She just got a new hair cut. The hair-bun and the black flowery clip thats goes with it is no longer in use with this new trendy look. Now, she has her hair neatly combed from the forehead right to the back of her head until the neckline.
At seventy-two now, she has covered herself with this beautiful white silvery hair. Indeed, she has aged much in the recent years. She has a couple of fall lately, but God has protected her time and again. I thank God for His protection and grace upon her.
Looking back how she could raised up 8 children single handedly, I could not count how much hardships she has had - Alone! I could not blame her for how cold and hard she was back then. Who could understand how much she has been through those years? And now, she knows that God understand all of it. God has also given her a wonderful gift of eternity - His love and salvation.
A Love that she has received and showed to others. I thank God for her. Despite events happened which caused her much heartaches, her love for us did not change. Her continuously care and concern indeed touched me. I do not know what tomorrow will be, but one thing I am sure is - God is holding our tomorrows. I thank God that I can experience my life with her - and surely till the end of our journey on earth.
Certainly, God has blessed me in such a wonderful way. Halleluya, Praise God for all things!
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Friday, April 22, 2005
With All I Am
As I worshipped God tonight With All I Am, I moved to tears.
Into His Hands, I commit myself once again. For You, Lord, You holding my world. In the palm of Your Hand, I am Yours forever. With all I am, Lord, wherever You go, through tears and joy, I will trust in You. And I will live in all of Your ways and Your promises forever.
With the on going struggle in life, I thank God that He had lead me to this worship. Once again, I was reminded that I belong to Jesus. My self-worthiness can be found in Him. My brokenness is made whole in Him.
God has given me a kind of love. A kind of love that is not based upon what a person does, but upon who a person is - a beloved child of almighty God. Only to be in love with Him, there is no flaw, there is no rejection - but only perfection.
And tonight, I feel worthy in God's presence. To open myself again, running into my Heavenly Father's arms to receive His Love. Allowing myself to receive His healing for the wounded part of me suffering from rejection and loneliness.
Lord, I praise You for all You have done and worship You for all You are.
Into His Hands, I commit myself once again. For You, Lord, You holding my world. In the palm of Your Hand, I am Yours forever. With all I am, Lord, wherever You go, through tears and joy, I will trust in You. And I will live in all of Your ways and Your promises forever.
With the on going struggle in life, I thank God that He had lead me to this worship. Once again, I was reminded that I belong to Jesus. My self-worthiness can be found in Him. My brokenness is made whole in Him.
God has given me a kind of love. A kind of love that is not based upon what a person does, but upon who a person is - a beloved child of almighty God. Only to be in love with Him, there is no flaw, there is no rejection - but only perfection.
And tonight, I feel worthy in God's presence. To open myself again, running into my Heavenly Father's arms to receive His Love. Allowing myself to receive His healing for the wounded part of me suffering from rejection and loneliness.
Lord, I praise You for all You have done and worship You for all You are.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
What relaxes you and recharges you?
"If you want to last over the long haul of ministry, you have to
learn how to recharge yourself spiritually, emotionally, physically,
and mentally.
Here's an easy formula to remember: Divert daily, withdraw weekly,
abandon annually. Know what relaxes you and what recharges you --
and do it." .............. Rick Warren
I found the above in Pastor Rick Warren's website.
What cause me to write here was the line of 'Know what relaxes you and what recharges you'. This line just made me wonder.
In our busy world - with so many deadlines to meet in our jobs, demanding needs from our children or sick parents - do we really have time to do what we like? Can we really cut out some time to do something we love, at the same time recharges - giving us the spiritual and physical energy to move on and press on in every area of our lives.
24 hours a day, sometimes I wished to have a few more hours to complete each and every task that laid on the paper. However, God gives us 24 hours a day- no more, no less. I prayed this morning, asking the Lord's help to teach me to plan my time wisely, to discipline me for making every effort to set a side little time to read His words, for His words is the source to recharge my spiritual energy. To help me in finding that little time to do something that I want, I love, that could recharge me emotionally, mentally and physically too.
learn how to recharge yourself spiritually, emotionally, physically,
and mentally.
Here's an easy formula to remember: Divert daily, withdraw weekly,
abandon annually. Know what relaxes you and what recharges you --
and do it." .............. Rick Warren
I found the above in Pastor Rick Warren's website.
What cause me to write here was the line of 'Know what relaxes you and what recharges you'. This line just made me wonder.
In our busy world - with so many deadlines to meet in our jobs, demanding needs from our children or sick parents - do we really have time to do what we like? Can we really cut out some time to do something we love, at the same time recharges - giving us the spiritual and physical energy to move on and press on in every area of our lives.
24 hours a day, sometimes I wished to have a few more hours to complete each and every task that laid on the paper. However, God gives us 24 hours a day- no more, no less. I prayed this morning, asking the Lord's help to teach me to plan my time wisely, to discipline me for making every effort to set a side little time to read His words, for His words is the source to recharge my spiritual energy. To help me in finding that little time to do something that I want, I love, that could recharge me emotionally, mentally and physically too.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
An Angelic Protection
It was a Sunday morning.
