Spiritual awakening

1 John 4:8 (NIV)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Yes, God is love. But He is not only love, He is holy.

Many people question if there's such a loving God, why are there present sufferings?

Charles Templeton, was an evangelist and a close friend of Billy Graham was a spiritual giant who was predicted to succeed Graham. But he failed to see God as a holy God. His faith fell through the rocks when he saw a photograph of a North African woman carrying her dead baby, looking up towards heaven, hoping for rain.

"Why couldn't this God of love send her rain? All she needed was rain!" Templeton questioned with frustration.

God is love, but don't put a full stop to it. He is holy, too.

He is holy too.

1 Peter 1:16 (NIV)

For it is written, "Be holy, because I am holy."

I'm still learning to grasp this spiritual truth, but I believe it with all my heart :)

Photograph source: brfuk.com

Is Volvo really a safe car?

I had the opportunity to test out if Volvo was really a safe vehicle.

In a bumper-to-bumper accident.

Yesh, I got involved in a accident. My safe driver image (sorry Chian Hui, sorry Joanna!) is brushed off for good. But I promise to work my hardest to get that title back!

I kept my lane. But a red Wira which stayed on a lane leading to the flyover last minute-ly changed lanes (to pump petrol, of all things lol) and thud!, this post was born.

By the way, Volvo is officially safe. More than safe. The safest safe. Amat safe sekali.

Only the signal glass was smashed in an average triangular shape.

And good thing the man knew the situation well enough to let things off the hook.

The accident wasn't so bad, I would say. Going home was tougher. I had no idea what my parents were going to say. No idea. Clueless. Idealess. (Okay I'm done with synonyms hehe).

My mom was strict with me. "You drive too fast", "Please... slow down", "Drive with two hands, not one on the wheel, the other on your hair"... I treasure these words more now than before.

Oh no, what's my dad going to say?

He came into the living room all smiles when he heard the news.

"Are you mad?" I asked.

He said, "Why would I be mad?" and continued after pausing shortly, "Accidents happen. Take your lesson from it."

God is so good for letting these happen. Hallelujah!

Signing off,

I realised my walking is slowing down a bit too. Must be post-traumatic-symptoms! I'm afraid of banging walls lar lol.

Easter

I stayed away from this blog for too long (having my finals). I'll make it up by posting something a little different.


A 33 year-old man was nailed to death on Good Friday.

The reason behind the nailing was very simple, people called him a liar. A very very big liar.

But the thing was, he didn't lie.

All he did was telling people about the greatest news ever, but people doubted him because they thought it was too good to be true. They decided they didn't want to hear all the nonsense anymore and called him a joke, sending him to be nailed to death.

This man who willingly laid down his life as a sacrifice for many was Jesus, and although he died, he rose again 3 days later. He certainly wasn't joking when he said that "I am the Son of God. I am the way, the truth, and the life."


Jesus is still alive till this day. The empty tomb is there to prove my Savior lives.

1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

He died on the cross for the wrongdoings of every single person. I live to take up my cross.



Signing off,
Rev David Pawson said that the Bible is like a romance-genre book, from the beginning till the end, it's about a bride getting ready for her marriage, and finally meeting the bridegroom. Never occurred to me like that before..
Blessed Easter ppl! ;)

Ever had a pain in the midst of somewhere you can't be excused?

I just learned about the nonpainful nerve impulses and pain impulses a few days ago. Basically, these two impulses compete to reach our brains first and the winner takes control of our pain.

If nonpainful nerve impulses get there first, pain is dulled.

Vice versa.

But does that mean that testimonies of "God healing my tummy ache (and headache and dot dot dot) when I pray" are actually nothing at all?

Googled picture

Wait wait, that's like imagining missing the point.

The point is, my body was created by Someone, who was an absolute genius.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 149:13-14

Signing off,
I am working hard to love pieces of myself, Lord *Smiles*

My Love for Bibimbap.

Before mixing:


After mixing:


In this new year I got to taste one of Korea's most popular dishes.

I want to eat Bibimbap, again!

The picture is super appetizing, right? Just got to ignore the photographer's saliva though. Haha, no, this is not my picture. I went to Google it.

The rice is really crunchy. Mmmm.

And did I mentioned that Koreans dine with long spoons? I thought they made me look so cool eh. Finally, long spoons to match my longer fingers! Lol.

Signing off,
Classes in less than 48 hours. There goes my sleep.
But I'm excited to meet familiar faces again!

Finally An Update. A "Chim" One.

11th-14th December.
XYZ Encounter Camp 2008.
Served at an National Service campsite at Raub, Pahang. (No joke.)

My camp tag and camp booklet posing for you.

NS has never looked this good, eh?

Aside from the yellowish water, it's not bad ler. ;)

Before I show you more pictures, let me thank Chian Hui! Girl, your bubbly spirit stays on. Thank you for taking all the pictures and I hope you don't mind me posting them up.
Credits of pictures all goes to Ms. Jasmine Lee Chian Hui! - who by the way just turned 18 in less than a month.

The girls of C1/C2.
Yours truly, Chian Hui, Petra, Christina and Sarah!

