Blessed :)

I really thank God for my cell……. Hee.

I am really very blessed…. The most blessed cell leader, really!

They are such an encouragement to me…. And it’s such a joy to lead them, to be with them, to help them succeed….. Hee. :)

Well, there are times when I’m so tired of serving…. But today as I reflect, i just wanna say “Thank you Lord” for the blessing of my cell….. hee. The blessings far outweigh the weariness! J

Well, without me even teaching them, some of them have taught me this verse: “Obey your leaders, so that their work will be a joy…”

I’m really blessed. :)

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Just an update of my life so far:

Work has been quite busy, hehe. Last Saturday was the 4th Saturday that we had work on weekends… Hehe, the days are over, finally! :) Though I must say it was a joy to be with the kids…… hee… I miss them already! HEHE…

Next week, I’ll be off to Vietnam! So fast leh…. Quite unprepared actually! HAHAA… it’s like something that we keep talking about for the past 100 years, then suddenly it’s NEXT WEEK! Hahahahaa….

Okok, gtg. Update again soon.. :)

Delight in the WORD of GOD!

I'm so inspired!

Today, I read Psalm 1 & 2. What Jewels i found!!

Psalm 1:2&3 - "But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. He is prosperous in all he does."

Psalm 2:7&8 - "I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, You are my son. Today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession."

WOW! What great promises and truths in just the first 2 chapters of psalms! THANK YOU LORD, for speaking to me so quickly! heheheehee.... I'm the happiest person on earth now! heeee... wheeeeee........

I'm on a quest! I've a new resolution - I will start to memorize a verse or 2 each day as i read the psalms! Then, i will be able to remember roughly what each psalm is about!! SO COOL RIGHT?? HEHEHEE.............. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm on leave tmr!!!! Tmr's the encounter!!! GOD IS MY STRENGTH, MY SHIELD, MY FAVOUR, MY FRIEND AND MY KING! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..............

BYE!'

*ponder* shd i go meet sara and mel @ chomps? hahahahaa.

Return to the Word of God

We had team meeting today.. It was a really refreshing time.. Thank God for each one of them...

One main thing that struck me today - Return to the Word of God... Crow, remember to read the bible!! heheee.... So important, yet so easily neglected... :)

Ok, shall go sleep now. Tired! hehe.

It's exciting days ahead! Whee!~

Eventful Night!

Haha. LEt me tell u a story..

Last night, i came home at 10 plus, quite tired and having slight flu... so after washing up and all, i took some medicine... felt a bit drowsy, but hair was still wet so i didnt head to bed immediately...

So i walked about in the house... then realised the stove still had 2 pots with food in it - one had barley, the other had lou bah.. So i kpo kpo went to tell my mum about it... she asked me to heat up so the food wun go bad..

So......i went to on the 2 stoves.... and since they would take sometime to boil... i went back to my room... and..... in less than a minute, i fell asleep. HAHAHAA................... Seriously!

And yes.... The fire was left on!! But i did not remember about it.... So there it went boiling and boiling and boiling....

Till 1 am when my brothers came back.... They got a shock of their lives when they reached the doorstep.... They could smell a lot of smoke! Haaa.... YA! The whole house was filled with smoke (SERIOUSLY...) .... They faster rushed in and switched off the fire.... Apparently some neighbour also smelt it and came to our house to check if things were alright.... HAaa.... and so.... the next 1/2 hour or so my good ole brothers were there fanning the smoke out of the house.... i was 3/4 stoned.... really dunno what to do..... how to help... haa...

But really gotta thank God that the kitchen was not burned down! It was really so possible for it to happen.... Maybe if my brothers came back an hour later, the story will have a different ending.... haaa.... Thank God for my family... I am really blessed to have them... :) My dad spent today evening scrubbing the pots (Totally black) and super miraculously he made them cleaner than new!! Amazing...

