BLESSED BIRTHDAY, MI!!

It’s quite a norm that we celebrate one another’s birthday just at the strike of midnight… so, my whole family (including my dad) were keeping awake til 12am early this morning, just to celebrate my mom’s bday... my dad and sis went out yest afternoon to get her cake and gift… I didn’t know what the gift was until she opened it!! gosh, what a sweet surprise… the gift was from all of us and it was a brand new camera phone!! My mom didn’t really expected it, so she thought that my dad was joking with her, haha… well, it’s high time you changed your phone di, hehe…

Gave her a postcard… I wrote:

Dear mommy,

As you journey through another year of growing beautifully and gracefully in Christ, I pray that you will continue to be a wonderful blessing to the many who will cross your path… those of whom God has placed in your life…

Of the many points mentioned in “The Wife of a Noble Character” in proverbs 31, three of which speaks of you is that you are worth much more than precious rubies, you extend a helping hand to the poor & needy and you truly are a woman who fear the Lord!!

Thanks for setting an example that I can follow after, setting your gaze only on Jesus alone!! Thanks for all the love and care, encouragement and concern!!

All the best in EVERYTHING you set your heart to do… And may there be many, many more years ahead for you as you continue walking in His holiness!!

~ love always, elaine ~

Many people have truly complimented that she doesn’t look her age… I totally agree with them and I believe it is all by the grace of God that she still looks young & attractive *winkz* Hoping that I'd one day grow up to be like her, reflecting the light of Christ through her lifestyle!!

Go, mommy!! Love ya loadz ^^

AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD

http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/

oh Lord, ur answer to de last ques... thank u, thank u for dat reassurance!! it really put tears to my eyes knowing that He still had that answer despite me taking Him for granted, having strayed and returned like the prodigal son...

i wanna focus my eyes on u and only u alone, here am i, ready to be shaped and moulded by u...

thank u, jesus...

HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME?

thank u, jesus for that sweet reminder!! and teach me never to take u for granted because the best thing u did for me was dat u showed ur love by dying for me, so now i show my love by living for u!! thank u for every sunshine in my life, and now give me strength to sail thru the daily storms that are bound to come my way...

in jesus' name, amen!!

STRESSFUL DAY... BUT ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE!!

I was trying to explain something to wei yesterday when he mentioned that he needed help with the chorus board today for the Saturday service as he wont be around to do it… coincidence that I asked him? definitely not!! I take it as God trying to set a training ground for me to start getting involved in something new, hehe… Well, I mentioned that I wasn’t sure about the timing since I’d be going on a visitation to the old folks’ home at 2 pm and not knowing what time the visitation will end… but anyway, I promised to get to church in time for the worship no matter what…

Anyway, hin ling had organized something of such sort and I decided to go out and do something worthwhile rather than sit at home on a Saturday, not doing anything… it was truly a very fruitful one as we get to just spend time with the “aunties and uncles”, (oh, brought some snacks for them to munch - health food for 'em - milo, plus some cakes, eheh) just talking to them and basically putting a smile on their face and bringing joy into their lives…

They were really touched by our presence there and began to have friendly chats with us, some of whom were sharing about their lives and the things that they went through and stuff…

others were just spending their time away watching tv or just merely resting in their rooms… after serving them their tea, I had to signal to niza to make a move, since I had to be in church latest by 1630, but somehow we were held back by one of the “po po’s” there…

So, we only got up to leave at about 1615 and church starts in 45 minutes… 45 minutes to rush there, which would really mean skipping practice… oh no, I definitely cudnt afford to miss practice, since this is adult service, and not any youth service… no play play, man!! Oh well, I was leaving from somewhere near amcorp mall and heading back to taman sea? In 45 minutes? Could that be possible? Gasp, panic panic!! Hmm, I started praying silently that all traffic lights would miraculously be green all the way and that there will be no jam!! And so, guiding niza (BG’s volunteer) through the shortest short-cut I knew, and with her going at only 80 km/h (I was tempted to tell her to step at it and shoot on… haha, this is how I’d be if I had the chance to drive and all the more when I'm in a hurry) all praise and glory to God that we managed to arrive church right on the dot!! Woo hoo, thank you, Jesus!!