Looking out of the hotel window, the roads were quiet. I decided to get myself familiarized with this new place - Amsterdam. The friendly hotel staff helped me with the directions to the HQ office. Indeed, it was a long way the office. I have to take a tram and follow by a train to reach my destination.
With directions written on the road map, I headed to the tram stop. Winter was almost over in March, but it was still very cold. The temperature was about 8-10 degrees. With all the winter gears I put on, it was still not warm enough.
The Amsterdam houses were beautiful. All evenly built along the canals. No birds on these canals, but I was told that when Spring arrives, they will be flocking on these waters. It took me about 10 minutes walk to the tram stop. While walking, I just enjoyed the serenity of this place. Praising God for His wonderful creation.
Finally, I got to the tram stop. Here, I have experienced God's protection again - closer than the one I had on the plane! They were only two old couples waiting for tram. A while later, I saw a tram coming on the right, I raised my left hand, flagging it to stop. As I raised my hand up, a tram coming from the left rubbed across it.
The people around were shocked , so was I! They must be thinking what was this tiny Asian woman trying to do - why was she raising her hand for?? Then I realized that in Europe, the traffic direction is the opposite way compared to home. And there was no need to flag the tram, it will come to a halt at the tram-stop anyway. How silly was me !!
An old lady came up to me to see if I was OK. Looking at my left hand, all fine. No blood, no bruises, just some redness on the knuckles. Still in the shocked state, I thanked the old lady and quickly boarded the tram.
On the journey, I examined my hand again and again - unbelievable! It was so close to lose this hand.
I thank God again for His protection. Surely He has sent forth His Angels to be with and protect me. I praised the Lord throughout the journey. At last, I got to my HQ building and reached its main entrance. Feeling satisfied, I took the reverse way back to the hotel - with hands tucked tightly in my jacket's pocket.
In the room, I recalled the day's event. His presence was so close and real. His Angel or Angels were the evidence in this episode of my life. I will surely remember this Angelic Protection forever.
Looking out of the hotel window, the roads were quiet. I decided to get myself familiarized with this new place - Amsterdam. The friendly hotel staff helped me with the directions to the HQ office. Indeed, it was a long way the office. I have to take a tram and follow by a train to reach my destination.
With directions written on the road map, I headed to the tram stop. Winter was almost over in March, but it was still very cold. The temperature was about 8-10 degrees. With all the winter gears I put on, it was still not warm enough.
The Amsterdam houses were beautiful. All evenly built along the canals. No birds on these canals, but I was told that when Spring arrives, they will be flocking on these waters. It took me about 10 minutes walk to the tram stop. While walking, I just enjoyed the serenity of this place. Praising God for His wonderful creation.
Finally, I got to the tram stop. Here, I have experienced God's protection again - closer than the one I had on the plane! They were only two old couples waiting for tram. A while later, I saw a tram coming on the right, I raised my left hand, flagging it to stop. As I raised my hand up, a tram coming from the left rubbed across it.
The people around were shocked , so was I! They must be thinking what was this tiny Asian woman trying to do - why was she raising her hand for?? Then I realized that in Europe, the traffic direction is the opposite way compared to home. And there was no need to flag the tram, it will come to a halt at the tram-stop anyway. How silly was me !!
An old lady came up to me to see if I was OK. Looking at my left hand, all fine. No blood, no bruises, just some redness on the knuckles. Still in the shocked state, I thanked the old lady and quickly boarded the tram.
On the journey, I examined my hand again and again - unbelievable! It was so close to lose this hand.
I thank God again for His protection. Surely He has sent forth His Angels to be with and protect me. I praised the Lord throughout the journey. At last, I got to my HQ building and reached its main entrance. Feeling satisfied, I took the reverse way back to the hotel - with hands tucked tightly in my jacket's pocket.
In the room, I recalled the day's event. His presence was so close and real. His Angel or Angels were the evidence in this episode of my life. I will surely remember this Angelic Protection forever.
Friday, April 08, 2005
When Life is Tough, Can God Trust me?
Life can be hard - and grossly unfair. When the bad things happen,we often ask "Can I trust God?" But perhaps the real question is, "Can God trust me?" Can He trust us to hold on? Can He trust us to want to become mature Christians, or will we remain little children who believe in Him only if He makes it worth our while? When life seems to cave in for no reason at all, will we remember that God is faithful?
If we're going to be handle life when it doesn't make sense, will we set our faces in the right direction and keep walking as He walked? At times the road will be long and dark, the mountains unscalable. Because we're human we won't always make perfect choices. Sometimes it will seem we take two steps forward and one step back, but it doesn't really matters. All that really matters is being on the right road.
Indeed, in times of the turmoil, no one will understand each other. You cannot understand how much I have gone through and I cannot comprehend your pain that you are having now. But God knows and understands all of them. He may choose to act or to be silent. Nothing is too great or too powerful to stand in the way of God chooses to act. Question: What are we going to do in the midst of our circumstances or situation?
