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Sunday, February 22, 2009

One will say, 'I belong to the LORD '
another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
still another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,'
and will take the name Israel.
Isaiah 44:5

11:34 PM

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Welcome Tea

Today was Welcome Tea!!! I have been enormously encouraged today, really. Seeing the J1s come down to worship together, to have fellowship together, to hear testimonies, I could feel my spirit being renewed by our gathering together.

I was reminded again of WHY I am in HwaChong. NOT because I got 6 points, NOT because I have an impressive profile (that I don't), but because it was God's will.
And where God has placed me, He will use me!

I was reflecting on why I chose HwaChong that night. I remember I decided because I wanted to go for the best since God has given me the best. I didn't really think about the uniform, the stress, the subject combi, but I knew that God had a plan for me wherever I went. And it's all true!!! When I think about the many opportunities to bear testimony to Him, I want to dance and sing and twirl in delight and gratefulness. I'm serious! *beams*

In MGS, almost everyone was Christian, it was almost like part of the culture and I took it for granted. I don't deny I miss that. Yet when I entered HC, surrounded by non-Christians, I was made so aware of the fact that I was a child of God, the responsibility I had to share God's love and grace with others, the call to be salt and light in the community. And I can really feel that my achievement is not measured by my grades or my CCA record, but by how much I could serve my Saviour in HC! Be it through prayer meetings, or PEG, I never imagined God could use me in such a manner to reach out others!

JC for Jesus Christ!

9:10 PM

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

I had not realised how badly I needed a hug today!

6:48 PM

Sunday, February 15, 2009

I'm supposed to be content with what I have.
Thankful, I guess, for I know I have more than most.
But yet sometimes I feel so lost...
When I want everything,
Unwilling to give up anything.
I will not choose, what is there to choose?!
Yet I'm doing it I know,
Conscious of my consciously doing it.
Uncertainty is an insidious thing.
It really creeps, unnoticed,
Subtly torturing you from the inside.
Hugs are a struggle, laughter not in the eyes.
A pinch of wistfulness, and a gallon of despair.
I adore Sundays, I do declare.
That's why loving is hurting, and hoping is dying.
Please remind me to hold on to the present,
With what small hands and failing heart I do possess.
To cling to this hot-cold, slightly tarnished, blemished,
Bar of what we call "now", painful and draining it may be.
Instead of reaching back for the rusting past.,
Or trying in vain to still the hands of our clock.

Dear God, please help me to treasure what I have now, and not to wait until I really lose it.

10:52 PM

Happy V'day all!

Today is such an extraordinary day it should be made into a public holiday! Everyone should be wearing a big bright smile on your faces today! Think sunshine dears... So don't stress, forget about your homework, and just go out there to enjoy yourselves! All of us are entitled to celebrate VERA day in any way we want! So happy VERA day again everyone! Pass on the smile!

Will you be my Valentine's? Vera's, yes. Haha

12:40 AM

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Come and See

Come and see, come and see
Come and see the King of love
See the purple robe and crown of thorns he wears
Soldiers mock, rulers sneer
As he lifts the cruel cross
Lone and friendless now he climbs towards the hill

We worship at your feet
Where wrath and mercy meet
And a guilty world is washed
By love's pure stream
For us he was made sin
Oh, help me take it in
Deep wounds of love cry out 'Father, forgive'
I worship, I worship
The Lamb who was slain.

Come and weep, come and mourn
For your sin that pierced him there
So much deeper than the wounds of thorn and nail
All our pride, all our greed
All our fallenness and shame
And the Lord has laid the punishment on him

Man of heaven, born to earth
To restore us to your heaven
Here we bow in awe beneath Your searching eyes
From your tears comes our joy
From your death our life shall spring
By your resurrection power we shall rise

Thank you Lord...
...for so many J1s that came for prayer meeting today!
...for the opportunity to talk with YiLing!

10:08 PM

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Blessed birthday dear brother!
May you bask in God's blessings all year round, especially during ns!
I thank God always for you!

Mood: Happy & thankful
What did I do?: Spent time with people I love and received two wonderful presents today!!!
I will really really really treasure them forever! 谢谢你 from the bottom of my heart.
Lessons learnt: To be more sensitive to the needs of people around me.

10:03 PM

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Hard at work

I realised I've been forced to become more hardworking...
Prayer meetings on tuesday and thursday mornings effectively prevent me from chionging/copying math tutorials in the period before assembly...
Spending time with God is so precious and starting the day right is important...
It's definitely more worth it than wasting my time rushing work I could have completed earlier...
So I am trying to do all my work at night...
Which means I sleep later...
And I sleep during math lectures instead...

Haha.

10:33 PM

Today...

I learnt that Africa is not actually a country!
We pulled 70 people for photog!!!
EVERYONE pulls my pigtails!
I miss being hugged.
I accidentally fell asleep at nine yesterday, when I usually sleep at 2/3... (sorry to those on msn i daoed...)
I think I will cry more this week than I have in quite a long time.
I have been tagged in about twenty facebook notes -.-
Someone said that when I smile, my eyes smile too.
I feel really guilty, yet thankful for the people who run with me during PE.. aka JYHNA!
God brought so many new J1s into prayer meeting! Thank U!
I was smiled at by a small random korean boy.
I am SUPER tired.
Tomorrow is a scary day.
I can't wait to see Gavriel!!!
Want to hug him so badly!

8:58 PM

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Here I am


Here We Are - Don Moen

Here we are lifting our hands to you
Here we are, giving you thanks for all you do
And as we praise, and worship your holy name
You are here, dwelling within our praise

For every answered prayer
For always being there
For love that hears us when we call
For arms that lift us when we fall
Oh you have always been, right beside us
Leading us all along the way
And we made it through
Because of you
And here we are

For days we cannot see
For all that's yet to be
The trials we may have to face
When we'll be leaning on your grace
It will be your strength, that saves us
Your love that makes us strong
And through it all
We'll sing this song

3:16 AM

Sunday, February 1, 2009

私の祈りはさらに毎日神様が信じられて、愛せてる。

抱きしめたい!

11:57 PM

It was that day of puppeting
That I truly heard angels sing
The accompanying music was loud
Yet their voices were not drowned out
Not yet old enough to lose face
They sang freely of God's grace
Of how "Jesus You are my Lord"
And how to Him "I give You my all"
They also worshipped with their hands
Simple ones, nothing very grand
And when I stood amongst them
I could feel the love from which their worship stemmed
Earnest, sincere, wholly trusting
In the God they were now praising
I unlocked the chains that bound my heart
My voice and desires, my every part
Singing with every fiber of my being
To my Jesus, my Saviour, my King

It is a wonder to hear the little children of the kingdom
sing praises to our God and King.
If only we were children.

3:53 AM