3 Things..
Three things in life that, once gone, never come back
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity
Three things in life that may never be lost
1. Love
2. Peace
3. Hope
Three things in life that are most valuable
1. Love
2. Self-confidence
3. Friends
Three things that make a person
1. Hard work
2. Sincerity
3. Commitment
Three things in life that can destroy a person
1. Alcohol
2. Pride
3. Anger
Three things that are truly constant - Father - Son - Holy Spirit
Friday, March 24, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Till Death Do Us Part...
Got to know a friend's ah ma just pass on few days ago, must have been real hard on him as she is the only source that pulls the family together. Now that she is gone, wonder what will happen to him. Kind of felt his pain and helplessness. The pain of losing someone can be very unbearable. Life is such... come today and gone tomorrow. I guess it must be odd to feel that the person that used to see someone daily pass on.. and the next day when u wake up from the sleep, you know that things are going to be different, the person you love from this day on and for the rest of the months and years to come by may not be there anymore. The only thing that goes on is time... time moves along despite of the temperature of your heart, so used to think i will never get over certain issues or person or even circumstances that come along your life... but i was wrong, time... give over a period does heals and forget..
I experience this lost years ago when my ah gong pass on infront of me... All along since young he is more like a father to me than my real father.. Death knocks at his door wating without us knowing... and it took away the person i loved most :( thats why i hated goodbyes.. departures.. i hated to go to hospitals not to say even funeral wakes... the feeling is undescrible. It draws out every emotions and strength from you..
Thats why we must go and tell our loved ones about Jesus... I want to meet them in heaven someday. No wonder God always tells us to reach the lost, go to the highways and byways... I can now understand why God says that while there is still time we have to work, while there is still a chance to tell them God loves them...
Got to know a friend's ah ma just pass on few days ago, must have been real hard on him as she is the only source that pulls the family together. Now that she is gone, wonder what will happen to him. Kind of felt his pain and helplessness. The pain of losing someone can be very unbearable. Life is such... come today and gone tomorrow. I guess it must be odd to feel that the person that used to see someone daily pass on.. and the next day when u wake up from the sleep, you know that things are going to be different, the person you love from this day on and for the rest of the months and years to come by may not be there anymore. The only thing that goes on is time... time moves along despite of the temperature of your heart, so used to think i will never get over certain issues or person or even circumstances that come along your life... but i was wrong, time... give over a period does heals and forget..
I experience this lost years ago when my ah gong pass on infront of me... All along since young he is more like a father to me than my real father.. Death knocks at his door wating without us knowing... and it took away the person i loved most :( thats why i hated goodbyes.. departures.. i hated to go to hospitals not to say even funeral wakes... the feeling is undescrible. It draws out every emotions and strength from you..
Thats why we must go and tell our loved ones about Jesus... I want to meet them in heaven someday. No wonder God always tells us to reach the lost, go to the highways and byways... I can now understand why God says that while there is still time we have to work, while there is still a chance to tell them God loves them...
Sunday, March 19, 2006
What A Friend I've Found
What a friend I've found
Closer than a brother
I have felt your touch
More intimate than brother
Jesus, Jesus
Jesus, friend forever
What a hope I've found
More faithful than a mother
It would break my heart
To ever lose each other
Jesus, Jesus
Jesus, friend forever
(By Delirious)
Kind of like this song very much. Though this may be a simple song, but i thought the lyrics reflected on how im feeling... Oh what a true friend i have found in Jesus... closer than my very breath.
I never know how Jesus can be so close more than a friend if things around me didnt take changes. People change as they grow from one season to another. I have learn a valuable lesson. Friends will not be with you forever no matter how close you are with them :) what a lesson to learn! Thats why im not going to pin much hope on people...we are human after all we tend to fail from time to time. That is why i needed God ever more.
Guess really christianity is really a life of solitude... between you and your saviour, of cos we still can be intact with people around us and love them but like wat the bible says "Whom have I in heaven but you.. there is nothing on earth I desires besides you ..."
I have learn not to put my hope on people ... people will change from time to time but God remain :)
What a friend I've found
Closer than a brother
I have felt your touch
More intimate than brother
Jesus, Jesus
Jesus, friend forever
What a hope I've found
More faithful than a mother
It would break my heart
To ever lose each other
Jesus, Jesus
Jesus, friend forever
(By Delirious)
Kind of like this song very much. Though this may be a simple song, but i thought the lyrics reflected on how im feeling... Oh what a true friend i have found in Jesus... closer than my very breath.
I never know how Jesus can be so close more than a friend if things around me didnt take changes. People change as they grow from one season to another. I have learn a valuable lesson. Friends will not be with you forever no matter how close you are with them :) what a lesson to learn! Thats why im not going to pin much hope on people...we are human after all we tend to fail from time to time. That is why i needed God ever more.