Yea, I might have missed the most important part, the practice, which explains why I fumbled at the chorus board with a couple of mistakes… but again, thank God that it was only Saturday service, so it wasn’t all that bad, anyway, hehe… crowd wasn’t that big… it was only Saturday service and I was shivering anxiously for fear of making mistakes… imagine me doing it for both the services on Sunday? Stress!! But well, most important thing was that I made it to church in time for the service… all glory to God!! At least I kept my promise to wei, hehe…

Two achievements for today!! I must admit it’s God's hand at work… amen? *winkz*

HAPPENINGS OF THE DAY...

SUNDAY MORNING

All to Jesus, I surrender;
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

** I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus, I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

** I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus, I surrender
Make me Saviour, wholly thine;
Let me feel the holy spirit,
Truly know that thou art mine.

** I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus, I surrender
Lord, I give myself to thee
Fill me with thy love and power
Let thy blessing fall on me.

** I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus, I surrender
Now I feel the sacred flame
O the joy of full salvation
Glory, glory to his name.

T’was just on Friday that I shared on how sharp and accurate the way God speaks to me… and like a confirmation from Him, yesterday’s worship song was shooting at me like a two-edged sword… the words of the song kept screaming in my ears: SURRENDER!! Not a little, not half, but ALL!! Whoa liao!! Ok, Lord… but You’ve gotta help me there… teach me that only You can satisfy and grant ALL my desires, watever they are… help me to deeper understand the meaning of matthew 6:33… it proves the truth of Your Word that says to “seek first the kingdom of heaven, and ALL these things will then be added unto u…”

AFTERNOON

thank You, Lord for Your 17 years of faithfulness to Rangers, eventho I’ve personally only been involved in it for 7 years (joined the Trailblazers back then), 2 yrs a ranger myself and the rest serving as a leader in the youngest age group, where the “cuties” are, heheh (their age grp ranging frm 4 to 8)… just pray that they will one day grow up to be the generation that will impact the world and others around them…

well, I'm so proud of them performing so well, without any guidance when on stage, hehe… saw auntie wendy just sitting there watching and not needing to be in front of em telling em what to do… they can really bring out the different talents in each of themselves, one thing I observe… they can be really hard to handle at times, esp when it comes to grp activities, where all come together and each wanna have their say, but if someone knws the trick to handling them, all they need is a firm yet gentle figure to look up to…

I may look ahead, having my own thinking about certain stuff I had on mind, but until and unless the Lord speaks and shows me His will, I will decide to stay on for the sake of those cuties, and continue to guide and lead them to greater and higher level in the Lord while working hard on my own spiritual level in Him as well… like the song that goes:

I live for You, all of my days belong to You
You draw me to Your tenderness
You make me new
Into Your secret place I will run
Where my heart can be free, in the grace that I found

** Unto You, be all glory and grace
How my heart seeks Your face
As I'm waiting on You
Only You are my strength and my tower
Fill my life with Your power
As I stand here in awe of U
I stand here in awe of U.

(Now, is it a coincidence that jess chose “Running back to You” for the praise song and this one as the worship song? Both of which speaks about bringing our lives back to God all over again, haha)…

Well, all in all, just wanna give all glory back to Him for making this anniversary a success… “with God's help, I will do my best to……” hahahaha…

NIGHT

My sis told me that she had something to show me, saying I will sure like it… hmm, she definitely know me well, hahaha… so, she put on this website for me and I was…… speechless!! it was cool, with cartoon animation and even the lyrics of the song *winkz* whoa, cunted!!

http://www.lcbtv.com/flash/movie/tonghua.swf

I don just listen to songs for the sake of listening… I ponder upon the meaning of the lyrics, and moral/lessons behind it… to me, that’s what makes the whole song meaningful… it is always the lyrics that I pay more attention to, heheh… anyway, here goes:

