hello friends,
if anyone checks this blog, can you let the rest of MSC know...
that I will be away on this wkend and for 2 wkends in Dec.. 1st and 3rd.
So busy! But I'm happy being busy also.
How's everyone? Busy studying for exams.. I'm so glad I don't need to take exams..;p
I have not placed much thought into my faith journey until I had to do a short sharing last Sat. But before I go into that, let me tell you what motivated me to share. Kenny's opening prayer during our SP ministry meeting one of two Sundays prior to that. So you see, speak the truth with love and you can move hearts too.
Hence, that was my motto, to speak the truth with love on Sunday. To share that my faith was such an imperfect and broken one so that I can let people know that it's not by my might but by God's Spirit that I'm still holding on. It's silly how we get so caught up with our efforts and our busy busy lives. It can be really difficult to squeeze some time out for prayer but it is the most important thing to building our relationship with Him.
Hesitate no more! Stop surfing blogs and start spending 5 mins to pray!
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Are you still reading this? Go and pray!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Sunday, September 2, 2007
A Way of Life
Hello.. Just a space for me to communicate to you guys..
Just like to quote for all of you something I have from St. Francis de Sales. It's called 'A Way of Life'
Do not consider the importance of the things you do, for of themselves they are insignificant; consider only the dignity they have in being willed by God's will, arranged by His Providence, and planned according to His Wisdom. In a word, if they are pleasing to God and acknowledged to be so, to whom should they be displeasing?...
Do not love anything too much. I beg you, not even virtues, which we sometimes lose by our excessive zeal. It seems to me that white is not the colour proper to roses; for red roses are more beautiful and more fragrant; however, white is the distinctive characteristic of lilies. Let us be what we are and be that well, in order to bring honor to the Master Craftsman whose handiwork we are. People laughed at the painter who, intending to paint a horse, came up with a perfect bull; the work was handsome in itself, but not credit to the artist who had had other plans and succeeded in this only by chance. Let us be what God wants us to be, and let us not be what we would like to be, contrary to His intention. Even if we were the most perfect creatures under heaven, what good would that do us if we were not as God's will would have us to be?
-St. Francis de Sales
Please pray for me as I am going through some struggles in letting go and letting God mold me into what He wants me to be.
Just like to quote for all of you something I have from St. Francis de Sales. It's called 'A Way of Life'
Do not consider the importance of the things you do, for of themselves they are insignificant; consider only the dignity they have in being willed by God's will, arranged by His Providence, and planned according to His Wisdom. In a word, if they are pleasing to God and acknowledged to be so, to whom should they be displeasing?...
Do not love anything too much. I beg you, not even virtues, which we sometimes lose by our excessive zeal. It seems to me that white is not the colour proper to roses; for red roses are more beautiful and more fragrant; however, white is the distinctive characteristic of lilies. Let us be what we are and be that well, in order to bring honor to the Master Craftsman whose handiwork we are. People laughed at the painter who, intending to paint a horse, came up with a perfect bull; the work was handsome in itself, but not credit to the artist who had had other plans and succeeded in this only by chance. Let us be what God wants us to be, and let us not be what we would like to be, contrary to His intention. Even if we were the most perfect creatures under heaven, what good would that do us if we were not as God's will would have us to be?
-St. Francis de Sales
Please pray for me as I am going through some struggles in letting go and letting God mold me into what He wants me to be.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
License to Wed, Strategic Planing for Information Systems and Ministering
Q: What do these three have in common?
A: Take people from where they are, and build from there.
This is a very strong theme for me these two days coz I watched License to Wed last night and attended lecture this morning. License to Wed, while certains I won't agree about it, has a dominant theme of communication. But what i saw was the priest meeting the couple at their level, with their faults and weaknesses, and try to build them up to be a better couple and also as an individual. Strategic IS planning is no different. No one likes to be told that their work process or system sucks. So the only way is to build on the existing with what goodness exists, while in the process, do some housekeeping and trimming of the fat.
