Saturday, October 31, 2009
counting down....
darling's coming back in 52 more days!!! Today's last day of OCTOBER!!! HURRAY!!! Tomorrow's NOVEMBER!!! Darling's coming back in DEC!!! And... We're celebrating our 1st yr's anniversary in about 2 months' time in January!!!!!! yeah!!! Praise the Lord for such a wonderful darling which He'd given to me! And thank you Lord for a wonderful first yr tt He'd given to both darling and I. Praise the Lord! Amen! :)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
booked.. :)
yeah!!!!!!! darling has booked his flight back home!!!!! i can't wait for him to come back home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! excited!!!!!!!!!! happy!!!!!!!!! relieved!!!!!!!!!!! :)
to date: 58 MORE DAYS to go. :D
to date: 58 MORE DAYS to go. :D
Sunday, October 11, 2009
First Choir Prac @ Glory Presbyterian Church :)
Before choir prac started, Pr. Loli tested my voice and i am in the Soprano tog with Benita, Christina, Daphne etc etc.. super exciting!
we sang 3 songs today! On Eagle's Wings, Joy and In the name of the Lord. :)
Practice was awesome! thank God i sat between Chris and Benita. Cuz they are both very good singers and i can get in tuned easily with them. :)and i could ask them where and how to read the notes. Thank God i could recap a little of what i'd learnt when i was in the school's concert band, back when i was in sec sch. nonetheless, there are SO MUCH to learn! and i'm so excited! came home, went to goole the 3 songs and sang along with it. But, i do not think i should sing so much after the prac. my voice is getting quite hoarse already. :p but! i will remember to drink lots and lots of water. :) oh ya! Ying Qi (Vivian's friend) is also joining the choir! she sat in to obsrve today, and Pr. Loli gave YQ a set of the scores to bring home. she'll be joining the choir officially from next week onwards! :) In fact, Ying Qi and i are like best buddies in church now lor! :p
this is so exciting! new ministries in church (Youth Fellowship's Logistics Team and 1130 svc Choir), new friends, new committments (church), new classes! i'll be attending BSF's intro class tmr!!!! :D i'm so excited! i'm sure i'll learn ALOT! :)
sometimes, i'm so glad tt wenyao was not with me in church and is in the states. not cuz i do not need him? but cuz, when he was with me in church e whole of the month before he flew, i was so sticky to him and was so not willing to get out of my comfort zone and mix ard with other church friends. But ever since he left, yee was not with me. But! God was with me! :D He helped me settle down so quickly and nicely in the comfort of trustworthy friends and leaders. now, i no longer need to keep asking pple to see who wld like to have breakfast with me, though by default, we know tt we're all mtg at the Bukit Timah Market beside church for breakfast at 10 before the 1130 svc. anyway just last night, and this morning, Ying Qi and Big Dom respectively texted me to ask me if i'm gg for breakfast at the market before gg for the 1130 svc. :)
so nice of them isnt it? :) God is good and faithful. isnt He? :)To be able to serve Him is a joy! I can foresee that this Christmas will definitely be very different, as compared to last yr (darling and i sort of celebrated it tog) and the years before with LSBC friends. I love last Christmas. but, this Christmas, i will be able to serve the Lord in a totally new way and new place! that is, to sing praises to Him in a new church in a Choir! :) Isnt that wonderful? :) and the best part is of cuz, my darling is back from the states after a 4-5 month wait since the day he flew :)
we sang 3 songs today! On Eagle's Wings, Joy and In the name of the Lord. :)
Practice was awesome! thank God i sat between Chris and Benita. Cuz they are both very good singers and i can get in tuned easily with them. :)and i could ask them where and how to read the notes. Thank God i could recap a little of what i'd learnt when i was in the school's concert band, back when i was in sec sch. nonetheless, there are SO MUCH to learn! and i'm so excited! came home, went to goole the 3 songs and sang along with it. But, i do not think i should sing so much after the prac. my voice is getting quite hoarse already. :p but! i will remember to drink lots and lots of water. :) oh ya! Ying Qi (Vivian's friend) is also joining the choir! she sat in to obsrve today, and Pr. Loli gave YQ a set of the scores to bring home. she'll be joining the choir officially from next week onwards! :) In fact, Ying Qi and i are like best buddies in church now lor! :p
this is so exciting! new ministries in church (Youth Fellowship's Logistics Team and 1130 svc Choir), new friends, new committments (church), new classes! i'll be attending BSF's intro class tmr!!!! :D i'm so excited! i'm sure i'll learn ALOT! :)
sometimes, i'm so glad tt wenyao was not with me in church and is in the states. not cuz i do not need him? but cuz, when he was with me in church e whole of the month before he flew, i was so sticky to him and was so not willing to get out of my comfort zone and mix ard with other church friends. But ever since he left, yee was not with me. But! God was with me! :D He helped me settle down so quickly and nicely in the comfort of trustworthy friends and leaders. now, i no longer need to keep asking pple to see who wld like to have breakfast with me, though by default, we know tt we're all mtg at the Bukit Timah Market beside church for breakfast at 10 before the 1130 svc. anyway just last night, and this morning, Ying Qi and Big Dom respectively texted me to ask me if i'm gg for breakfast at the market before gg for the 1130 svc. :)
so nice of them isnt it? :) God is good and faithful. isnt He? :)To be able to serve Him is a joy! I can foresee that this Christmas will definitely be very different, as compared to last yr (darling and i sort of celebrated it tog) and the years before with LSBC friends. I love last Christmas. but, this Christmas, i will be able to serve the Lord in a totally new way and new place! that is, to sing praises to Him in a new church in a Choir! :) Isnt that wonderful? :) and the best part is of cuz, my darling is back from the states after a 4-5 month wait since the day he flew :)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Dare to be like David
This morning's sermon was by Dr. Steve Griffiths. Text was taken from Daniel 1:1-21
Sermon title: God at work.