Guang Liang Tong Hua Lyrics
童话 by 光良

忘了有多久 再没听到你对我说你最爱的故事
I’ve forgotten how long it has been since I’ve never again listen to you telling your beloved fairy tale
我想了很久 我开始慌了 是不是我又做错了什么
I've thought for a long time I start to panic, have I done something wrong?
你哭著对我说 童话里都是骗人的 我不可能是你的王子
With tears in your eyes, you said to me, fairy tales are all full of lies, there’s no way I’d be your prince
也许你不会懂 从你说爱我以后 我的天空 星星都亮了
Maybe you will never understand ever since you said "I love you" The stars in my sky have lightened up

我愿变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
I'm willing to be the angel that you love in the fairytale Spread up my hands become the wings to protect you
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局
You must believe... believe that we can be like that fairytale, prosperity and happiness to be the ending

你哭著对我说 童话里都是骗人的 我不可能是你的王子
With tears in your eyes, you said to me, fairy tales are all full of lies, there’s no way I’d be your prince
也许你不会懂 从你说爱我以后 我的天空 星星都亮了
Maybe you will never understand ever since you said "I love you" The stars in my sky have lightened up

我愿变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
I'm willing to be that angel you love in the fairytale Spread up my hands become the wings to protect you
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局
You must believe... believe that we can be like that fairytale, prosperity and happiness is the ending

我要变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
I want to be that angel that you love in the fairytale Spread up my hands become the wings to protect you
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局
You must believe... believe that we can be like that fairytale, prosperity and happiness is the ending

我会变成童话里 你爱的那个天使 张开双手变成翅膀守护你
I will be that angel you love in the fairytale, Spread up my hands become the wings to protect you
你要相信 相信我们会像童话故事里 幸福和快乐是结局
You must believe... believe that we can be like that fairytale, prosperity and happiness is the ending
一起写我们的结局
Let's write our ending together!!

SUCH A DIRECT ANSWER… IT CAN ONLY COME FROM U, LORD!!

Many a times we’d come before God praying and seeking for an answer, telling him to have his way in us… no matter what the outcome may be, we’ll be obedient and submit to his will for our lives… but halfway down the road, what happens? somehow or other, we’d tend to succumb to our own desires all over again… because of watever it is we that we desire so desperately, we tend to compromise that initial standards and principles that was set for ourselves…

Prayers for a certain requests have been put on hold because I have not seen the results coming forth… “well, it is God who knws me and my hearts desires best, so, just wait…” was my response when questioned on this topic… “but didn’t the bible say ‘ask, and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you’?” Besides, Jesus also said, “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Hmm, sure made sense… So, then I started praying for it again, and as I was having my quiet time, communing with Him this morning, I brought this lil request of mine to Him, believing that “in His time, He will make all things beautiful…”

Not even an hour later, I came across this website that delivers a message so clearly I believe it’s God speaking to me in reply to my prayers (since I asked Him for an answer)… a lil extraction from it:

Just keep your eyes on Me, expecting the greatest things. Keep experiencing that satisfaction knowing that I AM. Keep learning and listening to the things I tell you. You must be patient.

Don't be anxious. Don't worry.Don't look around at the things others have. Don't look at the things you think you want. Just keep looking up to Me, or you will miss what I want to give you.

Somehow, after reading that lil article from the web, as I was dwelling on the wonderful ways that He works, this song just came to mind… it’s truly very encouraging!! Lyrics goes:

In His time, in His time
He makes ALL things beautiful
In His time
Lord, please show me everyday
As You’re teaching me Your ways
That You do just what You say
In Your time.

In Your time, in Your time
You make all things beautiful
In Your time
Lord, my life to You I bring
May each song I have to sing
Be to You a lovely thing
In Your time.

Well, what more can I say… Going against Your will only mean one thing!! I will regret later… ok, Lord, in total surrender, I place my life in Your hands… You have Your way in me… thank You, Jesus for speaking!!

