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WONDERS OF CREATION

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:08:17 GMT

Its prolly about TIME

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:14:42 GMT

Thank God its Thursday.

While the week has been rather eventful..After this week, I will vow to take a break from all that i'm doing.Its been running from one appt tothe other, one meeting to the next, and crossing yet another item on my never-ending to-do list. just CRAZYYYYYYY..leaving me next to nothing alone times at the end of the day.

Is it ever gonna be possible to deal and prioritise the amounts of responsibilities that im juggling,I wonder?
And they say, as you start working..its only gonna get more?
Or dealing with expectations, personal or that expected w the responsiblities you hold?
Or am I in too deep that I cant get out of it now?
Or are these even gonna matter 10 years down the road?

I have respect for someone I know who knows how to priorities e various events that he allows into his personal calendar and is selective of what would take up his time.
Then again, thats possible w him as his community circle isnt too widely networked.

Has God intended me to live a life like this? I surely dont think so.

Time to make some serious adjustments Val, on which and what and whom you choose to spend yr times with.
After all, one only has 24 hrs a day,168 hrs a week.
If Task A takes up 18 hrs, like it or not, that only leaves me with 6 hrs for other tasks.

I must learn to ruthlessly eliminate hurry from our lives"

Perhaps its time i start being a little more ruthless w regards to my choices of commitments/expectations.
High time to stop being Martha, and work on being Mary.

Developing Patience in Waiting

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:55:11 GMT

Ever experienced how its like during a particular season of waiting?
That in many cases, one would have no choice but to wait..teaching impatient me,the very gift of patience.
A friend of mine recently shared w me a joyous news that came rather unexpectedly for her as well.
How ironic was it that those around her saw it coming.Or at least I did.Hah!
All those months of wondering and being kept in the dark, was finally made clear!
And to you, that friend! I'm superbly glad for you!!
You deserve nothing but the very best in the very choices that you're about to make.

Though we're physically far apart,it seems like we've been friends forever
So many times of laughter,wackoness,tears and heart-to-hearts that have superceded the times
HOw proud am I to see this season in yr life come
As you begin an aspiring new journey altogether as another!

I love you so,and am so glad to have walked alongside a part of this with you!!
All the best, woman! To another level of what God has in store for You!
Ahh there w be many more of these similar incidences to come in the coming years..haha

Giving Thanks

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:48:51 GMT

A few days more and gone w be the year 2006. As I look back into the past year,many things
have happened and taken place..Some things brought to surface that are being dealt with, and some others battles
of which i'm still fighting in my heart and mind.

Yet again, I am reminded what it is to give thanks.

To be thankful..

To a God who has seen me thru my ups and downs, thru the times of triumph to the times when I'm down
To a God who has given me a family and extended family,imperfect as it may be,encourages me to live out my faith even more
To a God who has blessed me with great friends and a cg that today i can call God's family
To a God that has seen me thru my studies when for a while, i never once thought that i would ever graduate,
To a God that has provided me with a blessed job,even when i had yet to seek
And more than anything else, provided me a Savior that gives me a blessed assurance today.

Its with the battles that I have had to fight,that has forced growth upon me.
To grow to identify areas in my life which I had yet to truly surrender, or perhaps learn the meaning of TRUST & TRUE LIBERTY.
All these while, I thought I had trusted God..but more and more, realised that actually I did not.
I chose many times,subconsciously to rely on my own strength and judgements than to rely on what I deemed as my faith. Prolly,FAITH doesnt come easy for all afterall =), esp in seasons when the heart and mind doesnt coincide.

Camp this year sparked a reminder for me in this season of my life
That I'm deeply loved beyond my imagination and
That I know for sure I am right where I'm meant to be in this season
As I seek to establish my foundation stones of who I am in Christ
Made in His perfection, continually moulded for His glory

To You, my great and magnificent God..I Give YOU Thanks. Thankyou for seeing me through the seasons of 2006.
I look forward to the new things which You'll open my eyes as You grant me the faith to believe in the coming year.

Matters of the Heart & Mind

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:03:20 GMT

Having started working recently..for slightly past 4 mths already. It has opened my mind to a whole new lot of experiences, perceptions, mindsets, working styles and personalities..from all walks of life. Ppl whom you wonder if you can actually trust; or whether or not to wear your heart on your sleeves...or to keep it carefully hidden, for fear of being betrayed?

I can testify that the transition from a college graduation to a young working adult is difficult..more difficult when there isn't someone to guide you along the way. Worst still, we've to grapple with real-life issues such as managing expectations (both of the employer and employee), the never-ending mgmt of the newly-gained "purported" freedom in finances, family and social-life balance, and not forgetting, the various ministry commitments that any young adult would have...Learning, learning, and more learning...

