Danger, scholarship, study and play...

It is now already second half of 2009. Time really flies like a blink of an eye. What have I done fruitfully during the first half of 2009? I was in fact busy till end of April with deadlines at work. Then came May, nothing. Then came June. Still nothing. Danger, danger alert! Nothing fruitful means not good.

Then now is July, something has finally come! New faces, new group, new perspective, new people...I'm talking about KDU new students who have just joined Eaglepoint Damansara. There are 4 of them and all are girls. And they are really a talkative bunch (which is very good)  Looking at them and mixing with them really makes me feel young and vibrant! Haha... and there are 2 JPA scholars in this new group..one of the scholar said something which is very interesting...we were in fact talking about studies in college compared to high school, then one of the girl said actually she doesn't like to study. This makes me ask her a question. "If you don't like to study then how can you do so well to get a JPA scholarship?" Her reply was, "I do well in SPM, hoping to get a scholarship so that I can go overseas to play". Hah...what an answer.  This girl is really something... I'll need to catch up with these new girls on one-2-one basis soon as Aaron and I brought them out for dinner last Tuesday and movie last Friday together with the existing KDU students.

What keeps me going?

3 days ago we had our once a month leadership meet in church...Pr Shawn shared about who we can go to for strength...

Strength is something we need everyday to keep us going for the day...especially when we're super busy with work, chores, errands, ministry, relationships, etc., we need more strength...those who have babies would be more....hmmm...can't imagine it yet... we gotta know how to re-energize ourselves and how to handle busyness and how to keep us going...

One way for me is to switch on worship songs during my journey to work...Now I've been listening to Doen Moen's worship songs everyday...I love his songs as it makes me think of God each day...the lyrics of the songs speaks of God, about His ways, His healing, His strength, and His faithfulness...

Beautiful creation of God......

Three weeks have passed since my Redang trip with Aaron, Nai Lin, Jor Han, Cindy, Eileen, Nic and Tony...new friendships being built and existing friendships strengthened....

In the midst of the beautiful, blue sea and white, soft, sandy beach, there are many things that I've learnt...Eight of us who went have different characters and personalities..we have differences and we are unique...We really complement each other...

1) Those who can swim like Aaron, Nai Lin, Jor Han, Cindy and Nic helped those who can't swim like Eileen and I during snorkeling time...

2) Tony who didn't want to go into the sea helped us watched our stuff on the shore...

3) Those who brought cameras took lots of pictures...not me of course...

4) Eileen was the energizer among us as she was the youngest...

5) Aaron loves the beach so much, he kept talking about it until I began to like it...

6) All of us served each other during meal time...

7) Some people taught someone to be romantic...

8) The guys took care of the girls... 

There are still many things we have or do which complement each other...

But one thing we have in common is that we are the creation of God...The sea, the beach, the rocks, the sun, the stars, the fishes, the baby sharks, the corals are all creation of God... We, despite the differences are all beautiful creation of God. Here are some pics taken during the trip...beautiful isn't it?

What can we see at a power plant?

I read a small passage yesterday. A small kid asked his dad, “Daddy, how can I believe in the Holy Spirit when I have never seen Him?” The father took him to a power plant and showed him the generators. “We can’t see the power, but it’s in that machine and in the power lines”, said the father. “My son, do you believe in electricity?” the father asked. “Yes, I believe in electricity”, said the kid. “Of course, you do….Likewise, you can believe in the Holy Spirit not because you see Him, but you see what He does in people’s lives when they are surrendered to Christ and possess His power.”

What the small kid asked is a very valid question. In life, many people will ask, how can I experience the Holy Spirit in my life? It may sound hard but it’s also simple at the same time. We do experience the Holy Spirit but we don’t realize it. We always expect the Holy Spirit to give us an answer on which job to take or which college to go to or on a big decision. But like my situation at the junction, it is also the Holy Spirit at work. There’s no doubt about it coz if it is not the Holy Spirit, my flesh would have told me to go home instead.

Divertion....

CNY has passed, chap goh meh has passed, valentine's day has passed but the Word of God will not passed...that is for sure..His Kingdom remains forever...

Today I'm reminded of the Kingdom living, i.e. God-centered living. Many things can snatch us away from Kingdom living. Busy-ness, media, entertainment, relationships, work, traffic jams, tiredness and many more....All these things hinder us from living a God-centered life. Hindering us from sometimes hearing what God or His Holy Spirit is saying...This is very true and it happens to me…everytime when it is time to go VIBE or prayer meeting or champs after work, I’ll always reach a junction, where if I turn left, I can go home and if I turn right, I’ll head to church….this has been the case quite often but always before I reach the junction (due to traffic jam), I still have time to shrug off the thoughts of going home and will always turn right and head to church eventho I was tired….

Sometimes our mind is tired and the devil will take this chance to divert our direction elsewhere instead of focusing on God’s works and His Kingdom…we have to be cautious not to let the devil trick us into following his ways…the battle in the mind is dangerous…That is why God has asked us to keep on renewing our mind…

Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will".

I’ve experienced it before and it was definitely a struggle in the mind…But God is good..if it is not for the Holy Spirit’s conviction, I’d have fallen into the devil’s scheme…