Happy Lunar New Year one and all..
Happy Niu Year!!!
It was a luxurious long 4 day break and it was nice. Just gyming, reading, watching tv, spending time with my family. :) It was strangely nice to just rest.
1 week ago, shirley smsed me, and asked if I was willing to surrender to God my desire! And I was like....how does that work?
But meditating on God's love has been good. And I hope that He fills up my heart with His love..
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It was difficult dealing with the "loss" of my fave colleague, as we bid farewell last thursday. :( Today the office was really quiet like a ghost town. I had a meeting for the whole morning, after that I stuck to my desk. The image of my fave colleague walking in with his snoopy cup and flask is so vivid! Sigh.
This is just a really random ranting post!
But yup I am thankful for all He has blessed me with.....And trusting Him that all things good come from Him!!
Not hurrying as the bible will say...but waiting...and trusting... in time, He will reveal all things..
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Greatest Social Need
I'm a strong supporter of The New Charis Missions, because I've known the founder Pastor Don Wong since my uni days, while he was still at High Point Halfway House. I enjoy the company of his wife and children, they are like my family. But most of all, some of the brothers in the halfway house are like family to me, and I feel so welcomed when I am with them. When I am with them, I feel like christianity is congruent. :) You see strong muscled men, and Hokkien "bings", who are like gentle giants. It is true that God didn't come to make us better people, He came to transform us.
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Radion International is having its Project Lives! from 7-8 Feb.
Tentatively, attached are the list of items which are required :
1 ) Dry/Canned food items (Staples or meat items with at least 3 months towards expiry date)
2 ) Used clothes, blankets, jackets, towels (Washed and in good condition)
3 ) Hygiene Items (Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap)
4 ) Medical/Pharmaceutical items (first aid kits/gloves/masks/bandages)
5 ) New Stationary/Educational Materials (Drawing blocks, coloring books, coloring pencils/crayons)
6 ) Electronics/Technology Items (Solar Panels, Water filtration systems, torch lights, batteries)
7 ) Foam sleeping mattresses/bedding items
8 ) Baby clothes/Nursery Items (Feeding bottles, etc etc)
Do support the outreach!!! And let me know if you want to join forces!
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I enjoyed this article in Christianity Today on The Greatest Social Need.
"Today, conservative Christian churches do superb work on poverty, AIDS, sex trafficking, climate change, prison abuses, malaria, and genocide in Darfur. … Today, many evangelicals are powerful internationalists and humanitarians. Other examples abound in politics, foreign policy, and international justice. It's been quite a ride on the racehorse of social action. Despite the advances, none of this constitutes our movement's greatest contribution to the world. None of these good works—nay, great works—deal with the most profound social problem facing humankind.
That social problem is alienation from God."
If you ask me why I am doing what I am doing, its not because I want to be nice. Yes, I want to see the poor getting fed, the broken hearted being healed, and oppressed being set free.
But I'm doing what I am doing because it is congruent to the gospel.
God loves people, men made in His image, each created for a purpose, and men are separated from Him. Surely that is deserving of our attention!
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Radion International is having its Project Lives! from 7-8 Feb.
Tentatively, attached are the list of items which are required :
1 ) Dry/Canned food items (Staples or meat items with at least 3 months towards expiry date)
2 ) Used clothes, blankets, jackets, towels (Washed and in good condition)
3 ) Hygiene Items (Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap)
4 ) Medical/Pharmaceutical items (first aid kits/gloves/masks/bandages)
5 ) New Stationary/Educational Materials (Drawing blocks, coloring books, coloring pencils/crayons)
6 ) Electronics/Technology Items (Solar Panels, Water filtration systems, torch lights, batteries)
7 ) Foam sleeping mattresses/bedding items
8 ) Baby clothes/Nursery Items (Feeding bottles, etc etc)
Do support the outreach!!! And let me know if you want to join forces!
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I enjoyed this article in Christianity Today on The Greatest Social Need.
"Today, conservative Christian churches do superb work on poverty, AIDS, sex trafficking, climate change, prison abuses, malaria, and genocide in Darfur. … Today, many evangelicals are powerful internationalists and humanitarians. Other examples abound in politics, foreign policy, and international justice. It's been quite a ride on the racehorse of social action. Despite the advances, none of this constitutes our movement's greatest contribution to the world. None of these good works—nay, great works—deal with the most profound social problem facing humankind.
