Sunday, December 17, 2006: God is great (:
caroling yesterday was pretty good, i think one of the best things that happened was visiting melrose home. i love the kids there, they are so cute. i think God really showed me His love through these children, playing with these kids really made me feel like i had finally something to serve God better with, and that their reception towards me really made me feel all warm inside, i felt really happy. although the rest wasnt really that great, we didnt really get much interaction time, i must admit, that we werent exactly sounding very great in the beginning, but God's grace really helped us along the way. (: they actually thought we sounded great! so All glory be to God! (:
the sleepover was pretty cool too. hahha, i learnt how to play bridge and indian poker. they're not really fun that fun, if you're wondering. i think johannes and michael and beng and sam and edward and maurice etc (just to show alot of people tried to explain to me and i still dont get it) gave up trying to teach me and left me to wonder about it on my own. i think heart attack is more fun. (: hahha.
went to ken's house after lunch today to wait for my mom to pick me up. we all ended up playing xbox :D how exciting. after the boring ultimate alliance game, we played some car racing game. so fun!!! hahah, although i got stuck alot along the way cos the car just wouldnt go in the right direction so i always ended up losing, it was all still pretty fun :D hahaha, although i might say dean and yx beg to differ, since they conked out on the sofa. haha, that was pretty funny :D prash and i tried to tickle their noses, but they were boring old people, they just slept on ):
went for my family gathering after that at my aunt's house. i really miss my whole extended family. (: so i'm really glad that i got the chance to catch up with my aunts and uncles. (: and cousins of course, not that they know anything about uni, they're all like, in primary school mans. but anyway. we were singing carols and stuff together, and taking heaps of photos. it was rather cheesy and i got quite irritated when my mom kept taking random shots of me, like some proud mom taking pictures of her overachiever kid sort of way, not that i'm an overachiever (i'm prolly an underachiever). but i love the whole atmosphere of family. i love kids. (: i love playing with my cousins, i love swinging them around, pretending they're superman. i love the way they smile, the way the run around together holding hands, i love the way they're so innocent, i love the way that they love so easily and give so freely. i love kids. (:
one thing pretty special about today's gathering: we all prayed for my grandfather together. one thing, my grandfather has lung cancer, and its quite bad, i think. its pretty amazing how God came into his life this year, so it became alot easier for us to pray for his illness. i was pretty disappointed with myself because i lacked the courage to pray aloud in front of all my uncles and aunties. something told me that i should pray for our family unit. pray for unity and strength as a family in the body of Christ. to pray for ourselves as family members not to worry and be scared because God is in control of everything. He's the one that formed us, He's the one that gave us the gift of life, He's the one that blessed us so much. so we shouldnt have to worry about my grandfather's illness, like how to pay for chemo, how my grandfather's going to pull through this. most importantly, we should let God's love shine through us to my grandfather, to love him like we never did before, to let God turn our sorrows into joy because we know for certain that our dear grandfather/father/father-in-law/husband has a place in heaven with the Father. we know that our God is merciful and He cares for us and my grandfather, so we really dont have to worry about anything. i should have prayed this prayer of reassurance, but i didnt. oh well. all in God's time.
we had a short time of a singspiration after, i played the piano while my brother played the guitar. amazingly, God blessed me with a sudden burst of something musical. miraculously, i played well, some mistakes, just not very obvious ones. and we sounded good. perhaps God wanted to minister to my grandfather, through the songs that we played. God truly is amazing huh? He never ceases to surprise me. (: God is great.
a shout of praise.
11:37 PM
