Woah, this blog post is rare... like RARE! Hahaha.
It has been so long since I last posted on this blog; and it's also been quite long since I went around reading people's blogs. I think I should start including blogging as part of my workplan also! Haha.
I can't believe it! I haven't been blogging for... one, two, close to 2 months already! Goodness. Even Darren or Fe blogs more than me! I ought to be spanked in the butt. Hahaha, sorry just spouting some nonsense to relief my mind over matters.
Anyway, enough of nonsense... I wonder what's on my mind? Haha, I don't know. So weird...
It's 1.51AM now, and am gonna have dinner with Ivan and the others at 8PM later! I can't wait man, have been wanting to talk to Ivan since dunno when. Haha. Something inside just keeps telling me that it's gonna be a great time spent with Ivan! (:
I love playing the guitar.. it's so good (no, I'm not saying I'm good. Hahaha)! Seriously, I don't think I have a voice. I think the guitar has taken over my voicebox as my vocals, and my voice as taken up the role as supporting actor to my main actor - the guitar!
Truthfully, I'm loving my guitar, I'm loving the sound, I'm loving this craft that God has given me! To others it might seem as if I'm just playing notes, strumming chords, plucking strings... but no, to me, it's more than that.
As I play my guitar, deep in my heart every single strum represents my heartbeat, and every sound projected is a cry to God. You know.. I gotta tell you all how I feel playing the guitar is to me!
I so feel peaceful whenever I play on my guitar (:
While I listen to music, when I close my eyes, put all focus on my ears, I really can hear the heartbeat of the music. Haha. I'm not saying the human heartbeat kind of heartbeat, but really, the move, the feel, the essence, the emotions and effort put inside the music.
Simply amazing.. the craft to play and to hear. Praise the Lord for such a skill given to me! (:
I love the present, but I very well miss much of the past, and am very excited for the future too. See, in just a sentence, I have three different feelings. That's why.. it feels weird. Haha.
Many things have happened (not bad ones though), so many thoughts running through my mind, so many things to say.. don't think I can finish all in one post. Haha.
That's all for now. Ciao!
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Saturday, 5 July 2008
Life never stops!
Oh man, have I told you how much I love life? Haha. Yeah man, life's definitely great, and better than never before! (:
Life's amazing when I walk with Jesus!
Life's starting to get challenging for me. It's getting challenging not because it's gonna get me down, to get me discouraged, to get me sit 'in folded arms and wrapped in my knees' in a corner of my room and feel dejected/depressed over my inabilities!
On the other hand, life's interesting and exciting. It is filled with excitement simply because life's challenging! Now, this 'challenging' is a whole new story.
It's something that gets you wanting for more, it's something to keep you growing in every aspects of your life, it's challenging cause you simply don't know the road ahead! But all you do know, is to just take that step of faith, believing in something great happening in your life, and you walk... and walk... and walk... still unsure of what's gonna happen ahead.
(But deep inside you, you just know something's gonna happen!)
The road never ends. But guess what, you might feel like it doesn't end, but at the ultimate end of everything, you've realised you've managed to endure and persevere the entire seemingly endless walk! Why?
Because you have grown! As you persevere on every few feet, you grow more. You grow in capacity, you grow in endurance. Slowly and gradually, when you hold on to God, He expands whatever you used to be able to take in only, and makes you carry more.. and more.. and more!
And this seemingly small change in you might never seem obvious, but at the end, it all accumulates to a whole new level of change - a level of change that becomes significant to your life.
A whole new level of life. A whole new level of character. A whole new level of substance!
That's what I like man. I feel worldly things don't matter as much. Yes, I might have to agree that sometimes we're living in this world, at certain points we do think about worldly things.
But more importantly, and most importantly, I feel that spiritual things are the entire bulk of living your life! Because, if you have worldly things, and not have spiritual things, but somehow you start to lose your worldly things, what are you left then? NOTHING!