That social problem is alienation from God."
If you ask me why I am doing what I am doing, its not because I want to be nice. Yes, I want to see the poor getting fed, the broken hearted being healed, and oppressed being set free.
But I'm doing what I am doing because it is congruent to the gospel.
God loves people, men made in His image, each created for a purpose, and men are separated from Him. Surely that is deserving of our attention!
Monday, January 19, 2009
We need community
I enjoy the times when i walk from the MRT back to my house, and there is a sense of His peace. Don't really know how to describe that feeling but with the music in my ears, the clouds ahead and the trees that surround me reaching to the sky, it is a very calm feeling and I give thanks during those times.
Met up with my DG yesterday night to take stock and give thanks for 2008, and share areas we want to grow in 2009. It was a wonderful time of sharing with one another, and encouraging one another. Met Felicia today too, someone I nurtured by divine appointment. Since she went to Australia to study, we only manage to meet about once or twice a year. But it was a wonderful time of sharing as well, and seeing how she has grown in the Lord. So these 2 events made me extremely happy as I take stock of ministry. And ofcos....the christian life is never a lone ranger thing, but we grow in communities.
CNY is coming! Yay....on thursday I will be going back to the CF in GIC. I miss the folks there, esp the few who I am really close to. CNY is a good time of meeting with relatives and friends, and I'm looking forward to it.
Met up with my DG yesterday night to take stock and give thanks for 2008, and share areas we want to grow in 2009. It was a wonderful time of sharing with one another, and encouraging one another. Met Felicia today too, someone I nurtured by divine appointment. Since she went to Australia to study, we only manage to meet about once or twice a year. But it was a wonderful time of sharing as well, and seeing how she has grown in the Lord. So these 2 events made me extremely happy as I take stock of ministry. And ofcos....the christian life is never a lone ranger thing, but we grow in communities.
CNY is coming! Yay....on thursday I will be going back to the CF in GIC. I miss the folks there, esp the few who I am really close to. CNY is a good time of meeting with relatives and friends, and I'm looking forward to it.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
心里充满泪水的医生
Just watched an episode of the Korean drama on doctors. I catch it here and there when I am at home on weekends. Today's episode brought some tears to my eyes.
In the hospital where politics abound, where the management is more concerned about reputation and revenue, where doctors plot against one another and are more concerned about their status and promotion, where reputation counts more than a patient's life... A very very tired Dr. Cui (snr & compassionate doctor) tells Dr. Li (young & idealistic doctor) this:
"你要做一个心里充满温暖的医生,一个心里充满泪水的医生".
It was an episode whereby dreams were sheltered. Idealism was challenged. A tired Dr. Cui asks himself what it meant to be a doctor. His aim- to save lives, give a patient an extra day of life, even if it means 10 hrs of surgery. But what did he get in the end?
A disillusioned Dr. Li leaves the hospital in his motor bike, his eyes filled with tears- he was giving up his dream of being a doctor to save lives.
How many times I've felt like that last year. The struggle with disillusionment and idealism. But I want to be a person filled with tears in my heart. When I stop having tears in my heart, I think thats a bad sign.
I want to be filled with tears for the poor, the marginalized and the lost.
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Today Pastor Ed shared one episode of temptation in his life. I was so blessed to hear it coming from him. It must have taken much courage & humility to share it with the congregation. At the same time, the feelings he described were feelings I experienced before too. Why can't I get what I want? This feeling of regret, feelings of lost. But temptation...yeah...we are to flee from it. And it is not about us, it is about a loving God who helps us.
In the hospital where politics abound, where the management is more concerned about reputation and revenue, where doctors plot against one another and are more concerned about their status and promotion, where reputation counts more than a patient's life... A very very tired Dr. Cui (snr & compassionate doctor) tells Dr. Li (young & idealistic doctor) this:
"你要做一个心里充满温暖的医生,一个心里充满泪水的医生".
It was an episode whereby dreams were sheltered. Idealism was challenged. A tired Dr. Cui asks himself what it meant to be a doctor. His aim- to save lives, give a patient an extra day of life, even if it means 10 hrs of surgery. But what did he get in the end?
A disillusioned Dr. Li leaves the hospital in his motor bike, his eyes filled with tears- he was giving up his dream of being a doctor to save lives.
How many times I've felt like that last year. The struggle with disillusionment and idealism. But I want to be a person filled with tears in my heart. When I stop having tears in my heart, I think thats a bad sign.
