Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Aloevera really likes love exercises and glomps!<3333333333333
10:33 PM
This is something God has seriously been pushing me to say already:I am furious. Okay, maybe just incredibly disappointed. I want to ask you "Which part of you loves God? Because I certainly cannot see you living it out at all." Who are you? Why do you seem to be two people?
How can someone who professes to love Christ NOT SHOW THE SAME LOVE TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM? How can someone who believes in the Saviour mouth words of malice and mock others? Jesus loved everyone! He showed this unconditional love to those who were despised and cast out by the community, he healed the wounded, welcomed the broken in spirit, and you cannot even bring yourself to show a little bit of care to your classmate?! You have no idea how much hurt you cause her. How can a child of God strike such fear in another's heart?! Did not the bible say " Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes of God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Do you think it's very funny, very cool to make a joke out of others? Have you ever thought about the hurt you cause others? Those unkind words; were they ever fully justified? Do you even care what kind of image you potray to other non-Christians? If even they can feel guilty, or remorseful, about the way they have acted, what more you whom God has told "Love thy neighbour as thyself"?!
Just so you know, I'm not the only one who has noticed this. Please please watch your own actions because people are looking at you and have expectations of you. God is watching you, how do you think He feels about your actions?! How can you expect others to see the Jesus we know and love through your actions? So many times, what you do leave me and others around you shocked.
How are you a Christian if you have not the love Christ has for others???
7:21 PM
Monday, May 25, 2009
happy <311:47 PM
Thursday, May 21, 2009
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends" ~ John 15:13Staying home sick two days in a row has given me time to do whatever I want - unfortunately I've been sleeping most of it off. Sleeping, waking up when I can't breathe, tumbling back to sleep, dreaming, reading roald dahl, and drifting off to sleep again. I blame the pills. (which I haven't been taking very consistently anyway)
I wanted to blog about this a few days ago, especially after talking to Rachel Teo/Chng about it. It was really nice to be able to talk about the Christian perspective of relationships with a fellow classmate. Hmmm. : ) It led me to think about how I treat others. I used to be able to like everyone. It came naturally - I do not see the bad side of others often I guess - especially in MGS, it was really easy to love everyone. And then I came to JC, and I found people that I sometimes wished I had never met. And yet I know God says I still must love everyone equally. And I must love with the Love of Christ, God's ultimate expression of Love. How can I ever ever ever live up to such standards?
This year marked another year of change for me. I found myself able to love and hate to a greater degree, a deeper understanding and defining of my relationships with others. No more just like/dislike, there's love, and hate, a love that hurts me yet I still cling to it, a hate that I try desperately to curb and force into the shape of tolerance. I have a really bad side to me. When I'm hurt, my first reaction is to hurt back, to force the same kind of pain onto the party who inflicted me with this hurt. I'm always convinced I hurt more than the other, which I know is not the case sometimes. Oh wells. To love is to hurt. That is very, very, very painfully true.
And then I must remember I hurt others too. Unknowingly, or knowingly, I'm probably guilty of both. I had thought that I was quite sensitive to feelings, yet there can be such complexity and depth to a person's emotional state that I will never be able to just love someone without hurting them. I don't think Christ hurt people when He Loved them... His Love was something that transcended human understanding, part of a greater Love that mapped the heavens and earth, that shaped the future of each individual.
I really want to love with the Love of Christ. And regarding bgr relationships, I really am in no position to enter one now. When I do, it will (hopefully) be for life, when I can love with an unselfish love, an unconditional love, the Love of Christ.
Then there's the definition of love. Every 'love' that I have used in this post - I refer to my weak, temporal, selfish form of love. Does loving someone mean to treat them nicely? To want the best for them? To always be mindful of their feelings? Love seems like such a complicated issue - yet God defined it in a matter of 16 words, and used the sacrifice of Christ as his most powerful example. I wonder how I can ever match up to that.
6:50 PM
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Too many things have been happening, I can't keep up! Hopefully my memory will choose only to remember the laughs and not the tears. Almost every night recently I'm too tired to think back on the day; my heart doesn't have the time to register the emotions!I thank God for the note, the hugs (<3), the smiles, those kind words, that voice that spoke out for me, those smses, that morning prayer, the questions that asked me about my week, the fun during playmax dry run, the joy of seeing people I see only once in a while, the nose engulfs, the offer of a friend, someone wanting me to be strong and courageous & very happy. :)
Just let me say how much I love You
Let me speak of Your mercy and grace
Just let me live in a shadow of Your beauty
Let me see You face to face
And the earth will shake as Your Word goes forth
And the heavens will tremble and fall
But let me say how much I love You
Oh my Savior, my Lord and Friend
Just let me hear Your finest whispers
As You gently call my name
And let me see Your power and Your glory
Let me feel Your spirit's flame
Let me find You in the desert
Till this sand is holy ground
And I am found completely surrendered
To You my Lord and Friend
So let me say how much I love You
With all my heart I long for You
For I am caught in this passion of knowing
This endless love I've found in You
And the depth of grace, the forgiveness found
To be called a child of God
Just makes me say how much I love You
Oh my Savior, my Lord and Friend
Dear God, let love for Christ inspire me in everything I do.
11:39 PM
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Today.
I wish for you.
An ordinary day of miracles...
An unexpected hug when you are down,
a kind word from a caring soul.
I wish you a day of happiness and small perfections...
little bite-sized pieces of perfection that give you
the funny feeling that someone is smiling on you,
and holding you so gently because
you are someone so special,
created out of a purpose and
overflowing
love.
You might not know how special you are,
how carefully someone's watching out for you,
smiling when you do,
hurting when you do,
getting angry
(sometimes)
at what you do,
but always loving you with a love that is
oh
just so
indescribeable,
uncontainable,
incomparable,
unchangeable.
I wish you a day with Love, Joy and Peace.
Yesterday
Today
and
Forever
5:49 PM
Forever and ever - Pooh and Christopher Robin
真挚的友谊
是当故事画上无数句点时
我们的剧情仍然 继续... ...
5:35 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2009
What is prayer?Prayer is ...
an unending dialogue,
the opening of hearts,
an uncovering of deep fears,
a release of held-back tears,
a song of silent thankfulness,
a counting of blessings,
an exclaimation of joy,
a shattering of pride,
a claim of dependence,
a time of honest confession,
a request for grace,
a source of hope,
an offering of trust,
the most intimate of conections,
a remembering of amazing love,
an exercise of faith,
a desire for a peace that transcends all understanding.
Remember that God is only a whispered prayer away...