When I say 'I am a Christian',

When I say that 'I am a Christian', I am not shouting that 'I am clean living. I'm whispering 'I was lost, but now I'm found and forgiven.'

When I say 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride. I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong. I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success. I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect. My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain. I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou, I'm just a simple human being who received God's good grace, somehow!


<3 p="">Copied this from a message sent by my friend, KW. 

Let prayer be your first resort.

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree

¹⁸ Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. ¹⁹ Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it,“May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.

²⁰ When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked.

²¹ Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. ²² If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”




Let prayer be your first resort. Always.

Unwholesome Talk

Ephesians 4:29

New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

²⁹ Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Ephesians 4:29

New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁹ Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Seek God first.

Matthew 6:33-34
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow:for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Dear friends,

Hope this year would bring more goodness, love, peace and joy in your lives.

I like what William W. Purkey said,

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,Love like you'll never be hurt,Sing like there's nobody listening,And live like it's heaven on earth.” 

I wish for all of us to do this.

We only live once yeah? (;

xoxo

The Cross.

The cross is prove that God doesn't always change the circumstance, but it is proof that He always has a purpose in every circumstance. - Louie Giglio

Being a Christian doesn't mean that God will delete all your troubles/problems. But He will have a purpose for each situation.

Have you found that purpose?

Hurting.

If it hurts much, it will hurt briefly;

If it hurts long, it does hurt less.

But what if it doesn't hurt at all?

Have I numb myself from being hurt and being in denial?
Where are the tears and heartbroken-ness?

Everything is surreal...

April 2012

Whoa. Hello 2nd quarter of 2012.

Its been a long long time. Hope everyone is well and good.

Humans are walking batteries. Remember to sleep enough to recharge eh?

♥

Time always flies...

Wow. It is August 2011.

Hello!

(:

Been running around the working world for about 10 months now.

Amy Winehouse died at 27.
Reminds me of how short life is.

I cannot emphasis how important to LIVE LIFE NOW.

CARPE DIEM!!!!!

Be stubborn sometimes.
Have it your way.

Remember God loves you and know your boundaries yeah?
Loves!

Words can hold so much power.

Be careful of what you say to people.

The Bachelor (12) Ep 5

Disgusting show. Absolute rubbish. Full of silly girls and a polygamy guy.

I feel so sad for those girls who think they are there to find their prince charming when actually each of them has one and he will find her; not the other way around. /sigh.

In the beginning, there was Ashley singing. Awful Awful AWFUL! But the bachelor, Matt, says that he is mesmerised by her singing. *rolls eyeball* Anyone could tell that he is lying. His face betrayed him. In Hollywood, the only reason she was allowed to sing probably because she's a songwriter and maybe had some agreementmade at night with the producer. She can't sing. Period.

Anyhow, by the end of the show it is too obvious that it is all a set up. Everything is probably scripted.
Honestly, what are the odds that a white guy would choose a black girl over a white girl? HELLOOOOO. Seriously. Go study psychology already. I don't deny that there is the possibility.
But the only reason she's still on the show at Ep 5 is to keep the black audience watching.

Then Kelly got desperate and flashed her boobs to Matt when she had alone time with him. (She was outted.) - Men like sluts but not as their wives.

Ashley (who sang and mesmerised Matt) was not given a rose at the end of the show too. Mesmerised?! More like terrorised!

p.s. getting a rose meant that the girl can stay on the show.

I couldn't finish watching the show. I don't understand how they sustained 12 seasons.
Perhaps the boob-flashing and pretty girlys attracted many male audiences as they dream to be Matt.
And the ladies watched to learn the bitching and schemes to get a man while daydreaming about their prince charming.

God's people.

How do you know if the person next to you is a christian?

What defines christians?

Christians are supposed to be loving, kind and righteous.
But how many have claimed to be and not lived up to it?

To all the single ladies out there,

didn't you know?

Your heart is the most precious thing you have.
Don't just give it away to anybody.

若你碰到他

爱 没有绝对 虽曾经以为 
我终於体会 爱不能倒退 
该让它颓废 收起心碎 

若你碰到了 替我问候他 
告诉他 我过得很美满 
已忘记他 已把泪水全部擦乾 
若你碰到了 替我问候他 
祝福他和他的另一半 
不在乎他 不再爱也不再等待 
就这样吧 若你碰到他 

蔡健雅这首歌的歌词描述了我以前的心情与感受。

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Crossroads

HELLO THERE!! I AM BACK FROM MY GRAD TRIP.
Did you miss me?(:

I had a fulfilling and purposeful trip.
Being back in Singapore, I feel trapped.
Trapped in the lazy afternoons and uneventful days.

The kind of feeling I have now is definitely murky.
I know I have to move on (if I graduate) to the working world but I am not exactly thrilled.
I know how mundane work can get and how routine it'll be.
Then I will become like a robot.
I don't want to be ):
Can we go back to taiwan or somewhere faraway?

Taking in the whole future ahead of me is overwhelming,
so I've decided to take it moment by moment.
And whatever the future may be for me,
I am glad that the Lord is always with me.

Drama Queen and Princess

Yes that's right. Drama Princess, Char and Drama Queen, S.

I went out with S to celebrate his birthday yesterday~
He's not chinese. So its like a controversial thing to hangout, just the two of us.
Neither of us are bothered about the stares, finger-pointing and whispers because we LOVE the attention! :p  It is rather surprising to get such reactions from Singaporeans considering the fact that we are a multi-racial and multi-cultural society.