But on the other hand, when you place spiritual things as the most important part of your life, even when you lose all worldly things that you love, you still have God, you have Jesus! No matter what you lose, you will have that undying assurance of God. Ain't that great!
See the light man! Feel God's love, feel Jesus' passion. What else beats that? Absolutely nothing!
In Daniel 1:14-21, it says that Daniel and his friends, together with God, in the end looked much fleshier and fatter than anyone of those who had consumed the king's delicacies. They were happier, they were fuller than any of those who enjoyed the delicacies of the world.
Why then were they fuller? Simple because, they had God!
Man, that's what I love about God. You can not have food for days, you can not have things that you love for years, but as long as you hold on to God. He gives you everything you want. That's what I believe God never fails to do!
God is great! (:
Life's amazing when I walk with Jesus!
Life's starting to get challenging for me. It's getting challenging not because it's gonna get me down, to get me discouraged, to get me sit 'in folded arms and wrapped in my knees' in a corner of my room and feel dejected/depressed over my inabilities!
On the other hand, life's interesting and exciting. It is filled with excitement simply because life's challenging! Now, this 'challenging' is a whole new story.
It's something that gets you wanting for more, it's something to keep you growing in every aspects of your life, it's challenging cause you simply don't know the road ahead! But all you do know, is to just take that step of faith, believing in something great happening in your life, and you walk... and walk... and walk... still unsure of what's gonna happen ahead.
(But deep inside you, you just know something's gonna happen!)
The road never ends. But guess what, you might feel like it doesn't end, but at the ultimate end of everything, you've realised you've managed to endure and persevere the entire seemingly endless walk! Why?
Because you have grown! As you persevere on every few feet, you grow more. You grow in capacity, you grow in endurance. Slowly and gradually, when you hold on to God, He expands whatever you used to be able to take in only, and makes you carry more.. and more.. and more!
And this seemingly small change in you might never seem obvious, but at the end, it all accumulates to a whole new level of change - a level of change that becomes significant to your life.
A whole new level of life. A whole new level of character. A whole new level of substance!
That's what I like man. I feel worldly things don't matter as much. Yes, I might have to agree that sometimes we're living in this world, at certain points we do think about worldly things.
But more importantly, and most importantly, I feel that spiritual things are the entire bulk of living your life! Because, if you have worldly things, and not have spiritual things, but somehow you start to lose your worldly things, what are you left then? NOTHING!
But on the other hand, when you place spiritual things as the most important part of your life, even when you lose all worldly things that you love, you still have God, you have Jesus! No matter what you lose, you will have that undying assurance of God. Ain't that great!
See the light man! Feel God's love, feel Jesus' passion. What else beats that? Absolutely nothing!
In Daniel 1:14-21, it says that Daniel and his friends, together with God, in the end looked much fleshier and fatter than anyone of those who had consumed the king's delicacies. They were happier, they were fuller than any of those who enjoyed the delicacies of the world.
Why then were they fuller? Simple because, they had God!
Man, that's what I love about God. You can not have food for days, you can not have things that you love for years, but as long as you hold on to God. He gives you everything you want. That's what I believe God never fails to do!
God is great! (:
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Of revelations and inspiration.
I'm feeling exhausted already, my eyes are closing, and my head's dropping (not dead! Hahaha) soon. It always happens every night after service. But well, what does it say... It just says I go all out for service every weekend!
That's what I like: Sometimes you might be tired, but whenever there's service, you go all out. You praise all out, you worship all out, you show an all-out love towards God. And good news, He touches you back with His presence, and your tiredness is drained away after that. You feel refreshed, you feel recharged, you feel fuller. Wow!
But surely, it truly is a pleasure to be radical about praising and worshipping God. Radical about loving God! (:
On the other hand, I feel so spiritually recharged after reading Matt Redman's The Unquenchable Worshipper. Man, this book is great! When I was reading the introduction of the book - I haven't even started on the main content yet - I just had to put down the book, pick up my guitar and start worshipping!
