Monday, December 25, 2006
Christmas!!! ok.. but it's almost over... i like the whole christmas mood.. but christmas is really about God... yupyup.. and a party the other day someone told this story...it was really touchingA farmer was living through a cold, snowy Midwestern winter,
looking out the window and seeing a flock of birds on his farm. They huddled
together, shivering from the snowy cold. With his heart touched, he knows his
heated barn has plenty of room for these birds. So he puts on his coat, opens the
barn doors, and waits for the birds to enter the barn. He waits and waits, but they
do not see the open barn doors. They continue to shiver outside. Next, he grabs
some bird seed and makes a trail to the barn, but the birds fail to see the small
seeds, lost among the snow. Next, he comes behind the birds and tries to shoo
them into the barn, but they fly in the opposite direction to regather into their shivering
mass. The farmer thinks to himself, “If only I could be a bird, I could show
them the warm barn.”I guess the same is this, just as those shivering birds want warmth, we want life and truth. The farmer may have failed to communicate with the birds, but God sent Jesus. If God were to come down to us in His glory we would flee and be in fear, instead on that faithful day, He sent his son Jesus. Jesus came to explain God. Jesus came to point us towards life and life eternal. That is God's love for us, to be willing to come down and be like us and dwell among us.Thank you Godmeta camp tmr! feeling a bit strange.. cause i dun really know a lot of pple there.. but yar.. praying i'll make friends!!! i really hope to spend more time wid God and catch hold of His vision! yupz.. and catch up wid becky too.. praying it will be great!!!! i'm sure it will be... the not so gd thing is tt bidding is during camp..haiz....
holding on to you.
11:46 PM
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
back from leader's retreat!! super fun!! i'm so glad i went, though i was really reluctant at first cause after rhema i was really tired.. but yea.. rhema was cool!!!!! so happening!! God was amazing...
o yes.. ldr's retreat was fun!! it was really a gd time of bonding as a ministry.. playing games... hanging out... hot seat!! where all the darkest secrets came up.... haha.. not really la since the pastor was there.. but it was cool!!!! i think the best thing though was realli sharing our lives wid others in the ministry that are working towards the same things and encouraging one another...
and yes.. the kids!!! i miss them so... so glad i got to talk to them and hang out and encourage them... so glad to see them grow grow grow!!!! ok.. i'm on a high.. it's like ken and coffee... lol
games was cool... and yea... raft making.. my grp rocked sia... we haf some cool knot tying.. but yea.. we didn really make it.. still... my grp is amazing.. the peeps are so fun
i feel ready for ministry next yr... once again bonded to the ministry looking towards the same goals... kinda lost it towards the middle of last yr... i need to rethink my focus though...
i realise i realli love the youth
holding on to you.
8:54 PM
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
last few days was conference!!! so happy.... i'm so glad to just take time away and spend time with the Lord, it's really been refreshing, i feel so much hungrier for God and so much more in love with God. Really need retreats like this... Had to face some issues in my life as well.. but it was good...
it's been busy and tiring, especially with all the preparation for the japanese class i'm teaching during rhema... demo.. it went well!! pple enjoyed it... been doing a lot of teaching this yr.. i'm starting to enjoy it... i noe it's the Lord's work and not mine.. that makes me so much happier and so much more relieved... i'm not doing anything to please anybody but Him.. so even though the evangelistic part of my lesson is singing...haha... i still managed to pull it off... josh came to disturb my lesson today.. lol...
Praise God... loving Him more each day....
can't wait for tmr!! Rhema tournament... exciting stuff!! praying that all my friends will go for the nite rally!!!
holding on to you.
11:53 PM
Saturday, December 02, 2006
exams are over!! super thankful... Lord thanks for seeing me through... love You sooo much... i think it was difficult but thanks for being my peace and my strength :)
to the rest who are mugging.. gambatte ne!!!
quite sad now... pple are spreading nonsense abt me... Lord teach me to love when it's so hard to love, to be kind and merciful when others are treating me this way.. i just feel so unjustified...
so many things i wanna do now tt exams are over... gotta start preparing for the conference as well.. dun be sad girl :) smilez...
right now i just really wanna thank God for ferlin, joe, grace and cl who've really stood by me.. thanks guys... appreciate u so...
holding on to you.
1:15 AM
