How deep the Father's love for us,

How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,

The Father turns His face away

As wounds which mar the chosen One,

Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,

My sin upon His shoulders

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice,

Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that helf Him there

Until it was accomplished

His dying breath has brought me life

I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything

No gifts, no power, no wisdom

But I will boast in Jesus Christ

His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?

I cannot give an answer

But this I know with all my heart

His wounds have paid my ransom

JESUS CHRIST IS OFFERING YOU FREEDOM TODAY. take it? or reject it?

Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
Yesterday is a promise that you've broken
don't close your eyes
this is your life and today is all you've got now
yeah, and today is all you'll ever have

this is your life, are you who you want to be?

-This is your life, switchfoot

Life's been pretty packed with all sorts of things. Busy. Comfortable. Content.
:)
THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH!

all you have been working for all this life, will it last? what have you done in this lifetime that will count for eternity? what will fade? what will endure? how do you make your life count?

may the good Lord bring you peace and joy in this time of sorrow.
find rest in Him as you dwell in His presence

did i say something wrong?

in this period leading up to the launch party of studentalpha in OCF Curtin, different things in my life has been causing me to think... what exactly is the meaning of life?

- perfecting my physique by watching my daily diet and making sure i drink X amount of protein shakes and what nots

- getting married, starting a family, having grandkids, growing old

- mugging like there's no tomorrow so that i can score a certain standard in my exams which will bring me more opportunities for work, getting high pay and retiring early.

- following my dream/passion as a musician/artist/athlete/i dont know what else, perfecting my skills and going into strict training until i reach perfection

- partying and having a good life

- watching all the dramas available in my whole entire lifetime

- having the perfect clothes to wear for each occasion/being fashionable

- being present at every great sale and getting the best bargains

- to become famous

and then... what?

what if we died before we reached the end point? what have we done that could be counted as worthwhile? what will last till eternity?

1 Peter 1

Praise to God for a Living Hope

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

What have we been created for? Let's ask God for the answer (:

Matthew 24:35

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." - Jesus Christ

God bless!

http://studentalpha.org/launch-party-it <--- watch this!

i've been standing here in front of the laptop which is sitting on my printer for the past 5 minutes waiting for the last 1% of my physical rehab lecture to load. man its taking way too long.... gaahh and somehow i have a feeling it's gonna be stuck that way for the next couple of hours... AAAHHHH

singapore has been great

-being able to watch God work in the lives of different people, changing and moulding them. SO AWESOME!!

-being in the company of very generous, welcoming and loving people

-being carefree and.. freee

-walking around the streets till late, admiring citylights and trying to make them into love hearts

-sleeping on the car, mrt and bus rides

-staying awake on the car, mrt and bus rides

-enjoying the festive seasons

-praying with family

-talking to jodie at night

-hugging jodie as my bolster

-chillaxing at qinyi's place (while she is hair-ripping shirt-tearing stressed and doing final year project for poly)

-becoming shades darker by walking from one place to another

-crazyhazelkolbiemuaythai days

-crazyhazeltourguide days

-prayer buddy meetings

-window shopping

-supper outings at chompchomp + new 24hr foodcourt in sengkang

-getting lost

-utilising the condo's pool (like.. FINALLY)

-bumping into old friends

im glad to be back in Perth though. Away from the hustle and bustle of city life.. toned down with regards to materialism marketing efforts and self image advertisements, being with the fellowship... It is full on, but a different kind of full on.. God's been teaching me a lot of how I should spend time praying and reading His word in order to get to know Him. Just like how you do with any other person. Time spent with God is often the first item that gets pushed off the list when something else comes along... One main goal/resolution for 2010 is to invest in time spent with God. How else can we know the One who created us and loves us and wants to have a relationship with us? through episodes of drama serials? through nights of partying? through studying and working?

Feels like I've just hopped onto a bullet train since I landed in Perth. Oday1, meet-ups, church, oday uwa, oday2, followup, retreat planning, retreat, kids ministry, dinners, school, sorting out mails, being a tour guide, BABABABABA. It's so exciting though when you see the fruits of the labour and God's abundant blessings in the areas you serve in, when you hear words of encouragement that makes you want to praise God even more. :D

Good first day of 3rd year uni :D i got my unit outlines, lec notes and tute notes printed, did part of my reading, wrote down my assignment due dates.. IM ALL SET FOR UNI! NO MORE FAILS! HD HERE I COME!

no more late nights! 12.30am bedtime!!

change my heart O God

make it ever true

change my heart O God

may I be like You

was looking at my blogger username: "my heart belongs to Jesus!"

It got me thinking.. did I write that because I saw it somewhere and thought it was cool? Does my heart really belong to Jesus? It is a good reminder nevertheless. Where is my heart? How do my actions show where my heart is? How do my words show where my heart is? How do my thoughts show where my heart is? How does my time spent daily show where my heart is?

Why Jesus?

He demonstrated true sacrificial love by dying for our sins on the cross. yours and mine. He rose again three days later, proving that death has been defeated by Him. When all else fades and fails, He is unchanging and when we fail, believe it or not, He loves us all the same. And He's redeemed us already.

where is your heart?

Saw maxwin and his friends do a cover of OneRepublic-All the Right Moves on facebook. The first line is originally "all the right friends in all the right places" but I think i heard it as "all the right friends in all the wrong places".
Sometimes life does feel like that though. I have all the right friends.. friends that are so loving and generous, friends who walk the extra mile because they care.. but they are in the wrong places... or should I say, I keep changing places so there's always the hurt from separations. leaving Singapore to study in Perth, leaving Perth for holiday in Singapore, leaving OCF UWA to join OCF Curtin, watching friends i've grown to love graduate and return home to whichever countries they came from, not knowing if I'll ever see them again in my lifetime. It hurts.
Thank God that He is omnipresent, that He can be everywhere at every moment. I can find comfort in knowing that He's with my family and friends even when He's with me.

hohum. emo emo

1 Corinthians 2

1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

Wisdom From the Spirit

6We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"[b]— 10but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.[c] 14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 16"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?"[d] But we have the mind of Christ.

don't know why but i don't have the urge to blog these days. don't really know what to write about. is this a growing up thing or something... haha. I was just thinking about my current term in the LC and how much I've learnt through lessons and people that God's placed in my life. I know God didn't choose me to lead because I had awesome leadership qualities. I am fully aware of my sloppiness and half-hearted endeavours, my bad habit of being late and lack of perseverance.. the list goes on but it's not the point I'm trying to make. I am still learning and feeling my way around. God's moulding me through circumstances, opening my eyes to His bigger plan, humbling me time and again in view of His sovereignty and grace.

time in Singapore's running out.. on one hand, i think it'll be difficult to leave. on the other, i'm looking forward to the programs of the semester ahead :D Looking forward to knowing God more!