Dr Steve Griffiths spoke about how we as Christians can shine and glorify God and share the good news in our own school/workplace/family/friends. He spoke about how God was at work during Daniel's training in Babylon. Although, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah were chosen to serve the king, and they had to have their names changed and to learn new language and literature, however, Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine that were offered by the king. The reason why Daniel rejected the royal food was because he does not want to be "contaminated" because the royal food were offered to the babylonian gods before them. that is one reason why Daniel rejected the food.
Also, Daniel do not want to be bought by the king. Because he knew that if he were to accept the food and wine that the king had offered, in the future, it is very difficult to refuse the jobs given to him by the king. and should the jobs offered to Daniel were against our God, Daniel will be caught in the situation such that he cannot not defy the Lord, neither can he defy the orders of the king.
However, God was at work! God has caused the official to show favour and sympathy to Daniel when daniel refused the royal food and asked for veg and water instead. The Babylonian king was able to change Daniel's name, BUT, he cannot change Daniel's nature. Daniel was obedient and turned to God everyday. He remained faithful to God throughout the 60 years living in a highly hostile environment.
We often thought that it is impossible to glorify God or to do His works in a what seemed to be an unfavourable environment. be it in the workplace or schools, or even in our own family. However, we fail to realize that God is always with us and all we have to and need to do is to rely on Him, do what He tells us to, and He will make our paths straight. Daniel kept God at the center of his life and God sustained him. Many people, even ourselves, at times will conform to what the world think and do. That is very ungodly and we as children of God should not be doing.
Today's sermon served as a very good reminder to me especially, when so many times i felt bitter about not being able to own smth (itouch/iphone etc) that my friends and even my own sisters owned. However, today, God reminded me that earthly treasures should not be something which we should be going after. ultimately, one day, all of us will have to return home to the Lord and these earthly things which we owned, we will not be able bring them with us. Rather than spending our time slogging away to earn more money to buy the earthly treasures, why shouldnt we spend more time in sowing and harvesting for God and build heavenly treasures? In Psalm 62: 11-12 "One thing God has spoken, two things have i heard: that you, O God are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done."
Sermon title: God at work.
Dr Steve Griffiths spoke about how we as Christians can shine and glorify God and share the good news in our own school/workplace/family/friends. He spoke about how God was at work during Daniel's training in Babylon. Although, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah were chosen to serve the king, and they had to have their names changed and to learn new language and literature, however, Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine that were offered by the king. The reason why Daniel rejected the royal food was because he does not want to be "contaminated" because the royal food were offered to the babylonian gods before them. that is one reason why Daniel rejected the food.
Also, Daniel do not want to be bought by the king. Because he knew that if he were to accept the food and wine that the king had offered, in the future, it is very difficult to refuse the jobs given to him by the king. and should the jobs offered to Daniel were against our God, Daniel will be caught in the situation such that he cannot not defy the Lord, neither can he defy the orders of the king.
However, God was at work! God has caused the official to show favour and sympathy to Daniel when daniel refused the royal food and asked for veg and water instead. The Babylonian king was able to change Daniel's name, BUT, he cannot change Daniel's nature. Daniel was obedient and turned to God everyday. He remained faithful to God throughout the 60 years living in a highly hostile environment.
