Remember your Creator in the days of your youth

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

sigh.the guys spoilt the pic..
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oh man..what happen?? (manyiu says,"2 sheep lost their way..")
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outside the canteen..waiting for mr LIM
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me n 'twin' under TRC
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Monday, August 29, 2005

"And in the end, the truth will surface." how true... Thank you Yuyan for appreciating and accept me in the end. Of course,i really appreciate the effort of ppl ard me(yup that's u 27/04) put in to know me better.

I cant say that i've been a really good and kind hearted soul.In fact, til this day, I noe I'm still a sinner.I can never be good cos there's jus this rebellious streak in me that makes me refuse to listen and obey..(You noe who..haha God.) So there are many instances when i revert back to the old me..being entirely obsessed with myself n jus myself.(ie being selfish n attention seeking n everything.. haha) But I MUST say that this life changing experience I had these few years is something that I will NEVER trade with anything in the world. It was an extravagrant experience with God.

It had probably seem tough and upsetting at that point in time, I tot i would jus rot and die in TJC. Come to think of it now, God was good and he saw me through that difficult period. Again and again. I am aware of all I've changed and friends around me spoke to me about it before. Praise God..

If it's not the friends He placed in my life..those that encouraged me n tell me not to be so SENSITIVE..haha and brothers and sisters who helped me see things in Jesus' perspective..I'm probably still sulking today and driving in circles in my own little world.
IF not for Your comforting words and instructions to take so that i'll live a life just to please You..i think im jus as good as dead...

"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23

well the truth has surfaced and it doesnt matter anymore what happened in the past.. rumours are probably jus truth interpreted incorrectly..dun dwell upon it anymore i suppose cos at the end of the day, they are sure to pass away. Life is more than just that.

Life is full of CHOICES, y dun u choose a life that's purposeful and choose to live a joyful 1!?

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Yet another reminder by Joshua Harris....

To the girls out there :

lamenting the unrealistic ideas many girls had of marriage, Advice columist Ann Landers leveled with the girls..

I tell them that all marriages are happy.
It's the living together afterward that's tough.
I tell them that a good marriage is not a gift,
It's an achievement.
That marriage is not for kids.It takes guts and maturity.
It separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls.
I tell them that marriage is tested daily by the ability to compromise.
Its survival can depend on being smart enough to know what's worth fighting about.
Or making an issue of even mentioning.
Marriage is giving-- and more important,it's forgiving.
And it is almost always the wife who MUST do these things.
Then, as if that were not enough,she MUST be willing to forget what she forgave.
Often that is the hardest part.
Oh, I have leveled all right.
If they dun get my message, Buster,
It's because they don't want to get it....

And to the guys...:

A women's question - Lena Lathrop

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing

Ever made by the Hand above?

A woman's heart, and a woman's life --

And a woman's wonderful love.

Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing

As a child might ask for a toy?

Demanding what others have died to win,

With a reckless dash of a boy.

You have written my lesson of duty out,

Manlike,you have questioned me.

Now stand at the bars of my woman's soul

Until I shall question thee.

You require your mutton shall always be hot,

Your socks and your shirt be whole;

I require your heart be true as God's stars

And as pure as His heaven your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef,

I require a far greater thing;

A seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts --

I look for a man and a king.

A king for the beautiful realm called Home,

And a man that his Maker,God,

Shall look upon as He did on the first

And say,"It is very good."

I am fair and young,but the rose may fade

From this soft young cheek one day;

Will you love me then 'mid the falling leaves,

As you did 'mong the blossoms of May?

Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,

I may launch my all on its tide?

A loving woman finds heaven or hell

On the day she is made a bride.

I require all things that are grand and true,

All things that a man should be;

If you give this all, I would stake my life

To be all you demand of me.

If you cannot be this, a laundress and cook

You can hire and little to pay;

But a woman's heart and a woman's life

Are not to be won that way.

(This is so true...and almost exactly the way i tot...)

Joshua Harris continues to write..

To girls reading, I pray this poem serves as a reminder to keep your standards high.Require all things that are "grand and true".As you consider the possibility of marriage, don't lower your standards for a moment;any guy who asks you to do so isnt worth your time.

And to the guys, we have our work cut out for us, dont we? My hope for us is that we would truly grasp the costliness, the pricelessness, of a woman's love. It is not small thing, no game, to invite a girl to accompany us through life. May we earn the right to make such a request by striving to be men of integrity -- men whose hearts are oceans "strong and true". Then, and only then, should we stand at the bars of a woman's soul and ask to gain entrance.

Signing off...Tingyu^^

"Whom have I in heaven but you?

And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

My flesh and my heart may fail,

but God is the strength of my heart

and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Reading I kissed dating goodbye recently.. certain things in the book strike me.
"Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."2 Tim 2:22

Joshua Harris wrote.."One of the best ways to maintain a pure life is to watch out for the purity of others.What can you do to protect your brothers and sisters in the Lord from impurity?What can you say to encourage them to keep their hearts set in the direction of righteousness?"
This is something im trying to learn.. instead of trying to figure out y im getting some weird emotions.. Ladies - your job is to keep your brothers from being led astray by her(the seductive spirit of impurity and compromise symbolized by a wayward adultress) charms.