You're left wondering if you're doing things right, thereabout trying ever so hard to survive in this "rat-race" that looks so promising from afar...and at the same time, wondering how one's faith can effectively work in the marketplace? Next,how can we as Christians, be truly truly truimphant...than instead of barely surviving....

I myself know of many friends who are barely surviving...No wonder the Devil doesnt have to work too hard to get us down and out...

Easier still, swept away in the wave of busyness or even ministry till we don’t even realize that our hearts have become cold and reckless..when God has been seemingly reduced to become a part of my usual agenda…

Nevertheless, He never ceases to amaze me in worship, in spite of myself.
I was reminded that once again, He looks at me as clean, spotless and most of all, ALREADY TRUIMPHANT over my circumstance..becos of what He has done. And as such, keep my life away from sin…to be a workman approved by God (2 Tim 2:15)

Oceans Will Part – Hillsong

If my heart has grown cold
There Your love will unfold
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
When I’m blind to my way
There Your Spirit will pray
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand

Oceans will part nations come
At the whisper of Your call
Hope will rise glory shown
In my life Your will be done

Present suffering may pass
Lord Your mercy will last
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
And my heart will find praise
I’ll delight in Your way
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand

I have much to say about how many church groups these days only preach half the gospel..the blessings of salvation..but fail to equally emphasize on the cost of following Jesus.

That I shall keep for another time.

p/s: All in all, nothing beats such sweet things as 6 lovely stalks of roses in front of you =) stolen from a wedding..

For a Special Someone!

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:41:03 GMT

Dearest Yuen,

Its been a pleasure watching you grow the last couple of years...from a gal so young in the Lord to truly a remarkable woman of God today..with so many looking up to you..for who you are and what He has done =)

I pray with all my heart that as yr birthday brings a closure to the first 21 years of yr life, 22 would be a beginning of a new highlight and journey with God in each and every new aspect,

That You will re-learn those things which you thought you have already learnt,
and amidst all that; learn something anew each day!

That as You continue to run,full of vigour in this path of life, may Your strength come only from above,
To forever keep your eyes on the finishing line

That You may continue to soar sky high in all that you do, putting that finishing touch of excellence
So that others can see the evident mark of Christ in you

That You will continue to find love in all the right places, till one day your TRUE and APPOINTED LOVE comes
In due time...(hahaha!)

Until then, may You be continually moulded into the Woman described in Proverbs 31.

God bless you and keep you, Yuen!Its been my pleasure watching you grow! =) Blessed Belated 22nd Birthday!

Love,
Val

Unassured Change..

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:26:10 GMT

Something a dear friend shared hit me in a different perspective today :

The day when I decided to walk with God, meant that I'm going to live an unassured life for the rest of my life
So that I can find my assuredness in God alone..

I seek to live a life of no regrets...filled with perspective.

If you asked me just 2 years ago, I'd prolly be so very willing to accept the same old things i used to look at,or consider..one's charm, strengths, and weaknesses,....and in many cases, a pre-conceived mindset of how certain things should be...but recently, i've come to realise that in many ways, i no longer am the same person that i used to be...I, perhaps, have changed. My views on things have changed, my perspective on much of the impt things in life and ppl has changed...what i seek and think i can live with/without, is slowly becoming clearer...what i thought i could adjust myself to live with...would probably not be feasible anymore..

C.H.A.N.G.E - an inevitable part of life.

Either we change, or be left behind...I hope that today I'm no longer the same person I was 3-5 years back then...only better.

There is still much to learn in this season of change...

A Quote on Managing Risk

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:39:22 GMT

Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business".

--Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

Dinner with the APIITCF Alumni of Yester Years..

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:28:59 GMT

Dinner last nite w the APIITCF Alumni of year 2000 and beyond proved to be quite eventful..topics which used to range from final year projects, to who-got-which lecturer...are now substituted with whos-doing-what now...here, in this photo...we have a missionary couple, a whole load of IT "gurus", a kindergarden principal, a businessman, a fellow accountant, a fellow marketeer and a head hunter..

Conversational topics are now spent on catching up w what each of us do at work individually..ranging from current news, to headlines, to stock to bonds....which serves as a refreshing reminder how we all might/might not have changed...after all these years...

One fact that I think I can safely say here though..is that most,if not all of us in the picture are still running the Christian race...that, we shall keep for another time =)

Kudos APIITCF Alumni of the years...So glad to have been running alongside you all these years...May God bless you and keep you richly in all that you do as you continually seek to honor Him w our lives...

In the Heart of Every Girl =)

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:30:18 GMT