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Special Little Sunshine :)

This drawing is inspired from a very cheerful little girl I see in school. Despite diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, non verbal, having to sit on a wheelchair and having her meals through tube feeding, she never fails to greet me with her widest and most beautiful smile :) Through her life, I see the message of JOY and HOPE comes alive :) I truly believe each smile comes from within her very childlike heart. This is the smile that we've been missing in life, isn't it?

God bless Lil' G! :)

Flying off to KOREA! :D

Hand in Hand

This brought tears to my eyes the first time I watched it:

Do I look like I was...

(A) attempting to help Nellis clean her ears with a blue pen?
(B) taking the chance to doodle on her face since I can't sleep with her on my laps?

Well, if I really had the chance to do (B), I might really do it! Hee. I was writing encouragement cards on the last night of camp after talking to different people from 1+am (right after the awesome overnight prayer we had!) till about 6am. I enjoyed the sharings and teaching the younger girls how to dance to Ya! (they were really enthu!) Just imagine how all of us stood in a line at the corridoor dancing to Ya! at 3+am in the middle of the night :O Well, fond memories to be remembered :)

The thing I remembered best was talking about very random topics like how I tried to set my handphone on alarm before my Mum confiscated it before she leaves the house when I was much younger. After she leaves, I will go around looking for my handphone when the alarm goes off at the timing I've set :p I would make sure I put it back in place just before my Mum is back home! :p

Thanks to Yiyi, who still had the energy to take this picture for us at 6+am in the morning. Time for me to sleep now. I was waiting for a web page to be loaded for close to an hour with many tries! Zzz.

A Wonderfully Planned Week!

I'm thankful to have such a nicely paced week :) It was a good one because I spent time resting at home (caught a cold and my colleagues were quite suspicious that I've gotten H1N1), catching up with friends like Yvonne (celebrated her birthday and discussed our travel plan!), Nicholas (we talked and walked around T1 for the entire evening) and an impromtu dinner with Michelle (she gave me a dessert treat at Manpuku, their fruit tarts cannot be missed!). I really enjoyed the catch up with Michelle, like I always say, I love it how our conversations always end with "I'll keep you in prayer." :)

I thank God for them. Meeting them up and spending time to talk to them (or hear them share) is a great avenue for me to relax and slow down my pace in life :)

Another reason why it was a nicely paced week was the precious time spent reading the Word. I would spend the remaining of my lunch time reading the 40days Love Singapore prayer booklet and have been reading Hebrews the past week :)

I'm personally very ministered by the prayer booklet because the verses are from Jeremiah! Jieling shared with me that she was encouraged to read the book of Jeremiah by her Pastor back in Malaysia. When she shared that last Tuesday after prayer meet, I felt like reading Jeremiah too! And there, God even provided guided materials :) Enjoying everyday's read and looking forward to the next :) There are so many things to both learn and unlearn :)

This week, I've also learnt to be honest with God. You know, sometimes, there's certain things on your heart that you don't deliberately mention in your prayers? I don't know how to explain. This is something new I'm learning. Hoping to learn more revelations as I pray :)

Thank God, it's the weekends again! :)

Heart of a Servant

Went out with Claypot recently and we were sharing about the songs we sing in church :) She shared with me this very nice song and I finally managed to find it online ;) The original version of the song is in Indo and it has been translated into both Chinese and English versions :)

A very nice and ministering song :) Enjoy it! Lyrics included in the videos :)

Just DO It!

Decided to spend time with Mummy this afternoon as it's quite rare for me to have a free Sunday afternoon these few months. However, something unhappy happened and both of us got upset with one another. It was so bad that we went home seperately :(

On my way home, I felt even more upset and burdened! I knew I shouldn't have made the decision to head home first. Deep in my heart, I knew, I have to apologise no matter who's in the wrong. With all the learnings from the past few weeks, leading and pursuing a life of holiness was what impacted me the most. I prayed and asked God for the courage to do so. I knew I had to DO it. At that moment, I truly understood why Pastor Philip said the two words Christians do not like to hear is "DO and GO" :p

From 7pm, I procrastinated till 8pm and finally 9pm...

