Life Verse
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him,who have been called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
Saturday, March 15, 2008
-2:23 AM
Y’know, one of the things I’d like to do in my lifetime is take off to another country- I don’t know where, but some place that is devoid of hustle and bustle, of a suffocating society; that is serene, placid. Some place that offers but a simple,happy life- soaking in the sights and sounds, writing a book.
Who knows when such a time will come. Who knows.
But when it does… Im absolutely sure it will be greeted with a great deal of relish.
Monday, March 10, 2008
-7:40 PM
-2:35 AM
It’s Time for a change, no?
Yeeeeows! I have decided, to follow jesus… no turning back.. no turning back.
well yes, that- and also, I will be switching back to wordpress for reasons I am quite clearly lazy to declare/state/mention/point out/bring up/announce/talk about… so keep me in your links if you’re reading me, I will update you folks as and when that happens.
‘a ship is safe at harbour, yes- but that’s not what ships were made for’ –John A.Shedd.
beautiful, and absolutely true-don’t you think?
I’ve been frustrated for the longest time, at the fact that im very,very lost with my life right now.
And so it is with many other people in this world, I believe… thus I strike out loneliness as one thing that’s eating me up. Haha. It’s a phase, rebecca aptly puts it. and it’ll get better.
Of course I can’t wait to pluge into some sense of certainty and less violatality but that’s how life is…
in the hope that it will get better we continue to fight, some of us lose sense of what we’re fighting for and then we crash, and then we get back up, find new direction… and we start living again.
there’ll always be an opportunity cost, and nothing we do will free us from this, this price we have to pay for who we are- limited, finite, not perfect… beings.
but it gets better, it does.
I watched a video this morning from an email I received sent by I-don’t-remember-who- and it was excruciating for the whole ten minutes of its entirety. Im sorry if im crude, but that’s just who these people are- sick,perverse scum. In a rural farm in China they skin animals alive and throw them against the ground or beat up their head for reacting to this agonizing experience- then when they’re done, their bloodied, breathing bodies are thrown into a heap of others who suffer the same fate,left to die. It’s sad, how they could bring themselves to such callous, brutal acts. It was absolutely repulsive.
well, that’s how it is growing up.
you see things, know things. and all too soon you realise that the world is not as simple as it seemed; that it is tainted, that it quite easily falls into decadence,dissipation-ruin.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
-12:37 AM
‘One often finds his destiny on the road he took to avoid it’ – Jean De La Fountaine
If you’re thinking what I’m thinking then no- im not about to preach. Haha.
The Leap Years in my opinion is one of the best local film productions we’ve ever had… It was beautiful.
seems like there’s still a piece of the pie in the movie industry for singapore after all, no?
across the universe is absolutely worth a watch too… If you’re an aficionado for bright,stunning colours…a clever plot and spontaneous bursting into song… this one’s for you. :D
next stop, garden state.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
-10:42 PM
Hearts don’t become stones overnight.
Instead, it is the tragic consequence of rebellion over time.
Every act of rebellion dulls the conscience. Every sinful choice to resist God, to go our own way, to do our own thing, empowers the flesh and increases carnality. And slowly, but surely- the heart starts to stray.
Even before I cross into my second year in np, I realise that it is more than just timely that SP received word from God that the church was to enter a season of fasting and prayer.It is a divine appointment.
The very crux of fasting lies in us being willing to set ourselves apart for God.
This world that you and I live in, it teaches us to live for ourselves.
We are driven by our own interests, compelled to pursue our own passions and dreams.
Nothing’s wrong with that, of course.
Except that when things begin to fall apart, we turn our backs on God.
Except that if we achieve success, we feast on bigger things. Things that, in our desperation- we have allowed to become bigger than God. Our ambitions, our dreams, our desires and even our interests- are but specks of dust to God because He has better plans for our future than we care to look at.We know that this means trouble. And we want to avoid that as much as possible.
But I’ve learnt that the key to growth is brokeness.
That’s the only option available to us should we want to grow in intimacy with God and find peace despite the stroms that surround us. It is a process that calls for us to surrender our ability to do anything, our rights, our desires- and allow God to have free reign in us, to enter our lives with full control and with the permission to do as He pleases. It is a process of restructuring, rebuilding, restoring. And that’s precisely why it hurts, badly. That’s the point though, isnt it? Finding rest in God is not about sailing through the storms of life, but in rising up each time we fall although we are shattered and in dispair- uncertain about His will, but holding on to His promises that it is always in our best interest.
Think you’ve got it all planned out?
Think again.
God has the bigger picture. (;
Sunday, February 17, 2008
-7:29 PM
Self-serving beings.
something to frown upon, but that’s just what we are.
our frantic search for substitutes bring us no closer to our intrinsic desires, of love and identity.
Our indulgance in carnal pleasures and the fleeting spurts of entertainment of our time quickly destroy us, burn us up inside.
It’s synonymous with everyone, anyone.
Don’t You get it?
We’re going up in flames.
But the beautiful thing is, we have hope for salvation.
there’s a way out of this cesspool, the emotional wreckages we’ve landed ourselves in.
No, this is not my attempt at exposition.Rather, it reflects a heart cry. Born of Jadedness, perhaps.
if you and I were as able to discern truth from deception as we sometimes claim to be, the wolrd would’nt be the mess that it is today. but I find strength in my understanding of salvation,of pieceing together and fixing. There is no greater thing which I could hope for, than to live out the very words of God-that he will restore us for greater glory,revealed through the testing of our faith. It means a lot of things. It does.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
-12:54 AM
I’m fresh out of the shower, with a tinge of mint still lingering right beneath my nose. lol. You’d wonder why. I was…well, kinda humming while I was brushing my teeth,and so I guess I got way too excited. Hehe. It was a pretty catchy tune though, I swear! Had dinner @ swens with brandon,zu & louis- walked around aimlessly for ‘bout half an hour and finally settled for starbucks,there were no seats so we chilled outside for another half hour and then decided that it was time to head home. today has been… productive. In fact, one of the most productive days ever since study break started.that’s probably because Boon came over and rendered aid,lest I be at my demise when I realise im staring blankly at my statistics exam paper next Wednesday. Not at all a gratifying experience and situation to be in, no? haha.
I’ll tell you what’s a gratifying experience.
Creative EP360 earphones. :D
hits all the right notes with my ipod man! >3