Anyways, I brought S to a chinese restaurant DIN TAI FUNG(I know! Of all the places I had to choose a chinese restaurant right. Like we can't get enough of the spotlight already). He really enjoyed their specialty 小龙包 (xiaolongbao-pork dumpling) and the steamed sesame bun. If you're chinese, you should bring your non-chinese friends to DIN TAI FUNG to eat. Its authentic chinese cuisine that only brilliant chefs can cook up. The making of this xiaolongbao is an art in itself. The skin cannot be too thick or too thin. Too thick and it'll be like eating flour. Too thin - the dumpling's skin may tear and the soup gone. (FYI: You are to savour the soup in the small (bite-size) dumpling.)

The aunties beside our table were like eavesdropping on our conversation and looking at us period. So we made up things to talk about. Haha. It was FUN. There are too many things we talked about. Can't fill you in in all the details. Too troublesome and I'm sleepy. Dinner ended with asking the waitress to help us take pictures in the restaurant and outside.

Those pictures need work. Bad framing.
S said we should write to mediacorp and do a reality show together.
Should we? Hmm...

Sex and the City 2

Dear friends,

How have you been? I'm good and have recovered from shingles and exams fever! :D
(Shingles is the resurface of chickenpox virus in people who have chickenpox before. Suggested reasons for this resurfacing: Stress, illness(weak immune system) and/or aging. I hope mine was due to (exam)stress and weak immune system! >.< )

I couldn't stay home upon my recovery. And I managed to catch Ironman2 and Sex and the City 2 this week! ^-^
Yeah, two very different genre of movies. I was actually quite reluctant about watching SC2. The reviews that I read from newspapers and 8days magazine made it sound like a bimbo movie about women, clothes, branded goods, shopping and sex. But it wasn't like that at all! Its about how women are like these days, as compared to the old times.(All in American context but I think some apply to Asian women too. At least in this modern city of ours.)

The movie showed how the role of being a woman has changed over the centuries. (Reminds me of the literature text I did in jc: Top Girls.) Women used to be homemakers, wives, mothers, sisters and the weaker gender (in terms of finance, we can't say about physical strength because it varies across countries). But now, women have to be a wife and mother (if she has kids), they need to work too. Women want to be independent financially. They are sick of just waiting for men to bring the bread home. They are no longer seeing themselves as just wives and/or mothers. They see themselves as individuals who are able to generate paychecks and buy what they want/need.

Wee~ I am glad that women are able to achieve so much now and stand up for themselves.
I am proud to be a woman. (:

P.S. Have you starting shopping? YOU SHOULD. GSS has begun! I bought a new dress today~ ^-^

On God's Terms

みなさんげんきですか？

I read in a book and it talks about Lewis Smedes' final book, My God and I: A spiritual Memoir, brings God's expectations of us to a startling clarity to me.

He said that he met God at a used book store when he picked up a then volume called The Rest of Faith and read it.

He says, " The author, whoever he was, told me that if I wanted to come to terms with God, it had to be on his terms, the chief one being that I would have to give up my ridiculous notion that I would be accepted by God only if I had what it took to be [a particular] type. What I needed to do was let him accept me with no consideration of whether I was acceptable or unacceptable. And then, when I had done that, to quit stewing about it and just rest in the fact that I was loved and accepted by God, no strings attached."

Because Christ died for us and redeemed us, as long as we believe and accepts Lord Jesus Christ as our saviour and Lord, God accepts us as who we are.

I don't know why it took me so long to be rooted and really accept this truth in my heart. But I am glad that I did and I hope you would too(:

♥

God smiles when we praise! ^-^

Have you ever wondered what does Hallelujah mean?
It simply means "Praise God". 

Dealing with Difficult People

Have you EVER dealt with difficult people?

I found some material online that teaches us how to deal with them! :D

First, lets identify 3 types of difficult people:

One who drains others – By nature, their depressing and negative attitude characterizes them as “life suckers.” They frequently aggravate and deplete us. They complain, but refuse to accept solutions or take steps to improve their circumstances.

One who disrespects others – Through their constant criticism, we find ourselves consistently on the defense. Their blunt, even cruel remarks frequently leave scars that linger as abuse. They may be unsympathetic and practice excessive rudeness and ridicule at our expense.

One who dominates others – Any aggressive nature which dominates our workplace (or home) through intimidation is destructive. Boldness and assertiveness give way to a meanness that ignores the harmful consequences. The dominating person believes “might is right.”

How to Cope

When dealing with difficult people, we must accept that we cannot control the attitude of others. Regardless of our efforts, we cannot change another person’s heart. In fact, the Bible even speaks to this: “For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, eagerness for lustful pleasure, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness” (Mark 7:21-22).

We also can become a “difficult person” when we judge another individual. God has a way of dealing with critical people:  “Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged” (Matthew 7:1–2).

Dealing with difficult people requires qualities that go against our human nature. We are all resistant to change our opinions, especially if it requires laying down our rights. But when we reflect God’s nature, His peace can transform the most difficult of relationships. When we  overlook another’s faults, God looks over us. “. . . Clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. You must make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others . . . And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts . . .” (Colossians 3:12-15).

Hope you find this material useful(: