Sunday, December 24, 2006
how have you been all my loyal blog readers?? sorry haven been updating.. lazy la + bla blah bla..was your christmas well spent? Mine was..at least i think so ;)well it wasnt partying my christmas eve at orchard or counting down at some clubs/pubs.. just a very cozy cool night spent at home after a whole day out.My best gift this year = salvation of my relatives (esp my Grandma) and polar express. All from God. (my santa claus?) hohoho.. not some expensive gifts..but filled with love and care. Why salvation of my relatives?? Cos.. Never would I have dreamt of my grandma, my aunt, my uncles going to a church together! this scenario.. has never come across my mind even though I've been wanting it so much.. n i prayed..i prayed and prayed and prayed.. for my family's salvation, extended 1 too. And God answered it. Though my parents are not even interested to hear more about Christ but its ok.. I shall wait upon the Lord and draw strength from Him as I persevere to pray and witness for Jesus. They went new creation church today.. well i do have my reserves about that church but nevertheless i still thank God that they heard the gospel and still made a decision to follow Christ. Perhaps it takes a longer time and effort to show them what exactly is taught in the bible and what God has truly intended, it doesnt matter. I believe.. "that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. "(Phil 1:6) So i shall be patient.Why polar express?? Cos... It reminds me of how i ought to just BELIEVE. The conductor in the movie said "Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see." true.. How others talk about "seeing IS believeing" but "Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." "John 20:29 True that we should believe in what we see but sometimes what we do not see is the truth.Just like how sweet talking can be nice to listen to but half the time the talk's not true... 忠言逆耳..Miracles happen when we decide to believe..not a blind faith but.. believeing based on certain truth..fact is fact..1 has to be 1 today and forevermore. Just like when the little boy decide to believe and confess with his mouth he does, he finally heard the bells.. it was how beautiful! "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Rom 10:9 When i decided to attend service last night, struggling through my decision making process of going to help early or not.. I felt that the call from my grandma late at night was like a gift.. specially prepared by God. Just for me.2ndly, it reminds me of how Satan is real. Trying very hard to get us to fall with him. he can be making me question and doubt our belief just as what the ghost in the movie was trying to do.. he can be doing something for us to benefit us so that we think more about ourselves and less of others and God..whatever Satan is trying to do.. He's definitely trying his best to deprave us the best of what God has provided... His love.God knows who we are really inside and wants to use us,bringing the best out of us and showing the best of Him.. just like what the conductor did as he gave each of the kid a word to bring home. To the know-it-all, LEARN. To the little boy, RELY ON,DEPEND ON. To the girl, LEAD. To the lead actor, BELIEVE. n he did. To me, it still BELIEVE i guess, with all my heart. Then i'll hear the bells ringing... hear God with my heart.Christmas isn't Christmas,til it happens in your heart.
Somewhere deep inside you is where Christmas really starts.
So give your heart to Jesus,you'll discover when you do;
That it's Christmas,really Christmas for you.
The movie was about train.. I guess it does matter where the train is going, but what matters more would be the decision to get on or not.
礼物虽然好，如果你不要，你怎么能够得到，怎么能得到。。。
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Signing off...Tingyu^^