Something that strike me today was Rebakah's story before she was married to Issac. It's about not neglecting the precious time, abilities and responsiblilities that God has placed in my life..
Joshua Harris wrote.."We may not know whom or when we'll marry.But we must not allow what we cant know to hinder us from acting on what we do know.And what do we know?We know that we have today to move with resolute energy toward maturity and Christlikeness, a calling of evrey Christian whether he or she will narry next week or ten years from now."
here goes the story about Rebekah...

"In the Old Testament, Rebekah is a young woman who "redeemed the time" by faithfully fulfilling her current obligations.We could learn a few things by revisiting the story of how she prepared for,met, and married her husband.The story begins when Abraham sends his oldest and most trusted servant to his hometown to find a wife for his son Issac. Catherine Vos continues the story this way:

At last,after several days of travel, he reached the place where Abraham's brother NAhor now lived.This city was called Haran.Outside the city was a well of water.In that day country there was often only one well for a whole city.Every night the young girls of the city when out to the well,with tall pitchers into the well and drew water.Then they carried it home on their heads for the family to use.
When Abraham's servant came to Haran,he made his camels kneel down by the well.It was evening--just the time when the young girls always gathered around the well to draw water.
Abraham's servant believed in God.He had come safely on his journey and had reached the city to which Abraham had sent him.But he thought to himself,"How shall I be able to tell which young girl is the one God wants Issac to have for his wife?"He kneeled down on the ground beside the well and bowed his head.He prayed,"O Lord God of my master Abraham,help me this day!When the daughters of the people of the city come down to draw water, and i say to one of them,'Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink,' and she shall say,"Drink, and i will give your camels drink also,' let that be the one whom Thou hast appointed as a wife for Issac."
God often answers prayer almost before we have asked, and He did so this time.Before the servant had finished praying,a very beautiful girl named Rebekah came to the well. The servant thought,"Can this be the right one?" He ran to her and said,"Let me, I pray you, drink a little water out of your pitcher?"
The girl said very politely,"Drink,my lord,and i will draw water for your camels also,til they have finished drinking."She took the pitcher down from her head and let him drink.Then she emptied the rest of the water into the drinking trough for the camels.She kept drawing water til all the camels had had a drink.
The servant was very much astonished to have her say and do just as he had prayed that she might.Had his prayer been answered so soon?When the camels had had enought water,he gave Rebekah a rich,gold ring which he had brought with him, and he put on her arms two beautiful gold bracklets.
Then he asked her, "Whose daughter are you?is there room in your father's house for us to stay?"
She answered,"I am Nahor's granddaughter.We have plenty of room for you to stay with us, and straw and food for your camels."Nahor was Abraham's brother.When the servant heard this,he was so happy that he bowed his head down to the ground and worshipped,saying "Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has led me to the house of my master's family."

The rest of the story(which you can read in Genesis 24)tells how Rebekah agreed within 2 days to return with Abraham's servant to marry Isaac,a man she had never met.The tale is,without question, an amazing example of God's soverignity over evrey detail of our lives. In our own day, these events were astonishing;today,separated by thousands of years and very different cultures,we find them even more astounding.And yet, as with all of God's Word,we can learn a lesson from this story that transcends time and culture.
Although we dont study the story as a model of how every couple should meet and marry, we can learn from Rebekah's attitude and actions.In an article entitled " The Adventure of Current Obligations", Gregg Harris points out an important principle of the story : "Rebekah was able to meet God's diving appointment for her life because she was faithfully carrying out her current obligations."
For Rebekah, the trip to the well that particular evening was nothing special.She made that trip every night.And she'd probably watered more than a few camels.Yet though her task was mundane,she had a quickness to her step and a ready willingness to serve others.These qualities put her in the right place at the right time with the right attitude when God intended to match her with Isaac.
We all have our own camels to water --current relationships and responsibilities we can too easily take for granted.If we're wise,we'll see our duties not as unimportant ways to bide our time,but as springboards, launching us into God's plan and purpose for our futre."

This sets me to think about the time i've spent of thinking about unnecessary matters. Too much effort was put in to try to sort those emotional ups and downs and it saps away my energy that i could use to do more important things. It became so single-minded and narrow that i missed the bigger picture of my life."Com'on life is not jus about that! there's so much more important things to it!" Even bringing up the issue distracts me,make me think about it and a divided heart was eventually developed.But i thank God that He has brought me back to think that...things that i've done and say is jus so WU LIAO! i might have even stumble my sister during the process..affecting more than jus myself..Im sorry.
So.. now, i guess he's really not worth so much of my thoughts esp during this exam period..
I had so many complaints, confused feelings...cos i dun understand why some of the feelings im experiencing now is so different from those in the past...and i dun understand why this must happen..one thing i do know is that i've learnt how to see such relationships from God's perspective and if there's more for me to noe, i trust that it will be revealed to me sooner or later..even if it's not, God is good..all the time, and he'll provide the necessary comfort that i need even before i ask him..I pray that my sis will soon get out of this emotional rollercoaster too..teach us Your ways,show us Your path!