How have we approached our brothers and sisters when we challenge them? Are we first judging them and using our standards and what we think is right to tell them off? Or are we lovingly working with them, however disparate they are from our angelic standards?
Lord, help us be compassionate people. May we constantly be aware of our own shortcomings and that we too are far off from your standard, so that we may minister to others with loving kindness and compassion as you do to us. Amen.
A: Take people from where they are, and build from there.
This is a very strong theme for me these two days coz I watched License to Wed last night and attended lecture this morning. License to Wed, while certains I won't agree about it, has a dominant theme of communication. But what i saw was the priest meeting the couple at their level, with their faults and weaknesses, and try to build them up to be a better couple and also as an individual. Strategic IS planning is no different. No one likes to be told that their work process or system sucks. So the only way is to build on the existing with what goodness exists, while in the process, do some housekeeping and trimming of the fat.
How have we approached our brothers and sisters when we challenge them? Are we first judging them and using our standards and what we think is right to tell them off? Or are we lovingly working with them, however disparate they are from our angelic standards?
Lord, help us be compassionate people. May we constantly be aware of our own shortcomings and that we too are far off from your standard, so that we may minister to others with loving kindness and compassion as you do to us. Amen.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Nothingness...
I don't really know what to share. I wanna praise God for having taught me several things this school break. The experiences i had, the people whom i met. These have helped me grown. Strangely i cant seem to share anything at all. i only have this to say. I wan to be HOLY today. Holier tomorrow and EVEN HOLIER the day after. This is my moltivation for the past weeks. For i desire to enter the narrow gate where it leads to life. Seedlings pray for me....
Sunday, July 22, 2007
evan almighty!
Hey Jason, I agree with you.. When you face natural disasters and everything is not within your control, you tend to take things more easily and try your best to get up and get going. In Singapore, everything is so well taken care of that Singaporeans complain and mull over the silliest things.. We are very blessed in that sense but alos undeniably spoilt. Your flood experience inspired me to name this entry as the new movie on the modern day Noah. I say we make this a community event!! What say SP?!
Anyway, sorry guys for vanishing into thin air. I just happen to travel every weekend and am very caught up with work. SORRY!! Miss all your company. Today's reading on martha and Mary reminds me to take time off to just enjoy the presence of the Lord and to receive from everyone I meet. How easy it is for me to judge people sometimes and think that I know more or I have more to offer. I regret those times where encounters with others could have been something more if I had only opened my heart.
ok, gtg do work soon.. take care all of u and Jason, hope you don't catch a cold in that dreadful weather!
Anyway, sorry guys for vanishing into thin air. I just happen to travel every weekend and am very caught up with work. SORRY!! Miss all your company. Today's reading on martha and Mary reminds me to take time off to just enjoy the presence of the Lord and to receive from everyone I meet. How easy it is for me to judge people sometimes and think that I know more or I have more to offer. I regret those times where encounters with others could have been something more if I had only opened my heart.
ok, gtg do work soon.. take care all of u and Jason, hope you don't catch a cold in that dreadful weather!
Flood.
The great flood is here in the UK! Many people are stranded... and i'm one of them!! : (
I'm in Manchester now.. and I'm stuck in Manchester with no way of going home to Plymouth, cus the train line between Birmingham and Gloucester is disrupted due to severe flooding in the Midlands!!
I'm sleeping on my friend's couch.. have been for the past nights... hopefully i get to sleep on my own bed... SOME TIME SOON. The train services say that things will be disrupted for a week! Oh no! how am i going to get to work by tuesday!!??!
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The flood is quite an amazing one... you find it in the Bible when God told Noah to gather 2 of a kind and build a gigantic sampan.. When I saw it flood on BBC news.. I thought to myself.. oh no.. poor people.. houses destroyed.. people stranded.. all sorts of amusingly strange and sad things.
I won't say that people are suffering though.. but the effects of it is greater then what it seems on the surface.. Transportation is brought to a standstill.. i who live in the south, and am in the north can't get back to work in the south.. strawberry, blue berry and other farms in Gloucester/Worcester/Hereford-shires are destroyed..
