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Saturday, July 11, 2009

My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
The Spiritually Vigorous Saint

. . . that I may know Him . . . —Philippians 3:10

A saint is not to take the initiative toward self-realization, but toward knowing Jesus Christ. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his circumstances simply happen at random, nor does he ever think of his life as being divided into the secular and the sacred. He sees every situation in which he finds himself as the means of obtaining a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ, and he has an attitude of unrestrained abandon and total surrender about him. The Holy Spirit is determined that we will have the realization of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, and He will bring us back to the same point over and over again until we do. Self-realization only leads to the glorification of good works, whereas a saint of God glorifies Jesus Christ through his good works. Whatever we may be doing— even eating, drinking, or washing disciples’ feet— we have to take the initiative of realizing and recognizing Jesus Christ in it. Every phase of our life has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord realized His relationship to the Father even in the most menial task. "Jesus, knowing . . . that He had come from God and was going to God, . . . took a towel . . . and began to wash the disciples’ feet . . ." ( John 13:3-5 ).
The aim of a spiritually vigorous saint is "that I may know Him . . ." Do I know Him where I am today? If not, I am failing Him. I am not here for self-realization, but to know Jesus Christ. In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.

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God really spoke to me through today's devotion. As a follower of Christ, have I really been going about my daily life with the right purpose and attitude? My studies, my committments in Sunday school, OCF, worship... it's so easy to find myself doing it because i have to, but by doing so, i have been pushing Christ away and not surrendering everything for His plans, not letting Him have the remote control to my life..

Over all the earth You reign on high
Every mountain stream, every sunset sky
But my one request, Lord my only aim
Is that You reign in me again

Lord reign in me, reign in Your power
Over all my dreams, in my darkest hour
You are the Lord of all I am
So won't You reign in me again

Over every thought, over every word
May my life reflect the beauty of my Lord
Cause You mean more to me than any earthly thing
So won't You reign in me again

Labels: Lord reign in me again

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chasing her fairytales ;
11:04 AM

Thursday, July 09, 2009

when life throws fireballs at you, you can

a. scream and faint and die

b. procrastinate and complain about the fire and die

c. whack them, kick them, fan them, spit on them with all your might.. and still die

d. fire fight it with God's fire hose and supportive people

i always thought that i never had plans for my future, but unconsciously i do. and when life doesn't go as planned, i realise that 1) i actually had a plan, 2) now i need a new plan. of course there'll be the crying sobbing sniffing at the beginning until i realise that it's not the end of the world and there's many things that i should still give thanks for and rejoice over.

for a moment i felt like Job from the bible; having things "taken away" from me.. (i soon figured that he had it much much much much harder than me). life wasnt meant to be a walk in the park.. it's the challenges that make it exciting and give us opportunities to come to know that we are nothing without God. When life seems difficult, give thanks and rejoice!

Labels: i always wanted to be a firefighter

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chasing her fairytales ;
1:13 PM

Sunday, June 14, 2009

sometimes i feel like a kindie kid on the first day of school

arms hugging mum's legs, hiding my face in her thigh

pulling her away from the school gate with all my might and just wanting to go home.

sometimes i feel like a loner/loser who's forgotten the skills to start n maintain conversations.

like the most boring person to ever step foot on earth

like im invisible or horribly minute

i cant remember how it was when i was loud crazy caring confident happy loving loved

i dont know how come D:

i look at the sea of faces, all familiar..

but yet somehow, so distant and foreign

i cant help but compare myself to those around

and wonder how they get along with people so easily

wonder how come i cant be like them

n y im so easily irritable

simple things seem to be getting more difficult.. maybe i have a degenerating brain.

and i've forgotten to let God sit on the throne of my life

Labels: bloop bloop

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chasing her fairytales ;
8:40 PM

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

ah jodie.. you are so silly!
exams dont come but hurry go!
my happy family is here =D
oleh oleh oleh

Labels: omg my sister is so bimbo

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chasing her fairytales ;
8:07 PM

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

i was all hyped up to finish my ergonomices assignment by today.. until i sat down n took a look at it..
=( WHY LIKE THAT!!??? i dont know what to write!