A BREAKAWAY FROM THE USUAL NORM…

Left for fraser’s hill on Saturday morn… thank God for the safe journey to and back from fraser’s… all in all, we, or at least I had a great time there, hehe… besides keng sing and gang having to carry me up and down those stairs, all other activities were fun and enjoyable… it was a long while since I went on a trip alone with friends without parents, hehe…

It was truly a great time getting to know the dumc bunch, sharing stuff about each of our church… apart from me, the rest of em were from dumc and their friends, some of whom were non Christians… we (I mean, they) were at the horse riding place and took turns going on a ride, afterwhich we broke the ice while getting to know each other, kinda cool *winkz* a time of play and a time to be serious, haha… played pictionary at night… whoa, funny, just by observing the creative ways they could come up with, just to win the points over for our own groups… kiasu, kiasi, all kinds of description for each group… their idea and imagination on how to bring (act out, to be exact) out the exact word, really is interesting to watch, hehe…

When they were done with the games and started arranging for places to sleep, I really thank God for the opportunity to be able to share deeper about Christ and living a christian life to sandy… she is worshipping in dumc, but joins grace for the working adult lunch in the kl centre… she had asked me some questions about our christian faith which I tried to explain to her with the help of the HS… after that somehow, calvin came in and joined us in the conversation, so I let him do the explanation, since he was the intern… better understanding, haha… well, I do hope and pray that sandy gets a clearer pic of how the christian faith works…

Weather wasn’t really that cold as I tot it would be, so was able to sleep well… then the next day, on Sunday, we had a time of worship by sarah and calvin the guitarist, a short sharing by keng sing the cell leader, two testimonies by agnes and calvin respectively, afterwhich we broke in small groups and began to present the jn 3:16 diagram to their friends… praying that God will begin to touch their hearts as they listened to the sharing, I truly wanna praise the Lord for that one soul that was saved…

In the afternoon, we went back to the kayaking place and thinking that it would be a hassle for me to get on the boat, I just told them to carry on without me… but they kinda coaxed me into getting me involved saying that, “since we’re already here, it’s no harm giving it a try, just for experience sake…” and so I went and it was truly an experience, being the first time doin crazy things like that, hehe…

Oh well, all in all, it was truly a great refreshing time there… with the most important purpose achieved: enjoy, getting to know the dumc bunch and drawing closer to God once again through the sharing with one another… after all, we’re one big family of God, right?

SWEET SURPRISE AT MY "DOORSTEP!!" YOOHOO

God really knows how to make things turn out for the better… I was having a hard time with some rude customers this morning (well, customers are always right?) and as usual, I'll be sulking til almost half the day have passed… then when my sis came in the kitchen, she handed me an envelope, all the way from Australia… wah liao… right away, I knew who was it from… who else none other than Corinne, haha… it was really so sweet of her, I tell u… rushed to open it without even digging into my lunch yet…

Good things always do come in packages, agree? Here’s a 3-in-1 surprise, two cards, one of which that says “two are better than one… if one falls down, his friend can help him up” extracted from the book of Ecclesiastes 4:9-10… hey, thanx cor… that’s definitely really sweet of you *winkz* in it is also a letter of encouragement in reply to what I’d emailed her about a couple days earlier… I’d received a lot of other mails and letters from other friends but what made it more sentimental was that it was all the way from aus, hehhe…

after that, I was back to my happy and cheerful self again… so when wai ling called me later that day just for a chat, she’d noticed the diff in me… immediately she asked me what made the huge diff, I’d mentioned that I received a mail all the way from aus, that was the reason…

I’d emailed her about some certain tough times I had at home… yea, it is a total shock to me when I heard that (you know what I mean), and to tell you the truth, I still cudnt let go of it and was still dwelling and thinking about it even until today, but yea, I guess you’re right, humans do make mistakes… so yae, I gotta learn to bring it to the cross, right? oh well… all in all, it is another way in which God works, encouraging us and bringing us up back on our feet (and on track)again…

All my hugzz to you, CK *winkz* thank You, Lord for wonderful friends in my life… ok, gtg sleep… have been getting less and less sleep nowadays, so I better revive myself by getting more sleep, haha… *yawn*