of being upset. For He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is madeperfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about myweaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 - NIV)
Friday, December 15, 2006
My longing for the return of Christ is growing bigger .
I long to see my master face to face.
The face that glows Father's glory.
I know there's no other way to make Him come quicker.
But building up His HOUSE; His KINGDOM on earth.
I know He does not delay His return.
As He said He would come quickly (Revelation).
But how many time I delay my works for His return?
Like the Isrealites described in the book of Haggai,
How many time I think -
'The time has not yet come for
The LORD's house to be built"?
How often am I aware of the fact that
I am living in our paneled houses,
While His house remains a ruin?
How often am I aware of how "ruin" His house is
All over the world?
(Especially in places like
China, North Korea, Cambodia, Europe,
and many more)
Now this is what the LORD Almighty says:
"Give careful thought to your ways.
You have planted much, but have harvested little.
You eat, but never have enough.
You drink, but never have your fill.
You put on clothes, but are not warm.
You earn wages,
Only to put them in a purse with holes in it.
You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.
What you brought home, I blew away.
Why? declares the LORD Almighty.
Because of my house, which remains a ruin,
while each of you is busy with his own house.
I must go up into the mountains
And bring down timber and build the house,
So that God takes pleasure in it and be honored
I must be strong and work,
For the LORD is with me.
And this is what He covenanted with me
When I came out of the darkness.
His Spirit remains among me.
I do not fear.
Now this is what the LORD Almighty says:
'In a little while I will once more
Shake the heavens and the earth,
The sea and the dry land.
I will shake all nations,
And the desired of all nations will come,
And I will fill this house with glory.
The silver is mine and the gold is mine.
The glory of this present house will be greater
Than the glory of the former house.
And in this place I will grant peace.
O my LORD, may you come QUICKLY!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Had an awesome night with Bronze yesterday. We talked for ages (while we thought we only had talked for an hour or two). It was a good talk. Bronze, my mentor, gave a lot of helpful advice about life after married.
Bronze's a full time missionary in my church. Missionaries in my church don't get paid. They're only supported by individual Christians in the church. It's not easy to imagine a life without stable financial supports. However some people do live such life, for the sake of the gospel. Bronze's been a missionary for a decade. I looked at her and wondered how she could hold on till now. She told me she never thought she would be in the mission field for that long. At the time she started to serve in missions, she solely depended on a saving which could only feed her for three months. I'm so amazed by how graceful our God is. He looks after His servants.
This morning, I sang the hymn His Eye Is On the Sparrow. I worshipped God with all my heart, as He's my Jehovah Jireh. He's my provider - the origin of all kinds of richnesses. He always provides everything I (really) need even before I ask. I never asked for the salvation before I got saved, but already He died for it. He knew that I need the salvation; I would die (eternally) without it. "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" (Matthew 6:25-26, ESV)
So I sing because I'm happy
And I sing beaause I'm free
His eye in on the sparrow
And I know he watches me
Monday, December 11, 2006
Had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. Struggled so much as my back pain went horrible. Feeling a little bit frustrated; I've tried quite a few doctors (and specialist) already. Anyway, I'd keep having hope for my back's healing. Those who are reading this blog, please pray for me too. God remembers (and rewards) your grace for me.
So funny, it seems Australians like marble. The last non-Chinese customers I talked to are Australians. They like being recognized as Australian. Asking the question "are you from Australia?" or "which part of Australia are you from?" certainly would make them give you their business cards. Oh, one customer even tried to teach me say a proper "mate".
Remember the co-worker who shows me so little respect? He left the company yesterday! He made mistakes again and my boss went psycho about it. He couldn't handle the harsh words my boss said and he went psycho too. They had a quarrel then the worker shouted "I quit now!" Well, it's kind of a pity because I've just learned how to be nice to him.
However, I learn God's power in this incident. For so long I'd been praying for the change among the people I work with, since they were not very nice to me. Although I so wanted God to change the situation, He didn't. Instead, He changed my attitude in such situation. And when I'm willing to be changed, the situation soon is changed. God indeed will make a way where there seems to be no way. But before He shows us the way, He wants us to understand why He puts us in such circumstances. God teaches the ones He loves. He loves us and He knows hardships and sufferings are good for us as they refine us like fire.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
This blog is especially dedicated to Iris, my precious sister.
God selects the best and the most notable of His servants for the best and most notable afflictions, for those who have received the most grace from Him are able to endure the most afflictions. In fact, an affliction hits a believer never by chance but by God's divine direction. He does not haphazardly aim His arrows, for each one is on a special mission and touches only the heart for whom it is intended. It is not only the grace of God but also His glory that is revealed when a believer can stand and quietly endure an affliction.
-- Joseph Caryl
If all my days were sunny, could I say,
"In His fair land He wipes all tears away"?
If I were never weary, could I keep
This blessed truth, "He gives His loved ones sleep"?
If no grave were mine, I might come to deem
The Life Eternal but a baseless dream.
My winter, and my tears, and weariness,
Even my grave, may be His way to bless.
I call them ills; yet that can surely be
Nothing but love that shows my Lord to me!
-- Selected
Monday, December 04, 2006
Had dinner with Emmy after class. It'd been quite a while we hadn't caught up. Was good to talk to an old friend. Old friends do change but the funny stories we had in the past don't change - they're always so funny that crack you up in tears.
Emmy looked so tired and she told me I looked just as tired *haha* She wasn't the first to say that. People keep telling me I looked tired. Well, I guess I must look tired. Actually, I'm pretty tired and RedBull or caffeine doesn't help. Never get enough sleep, or when I do I don't sleep well. People say business world has it's own price, mm... It's quite true.
She told me how some of our old classmates are doing. Some of them are far more full on than us. They work, take part-time jobs and courses. We wondered how much time they have a day. Do they really sleep? I know they are working so hard for money, brands, houses, and blah blah blah, you name it. To be honest, it's not that I don't like luxurious lifestyle but I know that isn't what my life on earth should be after. Because my life in eternity will be luxurious anyway.
When I know what kind of luxury I'll have in the eternity, I don't care about the "so-called" luxury on earth. This life I have on earth only lasts eight years or a bit more (if I'm strong). It's such a short time compared with the eternity. Indeed, time is precious. It's not wise to waste the precious time to persue something that are fading away. The values of knowledge, certificates, property, money, and many other things change as times change. Nothing can last forever; and no one can keep something forever. I like what Jim Eliot said "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." I should spend my life to gain something I can never loose; that is God Himself.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Oh man! Got 94 points for my blogpet!! *speechless* Well, wondering who did that... Do I have that many readers of my blog? *can't believe it* Anyway, my day's all lightened up because of the 94 points! *haha* Was being silly. Readers who played with my Fluffie, you guys are so wonderful!
This morning I asked Dean some silly questions again. I always like asking Dean questions about the first times we shared - the first time we met; the first time we had lunch together; the first time we talked on the phone, the first time we told each other "I like you"; to name but a few. They're all sweet memories. It's so touching and exciting when Dean remembers some first times. Usually I remember more than he does. But no matter how good my memory is, I've forgotten some... as I'm only human. God remembers all the first times I shared with Him. He put them in his book well before the beginning of the world.
"You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed."
Psalm 139:16 - NLT
Here are some most unforgetable first times I shared with my Lord:
The first time I - cried before Him
- threw a tandrum to Him
- prayed in a congregation
- testified to friends
- brought firends to church
- prayed for the sick
- fasted
- sang and danced for joy
- and many more...