The Programmes people who couldn't stop thanking God for great weather!
Chian Hui, me, Petra, Robin (he rarely smiles on pictures XD), Tai Chi Kong!

Part I of the Shave-off-the-Shaving-Cream-from-my-balloon Game.


Part II says it all.

Rachael being goofy as always. She's someone I look up to, holiness-wise. Though the picture kinda prooves otherwise lol.
And seriously, I wasn't posing in that picture. I was unprepared. XD

Victor wants to have his own t-shirt with his shadow imprinted on it. Funny fellow!
And he nicknamed me Joo Joo. Sorry Joo Li! XD

The T-Shirt signifies a lot of possibilities. Notice that there's a hand-phone number there? Lol.

Robin still didn't smile.

Perd Hung or Perrdy, Serene (Babiwati no. 1 - my dorm mate, hahhaha), Christina or Nana, and Kenn Quan who named himself Dwayne.
Love the picture!


Chian Hui and a new friend I got to know, Michelle. =D


Chian Hui, smiling Robin, Kay Lee the dancing queen!
(with Christina in the background).


Kayak.

I'd trade nothing than to hear God speak to me.

I didn't know that... unless I was myself, I cannot ever encounter God.

I didn't know that... God wants me to be His friend, more than me being His servant!

I didn't know that... my fear managed to stopped me from living out an exciting Christian life.

I didn't know that... I was trying to look for God in only the obvious places all these while. A super good and "chim" example: "God, why can't I be in that girl's position talking to him???"

Like Mathew, I was kicked right where it hurt.

But God is taking me to the journey of healing, already! Amen.


Signing off,
We can walk together forever like this Lord, until the end of the road brings me to You. :)

There's Something Called U-Turn

I stopped work 48 hours ago.

Even though the pay is really good.

But I have no regrets!

I really wanted to give more of my attention to the planning of Encounter Camp. I'm putting my best into it, so are other people, but all in all our faith is in God that He will make this camp alive to every camper! ;)

THE FUUNNY THING THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS MY LAST DAY:

So anyway it was my last day of work and I had the privilege of being fetched by Joanna. She calls herself the dangerous driver because my mum constantly tells me to stick to 50km/hr on the roads.

It's not a bad thing, though. For both facts before and after "because".

So anyway after we parked at the opposite parking lot (Plaza Glomac), walking across to our workplace building was the only option.

But we were not familiar with the road and stairway system on how to get to the other side of the road.

So, being young, we explored our adventurous sides (PS: I didn't know Joanna was so daring! I'll tell you that later).

We walk and we walk until we see an open space.

There was a fountain there, too.

Now that I thought about it, it looks like a scene from Enchanted, right? The animated part in the beginning one.

Turning left, we saw a stair and above it, was the open air daylight and we saw Wisma Good Year (I don't have lots of pictures to show you because... well, I didn't think I would be getting lost haha).

Both of us squealed in delight.


Instead of a happy ending, we got a cacat ending once we were at the end of the bridge.

Joanna: Aiyah, just jump across lah. It's almost 9am.

Jue Lyn (looks down at the gap - there's a deep longkang hidden in between): E.r.r.

And I forgotten to tell you I was wearing khakis while Joanna, that girl was in her clean white pants!

She must be reading too much of Twilight. XD.

But like Princess Giselle, we were taken into reality's arms. "Let's go find another route."

Still, we finally found a way back to the Wisma - in one piece respectively.

THE FUUNNY PEOPLE I GET TO WORK WITH:

Dionne and Nicole.

I don't have to describe much about their personalities to you. You can guess right? Hehehe.

You two spiced up the office work. And meals with lots of sandwiches too! =D

Their friend, Warren.

He usually looks better but he's too busy hiding his guilt here. He was the one who prank called you, Su Faye! XD.

And the three of them are not even 17 yet.

Not forgetting Reis and Rich and CY! Don't have your pictures here but I've had a blast working with you =D

Ms. Joanna Ow Joo May!

Had a great experience working with you. Learnt a lot from you too. "It's always easier to blend in than to stand out". Yet, you were able to live the opposite. I'm encouraged. Hope I get the chance to know you even better in the days to come!

Signing off,

I want to be different in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12).

Learning from Mistakes

Last week has been a good week, I would say. I don't know everything in life, but there was one thing that had been revealed to me quite clearly... and that is thinking twice before I rush into anything.

God knows me in and out and He reminded me of this a few times! One of it was a forwarded mail. Thank you Chia Wen, Andrew and Joanna (if you're reading this)! The matter's been put off for a while now, but I am really thankful to each of you from the bottom of my heart =) Your words taught me a lot, too...

And then God used another person, my friend (if not, sister) Wei-En... Thanks so much for the reminder =) I am so happy that God put you in my life! Like you said, "Friends forever!"

God would not close the case without showing me a verse or a passage from the Bible... and so He did this morning... It was taken from Genesis (the first book in the Bible where God creates the world) Chapter 11, The Tower of Babel. The interpretation for me here was that God wants me to learn from Him and to listen and depend on Him, not just on my own strength (verse 6)...
Thank you Lord Jesus for Your Words!