The greatest love that anyone could ever know
That overcame the cross and grave to find my soul
And till I see You face to face and grace amazing takes me home
I'll trust in You
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Things that I have to let go in faith. To trust God so easily in patience. It's not easy at all. I really do not understand why this person is in my life, or has got anything to do with it. But since God put her there, I guess I'll find out sooner or later. Maybe I'll never find out, but there has to be a reason, so I'll thank God for her. And I don't bother now about who's visiting this blog, after I found out a lot of interesting people do without tagging. Have fun then! hahah.. If you didn't know, every time I post something like what you see below, it's usually something I'm going to teach or share in church. So I thought I'll type it here to bless all my readers, and to revise it as well :) To pray in faith- Is to believe that God will answer your prayer. But it has to be God's will that he answers our prayer. Then what's the point of praying? We might as well tell God to give us everything He wants to give us and do what He wants us to do. You probably need a great deal of faith to do that. But "ask and it will be given unto you, seek and you will find". We have to fellowship with God as Christians. That's the point of being His disciple. (I deleted 3 sentences here because I sidetracked.. bad habit..) So, through our communication, we find out from God His will, then we pray and ask Him for it in faith. Faith to trust that He will give it to us, and faith to trust that it is the best for us, because truthfully, I don't get what God does sometimes, as you would have seen in the earlier part of this post. Anyways, I'll stop here now, though I starting to get in the mood.. I'll continue again next time! God bless you all... spoke at :
11:23:00 PM
Friday, June 27, 2008
Yeah, terms are over. Now I have to do homework.. haha.. I didn't really feel a stress difference. I suppose I was stressed in the first place.. Anyway, yesterday I was studying Physics really hard at night, like in the really serious mood. Then I suddenly received a message from Jasmine, and couldn't help laughing out loud when I read it, it was really refreshing.. haha, here it is, if she doesn't mind.. "Hello yello bello! ALL THE BEST FOR PHYSICS TMR!hoho throw coconuts and watermelons and ace that exam!(: impossible is nothang(:" Okay, I dunno if I'm weird for finding that funny, but it was like a total opposite of what I was doing at the moment. So thank God for friends like her.. haha.. spoke at :
11:06:00 PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Halfway through term exams, thank God so much for His assurance I was at peace during GP I was still at peace during Chinese . By God's grace, I managed to understand the last of the 4 compo topics, and it was quite fun to write too! I was peaceful during Maths. It wasn't as difficult as everyone said it was. I was peaceful during Chem, though it was a really long paper and almost no one finished it. Thank God I finished it.
There are so many things in my life these days that are directly related to God. Everything. What I do, What I give. I just want to serve Him more now, knowing how much I rely on Him everyday. So much that when I don't talk to Him for too long, I would probably feel really terrible and can't sleep at night. So it's a good thing He's everywhere huh? haha.. spoke at :
8:06:00 PM
Sunday, June 22, 2008
My time-table for next term didn't change.. That kind of sucks.. Still ending school at the latest time possible for everyday. Well, I guess it could be worse.. though I seriously don't know how..
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7:23:00 PM
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Alright people, especially Acsians, haha. Look at the guy the green hat! He's Bob Browning, the great, great grandson of Robert Browning. In case you're wondering, Robert Browning was the guy that came up with our motto- "The Best is Yet to Be". It was really coincidental that we met him! We were on tour at one of the palaces in Austria, and he was a guide there. So he spotted the ACS crest on our sweaters and approached us!.. haha.. Never thought this kind of thing could happen.. spoke at :
12:31:00 AM
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Heh, I guess I won't post tour photos here since they're all already on facebook. It's more interesting to view them there anyway, with all the comments. If you don't already have a facebook account, go get one! You'll probably regret it after you fail your exams, but it worth it :)
Terms are next week, and I'm surprisingly calm. I'm struggling with the last 3 topics of Chem, just starting to revise maths, and haven't touched Physics. I really dunno what's gonna happen to my chinese, GP should be okay. And I resigned to just reading my econs notes. Well, I don't really have a choice, tour took up 2 weeks, but I'll definitely regret it less than if facebook caused me to fail my exams terribly. spoke at :
4:46:00 PM
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
As Christians, we are bound to be tested sometime. What better a way to do that than to make us suffer? Suffering in this world is caused by a few definite things. One, it is caused directly by the devil, when God allows it. The other type of suffering is caused by us. People sometimes ask why there is so much suffering in this world, if there is a God. Isn't it simple? We have freedom of choice. We are faced with choices every minute we are conscious. If we make the wrong choice, we suffer the consequences, or someone else does. So if God were to stop all this suffering, we'll probably have to right to choose. Then we will all be like robots living in a perfect world. Well then what's the point of creating us? If we do not have the freedom to choose, we cannot choose to love. Then I guess I'll take back the word "perfect". The world wouldn't be good or bad. It would be useless. Since no one is perfect, we will all have to suffer at some point in our lives. Well at least we have freedom of choice, so lets play that trump card. There are only two ways we can go. To turn away from God or to trust Him even more. I probably won't elaborate on the former, I don't feel qualified to talk about it yet. Everyone says, "Have faith in God". And then they quote Jeremiah 29:11, about God's perfect plan. I've heard it so many times. But do we all get it? What is faith? In the Bible, faith is believing in the things unseen. There is no other word to describe it. Anyway I'm sure you all know it. In our case, we have faith in God. We have faith in His plan. But then, the bridge between overcoming suffering and faith is missing. It is patience. Overcoming suffering requires patience. When people are unchangeable, we need patience with them not to make worse the situation. And this patience requires faith. When problems are unexplainable, like what happened to Job, we need patience to wait for God to reveal his plan. And this patience requires faith. So now then, know that God will not test us beyond our limits, and we can always choose to have faith in Him. spoke at :
10:51:00 PM
Sunday, June 08, 2008
My new internet speed.. how good is this? haha, I don't really know.. spoke at :
6:00:00 PM
Friday, June 06, 2008
We should do this sometime in Singapore.. Thanks Jiayin for the vid! spoke at :
10:56:00 PM
Okay, bad timing. Moved house 2 days before tour, so I was internet-deprived. Anyway, I'm back, and I'm missing Vienna. I'll post photos once I feel like, now I'm just enjoying those memories. One thing I found really interesting during the tour was the european churches. They were not only Roman-Catholic, but some had a mix of different religions and cults, resulting in weird statues and gargoyles, murals here and there. Some of them will be in the photos. I'm sort of looking forward to choir rehearsals now. After spending 10 days with my friends I can't help but miss their company now.. spoke at :
2:21:00 PM
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