Isn't it wonderful to know that He loves us so!!
In tough times building intimacy with us, in peaceful times making our joy ever so complete.

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. God says, "my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him." Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. - Hebrews

I'm gonna rock the MCAT.

Many times I feel like  I have a vague idea about my personality. I have been myself for these past 23 years, and yet I have no solid idea of what my personality is really like. It surely has been a very difficult week, with a fractured hand, emotional and spiritual ups and downs, and bearing the pain of sacrificial love that Jesus had to put up first because of me..

I did not complete the entry from several month ago. I'll be very quick: I am a Research Assistant II at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Right now I am struggling to maximize my time to study for the MCAT, which is coming in May 2008. If I bomb this one again, I shall have no chance of getting into medical school.. and I don't know what else I want to do other than being a primary care physician. Working full-time and keeping up with the MCAT preparation in weekdays have pretty much been my everyday routine, and I really don't have the energy and time to pour out my heart in writings anymore....at least perhaps until I take the MCAT. One certainty is that I can only pour out my heart in response to things that God sets fire, and definitely keeping up a record of my life is not it anymore for now.

Done. 

Unashamed

I have not much to offer you, not near what you deserve. But still I come because your cross has placed in me my worth. Oh, Christ my King of sympathy, whose wounds secure my peace, your grace extends to call me friend. Your mercy sets me free.

I know I'm weak, I know I'm unworthy to call upon your name. But because of grace, because of your mercy I stand here unashamed. I can't explain this kind of love. I'm humbled and amazed that you'd come down from heaven's heights and greet me face to face.

Here I am at your feet, in my brokeness I am complete.

-Starfield

Every morning, I find your grace and mercy rise in me, just like the sun rise to break the dawn.

Love and Marriage

Three elements to a successful marriage:

1. Love - not just an emotional feeling or a physical attraction, but a deep commitment to put the other person first. What woman wouldn't respond to such a selfless expression of love defined in 1 Corinthians 13?

2. Maturity - too many are getting a divorce at the first sign of trouble. Maturity means a willingness to act responsibly and not take the easy way out. 

3. Faith - Christ at the center of a marriage and a home. It take three to make a great marriage: you, your spouse, and Christ. A marriage hardly fails when the husband and wife pray and worship God together.

how true...

- from Hope for Each Day by Billy Graham