The introduction itself is already so amazing, what more will the main contents by Matt himself do?
The power of worship, the heart of worship is so simple yet sophisticated. But once you are able to grasp it, I believe one will definitely be a great musician and worshipper of superb influence, and of course, powerful anointing of God.
Anyway, that's what I've been working on, and I'm envisioning myself to grow even stronger in that. I WILL reach a new level of worshipping, and definitely, closeness to God.
That's the ultimate goal of worshipping. It's not about ourselves really, it's simply between you and God - just like how a boyfriend would sing love songs to his girlfriend - just that it's a much different and mightier relationship this time!
And I believe when you are able to set this relationship right through worshipping, people will feel the anointing of God, and will be touched by it. That's what I wanna achieve after focusing on God Himself - to touch other people's hearts and change their lives, and not just provide them with good music!
My goal, my dream, my vision.
What great revelation God dropped me today!
However, God always wants us to step out of our comfort zone and stretch ourselves further! I guess God wants me to grow more. I feel God telling me that, as long as you just aim further, and dream bigger, whatever visions and dreams you have had before the latest one (and these visions/dreams are still burning and lasting), He will make them come true for me.
As long as I have that conviction, he'll pull me through. Well, simple and short, being absolutely radical!
This is God's test of faith, and He loves that, Amen! (:
~~
Enough of myself! Haha.
Now, I really look up to our leaders man. They're great people, I feel.
Anyway, as I grow more in the LORD, as I grow in understanding, I come to feel more and more of our leaders' burden. I can't explain that burden in precise detail, but I can feel it's weight. It's not pressing on me entirely, but I'm slowly feeling it's pressure already.
I have this feeling of doing whatever I can for our leaders. No matter how small this task can be, no matter how wide the range of the task is (from setting up premises all the way to handling people), I wanna do whatever I can for them.
And to me, if it was to go that one extra mile to earn a smile on a face, to earn a brightful countenance, I wouldn't mind! The simplest of all things is love. Love can be shared in many many various ways. And yeah.. I have this great feeling. As long as it's something simple, and it can bring a smile on my leaders, or even brighten up their day, I'll go all out to do it!
Seriously, I feel it's a great thing being with leaders. A great thing to be with men and women of God. They are one of the best people to learn from to draw closer to God; and of course, pastors are the best! (:
From reading Ivan's blog, to having a chat with Samantha or even Fedora, or even talking to my brothers Boxue or Darren! Haha! Including pastors' or our ZGL's sermons, all the way to God's revelations. These are really words for growth. Growth in character, growth in spiritual being. That's just amazing!
Yep, I think that's all I wanna say. There's something I have in my heart that weighs heavily in depth and meaning, and I know it'll be something powerful. But catch is, what is it that weighs so heavily in meaning?
How do I explain this.. I feel it's weight, but I can't feel it's form. Yes, form.
Well, shall do what I should be doing to find out eh? Hahaha.
I'm gonna grow, and grow, and grow, and grow non-stop with everyone else! We're all in this together! ((:
That's what I like: Sometimes you might be tired, but whenever there's service, you go all out. You praise all out, you worship all out, you show an all-out love towards God. And good news, He touches you back with His presence, and your tiredness is drained away after that. You feel refreshed, you feel recharged, you feel fuller. Wow!
But surely, it truly is a pleasure to be radical about praising and worshipping God. Radical about loving God! (:
On the other hand, I feel so spiritually recharged after reading Matt Redman's The Unquenchable Worshipper. Man, this book is great! When I was reading the introduction of the book - I haven't even started on the main content yet - I just had to put down the book, pick up my guitar and start worshipping!
The introduction itself is already so amazing, what more will the main contents by Matt himself do?
The power of worship, the heart of worship is so simple yet sophisticated. But once you are able to grasp it, I believe one will definitely be a great musician and worshipper of superb influence, and of course, powerful anointing of God.
