Gloria gave me the book Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey in December, but i never read it till today.I have 2 other books by PY but they didnt impact me much at that point of time. (not that they are not well written, but it prolly didnt answer my thoughts or needs during that period) But indeed the book sets me thinking..
Sufferings world-wide have always been present, and the question of ' If there is a God, why is there suffering?' is not new. If one day, someone were to challenge my faith, am i able to defend it? How do i gently explain everything? Sth like " Trust in the Father's Heart" works for me, but it will definitely not be easily received by many who have been thru extremely tough circumstances.
Nevertheless, I am only 15% thru the book and i am enjoying the new insights provided by py :)
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
pseudo reading week
This week is NUS's reading wk so i have no lessons! Hibernated at home from mon to wed doing housework, reading, watching tv.I appreciate the serene moments spent with God but slacking at home can be quite unbearable after some time. Yesterday evening was refreshingly cool after a heavy downpour, thus i dragged my younger sis to go for a walk with me! We walked all the way to Bishan central to buy ice cream and took the same route home :D
Met Gloria at Vivo today and we watch the curious case of Benjamin Buttons. Enjoyed the movie...enjoyed watching Brad Pitt..and of course, enjoyed the time spent with her :D And after finishing my video clip, i received highlighted mistakes from my teacher and SO...it's time to figure out how to correct my horrible grammar and redo my clip. Ahhh.
Met Gloria at Vivo today and we watch the curious case of Benjamin Buttons. Enjoyed the movie...enjoyed watching Brad Pitt..and of course, enjoyed the time spent with her :D And after finishing my video clip, i received highlighted mistakes from my teacher and SO...it's time to figure out how to correct my horrible grammar and redo my clip. Ahhh.
Monday, February 23, 2009
wow.
After reading about the terror attack at Cairo i went to google the map of egypt and israel because i wanted to be able to picture where Cairo and the Gaza strip are on the map. (to sidetrack, i recently found out that google is being used as a verb in german! but naturally it's spelt differently as googeln & I wonder how the German language will evolve further a few centuries down the road under the influence of English..) So this search brought me back the world map, which never fails to excite me and get me dreaming about exploring the different countries in the world. As much as i will never be able to tour the whole world, it takes my breath away to know that we have such an awesome creator! Besides, i am merely looking at Earth. I am not even talking about the universe, and i will never be able to fanthom how God create, cares for and interacts with the world.
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Monday, February 16, 2009
i will sing for joy!
Yesterday Mikey left for australia. Hope he has a fufilling uni life over there :) Met up with liane before that and it was great being able to catch up, and also to pray tgter, which was important to me. But before i left the house i was feeling totally shitty. AH. i call that depression from being jobless and pigging out at home. So glad i got my lazy bum out of the house in the afternoon! I will never ever, NEVER want to be a housewife because staying at home too frequently makes me a depressed old hag!
Today as i walked to the swimming pool, i looked up to the sky and the beautiful blue sky was dotted with clouds, white with a tinge of shimmering gold. I realised the last time i looked up to admire the sky was quite a few weeks back man. hahas, it's ironic that i wrote a german poem about God painting the skies for us recently man. Anws, we have been singing this song for worship during service for quite some time but i didnt know the band name till recently marcus told me abt it. :D
"The Hand That Holds The World"
No greater joy
Is there than this
To know for what
We're meant to live
To hold Your hand
To touch Your face
To find ourselves
In loves embrace
I want to stand before the King
Join in the song that heaven sings
I want to hold the hand that holds the world
I want to know the mystery
Reach out and touch the majesty
I want to hold the hand tht holds the world
No greater love
Could be bestowed
That You would name us as your own
Your daughters sing
Your sons rejoice
They gather here before Your throne
You are, You are
The author of creation
We are, the chrildren of your heart
You are, You are,
The light of all the heaven
We rise, to worship all You are
Today as i walked to the swimming pool, i looked up to the sky and the beautiful blue sky was dotted with clouds, white with a tinge of shimmering gold. I realised the last time i looked up to admire the sky was quite a few weeks back man. hahas, it's ironic that i wrote a german poem about God painting the skies for us recently man. Anws, we have been singing this song for worship during service for quite some time but i didnt know the band name till recently marcus told me abt it. :D
"The Hand That Holds The World"
No greater joy
Is there than this
To know for what
We're meant to live
To hold Your hand
To touch Your face
To find ourselves
In loves embrace
I want to stand before the King
Join in the song that heaven sings
I want to hold the hand that holds the world
I want to know the mystery
Reach out and touch the majesty
I want to hold the hand tht holds the world
No greater love
Could be bestowed
That You would name us as your own
Your daughters sing
Your sons rejoice
They gather here before Your throne
You are, You are
The author of creation
We are, the chrildren of your heart
You are, You are,
The light of all the heaven
We rise, to worship all You are
Sunday, February 15, 2009
For you, the lover of my soul.
Wenn Du die Welt mit Meinen Augen Sehen Könntest...
Wenn du die Welt mit meinen Augen sehen könntest, dann würdest du wissen, dass ich einen großen Maler kenne.
Schau einfach oben zum Himmel und da ist doch sein unbegrenztes Gemälde.
Wenn du den Himmel mit meinen 4-jährigen Augen angestarrt hättest, wärst du ganz fasziniert, weil der Maler viele weiße flaumige „Tiere“ auf dem Himmel gemalt hat. Nach ein paar Jahren später hättest du erfassen, dass die „Tiere“ eigentlich Wolken sind.
Jetzt wärst du immer bewundern, wenn viele schöne Wolken den weiten blauen Himmel verzieren. Besonders würdest die Zeichnung dir gefallen, in der die Sonnenstrahlung durch die Wolken scheint und alles ganz majestätisch aussieht.
