HELLO JULIEEEEE
i did some blog housekeeping.
i updated my blog links. removed all the unlinkable ones.
YOURS is updated nicely at the same place.
work begins tmr.
mountbatten here i come. hello lamlam. im stepping into your eastern land. meet me someday and make me happy will you=) I'll be at mountbatten square i think. oh btw, i have told julie that i have renamed procrastination as the lam disease=)
feel so lack of inspiration recently.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
much missed.
spent 4hours with julie on videocall. ate my charsiew rice in front of her=D haha im really proud of you JULIE! for hanging on and adapting=) it feels weird that you're far away, and i must talk to you on MSN to ask you about the ondeh ondeh. but yups, im really proud of you for keeping sane!=)
so, during this break, met up with daisy, units, C02s for ana 21st, busmate, stranger-friend, ning, nutty, baked, cooked, ate mac breakfast, yakun, sleepandsleepandsleep, spent time with deon. fulfilling three weeks. i am satisfied.
work is starting next week and the venue is all the way at mountbatten=( sian ttm. and so im already looking forward to the end of work because it'll be CHRISTMAS plus youth camp in malaysia! =)
happyseventeenHB=)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Personal Thoughts: Quiet time devotions
all of a sudden, life is a breeze. HAHA.
i'm really enjoying my little short break to its fullest. just going out, meeting+ visiting people, spending time with deon. Was enjoying the two weeks break that i was so happy that they extended my break by one week before i get my posting for work next week! =) but it made me wonder... why does holiday always seem to pass quicker than school term.
and so, the past few days have been pretty amazing, seeing and hearing how God works in people's life. Went for a workshop with aunt jo,kelly, adeline and uncle james. About evangelism with children. when I went back to church, I joined in Kids Alive, and shared the gospel with Marion and Maurice from my church, and once again, I am so amazed at how God works even in these little ones. In fact, at the end of it all when i said, "okay, let's pray", Maurice (6 year old) asked me "Can I, can I pray?" and he was so enthusiastic to pray for the three of us. And as he prayed, I was just so so amazed and thank God that He is working so wonderfully in this child. And once again I am reminded that God's love is so real. I remember how when i was teaching my 2-3 years old, and singing "Jesus love me this i know...little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong", and my little sarah would run to me and say "Ms Neo, is 'we are bless and He is strong'". and how my little ones would say to me "Jesus loves me". You see, children with the sincerity of their hearts, they feel that God is real, and they feel loved by Him.
You see, Christianity is not a religion. It is a relationship with God.
And on this, I have alot of my own opinions and especially after attending a funeral yesterday, alot of thoughts came back to me and I would like to just share. Life is unpredictable really, and whatever i say here onwards are purely my personal thoughts and experiences (with no intention to criticise/judge anyone/anything).
I remember when I was young, I heard about hell, that if we don't do good things, if we lie, we will go to hell and if we lie, our tongues will get cut off. I remember walking through the dragon in Haw Par Villa, frightened by figurines of the 18 levels of hell. And my mother would tell me that below (the floor) is hell. I learnt that I have to be good, do the right things, so that I can be good enough to go to heaven.
Then as i grew up, I started to question. If hell is below the floor and I stay in a HDB flat, arent my neighbours below? If hell is in between my house and my neighbours below, what happens when the building gets demolished? And the truth is that, we all sin. Everyone does something bad in someway or another through what we think, say, do and not do. I read an interesting point, that if we sin 3 times a day say for example harbouring a bad thought, not giving up our seats, said a lie, we would sin 1000 times in a year, making it 70 000 if we lived till 70 years old.
So does it mean that I have to go through hell, having different parts of my bodies cut off/go through the fire before i can be in heaven? or maybe that I can never go to heaven? And if i am good enough, I get reincarnated into human again, otherwise, maybe an unworthy ant? i started to question about my purpose of living. Why do i live to study and then work for all my life, this entire cycle is just so meaningless because someday I will just die bringing nothing with me. Plus if I am not good enough, I would only know after I die.
Then i came to know Jesus. And the bible tells me, that heaven is a free gift. It is not something we work for or deserve. That we are all sinners, and so as much as we try to save ourselves by good works, we cannot save ourselves. and God, while He loves us and does not want to punish us, He is just and righteous and must punish sin. and so here is the inconsistency where i couldnt understand previously and from the bible where my question was answered.
You see, God sent His one and only son Jesus to die for us on the cross. God loves His creation so much, He gave His son to take on our sins and pay for our sins, and Jesus was buried along with all our sins and He rose from the dead on the 3rd day. Perhaps this is hard for us to comprehend with our logical thinking, but You see, when God created people, He wanted to share with them the beautiful things of His creations, the heaven, earth, nature, animals. God loves us so much, how will he want to reincarnate us into ants to be trampled upon? and I got my answer, that there is no reincarnation, but that if we believe in Him and receive Jesus into our lives, we have eternal life in heaven, and thats when we will meet Him face to face.
rather than being unsure if our loved ones are good enough to be in heaven or keeping our fingers crossed that they are not in hell, isnt it beautiful and wonderful to know assuredly, that when we die, we will see our loved ones in heaven along with us.
