Sunday, March 28, 2010
hello ! i just came back from my church youth ministry retreat !
okay , i know i've been talking about church rather often lately, but i just want to share with you all about what i've learnt and the gift that god wants to give to you (:
anyway , i really benefitted a lot from this retreat. i would be lying if i said that i've been looking forward to this retreat and felt totally excited about it ! because, haha , i wasn't, not even the slightest bit. In fact, i was thinking about skipping the whole retreat and going for council's bonding session instead. but i knew that my conscience wouldn't let me sleep peacefully if i had chosen the bonding session. so , i went for retreat. and, i daresay, i've no regrets in attending the retreat.
i've learnt so much from this retreat. i want to PROUDLY DECLARE to all of you out there that
GOD LOVES YOU !!
i know many of us would have thought before or are still thinking things like : nooo, god doesn't love me ! if he loves me , then why would he allow such problems, bad things to happen upon me ? no, he doesn't love me ! he makes me unhappy and i thought that he should be saving and helping me instead. haha.
well , you know what i've learnt and got enlightened about during the retreat?
" was it not necessary for the messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory ? "
-Luke 24: 26.
indeed, like how even our messiah, our lord jesus christ has to go through his periods of downs and suffering in order to reach his glory, we too, have to face our ordeals and periods of lowness and helplessness in order for us to arrive at our destination-a place in god's kingdom. think about it, if we were complete and unbroken, would god even have a place in our hearts? i highly doubt so . it's okay to be broken , to be incomplete, for God will always complete us and make us whole again . so , my beloved friends, embrace your periods of brokenness, befriend it, face your troubles and worries, and surrender them all up to our dearest Lord.
i am writing this post today , because i am praying that the people whom i am writing this post for would read this. i know that you'll know who you are . God loves each and everyone of you so much .
"Do not be afraid-i am with you !"
-Isaiah 41: 10
don't feel afraid, don't feel unworthy of being loved by god, of going to him. he'll always open his arms wide to embrace you with all his love. much more than you can ever imagine !
Jason, one of my church friends wrote this today in one of his FB note : i begin to understand that it's not about being the most talented musician, or the most efficient organiser or any of these. it is not about the doing, instead, it is simply about being. it's about letting jesus in, letting him take his place on the throne of our lives; he will provide all that we need to do his work ."
think about it (:
have an awesome and blessful holy week ahead, my darling friends !
once again , GOD LOVES YOU !
♥Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
i've been having the urge to go back for sessions recently, in fact, i did . hahaha
i actually dragged myself out of bed last sunday at 8, despite having the choice to sleep in later and went to 9am mass so that i'll make it in time for session with cornerstone (:
i daren't say that i'm strong in my faith, neither can i confidently say like how many of my christian friends are able to that i surrender everything up to god and allow him to use my life for him .
but i feel that , i'm trying and despite not being able to trust in him fully in some aspects of my life now, i know that deep down inside, essentially, he's still the treasure that i seek, the lord whom is my constant.
indeed, praise god for dragging me up early at 8, because session that day was rather apt. the theme was
"Christ must be Lord of ALL your life, or not at all".
i learnt something new that week. Praise and worship is not merely going there to sing but not feeling anything at all. sure, it's not tough to feel as though you are " spiritually" enhance while singing however, i learnt that there is a purpose behind praise and worship .
PRAISE= what i praise him for the things which he did for me
Worship= for who he is to me.
thus, this means that everything we sing songs during praise and worship, we ought to reflect on why we are doing praise and worship and it'll probably make praise and worship a more purposeful and meaningful one (:
i know i seldom do posts on religion because i did not want to be a hypocrite where i just write and yet not truly feel anything. haha
now that i reflect, the thing which i initially thought would be an obstacle between me and someone is maybe god's wayof speaking out to me, of bringing me back into his arms because afterall, i haven't been going for sessions, but now, i'm trying to go back so, praise god (:
♥Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
今天没去跟你说话因为我觉得你可能需要自己的空间吧
可是我希望你能放下自尊，跟我说到底发生了什么事。
我不想失去你。
快让我们恢复原来那样吧 ）：
♥Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
so, today i went over to the hair salon to meet mommy after school because being the vain pot which is her usual self, she decided she couldn't stand the sight of her hair and thus, went to visit the hairdresser.
anyway , that's besides the point. the point here, yes the POINT, is that , i felt bored waiting for her so i started flipping aimlessly through all the magazines which were lying around when my favourite magazine of late, BRIDES, caught my eye. so i started flipping through it, gasping wistfully at the sight of the beautiful gowns, which are allll sooo pretty!! seriouslyyyy, i kid you not! hahaha
so i came across this article inside which was titled:
10 secrets to living happily ever after.
apparently, they interviewed happily married couples to find out how they manage to not only fall in love with each other , but also how they managed to STAY in love!
anyway , out of the 10 points,2 main points caught my attention and i started pondering over them . here are the two points !
1) Different personalities, Shared values --> in many happy
relationships, couples manage to be friends and lovers at the same time. Happy
couples comprise two people who are opposite in personality but identical in
background.
2) Your partner is your best friend --> truly happy couples use the
phrase " best friends " to describe their relationship .
this kinda lifted my spirits. i used to wonder how it'll feel like , dating your best friend. i mean, there wouldn't be anymore excitement, no? because you know your other half perfectly inside out and well, i would imagine a certain degree of weirdness, because you would have to start seeing your best friend as a lover instead? but , i would like to give it a go, if well, we fit together perfectly, like..... ham and cheese sandwich !:P
p.s. im starting to love my uni friends, they are really sweet and lovable people (:
p.p.s. i think prawns are really sad creatures. people not only catch them for leisure, but they even eat them up . unfortunately, i'm one of those who catch them for leisure )): but thankfully, i dont eat them up ! so does that.... lessen my " crime" ?
♥Wednesday, March 03, 2010