"Mummy, I'm sorry!"
This sentence exchanged smiles from both of us :D
and so much joy deep within from my heart!

"Thank You God! I did it! :D"

You want blessing? Ask for an upsize! :D

I almost couldn't believe my eyes this morning! God is good, all the time! Beyond good! Good is truly an understatement! :)

I was running late for work this morning and despite that, I was totally relunctant to take a cab down as it's really very expensive! As I was walking really quickly to the bus stop, I was praying to God that I want to reach office by 8.45am! In order to do that, I must be able to catch the 8.25am bus at Tanah Merah MRT Station but it was already 8.05am and I'm still on my way (to walk to the bus stop) to take a bus to Simei MRT Station!

I started to plan my route to work! My initial plan was to take bus 12, alight at Singapore Expo and take a cab down to work! In this way, the cab will cost much lesser without the jam from Tampines to Tanah Merah! Having my heart fixed on that, the next thing I saw was bus 12 leaving the bus stop and me stucked at the traffic light with the red man staring at me.

I told God: In this case, I need to have a bus to Simei MRT Station the moment I reach the bus stop! I wasn't demanding it from Him, I was just telling Him my thoughts as I plan the alternative route in my mind. Blessed enough, bus 38 really came the moment I reached the bus stop! :D It seemed like the bus was smiling at me! Haha, I'm serious!

Hoping not to miss any trains, I walked really fast to the MRT Station after alighting from bus 38. Well, I missed it in the end and there I've given up hope to reach office by 8.45am unless I take a cab down, which is quite expensive due to the heavy traffic (with many long vehicles) from Tanah Merah Station to my office building!

So I walked at my usual speed after alighting from Tanah Merah struggling whether to catch the bus at 8.40am reaching office really late or take a cab down. I was telling God: If bus 35 is still at the bus stop, it would really be a big blessing for me! Then somehow, a voice (is it mine or God's?) came telling me: A bigger blessing! If I can hitch a cab ride to office from a colleague, it'll really be a big blessing for me in the morning! Dream on! you'd say, right?

It's pretty weird! Somehow, I knew in my heart that I will share this experience as a thanksgiving! I don't know how to explain! There, me in my daydream mode, I walked to the bus stop and finally convinced myself: Yes, the bus you need to catch has left. Looking at my watch, the crowd and the weather, I find myself walking towards the taxi stand :(

Okay, congratulations! Here's the highlight of the whole thanksgiving entry! Sorry I know I'm a little long winded! :p So yes! I really saw one of my level colleague! In my heart I was like: Is this for REAL? :O! Then he said, "Come, let's share a cab!" :) Wow, amazing isn't it! :D He paid for the cab fare and assured me not to worry about it! Really thank God for this supersized blessing early in the morning!!! :D

Dear friends, really encourage all of you to engage in constant daily conversation with God! It makes your life more interesting and assuring because our God is a humourous and loving God! :D

Take the Lead, Lord!

I'm staring blankly at this page because God has done so many wonderful things that I don't know where to start sharing! ;) Life is getting exciting because I truly don't know what's ahead! I got my rejection letter from NUS again. Pinning all my hopes on NUS, I'm totally devastated that night, I cried really hard! However, I'm thankful that through this, I have come to realise that God is my best comforter and encourager! :) Praise God for that! :D

That night when I received the news, with tears in my eyes, I uttered to the Lord:
Lord, Your unfailing Love...

And His reply:
Yes, right now, you're in the arms of my unfailing Love :)

That warmed my heart, so much! Indeed, even in this situation I prayed not to go through again after receiving my first rejection letter, I'm so thankful to experience God's unfailing Love yet again. Thank you Lord! :)

I'm keeping my eyes on God! Just before I received this bad news, I was at One Love Conference praying that God will stretch my faith. Now, my prayer remains the same - Dear Lord, I ask that You'll continue to stre_______tch my faith.

Take the lead!