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Friday, July 27, 2007
Its been a while, no updates there has been! haha.
So here's a quick run on things!
four out of five projects were cleared, couldnt see how any of em wouldve worked out if it wasnt for jesus baby. lol. ;D
Two modules freed up, so wednesdays are freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed up too.
Urm.
Urm.
Think, gifford.Think!
After the fifth and final suck-ass project, exams are around the corner! :O
I spent $60 on 2 Skinnies and one striped shirt. HAH :O
I.Should.Stop.Spending!
Ive been cracking my head over codes,which, as ridiculous as it sounds,constitutes, my course! :O
Ive blessed one this wk! Reb!
I laughed my ass out during LMS when Ms Sen issued the challenges which involved fear management to three stunned individuals,the looks on their faces were- priceless! =X
Swim,Sam,Caleb,Feli,Zuosheng,Justin,Clem,Lawson,Chinwoo,Chia Chen and I spent the night with Perlyn to celebrate her 18th, dinner at fish & Co, attempted movie, the arcade, attempted starbucks,and pool @ the meridien, and a painful cab ride home. ($14's the damage- FYI :O LOL)
So there you have it, that was my week!
You know, I really cannot begin to describe for you enough how god has been speaking to me through the various events that put the week together, so to speak...but if it is one thing that was most evident about what He's been trying to say, it is these 2 words-
"Child-Like Faith"
it takes faith like that of a child for us to enter the kingdom of god.
Quite a tall order, if you actually think about it.
The simplicity of a child's life encourages him/her to dream, to trust,to hope,to believe.
Growing up,however, that becomes progressively difficult.
but that's where growth occurs.
Such a paradox aint it!
100K- are you a part of this movement of blessing?
Dont miss out.trust.me. heh.
;D
STORMcity!;
- 12:17 AM
Monday, July 23, 2007
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust theirsouls to a faithful Creator while doing good. 1 Peter 4:19 (ESV)
The NIV translation reads this.
'So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful creator and continue to do good.'
someone texted me last night, I dont know you, Im sorry. What you've brought up in the text was disturbing, it threw me out of sorts for abit.Yes. Disturbing to know, disturbing to know that while we live in absolute complacency,indulging in fleeting pleasures that are justified, justified by circumstance- lives are in constant risk, just because they love. Just because they've tried to love. Consciously or not,thats besides the point. They carried with them truth, they've held on to what they believed could bring change.
and yet...
yet the people turned their hearts away. they refused change, because they were convinced change was impossible. because their circumstance had decided it was to be so. Or was it because they felt injustified,was it because they were threatened too? after all, they might have just been trying to protect their own lives.
What a pleasant surprise it was, that my mom and bro would ask that we pray together in intercession for the missionaries who were 'kidnapped in Afghanistan and threatened should Korea not withdrw its troops from the war-torn country'.In addition to that, conversations with a friend which set me thinking... I questioned. I challenge. I grew. I just couldnt... I just couldnt resist the urge to write. I couldnt resist writing, liberated. freedom resounds even while we bleed and cry, because we entrust our souls to a faithful creator, because we commit ourselves to a god that has our best interests at heart, what shall we fear? Because we stand, our lives in constant surrender- If we perish, we perish.
those are not easy words, you know.
thats why god didnt say you've commited. Youve entrusted.
You need to surrender. You need to trust.
If you fall, you fall.
Surrender. Trust.
STORMcity!;
- 10:21 PM
Sunday, July 22, 2007
How long has it been now,since ive last written anything? Most times Id write only to arrive at the unfortunate conclusion that my thoughts just cant seem to find focus in the written word. Id lean back on my chair, my hands rest on the keyboard, idle. And Id think, Id think things, and they're just vividly racing through my mind yet...Yet never leaving a lasting impression.Distractions,one after the other,steal my attention. Worry. Frustration.
Id like to leave that behind.
STORMcity!;
- 9:20 PM
Sunday, July 15, 2007
He sits himself quietly by the table. The constant pounding escaping the ceiling almost penetrates his chain of thoughts, chases away his sanity. He shuts his eyes, leans back on his chair and let the wind wash him over, so calm,so peaceful. Sometimes he's convinced that every part of him has lost the strength to fight, then again-what has he been fighting for? Sometimes he's dead sure the passion he holds inside is contained, stifled,whatever is left quickly snubbed out; by what? by who?
How could one ever grow to love in such capacity? How could one ever grow to love in spite of? How could one ever die in the name of? The absurdity of loving when it hurts so bad is a thought he never wanted to entertain.His breathing gets heavier by the minute, asphyxiated- by what? by who?
Bleeding compassion, inexplicably cold.
Love, in its name to death he was sold.
Then it hits him- it hits him.
Bleeding compasssion, inexplicably cold.
Love, in its name to death he was sold.
He folds his arms, draws one breath. Opens his eyes and looks at the world.
By what? By who?
By Us.
STORMcity!;
- 5:27 PM
Monday, July 02, 2007
He'd try to make something beautiful out of these stains.
He'd fight to find some place safe from a world that irrepressibly drains.
He'd learn that nothing could right those wrongs
How he struggles just to fight on.
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Attention all readers! I'm experimenting with Wordpress now so there might be a switch and it could either be temporal or permanant! Keep your eyes peeled for updates on that. (;
STORMcity!;
- 10:32 PM
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Christian------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Christ-follower
Being a Christian means You've accepted Christ.
Being a Christ-follower means you've accepted Christ and You're going somewhere in your walk with him.
Being a Christian might mean you try to attend church faithfully on sundays.
Being a Christ-follower means you dont just meet god on sundays. You meet him on Monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday and saturday too.
Being a Christian means you wear your sunday-best whenever you go to church-snazzy tie, check.
Designer watch, check. $50 bill for tithes and offerings, chhhh-eck
Being a Christ-follower means you pay more attention to your heart. It never was about how big your wallet was, it has always been about how big your heart is.
A christian says ' I am so blessed,so loved, so treasured,So..'
A Christ-follower remembers that without Christ, he is nothing.
A christian has seen the light of god's truth.
A Christ-follower remembers the darkness he came out from.
A Christian.thats just a title to carry.
A Christ-follower simply means a lifestyle. Live beyond the name brothers and sisters.We were called to deny our rights, pick up our cross and follow Jesus- not live in comfort and complacency.
Being a christian means Jesus happened.
Being a christ-follower means Jesus is happening.
So what would you rather be?
'If anyone would come after me,he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world,yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels' Mark 8:34-38
No, it aint easy. But we've gotta be the agents of change in our marketplace. We were called for such a time as this-so get your lazy asses off the ground and start walking with Jesus for real!
STORMcity!;
- 9:15 PM