14 October 2010

October 14


Sunny.


God is so good to me.


God didn't forget me.
His silence is proof that He has heard my prayers.


God's presence is indeed everywhere.
He is always near.


Thank God for the confirmation.


Thank God for leave approval on such short notice.



Thank God for you, little Mazda, for being so supportive.
I could catch the bus hehe but I knew you would never let me.


Thank God lovely sisters for your genuine thoughts, prayers and funny words.

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Thank God for peng you's offer.


Thank God for the green pass.


Thank God for good reading materials & audio sermon collection that I won't be bored during the week.


Thank God in advance for this time next week.


10 October 2010

Raininday puts on a new gown!

Raininday 穿新衣咯
整個超愛這種超白超幹淨的feel

::來更新一下近況::

最近啊.........工作滿忙碌的說
空閑毫不客氣地大減!! (*哭~~~)

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0923


 下班後跑去Tony Romas跟好友啃ribs去~
香噴噴的嫩肋骨排淋上獨家BBQ醬
酸酸甜甜的好滋味過了許久仍留在口中~~
 我們叫了一客 Babyback Ribs Full Slab...
倆個女生share都吃不完
份量非常的實在沒有偷工減料哦!
超大的炸薯條外面皮酥裏面餡軟
生菜沙拉也很脆很新鮮
超愛這樣的口感 (*Slurrrrp~~~~)
還有還有!
玉米是那種一咬就會噴汁的
Mozerella Cheese Sticks 咬下去真的會'牽絲'
好好吃啊啊啊 ♥

他們家的Mocktail也超好喝的說
一點兒酒味都沒有哦~
冰涼的調果汁非常適合即將來臨的夏天 ♥

非常棒的晚餐 (*豎大拇指)
推薦大家有空一定要去嘗嘗
不去會後悔的!!!


你看你看~
某人光顧著吃,形象早已丟去外太空了哈哈XD
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0926


Regeneration大朋友們來圍爐吃火鍋啦!
 
這一盤盤豐富的材料... 背後隱藏著故事
真的很感恩~ 原本快要氣餒的我們結果得福

這項功課讓我再次領悟到
在神裏的辛苦一切都值得~~

*雖然那幾天內我們倆大爆窮
口袋空空  哈哈!

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頁外話:
原本是想寫更多照片故事的
拖了幾天後靈感已經抓不回來了
寫來寫去還是這幾張照片

只好延到下次吧
(*乘涼中~~~)

這次的entry是用中文寫的
我知道有些朋友只會看英文...
Sollie sollie......
請原諒愛國的我~


                            

06 October 2010

Conversation with God



When you are sad, please dial John 14
When you commit a sin, please dial Psalm 51
When you face danger, please dial Psalm 91
When the world lets you down, please dial Psalm 27
When God's presence feels far away, please dial Psalm 139
When your faith lacks courage, please dial Hebrews 11
When you are lonely and afraid, please dial Psalm 23
When you are worried, please dial Matthew 8:19-34
When you are hurt, feeling uneven, please dial 1 Corinthians 13
When you feel abandoned or isolated, please dial Romans 8:31-39
When you are searching for peace, please dial Matthew 11:25-30
When you feel the world is bigger than God, please dial Psalm 90
When you go travelling, please dial Psalm 121
When you pray for yourself, please dial Psalm 87
When you need the courage to complete a task, please dial Joshua 1
When you worry night and day over investments, please dial Mark 10:17-31
When you are down, please dial Psalm 27
When you bank account balance is zero, please dial Psalm 37
When you lose all confidence in men, please dial 1 Corinthians 13
When you feel the people around you are unkind, please dial John 15
When you lose hope, please dial Psalm 126
When you think the world is under your feet, please dial Psalm 19
When you want to bear fruit, please dial John 15
When you want the secrets to the Apostle Paul's joy, please dial Colossians 3:12-17
When you encounter a good opportunity or gain valuable insight, please dial Isaiah 55
When you to live in harmony with others, please dial Romans 12

05 October 2010

Too much Heaven?

*Photo story: Perth sky on a sunny afternoon after lunch fellowship with a sister

"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven." 
- Colossians 1:5

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there.

Here we are weary and toilworn, but yonder is the land of rest where the sweat of labour shall no more bedew the worker's brow, and fatigue shall be for ever banished. To those who are weary and spent, the word "rest" is full of heaven. We are always in the field of battle; we are so tempted within, and so molested by foes without, that we have little or no peace; but in heaven we shall enjoy the victory, when the banner shall be waved aloft in triumph, and the sword shall be sheathed, and we shall hear our Captain say, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

We have suffered bereavement after bereavement, but we are going to the land of the immortal where graves are unknown things. Here sin is a constant grief to us, but there we shall be perfectly holy, for there shall by no means enter into that kingdom anything which defileth. Hemlock springs not up in the furrows of celestial fields. Oh! is it not joy, that you are not to be in banishment for ever, that you are not to dwell eternally in this wilderness, but shall soon inherit Canaan?

Nevertheless let it never be said of us, that we are dreaming about the future and forgetting the present, let the future sanctify the present to highest uses. Through the Spirit of God the hope of heaven is the most potent force for the product of virtue; it is a fountain of joyous effort, it is the corner stone of cheerful holiness. The man who has this hope in him goes about his work with vigour, for the joy of the Lord is his strength. He fights against temptation with ardour, for the hope of the next world repels the fiery darts of the adversary. He can labour without present reward, for he looks for a reward in the world to come. 

Having heard nothing from the hospital at the three-month mark of a confirmed surgery date, I quietly had a pity-party-for-one couple of weeks ago. I dwelled over the sad fact of living on Earth instead of Heaven. A physical, mmm... small thorn in the flesh unworthy of mention, crippled me to yearn for the perfect body in Heaven with great desires. My heart longed for the heavenly city filled with the 'glory of God', a place where I will be face to face with the Lamb of God Who loved me and sacrificed Himself so that I can enjoy His presence in heaven for eternity. Eternally comprehending the breadth and length and depth and height of the love of Christ. Eternally worshiping the Lord and serving Him.

And so for those weeks, I listened to the song 'No More Night' again and again. 

The timeless theme, Earth and Heaven will pass away.
It's not a dream, God will make all things new that day.
Gone is the curse from which I stumbled and fell.
Evil is banished to eternal hell.

No more night. No more pain.
No more tears. Never crying again.
And praises to the great "I AM."
We will live in the light of the risen Lamb.

Heaven is well a thousand times more beautiful than Earth! No child of God would disagree. A place of 'no mores' - No more night, no more death, no more sorrow, no more pain, no more tears, no more sea, no more curse, no more separation. No more inheritance from Adam, only to be made after the holiness of Christ.

Ian Paisley said in the sermon 'Heaven' that 'God's people should be continually meditating upon the subject of heaven'. Such is true and good for our spiritual growth to the extent that Charles Spurgeon said 'Nevertheless let it never be said of us, that we are dreaming about the future and forgetting the present.' Instead, 'Let the future sanctify the present to highest uses.' 

After reading the above devotion five times this morning I understand now where I went wrong. Too occupied with the wrong idea of Heaven as an easy way out of life, I forgot the purpose of my present covenantial duties to live for the glory of God. Instead of being spiritually paralysed - drowning in self-pity like I was... The hope of the next world should give me joy in the Lord which then becomes my strength to carry on in this earthly battle field!

Thank God I have heaven begun within my heart and I am going to reach that land all the while seeking to be a productive member of God's Kingdom.

The privilege of working for God in this life will soon be gone. May my focus be Christ alone and my energy spent in the pursuit of God and His glory :)

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