Labels: a person of few words am i

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chasing her fairytales ;
1:58 PM

Monday, May 18, 2009

there's so many things i'd rather do.

HUR.

this is too depressing.

I NEED A LIFE!!!!!!!!!

im going mad!!!

my hippocampus is degenerating due to sustained stress!

my amygdala's losing its proper function soon!

i dont want neurofibrillary tangles or amyloid plaques to pull me onto the road to nothingness!

SOMEBODY HELP ME (do my homework)!!!

sigh sigh sigh sigh

Labels: brainfried tonight

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chasing her fairytales ;
10:03 AM

Saturday, May 16, 2009

ARGH
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Labels: sianz

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chasing her fairytales ;
12:45 AM

Sunday, May 10, 2009

so lonely

i dont like

=) some things never change.. thanks for talking to me =D

and the girl who had to pee in starbucks but didnt want to leave tommy alone, thanks for talking to me =) jiayoujiayou with your funstuff!

Labels: lonelygurlzxzxzx HAHAHAHA

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chasing her fairytales ;
12:12 AM

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

this is my friend, sara ong ting tong with her assignment at
2300hrs, 4th May 2009, Monday
which is 39hours before phy rehab assignment (worth 50%) is due.-- tomorrow 2pm

yea.. its an empty page. hahaha that's why i like to hang out with her.. we are both slow and steady HAHAHA. ever since the beginning of year 1 uni, both of us have always been at the same pace: SUPER slow and behind everyone else, rushing our heads off through the night and wee hours of the morning. it's not exactly a good thing. but i thank God for sending support in that way =) No matter how hard we try to be on top of things, it always seems that we end up being so slow.. i dont know why.. we're not THAT lazy..

and when i took her purple thong away over the weekend, she sent me a text message:

"This is to my purple thong. I love you forever. You complete me. When you walked away, it was like you took half of me with you. We were such a matching pair, but now i'm all alone. I will miss you and not stop thinking about you. My life does not feel the same without you, no one can replace you. You're so pretty and i feel so happy and comfortable when you're around. I miss you"

yeap that's her. sara's stupid in that way. hahaha

Labels: ong ting tong

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chasing her fairytales ;
1:41 PM

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

"you've got mail!"

Psalm 19

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.

The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.

Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

i went jogging in Queen's Garden a few days ago. it's one of the things i love about east perth. like a mini botanical garden, it has many pretty flowers lovingly planted and fertilised and i don't know what else you do with plants to make them bloom so beautifully, and new flowers are planted every season. like how i love to watch kids grow, i love to watch the flowers grow too. they're so bright and vibrant and eyecatching, they reminded me of how God uses creation to point the world to His existance. And then i recalled a conversation i had with a friend not too long ago about the BIG BANG THEORY. ok i know im not smart, but hello? big bang? so.. wiki says this.."the term Big Bang generally refers to the idea that the universe has expanded from a primordial hot and dense initial condition at some finite time in the past, and continues to expand to this day."

uhm.. uh.. right, ok so.. the planets and the galaxies appeared out of the big bang..

and the trees.. and the sun and the sky and the seas... the big bang would have led to.. uh. the birth of animals?

ok so lets say the animals did evolve somehow from the big bang.. what about humans? big bang- tada- human! oh maybe the evolution came after the big bang.. so big bang-some mass of cells-monkey-ape-human? man.. that's insulting... look at my old handphone! we all know it didn appear from any big bang or chemical reaction.. we know someone designed it, spent lots of time and planning and thinking of what facilities it should have, putting pieces of stuff together carefully and then tada! great invention! if that's the case.. i'd rather be a mobile phone.. at least i'd feel like i've been intricately designed and created for a purpose, not out of an explosion and left floating around planet earth until my body decides to degenerate and die.

even annoying homework and assignments have "creators" and "designers".. what about us and all the blood vessels and cells working hard in our body which we dont even know about? what about nature? what about the stars and planets in the universe? the rainbow after the rain, the golden sunsets, the different patterns on the zebra, the giraffe, the leopards and tigers? won't they have been designed by a much greater and more creative Inventor/ Creator/ Designer?

Can you hear Him saying: I created all these, just for you. I love you.

Labels: i can sing a rainbow

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chasing her fairytales ;
7:50 AM