But it is our choice as to whether we want to accept His love. and to believe is by faith. For myself, I pushed this away many times when my friends used to explain this to me. But God in His mercy and grace, had His master plan for me. When I was in secondary school, I wanted to join Girls Brigade, and my mom didnt allow, saying that it was a Christian CCA. But in the end, it was through red cross where I met deon, who brought me to church. And I have NEVER regretted receiving Jesus into my life as my Lord and Saviour, because I tasted His goodness, His mercy, His love.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" John 3:16
if only sometimes, we put our logic aside and embrace by faith.
Would you like to ask God to forgive your sins and give you the gift of eternal life?
I will be really really glad if you do, because there is just so much wonderful things waiting for you to discover in this relationship with God.
=)
i'm really enjoying my little short break to its fullest. just going out, meeting+ visiting people, spending time with deon. Was enjoying the two weeks break that i was so happy that they extended my break by one week before i get my posting for work next week! =) but it made me wonder... why does holiday always seem to pass quicker than school term.
and so, the past few days have been pretty amazing, seeing and hearing how God works in people's life. Went for a workshop with aunt jo,kelly, adeline and uncle james. About evangelism with children. when I went back to church, I joined in Kids Alive, and shared the gospel with Marion and Maurice from my church, and once again, I am so amazed at how God works even in these little ones. In fact, at the end of it all when i said, "okay, let's pray", Maurice (6 year old) asked me "Can I, can I pray?" and he was so enthusiastic to pray for the three of us. And as he prayed, I was just so so amazed and thank God that He is working so wonderfully in this child. And once again I am reminded that God's love is so real. I remember how when i was teaching my 2-3 years old, and singing "Jesus love me this i know...little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong", and my little sarah would run to me and say "Ms Neo, is 'we are bless and He is strong'". and how my little ones would say to me "Jesus loves me". You see, children with the sincerity of their hearts, they feel that God is real, and they feel loved by Him.
You see, Christianity is not a religion. It is a relationship with God.
And on this, I have alot of my own opinions and especially after attending a funeral yesterday, alot of thoughts came back to me and I would like to just share. Life is unpredictable really, and whatever i say here onwards are purely my personal thoughts and experiences (with no intention to criticise/judge anyone/anything).
I remember when I was young, I heard about hell, that if we don't do good things, if we lie, we will go to hell and if we lie, our tongues will get cut off. I remember walking through the dragon in Haw Par Villa, frightened by figurines of the 18 levels of hell. And my mother would tell me that below (the floor) is hell. I learnt that I have to be good, do the right things, so that I can be good enough to go to heaven.
Then as i grew up, I started to question. If hell is below the floor and I stay in a HDB flat, arent my neighbours below? If hell is in between my house and my neighbours below, what happens when the building gets demolished? And the truth is that, we all sin. Everyone does something bad in someway or another through what we think, say, do and not do. I read an interesting point, that if we sin 3 times a day say for example harbouring a bad thought, not giving up our seats, said a lie, we would sin 1000 times in a year, making it 70 000 if we lived till 70 years old.
So does it mean that I have to go through hell, having different parts of my bodies cut off/go through the fire before i can be in heaven? or maybe that I can never go to heaven? And if i am good enough, I get reincarnated into human again, otherwise, maybe an unworthy ant? i started to question about my purpose of living. Why do i live to study and then work for all my life, this entire cycle is just so meaningless because someday I will just die bringing nothing with me. Plus if I am not good enough, I would only know after I die.
Then i came to know Jesus. And the bible tells me, that heaven is a free gift. It is not something we work for or deserve. That we are all sinners, and so as much as we try to save ourselves by good works, we cannot save ourselves. and God, while He loves us and does not want to punish us, He is just and righteous and must punish sin. and so here is the inconsistency where i couldnt understand previously and from the bible where my question was answered.
You see, God sent His one and only son Jesus to die for us on the cross. God loves His creation so much, He gave His son to take on our sins and pay for our sins, and Jesus was buried along with all our sins and He rose from the dead on the 3rd day. Perhaps this is hard for us to comprehend with our logical thinking, but You see, when God created people, He wanted to share with them the beautiful things of His creations, the heaven, earth, nature, animals. God loves us so much, how will he want to reincarnate us into ants to be trampled upon? and I got my answer, that there is no reincarnation, but that if we believe in Him and receive Jesus into our lives, we have eternal life in heaven, and thats when we will meet Him face to face.
rather than being unsure if our loved ones are good enough to be in heaven or keeping our fingers crossed that they are not in hell, isnt it beautiful and wonderful to know assuredly, that when we die, we will see our loved ones in heaven along with us.
But it is our choice as to whether we want to accept His love. and to believe is by faith. For myself, I pushed this away many times when my friends used to explain this to me. But God in His mercy and grace, had His master plan for me. When I was in secondary school, I wanted to join Girls Brigade, and my mom didnt allow, saying that it was a Christian CCA. But in the end, it was through red cross where I met deon, who brought me to church. And I have NEVER regretted receiving Jesus into my life as my Lord and Saviour, because I tasted His goodness, His mercy, His love.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" John 3:16
if only sometimes, we put our logic aside and embrace by faith.
Would you like to ask God to forgive your sins and give you the gift of eternal life?
I will be really really glad if you do, because there is just so much wonderful things waiting for you to discover in this relationship with God.
=)
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