Its a strange whole new experience.. being disrupted by natural disasters, i never thought of it before. This is as compared to Singapore.. where you can almost never have your life be disrupted by our weather (Going to sentosa to play does not count).
It puts into perspective how in life, you largely can't choose which portion of the pie you want to get. Sometimes you get the pick of the crop, and sometimes, you get the rotten parts. Regardless of the outcome.. its just about picking your ass up, and getting on with life as best as you can, and thats living your life to the full.
Though there are few casualties because of the flood (thankfully) and people are largely taking the severe flooding with a strange light heartedness.. still.. pray for the victims.. especially those who have their livelihoods destroyed by the raging waters, and also.. that London Paddington Station will not burst at its seams and have a major stampede or soemthing, when I fight my way there to go home tommorow. : S
I'm in Manchester now.. and I'm stuck in Manchester with no way of going home to Plymouth, cus the train line between Birmingham and Gloucester is disrupted due to severe flooding in the Midlands!!
I'm sleeping on my friend's couch.. have been for the past nights... hopefully i get to sleep on my own bed... SOME TIME SOON. The train services say that things will be disrupted for a week! Oh no! how am i going to get to work by tuesday!!??!
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The flood is quite an amazing one... you find it in the Bible when God told Noah to gather 2 of a kind and build a gigantic sampan.. When I saw it flood on BBC news.. I thought to myself.. oh no.. poor people.. houses destroyed.. people stranded.. all sorts of amusingly strange and sad things.
I won't say that people are suffering though.. but the effects of it is greater then what it seems on the surface.. Transportation is brought to a standstill.. i who live in the south, and am in the north can't get back to work in the south.. strawberry, blue berry and other farms in Gloucester/Worcester/Hereford-shires are destroyed..
Its a strange whole new experience.. being disrupted by natural disasters, i never thought of it before. This is as compared to Singapore.. where you can almost never have your life be disrupted by our weather (Going to sentosa to play does not count).
It puts into perspective how in life, you largely can't choose which portion of the pie you want to get. Sometimes you get the pick of the crop, and sometimes, you get the rotten parts. Regardless of the outcome.. its just about picking your ass up, and getting on with life as best as you can, and thats living your life to the full.
Though there are few casualties because of the flood (thankfully) and people are largely taking the severe flooding with a strange light heartedness.. still.. pray for the victims.. especially those who have their livelihoods destroyed by the raging waters, and also.. that London Paddington Station will not burst at its seams and have a major stampede or soemthing, when I fight my way there to go home tommorow. : S
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Thankful.
Last night, I was standing on an adit, trying to get to the other side of the passage without standing on the stopes. I had to attach myself to some ropes rigged as a traverse line. As I climbed/scrambled along the walls without my feet touching the stope, I didn't feel fear...
If I put pressure on the wooden ground that has been there since 1800s, the floor would give way and I would fall and most certainly be, dead, or severely injured.
A week ago, I was dangling over a hole that dropped about 20m, trying to remove the ropes from the P-bolts. Again I didn't feel fear.
I realised that many times I have been in ridiculously dangerous situations held up by mere little metalic contraptions and ridiculously thin 10mm static ropes, and I'm still alive!
Been thinking about these things alot recently, and I can only thank God for the graces and safety and common sense that He has imbued in me. For the first time last night, i actually prayed thanksgiving after coming out safely from the gazillionth mine/cave that I stepped off. strangely, it feels very good.
If I put pressure on the wooden ground that has been there since 1800s, the floor would give way and I would fall and most certainly be, dead, or severely injured.
A week ago, I was dangling over a hole that dropped about 20m, trying to remove the ropes from the P-bolts. Again I didn't feel fear.
I realised that many times I have been in ridiculously dangerous situations held up by mere little metalic contraptions and ridiculously thin 10mm static ropes, and I'm still alive!
Been thinking about these things alot recently, and I can only thank God for the graces and safety and common sense that He has imbued in me. For the first time last night, i actually prayed thanksgiving after coming out safely from the gazillionth mine/cave that I stepped off. strangely, it feels very good.
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