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Im so happy! jus went to fetch my dad from the airport... he jus came back after a tedious trip at Tibet..haha.well..the trip was...not easy he said.lolx well basically one destination to another is a good 2/300km n the hours they spent on the mini bus was so terribly long. but he got to see snow and play with it though.worth the long 14hours on the bus~
There's more to the trip but i cant possibly disclose everything..hee jus found the part bout 'tian zang'(one of the many forms of burial..for the larmas i think)..it's quite disgusting and bloody..no offence but it's really .... the people in charge of the burial will slice the dead into pieces and then feed them to the vultures.This they say it's the cleaner way and 'higher' level of burial or sth.i think they can attain certain spiritual level or sth via this form of burial?funny how they can get such an idea...
ha.anyway.
The period when my dad was gone, i dun really feel a thing.I guess it's because he seldom speak to me anyway when he's ard at home and i seldom get to see him on the weekends too. But after a while i realise i kinda miss him.this feeling was aroused when i saw my schmate's parents fetching her from sch and i rem how my dad was kind enough to make a detour to fetch me sometimes when i ask him to. den i remember that he's in tibet..den i miss him.quite a terrible me rite..haha only rem the service he provided :X
Things turn out differently when i went to the airport today. i was so excited bout going there, n i want to see him almost immediately.. i cant describe how happy i was to see him walking towards me!! It was the first moment when i saw him make me realise how much i've missed my dear daddy... it was only 14days. hee He seems to be happier after this trip.Spoke more.Joked more. i really missed him.. he was so sweet to reply my message when he was still in tibet to tell me that he miss me too!! n tell me to take care of my health knowing that i always push what i need to do til the last min and work late into the night :) O Lord..im really grateful for such a dad!! Besides that, i see how my mum tidy the house,making sure everything is properly placed and im taken care of, during this period of time. I must say she's really great! Without her, i'll really have a hard time getting by.. Thank you Lord Jesus for giving me such great parents despite my iniquities and being kind to them in spite of their disbelief.
Sometimes i may complain and say that they are unreasonable and really get pissed off with certain things they say and do..i noe they love me and care for me. But im not saying ppl without such parents are not blessed... im sure they will be in one way or another.. jus how one view the situation and trust that ultimately things will turn out good i guess..Im just really thankful for having my parents who put in so much so much effort to nurtue me. Thank you MOM! Thank you DAD!

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Saturday, August 20, 2005

truly... a match cant burn on it's own.. i'll jus die out sooner or later..

burn with me so that we can continously ignite and sustain each other's passion for Christ.

live today for His kingdom and entrust tomorrow to His providence.All i have to do is TRUST.

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

I saw this on my friend's blog.. kinda cute haha so i copied, pasted..
It was written to my friend..(obviously..=p)

soon soon results will be out....
brain brain having doubts.....
tense up as she might feel...
post exams stress has to deal....
well smart as she always is....
worries should not list...
good results will you get....
sprits lifted like a jet....

Cool.

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Sometime, when all life's lessons have been learned,

And sun and stars forevermore have set,

The things which our weak judgements here have spurned,

The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet,

Will flash before us out of life's dark night,

As stars shines most in deeper tints of blue;

And we shall see how all God's plans are right,

And how what seemed reproof was love most true.

Then be content poor heart;

God's plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold;

we must not tear the close-shut leaves apart,---

Time will reveal the chalices of gold.

And if, through patient toil, we reach the land

Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may rest,

When we shall clearly see and understand,

I think that we will say, "God knew the best!"

I think this is true.. when i and most of us live life impatiently.. cant wait to experience certain things/moments in life which we think it's the best at that time.Sometimes things turn out well when God is gracious.. sometimes we just got to learn it the hard way when things din turn out the way we want it.. all i can say is God is good..and i know it.I guess many of my bros and sisters will agree with me, though some may strongly disagree.Do we TRUST God that things will turn out true and the best for us even when we know He's good?

Even when things look their very worse...God says to me and His children out there...

"This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you." Jere 29:10-12

Signing off...Tingyu^^

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

imagine the day when your loved one die

do u think they'll be with Christ?

For such a scene i could not bear

that's why i try my best to share

If rejections, objections and perscutions

stop me from sharing the only Salvation

Maybe i've never been a true Christian

God has promised not a hair will perish

then i'll have to learn to cherish

every opportunity that He has given

for my loved ones to know the route to heaven

not only to preach and talk

remember to show and walk

So brothers and sisters

learn to live as children of light

all we need is just the will to fight

Ask of God and He will provide

Be encouraged and work in delight

Not for us or anyone else

ALL for Jesus Christ our Saviour Himself

Signing off...Tingyu^^