I want to be filled with tears for the poor, the marginalized and the lost.
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Today Pastor Ed shared one episode of temptation in his life. I was so blessed to hear it coming from him. It must have taken much courage & humility to share it with the congregation. At the same time, the feelings he described were feelings I experienced before too. Why can't I get what I want? This feeling of regret, feelings of lost. But temptation...yeah...we are to flee from it. And it is not about us, it is about a loving God who helps us.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Welcome 2009!
This is my first post on this blog to welcome 2009!
Alas, I have taken ill today...started with a sore throat since 31st Dec 2008. But I received strepsils from 2 nice friends! :)
Went to work today, and left early to see a doctor, and got an MC. After that I managed to sleep for 2 hours in the afternoon. Felt so refreshed after that. Its been a long while since I felt like that!
Actually had the leisurely time to upload photos unto my facebook. These are the photos I took during my work travel.
People have been asking what I do when I travel! So far I've visited schools, bible schools, villagers etc. Most of these are recee trips, to access needs, to get a feel of the ground, so that I can tie up teams interested to go on trips with projects overseas.
So here's the link to the FB photos(Cambodia, Indonesia) have a good time seeing!
Other than uploading photos, I also managed to read a good chunk of Five People you meet in Heaven. It has been quite thought provoking. Its interesting to review one's life after death in this manner. We live with pain in our lives, and assumptions about people. But our lives told from another's perspectives, helps us to understand why certain things had to happen in a certain manner.
In the chunk I just read, there's one part whereby the protagonist meets his wife in heaven. And the wife talked abt "lost love". She asked the husband "you had to live without love for many years, didn't you?"
In the chap before, there was this paragraph "Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive." Some of our love stories never find nourishment from below and it withers!
It kind of tied up with what I had been thinking about, as I speak to various ones who had experienced heartbreak. In every relationship, we give a part of our hearts to someone, and someone else becomes a part of us. That part of lost love remains in the recesses of one's heart. Can one ever say that you no longer have any feelings for the one you used to love? Can one be whole again after a part has been taken away? I believe God can heal the heart and make it complete in Him. :) Though memories remain and one can't help but think back of lost love.
I've been somewhat intrigued to continue with episode after episode of Little Nyonya too. Cos the female lead is like so courageous to solve one problem after the next. I like the ending song, which is titled: 爱是一种需要.
Alright...the medication is making me drowsy and I'm off to sleep!
Alas, I have taken ill today...started with a sore throat since 31st Dec 2008. But I received strepsils from 2 nice friends! :)
Went to work today, and left early to see a doctor, and got an MC. After that I managed to sleep for 2 hours in the afternoon. Felt so refreshed after that. Its been a long while since I felt like that!
Actually had the leisurely time to upload photos unto my facebook. These are the photos I took during my work travel.
People have been asking what I do when I travel! So far I've visited schools, bible schools, villagers etc. Most of these are recee trips, to access needs, to get a feel of the ground, so that I can tie up teams interested to go on trips with projects overseas.
So here's the link to the FB photos(Cambodia, Indonesia) have a good time seeing!
Other than uploading photos, I also managed to read a good chunk of Five People you meet in Heaven. It has been quite thought provoking. Its interesting to review one's life after death in this manner. We live with pain in our lives, and assumptions about people. But our lives told from another's perspectives, helps us to understand why certain things had to happen in a certain manner.
In the chunk I just read, there's one part whereby the protagonist meets his wife in heaven. And the wife talked abt "lost love". She asked the husband "you had to live without love for many years, didn't you?"
In the chap before, there was this paragraph "Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive." Some of our love stories never find nourishment from below and it withers!
It kind of tied up with what I had been thinking about, as I speak to various ones who had experienced heartbreak. In every relationship, we give a part of our hearts to someone, and someone else becomes a part of us. That part of lost love remains in the recesses of one's heart. Can one ever say that you no longer have any feelings for the one you used to love? Can one be whole again after a part has been taken away? I believe God can heal the heart and make it complete in Him. :) Though memories remain and one can't help but think back of lost love.
I've been somewhat intrigued to continue with episode after episode of Little Nyonya too. Cos the female lead is like so courageous to solve one problem after the next. I like the ending song, which is titled: 爱是一种需要.
Alright...the medication is making me drowsy and I'm off to sleep!
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