badminton and opportunies to share

How wonderful the Lord has been to open up doors for me to sow seeds by sharing the gospel to ppl at my work who are new to the firm, who came to watch us play badminton at the inter-CPA games.

Lord may you save them...and have mercy on them.

sharing the gospel!

Dear all,

So glad to be able to share the gospel to ppl at work. One last week and today another. Pls Lord I pray for their salvation and your mercy upon them.

Also, word is getting around of my background. So pls Lord help me shine for you to draw them to you. Help me to be wise around them and keep me in check so that your Spirit and transformational power is real in my life.

So many opportunies to share, thank you Lord but same time eyes are watching. Help me Lord help me....grant me strength and wisdom. In you, i rest and draw my everything from.

nite, ron

ps: also the Spirit is showing lots of manifestation for me esp on Monday...sry no mood to share it now...ask me and I will tell you! But may the Lord continue to guide me as I follow Him.

Words & Self control

I know that for those who grew up in the 80s, the mention of 'Words' would bring to mind the song by ? which goes 'words (ta ta tem), they don't come easy to me.....' or 'More than words' by Extreme.

But the real reason for the entry entitled 'Words' is that I was struck by one of the points made in our study of Ecclesiates today about the fool who does not watch his words which resulted in destruction. It got me thinking if I've ever said things too hastily which 'tears down' instead of 'building up'. Lord help me to watch my words, as they say, think before you speak. Better to be silent then speak words that are unhelpful. Help me speak words that bring life instead of death.

As for 'self-control', 2 songs come to mind - Laura Bradigan's and Janet Jackson's song of the same title. But the real reason behind the title again comes from what I was struck with in our learning of Ecclesiates about how better or how powerful it is for a subordinate to restrain from retaliating than to make war with his superiors. Many a times we react emotionally to a bad comment about us instead of addressing the issue perhaps because our pride is hurt. This got me thinking that perhaps God is preparing me to have self control by not being too defensive or argumentative should I receive a comment or feedback for my work which hurts me as I have recently returned to the commercial world for work. Lord, help me to receive comments graciously and give replies that will help the other party understand me and turn them to make me a better worker that pleases you.

Ok, as I sign off...a verse from song of songs (not related to this entry) comes to mind -'My beloved is mine and I am his, his banner over me is love.' As the song based on this verse rings in my mind.....gd nite.

Nothing

Well, nothing much here, as in I've nothing much to say except that I want to talk to someone but there is no someone. Sigh...such is the plight of a single person. :)

Oh well, I guess I will carry on listening to Sheila Majid, watch 1 or 2 Everybody Loves Raymond episodes from season 4 and go to sleep soon.

Btw, I'm currently reading through Deuteronomy, up to chapter 16. Really fascinating and invigorating.

Work is fine, slowly getting familiar again with the things I knew 9 years ago! I hope after a few jobs, my speed of work would have really improved!

Swimming is fine (as in teaching swimming)...the competition is getting closer so I learnt the other day. I hope in weeks to come, the boys would slowly approach their peak in their swimming speed.

I've not been playing wow for 1+ week now, will probably stay in this mode for quite sometime. After spending so much time on it, it's time to spend my time on other RL (real life) things! :)

I learnt a lot from a song of songs sermon recently. Check it out at http://www.riverlife.org.sg/ before it's taken down after 1 week.

Ok I think I've rambled quite a bit now. Time to go. Nite nite.

With All I Am

I really like the song 'With All I Am' , am listening to it at the moment.

Jesus I believe in you, Jesus I belong to you, you're the reason that I live, you're the reason that I sing with all I am.

this chorus is just so infectious.

My perfect Sunday afternoon

This has been plaguing me for quite some time, so I've decided to pen some thoughts about it.

Have you ever felt like...

after a great service of worshipping God and a riveting and challenging sermon, you find it difficult to spend the remainder of your Sunday meaningfully?

My problem is this: finding a group of people where there is meaningful conversation over lunch and to hang out after that. I guess being single and with no family in singapore makes it harder to find company. So when this problem arises, my sunday pratically goes downhill after Sunday service...although not all the timelah...as I find some alternative things to do which sometimes turn out well but at times it doesn't. But if I were to wish for the perfect sunday afternoon after church service, it would be:-

1) Have lunch with people I can click with where we can discuss how the service was for us (which includes discussing the sermon), catch up on how the week has been for us, enjoy each other's company, people who are envigorating and encouraging, willing to share their lives openly as I would and who is willing to know me really well.

2) Free to chill out after that. Then when evening comes, have a walk in the park, then cook dinner together and end of the day by watching an excellent movie.

Of course, even better, a partner whom I can do these things with and put to practice some of the things from Songs of Songs. :)

Gd nite.