Wenn du in Deutschland und Pulau Ubin mit meinen Augen sehen hättest, dann hättest du die wolkenlose, sternenklare Nacht durchaus genossen. Dort hättest du gedacht, wie hat der großer Maler ihre Schönheit so wundervoll gemacht?
Manchmal spannt sich ein unendlicher, prächtiger Regenbogen nach den grauen Gewitterwolken. Mit meinen Augen würdest du an das Alten Testament erinnern, in dem Gott zwischen Noah und den Menschen einen Bund schloss.
Wenn du die Welt mit meinen Augen sehen könntest, dann würdest wissen, dass dieser großer Maler Gott ist. Du wolltest dann den Schöpfer der Natur fragen, warum mahlen Sie so viele himmlische Zeichungen?
Er würde sanft lächeln und sagen, „Um Dich zu verwöhnen.“
Wenn du die Welt mit meinen Augen sehen könntest, dann würdest du wissen, dass ich einen großen Maler kenne.
Schau einfach oben zum Himmel und da ist doch sein unbegrenztes Gemälde.
Wenn du den Himmel mit meinen 4-jährigen Augen angestarrt hättest, wärst du ganz fasziniert, weil der Maler viele weiße flaumige „Tiere“ auf dem Himmel gemalt hat. Nach ein paar Jahren später hättest du erfassen, dass die „Tiere“ eigentlich Wolken sind.
Jetzt wärst du immer bewundern, wenn viele schöne Wolken den weiten blauen Himmel verzieren. Besonders würdest die Zeichnung dir gefallen, in der die Sonnenstrahlung durch die Wolken scheint und alles ganz majestätisch aussieht.
Wenn du in Deutschland und Pulau Ubin mit meinen Augen sehen hättest, dann hättest du die wolkenlose, sternenklare Nacht durchaus genossen. Dort hättest du gedacht, wie hat der großer Maler ihre Schönheit so wundervoll gemacht?
Manchmal spannt sich ein unendlicher, prächtiger Regenbogen nach den grauen Gewitterwolken. Mit meinen Augen würdest du an das Alten Testament erinnern, in dem Gott zwischen Noah und den Menschen einen Bund schloss.
Wenn du die Welt mit meinen Augen sehen könntest, dann würdest wissen, dass dieser großer Maler Gott ist. Du wolltest dann den Schöpfer der Natur fragen, warum mahlen Sie so viele himmlische Zeichungen?
Er würde sanft lächeln und sagen, „Um Dich zu verwöhnen.“
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Cool stuff.
It has been a few consecutive days that whenever i read God's word, it disciplines, rebukes and comforts me. Just exactly when i need it. God speaks, and i am so glad i chose to put time aside to listen.
Yesterday started off with intense drilling that came from renovations at the lift. They removed all the tiles and created a hurricane of dust, which i got a shock when i opened the door, only to quickly close it, grab a few tissues to cover my nose and dashed to the 22nd storey to take the lift instead. Needless to say, my ears hurt like crazy for the next few hours even after i left the house. I wonder if the workers actually wore ear plugs because even after i stuffed cotton into my ears, a few hours of drilling made me so frustrated and really, my ears hurt.
Went for a long, long walk with rach at East Coast Park in the late afternoon. We met Rui En and Terence Cao who were filming and Julian Hee who was walking 2 dogs. One of which is a german shepherd. Saw many cute toddlers and dogs and we spent arnd 30mins at the cable-skiing area watching people. It was a great time of chatting, chilling and just relaxing in such a serene environment.
Today i got up of bed early and reluctantly for my 8am dental appointment at NDC. Then headed down to school to settle mapping stuff and met kai yun for lunch. Had a nice time catching up with her! :D I shall try to make it a point to meet her for lunch every tue and then do some reading in school..hahas hopefully laziness doesnt get the better of me when the time comes.
Yesterday started off with intense drilling that came from renovations at the lift. They removed all the tiles and created a hurricane of dust, which i got a shock when i opened the door, only to quickly close it, grab a few tissues to cover my nose and dashed to the 22nd storey to take the lift instead. Needless to say, my ears hurt like crazy for the next few hours even after i left the house. I wonder if the workers actually wore ear plugs because even after i stuffed cotton into my ears, a few hours of drilling made me so frustrated and really, my ears hurt.
Went for a long, long walk with rach at East Coast Park in the late afternoon. We met Rui En and Terence Cao who were filming and Julian Hee who was walking 2 dogs. One of which is a german shepherd. Saw many cute toddlers and dogs and we spent arnd 30mins at the cable-skiing area watching people. It was a great time of chatting, chilling and just relaxing in such a serene environment.
Today i got up of bed early and reluctantly for my 8am dental appointment at NDC. Then headed down to school to settle mapping stuff and met kai yun for lunch. Had a nice time catching up with her! :D I shall try to make it a point to meet her for lunch every tue and then do some reading in school..hahas hopefully laziness doesnt get the better of me when the time comes.
Monday, February 2, 2009
First post of 2009 :)
It has been ages since i have last blogged! Will have a slow paced school life in february before i fly in March and i really hope to achieve the following during this period of time:
1. Spend more time with God
2. Brush up on my German so that i wont fail my modules!!
Since i always have a verse of the semester, I have decided to pick out 2 key verses for this semester!
1 John 4:11-12
Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
i still love 1 Cor 13 :)
Hebrews 6:11-12
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Discipline, discipline, discipline... grow up spiritually!
1. Spend more time with God
2. Brush up on my German so that i wont fail my modules!!
Since i always have a verse of the semester, I have decided to pick out 2 key verses for this semester!
1 John 4:11-12
Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
i still love 1 Cor 13 :)
Hebrews 6:11-12
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Discipline, discipline, discipline... grow up spiritually!
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