Tonight, I pray, Lord, as we struggle with sorrow or loneliness or ill health or pain, help us to continue trusting and serving You. Help us to walk in the right road, so You can also trust us that in any cirucumstances - we hang on to You. Lord, help us to understand that You are the one that is worth it all - the one worth living for because Your Love to us is forever and You are faithful, always. Amen.
If we're going to be handle life when it doesn't make sense, will we set our faces in the right direction and keep walking as He walked? At times the road will be long and dark, the mountains unscalable. Because we're human we won't always make perfect choices. Sometimes it will seem we take two steps forward and one step back, but it doesn't really matters. All that really matters is being on the right road.
Indeed, in times of the turmoil, no one will understand each other. You cannot understand how much I have gone through and I cannot comprehend your pain that you are having now. But God knows and understands all of them. He may choose to act or to be silent. Nothing is too great or too powerful to stand in the way of God chooses to act. Question: What are we going to do in the midst of our circumstances or situation?
Tonight, I pray, Lord, as we struggle with sorrow or loneliness or ill health or pain, help us to continue trusting and serving You. Help us to walk in the right road, so You can also trust us that in any cirucumstances - we hang on to You. Lord, help us to understand that You are the one that is worth it all - the one worth living for because Your Love to us is forever and You are faithful, always. Amen.
Friday, April 01, 2005
Traveling Alone - Yet, I Am Not
March 04, my first trip to a far away land - Amsterdam in Holland. All Alone, by myself, for a week training course in this new employment.
Never ever have I thought of traveling alone to a place that I knew no one. All these years, I just want to be the only woman to kiss my husband every morning before he leaves for work. I just want to be a delegated housewife to take care the household. My income is just an add on for the family. But it did not turn out to be this way.
With much courage, I was on the 14 hours flight to Amsterdam. In the Raffles class, the seat was indeed very comfortable and I was pampered by these beautiful stewardesses.
In the air, while I was sipping my orange juice away, the plane started to shake terribly. I was quick to finish the drink and put on the seat belt. All alone. No hands to hold. I was frigthened. I prayed and prayed. I talked to God about my children. I asked God for protection. I told God that if this is Your Will, in Thy Hands I come. This turbulence was really bad. It lasted for a minute or so.
Subsequently, there were turbulences but all short ones. Each time, I prayed when the plane started to shake and gave thanks when it stopped. I prayed throughout the journey. I have never prayed so much before, if not on the plane!
Finally, it landed at the world-famous Schipol Airport. All the announcments were made in Dutch except Belt 17 I could understand. Without much delay, I collected my baggage and hopped into a taxi. The taxi driver was friendly, but I was nervous. My heart was pounding hard. I prayed for God's protection again - all the way to this luxurious Pulitzer Hotel.
In the room, all was sound. I quickly gave a call home to tell them I have reached Amsterdam. All quiet, all alone, I prayed and gave thanks again to God for this merciful journey.
Dear Lord,
Thank you for this merciful journey. Thank you for these turbulences to make me pray more. For all alone I was there, but You were with me. For no one hold my hands, but You have held me close to Your bosom.
Thank you for this time I have spent on the plane, I experienced You. Help me not to take You for granted, but pray often these days. Help me not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanks giving and present all my requests to You. Amen.
Never ever have I thought of traveling alone to a place that I knew no one. All these years, I just want to be the only woman to kiss my husband every morning before he leaves for work. I just want to be a delegated housewife to take care the household. My income is just an add on for the family. But it did not turn out to be this way.
With much courage, I was on the 14 hours flight to Amsterdam. In the Raffles class, the seat was indeed very comfortable and I was pampered by these beautiful stewardesses.
In the air, while I was sipping my orange juice away, the plane started to shake terribly. I was quick to finish the drink and put on the seat belt. All alone. No hands to hold. I was frigthened. I prayed and prayed. I talked to God about my children. I asked God for protection. I told God that if this is Your Will, in Thy Hands I come. This turbulence was really bad. It lasted for a minute or so.
Subsequently, there were turbulences but all short ones. Each time, I prayed when the plane started to shake and gave thanks when it stopped. I prayed throughout the journey. I have never prayed so much before, if not on the plane!
Finally, it landed at the world-famous Schipol Airport. All the announcments were made in Dutch except Belt 17 I could understand. Without much delay, I collected my baggage and hopped into a taxi. The taxi driver was friendly, but I was nervous. My heart was pounding hard. I prayed for God's protection again - all the way to this luxurious Pulitzer Hotel.
In the room, all was sound. I quickly gave a call home to tell them I have reached Amsterdam. All quiet, all alone, I prayed and gave thanks again to God for this merciful journey.
Dear Lord,
Thank you for this merciful journey. Thank you for these turbulences to make me pray more. For all alone I was there, but You were with me. For no one hold my hands, but You have held me close to Your bosom.
Thank you for this time I have spent on the plane, I experienced You. Help me not to take You for granted, but pray often these days. Help me not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanks giving and present all my requests to You. Amen.
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