We often thought that it is impossible to glorify God or to do His works in a what seemed to be an unfavourable environment. be it in the workplace or schools, or even in our own family. However, we fail to realize that God is always with us and all we have to and need to do is to rely on Him, do what He tells us to, and He will make our paths straight. Daniel kept God at the center of his life and God sustained him. Many people, even ourselves, at times will conform to what the world think and do. That is very ungodly and we as children of God should not be doing.
Today's sermon served as a very good reminder to me especially, when so many times i felt bitter about not being able to own smth (itouch/iphone etc) that my friends and even my own sisters owned. However, today, God reminded me that earthly treasures should not be something which we should be going after. ultimately, one day, all of us will have to return home to the Lord and these earthly things which we owned, we will not be able bring them with us. Rather than spending our time slogging away to earn more money to buy the earthly treasures, why shouldnt we spend more time in sowing and harvesting for God and build heavenly treasures? In Psalm 62: 11-12 "One thing God has spoken, two things have i heard: that you, O God are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done."
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Food for thought..
heard it over the radio this afternoon:
Mother Hen adopting 2 puppies. have you heard about it?
Amazing isn't it?
There was once a dog which died after giving birth to 2 young puppies.
The dog and the chicken were the best of friends. They were always seen playing together.
After the Mother Dog had died, the owner could not find the 2 puppies.
Guess where were the dogs?
They were found under the Hen's coop.
A hen that took her initiative to "Adopt" her best friend's children. How cool is that?! :)
Mother Hen adopting 2 puppies. have you heard about it?
Amazing isn't it?
There was once a dog which died after giving birth to 2 young puppies.
The dog and the chicken were the best of friends. They were always seen playing together.
After the Mother Dog had died, the owner could not find the 2 puppies.
Guess where were the dogs?
They were found under the Hen's coop.
A hen that took her initiative to "Adopt" her best friend's children. How cool is that?! :)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
I rejected the job interview
as u all know, i went for a job interview yesterday @ NTUC's My First Skool @ Hougang Ave 4. However, yesterday morning, we too had our company's Vision Day whereby all the various departments of the company will come together to celebrate the successes by which the company had earned for the first quarter of the year.
We really do not know how God works until you experience it for yourself. Initially, i kind of set my mind in wanting to leave JG for another centre (As of the previous post entry), however, after listening to Julia gabriel, Fiona Walker and both the prog sales and marketing dept heads, i suddenly realised just how good God has ALWAYS been to me and all these while and i only realised it now!shame on me.. =(
However, there was one part when Julia came up to speak after our 20-min break, she got everybody to think abt what's happiness and what's pleasure. To me, the only person, ONE AND ONLY PERSON who can FILL the EMPTY SPACE in my HEART and give me TRUE HAPPINESS is NONE OTHER THAN MY HEAVELY FATHER, CHRIST JESUS. I believe that it is ONLY through the salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ that we may enter into His ETERNAL KINGDOM and have ETERNAL LIFE. For it is written (In the bible): 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God -- Matthew 4:1.
So, when Julia got everybody to close their eyes to meditate, i was praying VERY HARD and was literally crying out to God to get me out of the situation. The reason why Christians CANNOT and are advised strongly against Meditation is because, when a person meditates, he or she will try to block out everything from his or her mind and leave it blank. When we leave our minds blank, we are actually allowing the Satan to intrude into our spiritual realm and soul. When tt happens, we will sin. as it is, we are all sinners. we do not need satan to tempt us to sin against God. But at this point, take comfort that the Lord will not tempt us beyond what you can bear, for it is written (in the bible): "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." taken from 1 Corinthians 10:13. But! this is definitely NOT a reason for us to sin. Because, it is also written in the bible: "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." taken from Matthew 26:41. also, be mindful, for in Matthew 4:7, Jesus said to satan "Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test."
ok ok.. i think i got alittle carried away.. in any case, after Julia's short sharing, i was urgent. so i had to go answer nature's call. when i was in the cubicle, i took e opportunity to msg Doreen (my mentor) to keep me in prayer with regards to tt situation and after tt, i also wanted to take the opportunity to pray. however, just as i started to pray, i heard someone from the next cubicle calling me. "Chui Ting?" said Su. r..i..ght.. cant pray now. nvm. shall pray later. Cuz Su was asking me about smth tt's work related. So since then, we started talking and talking till the end of the whole event! we stayed outside the auditorium and skipped the entire last part of the event whereby Julia invited the speaker, (apparently, she's the AWARE's president.. thou i forgot her name) to talk to us abt "Happiness". well, obviously, i'm not very interested. neither were my colleague, Jovanna and direct superior, Su. so we had a really good chat the entire time! :) and this is a huge breakthrough for me. because, right from the beginning, ever since i joined the company, Su intimidates me. dun ask me why? she just intimidates me. But! God is good! tt was the PERFECT opportunity for us to "break" the ice and we that was FIRST time ever tt i can talk and chat so happily and comfortably with Su.