Well, it was really an experience, seriously. Was quite badly shaken.... haa... But now ok lah. Had quite a bit of fun scrubbing the kitchen with my dad just now. hahahaha. I told him, "Come on, look on the bright side of it... If this didnt happen, our pots wouldnt be so clean now!!" HAHAA... he gave me the killer stare in return... HAHAAHA....oops!! haaaaaa....

Anyway.... today marks the end of Character IDol prog on saturdays! phew! finally sia.... But i must say i enjoyed it.... The children are a blessing...

HAving cell tmr!! excited!! hehehee.... wheeeeeeeeeee....

Good Night!! :)

Refreshed! :)

It has been an emotionally tiring week! Or rather, emotionally-dead week! haa... I really don't know how to describe it, but the bottomline was i was so far from the Lord!

Hehe, though i dreaded going for today's prayer and praise (really no excuse not to go...), I praise God for julia, who led such a spirit-led worship... It brought such release within me, something i was searching for but could not find... It brought such restoration to my heart... It seemed to answer all the questions in my heart, yet in a different way... hee... Well, Praise God!

May i always remember the Lord and his goodness to me.. :)

我的心，你要称颂耶和华

我的心 你要称颂耶和华
不可忘记他的恩惠
他赦免你一切过犯罪孽
医治你疾病复原

我的心，你要称颂耶和华
不可忘记他的恩惠
他以仁爱慈悲为你冠冕
为受委屈的人伸冤

天离地有何等的高
他的慈爱也何等的深
东离西有多么的远
他使我的过犯也离我多远
耶和华有怜悯的爱
且有丰盛无尽的恩典
从亘古直到永远
耶和华他是我的神

Afterthoughts..

I’ve just finished the amazing story of Dave Pelzer. I thank God for him – An amazing child, boy, man who could so easily give up, but did not. I thank God that he wrote this book; it is indeed an inspiration..

Just to give you some background, this real life story has 3 parts: A child called ‘it’, The lost boy, and a man named dave. In summary, he tells of his story as a abused child, so badly abused by his mother that the court ruled for him to be separated from her, and put in foster care. In the second part, this boy struggled hard from one foster parent to another, struggled through issues in life. The last part, he writes about his life as an adult – not a bed of roses.. but he never gave up, and… he made it.

This guy’s life story touched me to tears, especially the last part. Probably it’s a very apt time for me to be reading this book too.

I opened the book initially, expecting a normal ‘inspiring’ story of how a boy struggled when he was young and when he grew up, finally from the clutches of his mum, he could carry on living life normally. I thought his nightmare will end the moment he left his mum.

Well, his story was not on of self pity. I doubt his intention was to make readers grossed out at the extent of his abuse. But subtly, his message was on never giving up, and always giving your all. Just to press on, no matter what. I can’t say it half the way he says it, cuz I’ve not been through what he has.. If u haven’t read the book, go read it.

Just yesterday I was grumbling to myself how hard life is. I was moaning to myself about how responsibilities are weighing down on me.. And as I saw a mother with her child at the swimming pool, I suddenly had the thoughts of how as we move on in life, the responsibilities just multiply… And when we reach the stage of parenting, there’s no turning back..

I shuddered as I thought about all these… Suddenly I felt I lost my footing.. I told God, life is so scary.. I think I’m comfortable where I am. Deep down inside my heart, I knew that the struggles I have now will only make me stronger. I just had to overcome this struggle within myself.

But somehow in my thoughts, I always had this perception that soon, things will be smooth sailing and when I get stronger, it will be so easy to handle life’s issues.

But it’s not true.. Even as a man in his thirties, Dave still struggled.. With different things, to different extents… but he still struggled.. But the thing is this – even when he was struggling deep down, he still gave.. Even when he felt so unworthy to give his “motivational speech”, he still did it…

“Never give up”.. “Press on”… “Give your all”… these clichés are so commonly heard, yet so barely understood… by me, at least…

Just do it.