Snapshots of Revelation

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Hui:

It is the last day of august and we'll be entering the last quarter of e year. Time passes by so fast as we grow older. I wonder what have I achieved... It has been a boring year, nothing too exciting, esp in terms of career aspect. Have been looking out (though not diligently, I must admit) and nothing comes back so far. I must jiayou from now on. Hope i'll get something good tt's meant for me by the end of the year! :-)

we made a memory at 1:51 PM

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

ting:

"sunshine" is fast becoming my favourite word, with "bizarre" being a very close contender.

some types of attention are oh so flattering, yet so incredibly dangerous.

we made a memory at 11:58 PM

Thursday, May 19, 2011

ting:

while walking home today, i started thinking about feelings. joy, anger, misery, fear, to name a few. and because humans are emotional creatures who have a tendency to be led by their hearts, we often become so focused/motivated by what we feel that we often forget feelings are just that.

no matter how real your feelings, they are not indicative of reality, or of what is to come. you may feel like it's the end of the world because the person you love chose to walk away from you, but fact is, life still goes on. you may feel insecure about who you are and what others make you out to be, when truth is, God has already claimed you as His and called you by name. you may live within the limitations of your five senses and feel like nothing good is going to happen for you, despite God already stating His intentions of giving you a hope and a future.

the realm of feelings is where the devil operates in. his talent lies in messing with your heart, making you believe that the stirrings of (usually) negative emotion is a sign you are not good enough, that you are on the wrong track, that you should throw in the towel, quit, give up. he takes cheap shots at you because it's the best he can do. he whispers words of deception into your ears, blow things out of proportion, play up what you currently already feel, so that you end up crumbling underneath the avalanche of it all.

faith, on the other hand, is defying what your feelings tell you. it's defying the present moment, the negative report, the things other people are saying. faith is taking God's word as it is, trusting He is who He says He is and being certain His promise endures. faith is taking hold of what is already yours, despite the protests of your heart and mind. faith is not about being feelings-led, but being God-led.

Hebrews 11 talks about the people who chose faith over feelings, conviction over emotion, belief over reason.

because they knew that without faith (not feelings), it is impossible to please God.

feelings are just that. don't make it more than what it is.

we made a memory at 12:15 AM

Thursday, April 28, 2011

hui:

a song with quite meaningful lyrics (though i only posted e chrous)

如果能重来诚实地去对待
彼此都没疑猜
就没有理由分开
如果能重来回忆当作尘埃
心不曾被伤害
就能无瑕疵地爱
但是重来
却不能保证爱的成功或失败
要重来多少次后才会明白

we made a memory at 11:46 PM

Sunday, April 17, 2011

ting:

the perfect saturday consists of:

sleeping in.
turning off your work phone and leaving it at home.
wearing a pretty dress which you've been saving for a special occasion.
meeting your favourite girl (who has officially been dubbed my concert/musical partner) for one of the best musicals ever - the lion king.
being rendered awe-struck by the excellence of the props, costumes and stage settings. and then being held captive by the cast's voices and immersion into their respective roles. (but we got hungry midway into the second half, so we started looking at all the "animals" roaming around on stage thinking, "meat! meat!")
the yummiest dinner (and yes, we had meat. such carnivores.).
ice cream after dinner.
being cajoled into buying shoes because my concert-musical partner has a 10% discount card.
parting ways so i can go on to meet my favourite relatives from melbourne.
catchups and discussions. concerts and musicals talk. camera and photography experiments.

life should always be this way :)

we made a memory at 12:20 AM

Monday, March 28, 2011

ting:

I will believe
You are strong enough
In my weakness
God be lifted up
And I will sing
Lift Your praises high
Lord be magnified
You make all things new
I will believe

In every storm, let God arise.

we made a memory at 10:58 PM

Saturday, March 26, 2011

ting:

the timeliest reminder.

"And it’s the scenes [in your life] that you’d prefer to skip that God is using to orchestrate an ending you wouldn’t want to miss." - Pastor Steven Furtick

we made a memory at 6:14 PM