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.

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!

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)

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.

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!

"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