Indescribable;;

Wednesday, October 31, 2007: jon's bday dinner + afters (:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONO! :D:D

Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down,

his friend can help him up.

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10a, 12

a shout of praise.
9:27 PM

Tuesday, October 30, 2007: to you.

Taken from Psalm 91
May you dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
and rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
May you say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."

Surely He will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with His feathers,
and under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.

May you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-
then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.

For He will command His angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

For the Lord says, "Because he loves me, I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges My Name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him
and show him My Salvation."

i pray you continually find deliverance through God's salvation and truth.

a shout of praise.
9:33 AM

Monday, October 29, 2007: sin

Isaiah 53:6

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

each of us has turned to his own way;

and the LORD has laid on Him

the iniquity of us all.

iniquity [noun]
1. absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
2. morally objectionable behaviour
3. an unjust act

i think recently i have been reminded again and again about sin, yet i chose to not hear. quite coincidentally yesterday's sermon was about struggling with sin (look at church website) based on psalm 51. the sermon wasnt really that great, but i think the one thing i took home from the whole service, was the reminder of how Jesus died on the cross for our sins, which 1, was iniquitous to Him, and 2, something which He hated but yet had the grace to forgive us for it.

i think a big theme throughout this struggle that i am having painted a very clear picture of God's grace and faithfulness, even when i didnt have the drive to be faithful.

truely and surely, God is faithful to complete the work in me until the day Jesus comes again. (philippians 1:6)

I will worship
I will worship You
- With All I Am, Hillsong

a shout of praise.
5:18 PM

Friday, October 26, 2007: remorse.

Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your unfailing love;

according to your great compassion

blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash away all my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is always before me.

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in your sight,

so that you are proved right when you speak

and justified when you judge.

5 Surely I was sinful at birth,

sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;

you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

9 Hide your face from my sins

and blot out all my iniquity.

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,

and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me from your presence

or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation

and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,

and sinners will turn back to you.

14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God,

the God who saves me,

and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

15 O Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare your praise.

16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;

you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart,

O God, you will not despise.

18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;

build up the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices,

whole burnt offerings to delight you;

then bulls will be offered on your altar.

a shout of praise.
11:07 AM

Wednesday, October 17, 2007: turning point

the past few weeks i havent been walking very closely with God. perhaps it was something that made me wonder about the possibility of God being unreal, being intangible, or perhaps it was something that made me question God's superiority, or even possibly that i took for granted God's grace given to me freely, even though i didnt ask for it, or could it be that i wanted to just test the boundaries, what it's like to feel tempted by the world? to feel part of the world. to have something to talk about with my friends when they ask "so what did you do in the weekend?" other than just going to church or attending ocf; being exciting, the way the world defines it.

i guess the past few weeks have left me pretty unhappy, unfufilled and lost. although i might have become more interesting in a way, what with asia cocktail and late nights, but i guess i lost the feeling of being comfortable with what i talk about. and today, by God's grace, i found it back again.

talking to a friend on msn made me see how much i had known God, and let me taste a bit of the goodness that i once had. i never lost God, i was just too blinded by things of the world to see how He was there all along. maybe this is yet again another journey of discovering God.

i came across this just now:
"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'

"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning."
John 15:18

it is pretty comforting to know that God knows what we will have to face as His people.

a shout of praise.
12:12 AM

Thursday, October 11, 2007: Kings club!

a shout of praise.
11:05 PM

Wednesday, October 10, 2007: and baby all i need...

is a mug of hot chocolate right now, the weather has been so erratic the past few days. it keeps raining and then it becomes sunny and then it pours again and sunny again.. no wonder i fell sick ): thanks jeannie. hehe!

king's club starts tmr! so excited to see the kids again :D they are SO SO CUTE. i kinda miss crossroads already, although not going for both services sounds pretty good to me.. but i still want to interact with the children! i miss them. and ah! i miss north ): he moved away to northam which is very far in the country towns. AND I FORGOT TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH HIM. he left me a pretty picture though (:

anyway, i've been thinking of writing something more mature but then i cant think of anything to write. things have been going abit tough lately, with all the assignments piling in, friendship problems, friends who have problems and i've been pretty tired.. i just wish i'd get a hug to tell me i've been doing ok.

a shout of praise.
1:33 PM

Sunday, October 7, 2007: dear claire..

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY!!

a shout of praise.
3:46 PM

Saturday, October 6, 2007: asia cocktail

asia cocktail last night after bs, went with jaeann! (: it was funnn, great way to destress after the huge load of assignments..

me, jaeann

ben&benson (their names!!! so cute (: )
jian yuan (as i know him from tkd wayyyy back, aka jy) &benson
me and jaeann (:

i woke up at 6.30am today. and i have no idea why. probably cos the sun is rising earlier and earlier ): i need my sleep! but anyway, i had fun yesterday (: good company, good music, what can i say? awesome.

a shout of praise.
3:11 PM

so it was the end..

BS group 2007 (:

a shout of praise.
7:36 AM

Monday, October 1, 2007: exchange trip

i've been thinking about going on exchange since the day my mom asked me if i wanted to go on exchange.. it actually sounds quite exciting! (: hannah's on exchange at the moment and it looks so cool! so many places i can go. US, UK, france, denmark, japan, etc. i wonder if its possible to go to singapore on exchange ;) then i'll be home for a semester. (: that would be fun.. maybe there's some rule about going back to a home country for exchange. but frankly i dont see why not. mmm.

thinking thinking thinking.. AH! how fun would it be, God willing.

oh well. lets just get through this semester first and we'll see how things go..

a shout of praise.
9:22 PM

some random photos.. (:

a shout of praise.
11:23 AM