beautiful disaster
this is starrystarrytwenty
"No, there is no escape.
There is no heaven with a little hell in it -
no plan to retain this or that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets
Out Satan must go, every hair and feather."
- GEORGE MACDONALD
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
- C.S. LEWIS
Saturday, March 06, 2010
God wants a piece..
so.. itz the first week of sch and ive survived hee~ lots of reading to do and self studying..
i actually sat in the library reading the recommended readings coz the texts is only available on short loan (2hrs loan only, most textbks are on short loan so people dun borrow them home and keep renewing the loan) but aft that i went home and bummed the whole day when i was suppose to do my chem tut haha..
watz even cooler than sch is God's word haha.. all the churchy things ive been to these two weeks have been to return to God's love, ur first love.. makes u want to move ur hands and feet for God (:
last thursday during FOCUS (fellowship of overseas christian union student), the text was rom 8:28-39 and it was on the amazing power of love.. basically it was abt the assurance of God's love, "for i am persuaded..." the song that came to mind was the love of God.. "the love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.. it goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell..."last sunday, i was at st. michael's angelican church and it was abt God's grace to us eph 6:24.. we shld begin and end our lives by his grace, juz as how paul wrote his letters.. a reminder to return to the "first work" (rev 2:4), our first instince shld be to love God (1 john 4:19), and that we need to plan our lives to get closer to God everyday.. that shld be our response to his love and graciousness.. and even when the well becomes dry, we shld keep looking at the cross bcz his grace will sustain us..ECU (evangelical christian union) has a wed lunch time bible talk.. itz a short time of singing then a short word on the bible.. this guy richard chin (think he grew up in sg but hez got an aussie slang liao) spoke on true love with text from malachi 1:1-5 it was abt how israel in their state of poverty cld not look outside circumstances to see the true wrath of God upon the edomites..God has predestined us, chosen us despite our unloveable state.. and not juz chosen but chosen heirs of God (eph 1:4-5) therefore we shld trust in his true love toward us (rom 5:8-9), bathe in it and never doubt the cross despite the "poverty" we may be facing.. bcz the greAt is the God beyond the borders of our israel..on thursday at FOCUS, we had the word from mark 1:1.. it was basically introducing the gospel to people attending.. (for some, itz their first time hearing abt Jesus Christ).. it juz reminded me abt the cross, the battle and victory Jesus has won over sin and death.. our redemption and how we shld be celebrating and announcing it worldwide..on friday, bcz i had nth on and since sch isnt crazy yet.. i went a bit mAd and decided to attend the mandarin bible study hahaa.. fortunately i understood most parts of it haha (: my chinese isnt so bad! anywayz, haha.. the bible studies are on the same passages as during FOCUS, we covered mark 1:1-15.. itz funny, the qns asked were so simple i cldnt answer them! itz juz that when u read the passage, as christians we take the whole thing rite.. but w pre-believers and people who have juz come across christ for the first time, u have to explain everyth.. itz like doing seekers in chinese haha.. the very positive thing is that they were reponsive.. they understood what we were saying, they cld process and ask qns needed to clarify the faith..
itz truly refreshing tho, i alr feel blessed to be born to christian parents, but this really puts things into an even greater perspective..
clearly i need to love God more.. gotta give God our first piece, first priortiy, our only loyalty..
starrystarrytwenty
beautiful me
xinyi 李信義 씬
nineteen eighty-eight
starrystarry
dark choc
ole gunnar solskjaer 2OLEGEND
ball at my feet
racket and shuttle in hand
disc in
mew
fun, laughter, peace and joy
sing my music (:
made in His image
in His everlasting love
sailing out in the deep blue
cook out
my little pink rectangle
foxtrot|get fuzzy|baby blues|stone soup
i am my best me
kOrean
"you can't love in slices"
phil 4:13 "i can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me"
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