after tt, we all head back to East Coast to clean up all the mess in my class's storeroom. i really appreciates ALL my colleagues. we all worked hard as a team, and could get EVERYTHING done by 5pm. thereafter, i made my way down to Hougang Ave 4, blk 667 for the interview. however, this time, i was praying very hard to ask God to give me the wisdom as i go through the interview. Also, i aldy have in mind tt i am going to stay in JGC and i will look up my HOD, Raihan and ask her if i could be under training again and eventually, lead a class of my own.
So yup! i rejected the principal and looked for Raihan this afternoon to talk about my promotion. after hearing what i had to say to her, we discussed about what type of prog is suitable for me to do. so, hopefully next yr on, i can be under training again. :)
on the side note.. i miss my darling, wenyao... :X
We really do not know how God works until you experience it for yourself. Initially, i kind of set my mind in wanting to leave JG for another centre (As of the previous post entry), however, after listening to Julia gabriel, Fiona Walker and both the prog sales and marketing dept heads, i suddenly realised just how good God has ALWAYS been to me and all these while and i only realised it now!shame on me.. =(
However, there was one part when Julia came up to speak after our 20-min break, she got everybody to think abt what's happiness and what's pleasure. To me, the only person, ONE AND ONLY PERSON who can FILL the EMPTY SPACE in my HEART and give me TRUE HAPPINESS is NONE OTHER THAN MY HEAVELY FATHER, CHRIST JESUS. I believe that it is ONLY through the salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ that we may enter into His ETERNAL KINGDOM and have ETERNAL LIFE. For it is written (In the bible): 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God -- Matthew 4:1.
So, when Julia got everybody to close their eyes to meditate, i was praying VERY HARD and was literally crying out to God to get me out of the situation. The reason why Christians CANNOT and are advised strongly against Meditation is because, when a person meditates, he or she will try to block out everything from his or her mind and leave it blank. When we leave our minds blank, we are actually allowing the Satan to intrude into our spiritual realm and soul. When tt happens, we will sin. as it is, we are all sinners. we do not need satan to tempt us to sin against God. But at this point, take comfort that the Lord will not tempt us beyond what you can bear, for it is written (in the bible): "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." taken from 1 Corinthians 10:13. But! this is definitely NOT a reason for us to sin. Because, it is also written in the bible: "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." taken from Matthew 26:41. also, be mindful, for in Matthew 4:7, Jesus said to satan "Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test."
ok ok.. i think i got alittle carried away.. in any case, after Julia's short sharing, i was urgent. so i had to go answer nature's call. when i was in the cubicle, i took e opportunity to msg Doreen (my mentor) to keep me in prayer with regards to tt situation and after tt, i also wanted to take the opportunity to pray. however, just as i started to pray, i heard someone from the next cubicle calling me. "Chui Ting?" said Su. r..i..ght.. cant pray now. nvm. shall pray later. Cuz Su was asking me about smth tt's work related. So since then, we started talking and talking till the end of the whole event! we stayed outside the auditorium and skipped the entire last part of the event whereby Julia invited the speaker, (apparently, she's the AWARE's president.. thou i forgot her name) to talk to us abt "Happiness". well, obviously, i'm not very interested. neither were my colleague, Jovanna and direct superior, Su. so we had a really good chat the entire time! :) and this is a huge breakthrough for me. because, right from the beginning, ever since i joined the company, Su intimidates me. dun ask me why? she just intimidates me. But! God is good! tt was the PERFECT opportunity for us to "break" the ice and we that was FIRST time ever tt i can talk and chat so happily and comfortably with Su.
after tt, we all head back to East Coast to clean up all the mess in my class's storeroom. i really appreciates ALL my colleagues. we all worked hard as a team, and could get EVERYTHING done by 5pm. thereafter, i made my way down to Hougang Ave 4, blk 667 for the interview. however, this time, i was praying very hard to ask God to give me the wisdom as i go through the interview. Also, i aldy have in mind tt i am going to stay in JGC and i will look up my HOD, Raihan and ask her if i could be under training again and eventually, lead a class of my own.
So yup! i rejected the principal and looked for Raihan this afternoon to talk about my promotion. after hearing what i had to say to her, we discussed about what type of prog is suitable for me to do. so, hopefully next yr on, i can be under training again. :)
on the side note.. i miss my darling, wenyao... :X
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