Anyway, that's what I've been working on, and I'm envisioning myself to grow even stronger in that. I WILL reach a new level of worshipping, and definitely, closeness to God.
That's the ultimate goal of worshipping. It's not about ourselves really, it's simply between you and God - just like how a boyfriend would sing love songs to his girlfriend - just that it's a much different and mightier relationship this time!
And I believe when you are able to set this relationship right through worshipping, people will feel the anointing of God, and will be touched by it. That's what I wanna achieve after focusing on God Himself - to touch other people's hearts and change their lives, and not just provide them with good music!
My goal, my dream, my vision.
What great revelation God dropped me today!
However, God always wants us to step out of our comfort zone and stretch ourselves further! I guess God wants me to grow more. I feel God telling me that, as long as you just aim further, and dream bigger, whatever visions and dreams you have had before the latest one (and these visions/dreams are still burning and lasting), He will make them come true for me.
As long as I have that conviction, he'll pull me through. Well, simple and short, being absolutely radical!
This is God's test of faith, and He loves that, Amen! (:
~~
Enough of myself! Haha.
Now, I really look up to our leaders man. They're great people, I feel.
Anyway, as I grow more in the LORD, as I grow in understanding, I come to feel more and more of our leaders' burden. I can't explain that burden in precise detail, but I can feel it's weight. It's not pressing on me entirely, but I'm slowly feeling it's pressure already.
I have this feeling of doing whatever I can for our leaders. No matter how small this task can be, no matter how wide the range of the task is (from setting up premises all the way to handling people), I wanna do whatever I can for them.
And to me, if it was to go that one extra mile to earn a smile on a face, to earn a brightful countenance, I wouldn't mind! The simplest of all things is love. Love can be shared in many many various ways. And yeah.. I have this great feeling. As long as it's something simple, and it can bring a smile on my leaders, or even brighten up their day, I'll go all out to do it!
Seriously, I feel it's a great thing being with leaders. A great thing to be with men and women of God. They are one of the best people to learn from to draw closer to God; and of course, pastors are the best! (:
From reading Ivan's blog, to having a chat with Samantha or even Fedora, or even talking to my brothers Boxue or Darren! Haha! Including pastors' or our ZGL's sermons, all the way to God's revelations. These are really words for growth. Growth in character, growth in spiritual being. That's just amazing!
Yep, I think that's all I wanna say. There's something I have in my heart that weighs heavily in depth and meaning, and I know it'll be something powerful. But catch is, what is it that weighs so heavily in meaning?
How do I explain this.. I feel it's weight, but I can't feel it's form. Yes, form.
Well, shall do what I should be doing to find out eh? Hahaha.
I'm gonna grow, and grow, and grow, and grow non-stop with everyone else! We're all in this together! ((:
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Great news!
God has been faithful... Hallelujah! When one is faithful, God will DEFINITELY bless you in abundance!
Though I won't reveal what God has blessed me, yet! But soon, real soon, you'll find out ((:
Just when I thought one was enough, a second news dropped in! Wow, this has just blown my mind, and I'm soooooooooooooooo excited about it that I can't explain it in words, but I've decided to worship God and everything to thank Him for all the love He has shown!
Isn't He amazing! He's such and awesome God, He reigns! ((:
Off practising my guitar, and quiet time, and worship and whatever I need to do!
See ya (:
Though I won't reveal what God has blessed me, yet! But soon, real soon, you'll find out ((:
Just when I thought one was enough, a second news dropped in! Wow, this has just blown my mind, and I'm soooooooooooooooo excited about it that I can't explain it in words, but I've decided to worship God and everything to thank Him for all the love He has shown!
Isn't He amazing! He's such and awesome God, He reigns! ((:
Off practising my guitar, and quiet time, and worship and whatever I need to do!
See ya (:
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Faith & love
I gotta type all these overflowing feelings inside me man, before it diminishes and I'm lost for words to explain it again! Haha.
