The Son of God died for us - this is the miracle

today in class, we were going through the Gospel of Mark.
my lecturer said something that i have never thought of it in this manner before.
he said, since our Lord Jesus is the son of God, he cannot die.
resurrection is expected of Him, but dying is the real miracle.
Indeed Jesus did the greatest miracle for mankind by dying on the cross for our sins. For He is the Son of the EVER-LIVING God, He is EVER-LIVING! But He allowed himself to go through DEATH and gave up His LIFE so that we might live.

simply so blessed

survived half the semester
thank God for mid-semester break
did well for the mid-semester test
praise be to God for His mercy and grace
couldn't have done it without Him
Thank God for my parents and parents-in-law
who help to care for anna,
so that i can have extra time for revision and studies
i also thank God for william, always so supportive,
for "tahan"ing the messy home

busy days coming up...
term paper to write,
last cycle of SBC4JY to plan and teach,
Youth ALPHA to run,
2007 coming soon...
stressed, NO. (for God is the provider of all my needs)
excited, YES! (for i feel really privileged to have the opportunity
to serve the Lord in so many different areas)

i'm just so grateful

may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord... Ps 19:14

1st day of school

yesterday was my first day of school.
it is really quite an experience (for william n me)
- waking up early, getting daniel & anna ready, sending them to school & my in-laws place, then william sent me to school and got himself to his school
(this will be the norm for the subsequent wednesdays to come)
it has been quite some time (some 9 yrs) since i last studied formally.
i'm really thankful to God who made this possible.
i'm also very thankful to God for the teachers.
they are very professional, qualified and reasonable.
well it's a new beginning of homework and writing papers, on top of existing roles and responsibilities.
But, with God's grace i think i can manage. :-)

What Matters Most?

What Matters Most?

Youth Sunday - lots of fun - lots of joy
but most of all, lots of glory to give to God
for indeed it is He who made all things possible
many giftings He has given -
many things we can do with our hands (good & pleasant things or bad & nasty things)
many words we can say with our mouths (caring & tender words or hurting & vulgar words)
many songs we can sing and play to worship Him
is God in our heart?
are our hearts directed towards Him?
if our answers are "yes"
good & pleasant things will come out of our hands
caring & tender words will come out of our mouths
songs will come alive and reach the heavens
i can just imagine the smile He has on His glorious face
He would indeed smile upon us
how pleased would He be
On the other hand
if our answers are "no", "maybe", or "not sure"
... what might come out of our hands
... what might come out of our mouths
... maybe we may not even feel like singing
how will He feel?
i can also imagine His disappointment (for He will never leave us or abandon us)
i can also imagine His anger at our insincerity (for He will always be just and true)
but most of all i can also imagine His loving outstretched hands (for He is compassionate and understands our frailty)
reaching out to us,
beckoning us,
awaiting us to direct our hearts back to Him

"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at outward appearance, the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7b

The wrath of God

The depth of God's love only makes sense
when I understand the extend of God's wrath.

learning to fear the Lord

the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
fear of the Lord:
an attitude of the heart
stems from knowledge and understanding of who God is
guides the heart to make wise life decisions

dear Lord, help me to know and fear you.

God is in control

God has everything in His hands indeed.
He is always in control no matter what happens.
Blessed is he whose trust is in the Lord.

so much to do
yet so little time
so much on my mind
yet so little to write

my 1st blog entry

always wonder why people blog
maybe i should try blogging too
hence the beginning of this blog