Guess really christianity is really a life of solitude... between you and your saviour, of cos we still can be intact with people around us and love them but like wat the bible says "Whom have I in heaven but you.. there is nothing on earth I desires besides you ..."
I have learn not to put my hope on people ... people will change from time to time but God remain :)
Monday, March 13, 2006
How Do You Cope With Change?
Things in life are always changing... its never constant. Within a short span of time i realised people around me kept changing.. Friends from singlehood to finding a partner, from a broken heart to anticipate in finding someone new in his life.. from someone who is jobless and found a better job. (Remember i blog about a brother who gave up his Issca to God? Within a week or two, he found a much better paying job offer). Im so happy for him, and God really works in a mysterious way. I guess what my close friend say is rite, God will not give u wat you cant handle. I really started to believe when you chose to give your precious to God, He will turn your situation around. God honor him and i really share his joy. God is so good to him :)
Coping with changes... hmm... i guess things are different now, i know people change from time to time. I dont believe everything is forever, even for close friends or kinship. Life is so full of twist and turns... And im starting to believe tat nothing is forever. People come and go. Its just like boarding up a bus... some people came up and stay on the journey for awhile and then leave... for others they slept thru the journey forgetting to alight... haha.. I view life as if alighting and boarding. You will not know who will stay thru out with you until you reached the final destination.
Real friends? Well.. i guess i will not place so much hope on people. They are not God. That is why im living a life of independent. For a moment i thought, why my heart has gone so cold? Where is the gal who used to smile in her storms? Im learning to stand on my own leading a independent life. Im someone who is not comfortable in eating alone in hawker or going out alone... as im always surrounded by people, but i guess this time round i have to stand on my own. Friends will not be with you forever, that is why we needed God. My heart as if have died... nothing to look forward too... but i really tried to believe God will have better plans for me. God help my unbelief.
Just heard that one of my colleague who we look up too is diagnose with cancer. So sad for him
:( i can see his teary eyes when i talk to him, i can see the despair and uncertainity, not knowing what the future holds for him... but all i can do is to pray, pray and pray... Sickness is not meant to be. Its not from God. But when it land on your lap... sigh.
This week, my heart has been so tired emotionally... changes in my work place more responsibilities are taken up, changes here, changes there... changes everywhere. Im someone who doesnt really look forward to changes, i dont really like it as you have to adapt all over again with people and situations. Perhaps the cares of life really suck every bit of from me.
Things are so different now, perhaps its should be this way when people changes. I remember one night i was on msn, talking with a friend, didnt really expect him to talk to me online as i tot that he is always cool and dont really show alot concern for others. Surprisingly he talk to me online and i realise that the world is not so cold after all. As we started our conversation, i realise that he is a deep one... not only that he really cares about me and our common friend too. Throughout the conversation, we didnt really talk much, but i do felt much better, at least someone cares to listen by just being there. He kept directing me to God, and though i know he is also some issues in his heart, he kept moving on. Maybe this is what maturity is all about. Pointing others to God despite of the unsloved issues in his heart :)
After him i talk to a sister online... i was lamenting to her about life.. haha.. all these while im actually having a "msn diarrhoea." Felt that God's timing is always so right on time, just when i thought wanting to retreat and go into my own world, He allowed angels like them to talk to me.
Today, i just thought of wanting to say a thank you to both of them. Im sure God will help us find a way when we seems to go through life in circle.
Hold on to God whoever is tired and weary, hold on to God come what may, hold on to His word and His promises is on the way...
Things in life are always changing... its never constant. Within a short span of time i realised people around me kept changing.. Friends from singlehood to finding a partner, from a broken heart to anticipate in finding someone new in his life.. from someone who is jobless and found a better job. (Remember i blog about a brother who gave up his Issca to God? Within a week or two, he found a much better paying job offer). Im so happy for him, and God really works in a mysterious way. I guess what my close friend say is rite, God will not give u wat you cant handle. I really started to believe when you chose to give your precious to God, He will turn your situation around. God honor him and i really share his joy. God is so good to him :)
Coping with changes... hmm... i guess things are different now, i know people change from time to time. I dont believe everything is forever, even for close friends or kinship. Life is so full of twist and turns... And im starting to believe tat nothing is forever. People come and go. Its just like boarding up a bus... some people came up and stay on the journey for awhile and then leave... for others they slept thru the journey forgetting to alight... haha.. I view life as if alighting and boarding. You will not know who will stay thru out with you until you reached the final destination.
Real friends? Well.. i guess i will not place so much hope on people. They are not God. That is why im living a life of independent. For a moment i thought, why my heart has gone so cold? Where is the gal who used to smile in her storms? Im learning to stand on my own leading a independent life. Im someone who is not comfortable in eating alone in hawker or going out alone... as im always surrounded by people, but i guess this time round i have to stand on my own. Friends will not be with you forever, that is why we needed God. My heart as if have died... nothing to look forward too... but i really tried to believe God will have better plans for me. God help my unbelief.
