Song Presentation

The voice worship program that I took up 9 weeks ago is coming to an end soon. Yesterday was the presentation of a worship song of our choice. It was a pretty stressful moment as we have to sing in front of the class. I chose the song “Hear Our Praises” and shared with the class on the reason behind my choice. The sharing brought back memories of what took place ever since I left my last employment. I can tell you that the choice made was timely, and that God was with me every single decision that I’ve made. I am now not only more light-hearted, I can also better appreciate things and relationships, and Praise the Lord with my voice more confidently than ever!

Angels

Throughout my life, I’ve been blessed with angels to guide or help me become who I am today. Yesterday was a special day for 2 angels in my life, Cynthia jie and Moses kor. It is their first wedding anniversary. I’ve known them for close to a decade now. I recall the first time I spoke to them was at a TPCMC YAM gathering right after I completed my studies in Australia. I was actively involved in YAM’s work and was part of the exco. However, ever since I started working, I spent lesser and lesser time in church and slowly drifted away from them. Thank God for His Grace, I was not left behind and forgotten. Not only did He continue to be with me every single step I took, He also sent an angel who was constantly looking out for me...

Jie, thank you for not forgetting your mui, always sending me little notes and reminders when you can to this little lost lamb. Thank you for being who you are, for crying with me, for being a spiritual leader for me, teaching me to be patient at all times, reminding me to be strong and not give up hope. Thank you for sharing your heart with me and most importantly, for keeping me in your prayers. Words can never express how grateful I am for someone like you.

May your anniversary be a special time for you filled with cherished moments. Pray that God’s blessings will continue to fill your lives with an abundance of love and happiness always. Happy Anniversary kor and jie! :-)

A Powerful Instrument

My mum’s friendly flu bug paid me a visit last week. I came down with fever and had to take 9 different types of medication at one go, which is causing some strain on my liver, which explains for my inability to stay awake for many hours and was walking around like a zombie, just that I wasn’t literally hoping around... haha!
Thanks to all my friends and my cell group for all your prayers, I’m recovering well from my conditions and I’ll soon be commencing on my next course of medication, something that I’m certainly not looking forward to at all.

Despite all that, I was grateful that I could still attend my voice worship program, singing with my quacky voice. The lessons provided an avenue for me to draw closer to God and learn to worship Him with an open heart. Our voice is a very powerful instrument. Unlike other musical instruments that are man-made, this is the only one that is God has made.
More importantly, it took the focus off my health conditions to Him, reminding me that I need to stay strong in such circumstance. I’m blessed to have the opportunity to attend the program and a wonderful voice to express my emotions freely. Praise the Lord!

A Test of Patience

I have not been well for the past 2 weeks due to relapse of my condition. I get tired very easily and I have to take quite a number of pills to keep my condition under control. Despite that, there has been little improvements, all I remember is my doctor telling me not to worry. Oh well, it’s often easy to tell others not to worry, especially if you are not the one who’s suffering from the condition. Nonetheless, I was able to take it pretty positively. Someone told me this before “if you have not encountered such, you would not be able to see or look at things from a different perspective and treasure what you have.” I had 2 minor ops over the past 2 years and recalled myself waking up from anesthesia fighting to get oxygen into my lungs. It was a very frightening experience, one that I’d definitely not forget. It was through this that I realized that life is indeed very fragile, anything can happen and take you away the next second. If given a choice, I would never want to go through this again.

This is a long and trying test for me, both physically and mentally. Whatever the outcome may be, I know that I have to be patient. I will stay strong and continue to do what it takes to be a blessing to those in my life ;-)

家人与朋友

几天前刚过了生日，心中不禁有些许的感慨，但也充满着感激. 感慨地是自己在年龄上又增加了一岁,白头发也多加了几根...哈哈! 往好处想,自己在过去的一年当中获得的还真不少. 例如拥有一份深居意义的工作,身边那些可爱和同甘共苦的同事们,更可贵的是一个常常都支持和鼓励我的大老板 – 我衷心地感谢他们在我生命中留下了刻骨铭心的脚印.

在面对生活中的危机时,我深深地体会到朋友与亲人在我生命中所扮演的脚色有多么重要.我真的很感激上帝赐给我这份恩典,让我拥有许多知心的朋友.当我在生日当天收到他们的简讯时,心里有说不出的感动.

你身边有哪些朋友值得你去珍惜吗?你是否曾经把他们当成理所当然? 这问题的答案就只有你我心里最明白... ;-)

重新出发

2008 年对我来说是个苦乐参半的一年。或许身边的朋友会说苦的部分会占较多, 但也正是如此,我觉得自己比起以往更加坚强与乐观。回想自己天天过的不快乐, 在生理和心理上也平平承受着种种的打击, 我有一度觉得自己迟早会崩溃。感谢上帝的带领与眷顾, 我这只迷失的小羊重新得到生命, 找到了盼望和人生意义。

我放下了过去，重新出发。不忘了时时刻刻带着一颗宽容和喜乐的心，充满着感激地面对我这“ 洁” 然不同的生命。

Have been wanting to start a blog of my own, more of a journal to document my feelings and things I'm grateful for. This marks the start of me counting my blessings. May those who has a chance to read my entry be encouraged when you meet similar situations. God bless!