Faith Even On A Rainy Day: May 2010

31 May 2010

First day at work

Today I had the induction to learn more about the job and the company I work for.

Everything about the company and what it values and upholds, about the job and people who I will be working with, about the position and future learning & development opportunities, about staff benefits and staff support/award program absolutely delight the worker in me.

I've come to feel and believe more so that it was by the grace and love of God that I sat there in the training room today. Only by the providence of His hands are things perfect because He is perfection.

Mid-level cafe for chilling and relaxing

View of Perth from the office

第一天上班圓滿結束，成功擺脫無業遊民這個頭銜！

謝謝好朋友們一整天以sms傳達的關心和鼓勵。

你們滿滿的祝福讓我更加認識神是多麼的愛我。

30 May 2010

Revelations 21:1-8

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
³And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
⁴And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
⁵And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
⁶And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
⁷He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
⁸But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

27 May 2010

Go to the ant

RC's fallen bacon from her bacon and cheese burger.

Ants gathered quickly to bring food home for the winter.

Watching these small yet mighty creatures at work reminded me of a passage in the Bible. There "Solomon liking himself to the sluggard who loves his ease, lives in idleness, minds no business, sticks to nothing, brings nothing to pass, and in a particular manner is careless in the business of religion. Slothfulness is as sure a way to poverty, though not so short a way, as rash suretiship" (Henry)

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man."

Proverbs 6:6-11

Tiny and very inconspicuous ants work ever so quietly and unweariedly to build their extensive community underground. When I was very young I tried sabotaging their colony by pouring hot water down the entrance hole but to no avail. Their population of millions grew from strength to strength. Every ant is born with a purpose, and every ant lives up to that purpose until the day it dies.

I have much to emulate from the ways of these working ants!

Time to sleep now, to recharge for the task tomorrow.

It must be done!

"As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him."
Proverbs 10:26 - A sluggish person is pain to those trusting him.

26 May 2010

Have you done this before too?

Press the immobilizer button once,

car door doesn't open.

Press the immobilizer button again,

car door still doesn't open.

What the?

Oh oops it looks like my car except that it isn't actually mine!

This is the second time this week I recognised the wrong car.

First time happened on Monday when I thought my friend's car was another one of the same make and model and colour so it made sense at the time to go and stand next to it.

烏龍啊...

Thank God I didn't make the same mistake when it comes to receiving Salvation!

25 May 2010

Friendship, Sisterhood

Haven't done this in ages...

Missed you girls heaps!

Thank God for last night, dinner plus conversation.
It was probably the first time we ever shared so openly,
willingly,
freely.

So true,
We've much to learn from,
much to pray for,
much sharpening to do in each others' lives.

Thank God for you, and you ♥

Friends are people that you can confide in with complete trust.

Sisters are valued not upon worthiness but upon a likeness of mind.

"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." (Proverbs 17:17)

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." (Proverbs 27:6)

22 May 2010

一線之間，一念之間

優點如果拿捏不好，往往就成了缺點。效率變成急躁、企圖心變成野心、爆發性導致魯莽衝動、樂觀在外人看來是幼稚天真、果敢則成了不自量力。

Strength if exercised improperly often become weaknesses. Efficiency become impatience, ambition become over ambitious careerism, explosive nature become rash impulse, optimism become naivety, boldness become one's own limitations in seeing where his strength really lies.

Our teabags reveal who we are inside when met with the hot water of God's trials.

19 May 2010

No Artificial Flavours

謝謝你的友誼陪伴著我，鼓勵我要更愛神！

今晚你請的咖啡比任何咖啡來的美味因為有友情的甜蜜！

Thanks for the company of your friendship and for encouraging me to love God even more!

The coffee you treated me tonight is better than any coffee I ever tasted because it has the additional sweetness of friendship!

Thank you God, I am so undeserving, Your love immeasurable!

Sick again?

I am feeling a bit unwell, I have an itchy throat, slightly runny nose, and teary eyes.

For lunch I made plain porridge using leftover rice from last night's dinner,
1:3 rice and water over low heat,
serve with chicken floss or pickled choy sum.

Keep safe and healthy everyone!

18 May 2010

"Thus saith the LORD,

Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,

neither let the mighty man glory in his might,

let not the rich man glory in his riches:

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD."

Jeremiah 9:23,24