Just heard that one of my colleague who we look up too is diagnose with cancer. So sad for him
:( i can see his teary eyes when i talk to him, i can see the despair and uncertainity, not knowing what the future holds for him... but all i can do is to pray, pray and pray... Sickness is not meant to be. Its not from God. But when it land on your lap... sigh.
This week, my heart has been so tired emotionally... changes in my work place more responsibilities are taken up, changes here, changes there... changes everywhere. Im someone who doesnt really look forward to changes, i dont really like it as you have to adapt all over again with people and situations. Perhaps the cares of life really suck every bit of from me.
Things are so different now, perhaps its should be this way when people changes. I remember one night i was on msn, talking with a friend, didnt really expect him to talk to me online as i tot that he is always cool and dont really show alot concern for others. Surprisingly he talk to me online and i realise that the world is not so cold after all. As we started our conversation, i realise that he is a deep one... not only that he really cares about me and our common friend too. Throughout the conversation, we didnt really talk much, but i do felt much better, at least someone cares to listen by just being there. He kept directing me to God, and though i know he is also some issues in his heart, he kept moving on. Maybe this is what maturity is all about. Pointing others to God despite of the unsloved issues in his heart :)
After him i talk to a sister online... i was lamenting to her about life.. haha.. all these while im actually having a "msn diarrhoea." Felt that God's timing is always so right on time, just when i thought wanting to retreat and go into my own world, He allowed angels like them to talk to me.
Today, i just thought of wanting to say a thank you to both of them. Im sure God will help us find a way when we seems to go through life in circle.
Hold on to God whoever is tired and weary, hold on to God come what may, hold on to His word and His promises is on the way...
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Quality Time With A Saint
Was talking to a close friend today after service and we have a good time fellowshiping. Many times how i wanted to spend some time together but becos of our own agenda, our timing seems cant meet up with each other.
I thank God for the opportunity to spend some time today... though we may be very different haha... and our age is much apart, i wonder how can God ever bring someone so different to become frds. Every moment when im with her i enjoy it.. nothing about the spectacular but its just the simple things we do or share.. eating ice-creams.. and walking in the malls.
This time round, im sure i got to know her more. As she is sharing her life stories to me, i cant help to thank God for His grace always so abounding. Many times in her life she felt not appreciated or loved by her ex-memebers.. how she just lay down her life for others more than herself. All the scarifices she has make etc.. at that moment...life seems to be a bleak. Guess love really does involed risks.
But look at her now, she has managed to pull thru and she is stronger. Now she is one of the person that i looked up too alot. She is wise.. fun to be with.. always at ease with herself.
And i really pray that she will find her purpose in God and what God really want her to do in her life...
Thursday, March 02, 2006
In God We Trust
Had a talk with a brother today during fellowship and he is now facing a major transition in his life... he is going to leave a job that gives him a better promotion and future provided if he chose to go overseas for future advancement... i guess a sign of relieved is shown on his face when he has make up his mind to stay in Singapore.
Sometimes i believe, when we chose to stay in God's will and letting God move in our lives can be challenging and anticipating. Knowing our miracle maker is there to established our paths and direct us even though rite now our future may seems to be so bleak. But we do have this hope of anchor in us which is unmovable, always on time.
God is always rite on time... never too late or early... its the waiting part that we need to bear, but after the wait, we will get to enjoy the sweetness of it. Im sure all good things will come... promises of God are already on its way. Waiting for the right timing, God will not short change us as we give our Issca to him. He will give us something better in return. He has done that to many heros that has set before us and i know He will perform His mircale.
Im so thankful he didnt chose to go, there is so much potential in him to be discover and if he goes... we will be so deprive of his fellowship.. He is the one of the most stable man i ever seen in my cell.. im glad that we are walking together in this spiritual journey.
Had a talk with a brother today during fellowship and he is now facing a major transition in his life... he is going to leave a job that gives him a better promotion and future provided if he chose to go overseas for future advancement... i guess a sign of relieved is shown on his face when he has make up his mind to stay in Singapore.
Sometimes i believe, when we chose to stay in God's will and letting God move in our lives can be challenging and anticipating. Knowing our miracle maker is there to established our paths and direct us even though rite now our future may seems to be so bleak. But we do have this hope of anchor in us which is unmovable, always on time.
God is always rite on time... never too late or early... its the waiting part that we need to bear, but after the wait, we will get to enjoy the sweetness of it. Im sure all good things will come... promises of God are already on its way. Waiting for the right timing, God will not short change us as we give our Issca to him. He will give us something better in return. He has done that to many heros that has set before us and i know He will perform His mircale.
Im so thankful he didnt chose to go, there is so much potential in him to be discover and if he goes... we will be so deprive of his fellowship.. He is the one of the most stable man i ever seen in my cell.. im glad that we are walking together in this spiritual journey.
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