Okay, so here goes...
Now, last time, whenever I was in a good and GREAT mood, I'd always feel like doing something good to people, or so-called bless them. Thinking about how people would feel loved, it surely made me want to do it more! However, it was hard to go about doing it, 'cause when I'm down to it, I'd start to feel draggy, I'd start to feel unwilling.
And eventually, I'd just set it aside, and forget a whole lot about it. I wouldn't even bother revisiting the thoughts again.
But now, with the love of Christ, everything's possible! Amen. I feel that power, I feel that love, and like what Ps Joakim shared today, when you do unto others, the anointing of God will flow into you. It's great, and I'm feeling just that!
Now, I seriously don't find it a chore to do something little to people! It doesn't require a large amount of effort, and it can all start with a simple SMS!
So... is falling into a relationship what you call real love? Well, it can be. But will it last? Well maybe, maybe not.
So what's real love? I'd say it's about caring for others, showering them with concern, and being significant to them, not just being important. LOVE, STARTS FROM OURSELVES. Blessing/giving them without asking in return. And when you do so, you'll feel loved, I promise(:
Yes, I agree it might not be easy for starters, but it starts with something small, something minute but it can be significant to others (:
Well, I'm seriously but a starter too! But guess what...
It all starts with that little step of faith!
Okay, so here goes...
Now, last time, whenever I was in a good and GREAT mood, I'd always feel like doing something good to people, or so-called bless them. Thinking about how people would feel loved, it surely made me want to do it more! However, it was hard to go about doing it, 'cause when I'm down to it, I'd start to feel draggy, I'd start to feel unwilling.
And eventually, I'd just set it aside, and forget a whole lot about it. I wouldn't even bother revisiting the thoughts again.
But now, with the love of Christ, everything's possible! Amen. I feel that power, I feel that love, and like what Ps Joakim shared today, when you do unto others, the anointing of God will flow into you. It's great, and I'm feeling just that!
Now, I seriously don't find it a chore to do something little to people! It doesn't require a large amount of effort, and it can all start with a simple SMS!
So... is falling into a relationship what you call real love? Well, it can be. But will it last? Well maybe, maybe not.
So what's real love? I'd say it's about caring for others, showering them with concern, and being significant to them, not just being important. LOVE, STARTS FROM OURSELVES. Blessing/giving them without asking in return. And when you do so, you'll feel loved, I promise(:
Yes, I agree it might not be easy for starters, but it starts with something small, something minute but it can be significant to others (:
Well, I'm seriously but a starter too! But guess what...
It all starts with that little step of faith!
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Friday, 6 June 2008
(First) random thoughts.
Be the first.
Why are humans like that.. why, why, why? Was just wondering why humans love to ostracise and discriminate, and spite the things they don't like - spite the things they think is incorrect of the other person?
But humans claim to want and even, need love! They want to be showered with concern, they want to bask in people's care, they want to be pampered with humane compassion, they want to be the attention of the people they know, they want to be the focus of their friends!
But why is it that, people dare to ask, wish, or even pray desperately about it, BUT never intended, or thought of giving FIRST to people?!
The moment people find out about something they don't understand of you, they cast you aside. The moment they see a flaw in you, instead of correcting you, they condemn you.
Why is it not that people will learn to care for others first, show compassion to others first, bask others in their pool of selflessness and sacrifice first, give their friends/family their first attention, focus on their friends' good traits first?
Why is it "Others will do unto you, then do unto others", and not "Do unto others first, what you want others to do unto you"?
Is this a world of selfishness, and condemnation?
What weird world.. what sin.
Only God who sees all of us equally. He who reigns over us, He who sees us as masterpieces, and not only that - unique masterpieces. Only He, can see the perfection is us (:
For He had done unto us first (dying for our sins), that now we shall do unto Him (love Him with all our heart).
First... what powerful word it is!
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