Sunday, March 29, 2009
{ 11:03 PM }
God, when you come to me, I thought...
I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during work.
Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is exactly, what has caused lot of the problems in our world today.
We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning..
Maybe, Sunday night...
And, the unlikely event of a midweek service. 
We do like to have Him around during sickness..
And, of course, at funerals.
However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...
Because.. That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and should, handle on our own.
May God forgive me for ever thinking...
That, there is a time or place where.. HE is not to be FIRST in my life.
We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.
Yes, I do Love God.
HE is my source of existence and Savior.
He keeps me functioning each and every day.
Without Him, I will be nothing.
But, with Christ, HE strengthens me.
(Phil 4:13)
THE POEM
I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to friends,
They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
"Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down... But never found the time"
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
{ 12:42 AM }
TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, 'Public Utilities Board.' There was silence. She repeated, 'PUB.' There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady's voice, 'Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is.'Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just 'hello' instead of 'PUB'?
NO POINTING FINGERSA man asked his father-in-law, 'Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?'The father-in-law answered in a smile, 'Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you.'We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.
If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.
CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested 'I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one.' The SDU officer said, 'Your requirements, please.' 'Oh, good looking, polite, humorous , sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest.' The officer listened carefully and replied, 'I understand you need television.'There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband, because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.
NO OVERPOWERINGMany relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case.
There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that 'It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character.'It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations..
RIGHT SPEECHThere is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that 'A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation.' Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, 'Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school.' On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, 'Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker.' She answered,'You should appreciate that you married me. Other wise, he will be the millionaire and not you.'Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.
PERSONAL PERCEPTION
Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison.
A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, 'Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey? 'Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, 'The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?' Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, 'How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman.'The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, 'Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you.' Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a nar row bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river.
You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..
BE PATIENT
This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, 'Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck.' Then he asked, 'but when are my fingers going to grow back?' The father went home & committed suicide.
Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.Graciousstar
'Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One'
'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away '
{ 9:44 PM }
Had a short little shopping on Saturday with Ching Kit. Went to Northpoint G2000 to get our "costumes" for Choir presentations. Need to wear until so formal. Collar, long sleeves, skirt that is knee length. So business wear can? lol. Still say buying all these clothes is sooo expensive. Top cost $49, skirt cost $49, and guess what? Kit paid for them!? Imagine for like 6 people, each have to get a top and a bottom plus shoes. The cost is like super duper high lor. Anyway thanks Ching Kit!Kinda tired today. Have to wake up so early and keep singing all the way till 4pm. How powerful my voice can be? LOL. Reach church around 8.30am to practice for support singing for service later. pratice until 10am, another practice for choir. Next went to adult service and start having our choir presentations. Went back to youth service, start doing out duty which is to sing. After the whole service, had lunch and back to have choir practice again for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Nice!The more you love,
the more you lose a part of you.
Yet you dont become less of you are,
instead you end up being complete...
Monday, March 02, 2009
{ 12:32 AM }
Had DG gathering at Sherrie's new house on Saturday. Nice house but is very far away. Anyway Dennis's Family join in too so we get to see Qiqi!!!! She is so damn adorable! I kept playing with her, couldn't resist the temptation. lol. Nothing much happen though, just dinner and the baby.
Im gonna have busy days ahead of me. Well, Im always busy anyway. This time there is gonna be lots of performance for me to attend to. March we have a chereo exam which is an audition to TPG ( a huge performance in july). April have SLA orientation. May have Momentum 2. Wow! Talk about dance man! nice! Nvm..I won't die!
I having bad hair days
lol
Had a slight headache yesterday but it was getting better as the day goes on. Went to church for singing practice. Yet again we are on duty, I don't mind though because all this seems like a habit for me. Waking up early on Sunday morning preparing to go church... HEE! After practice went to meet ms purple and watched a movie. The confessions of a shoppaholic.
"When I was seven, most of my friends stop believing in magic. That was when I first started. They were beautiful, they were happy. They didn’t even need any money, they have magic cards! You know that thing when you see something when it smiles and your hearts goes like warm butter sliding down hot toast., well, that is what I feel like when I see a store."
Had a short little shopping on Saturday with Ching Kit. Went to Northpoint G2000 to get our "costumes" for Choir presentations. Need to wear until so formal. Collar, long sleeves, skirt that is knee length. So business wear can? lol. Still say buying all these clothes is sooo expensive. Top cost $49, skirt cost $49, and guess what? Kit paid for them!? Imagine for like 6 people, each have to get a top and a bottom plus shoes. The cost is like super duper high lor. Anyway thanks Ching Kit!
Had singing practice early today. We met at 12pm for lunch then we headed back to church for practice. After that I stayed in church for a while then went to J8 with Shijia and Cheryl. Shopped with them, didn't buy anything though because I have no money. lol. Today shijia naughty girl as she made cheryl screamed like nobody's business. damn funny! :D
Had DG gathering at Sherrie's new house on Saturday. Nice house but is very far away. Anyway Dennis's Family join in too so we get to see Qiqi!!!! She is so damn adorable! I kept playing with her, couldn't resist the temptation. lol. Nothing much happen though, just dinner and the baby.