Monday, August 28, 2006
JIA YOU! 2 Months to O's!
We can do it.. really! Trust God! Need someone to study? can try me.. i guess haha.. lol.. Its the time to MUG MUG MUG and Trust Trust Trust Trust.. guess sometimes we really do rely on ourselves too much.. lets RELY ON GOD!
DO YOUR BEST AND HE'LL DO THE REST!Yup.. if Let us learn to lift one another in prayer to really built our trust and strength from Jesus our Lord=) OH! AND STOP READING BLOGSITES OR MSNing NOW.. haha..
For those who are like REALLY tired, DEPRIVED, demoralised or feel like giving up... PRAY! Get someone to keep you in prayer too!=) And if God can shape this universe, He definately CAN SHAPE YOUR PROBLEM, your weakness into your STRENGTH! =)Just trust His heart=)
'29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.'
'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.'
Freddy and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord's team was playing Satan's team.
The Lord's team was at bat, the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs. They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate named 'Love.'Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because "Love never fails."
The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love.
The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound up and threw the first pitch. Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass: Ball one. Three more pitches and Godly Wisdom walked because he never swings at what Satan throws.
The bases were now loaded. The Lord then turned to Freddy and told him He was now going to bring in His starplayer. Up to the plate stepped Grace. Freddy said, "He sure doesn't look like much!"
Satan's whole team relaxed when they saw Grace. Thinking he had won the game, Satan wound up and fired his first pitch......... To the shock of everyone, Grace hit the ball harder than anyone had ever seen! But Satan was not worried; his center fielder let very few get by.
He went up for the ball, but it went right through his glove, hit him on the head and sent him crashing on the ground; the roaring crowds went wild as the ball continued over the fence . . for a home run!
The Lord then asked Freddy if he knew why Love, Faith and Godly Wisdom could get on base but couldn't win the game. Freddy answered that he didn't know why.
The Lord explained, "If your love, faith and wisdom had won the game, you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, Faith and Wisdom will get you on base but only My Grace can get you Home: 'For by Grace are you saved, it is a gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
Psalm 84:11, For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good things will He withhold from those who walk uprightly."
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2:24 AM-
Thursday, August 24, 2006
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hmm.. quite true le.. haha.. got this from nicodemus's multiply.. its just the other side of me.. =)
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3:11 AM-
Friday, August 18, 2006
Give Thanks..I guess this phrase is rather easy to say, but is one most difficult thing to do. It seems like all the time, we are always trying too hard(some not at all) just to "satisfy" our "needs" which are usually our wants and what we think as "needs".
I just find it really amusing to see myself getting stuck up with all these things too, always getting blessed by the service, giving myself a prayer commitment, surrendering unto God and all the cycle.. and when it comes the next day or week it all boils down back to the same old routine.. it is as if i have travelled to heaven to meet God and come back down to earth again..
Things i always do(and by order too):
-Complain
-Sleep
-Eat
-Say grace
-Study
-Talk to friends about some crap/jokes/teachers/each other?
-Get angry?
-Come back home, stay in front of the TV/Computer
-Nap
-Use the computer again
-Mother nags(tell you more later)
-Gets frustrated
-Quarrels(i will shout back..NOT A GOOD THING K?)
-Cold war
-Start studying/ doing up homework
-Sleep
I mean that really my mundane life, my REAL life at home. I got to admit i haven been doing my Quiet Time or even bother to just pray a little. Well, i have so called "quarreled" with God.. and can't seem to just speak to Him, face Him or even surrender..
Its kind of weird actually, over these past weeks.. He has really shown me how to self-control, see things more clearly and to even learn how to Give Thanks(one thing i TOO don't really do or understand)
He has clearly shown me through the happenings in other's life, taught me to encourage(one thing i'm really weak at) to even Give thanks for them.. for my own..
Its really funny, i get to see all these things happening on myself MUCH clearer now.. such things as i used to view my mom.. SHE REALLY NAGS AND SCOLDS sometimes just KILLING ME with words.. but.. now i see she cares, she hopes for the better, she is HELPING ME TO BE FOCUS TO STUDY.. to just even get away from this computer haha.=P i really give thanks for such a supporting family i have..the family that is uniquely created JUST FOR ME.. thats how SPECIAL i am to God!
And in school, many of you know i have LOADS and TONNES of COMPLAINS and faults to find with my teachers/ sometimes friends... But now..
what i see is a Hope.. a big Hope that would set these Zhenghua Students and Teachers in their eyes.. that they would remember for this Hope forever at the little corner of their hearts, whelther they want to accept it or not.. n that Hope is Jesus..I was so blessed by my classmates making fun of me being God/Jesus/Priest/Pastor.. Not that i want to be those but.. its just show how much they want to know the Truth.. the Love that they just can't buy or find from anyway.. =)
thank you 4E4=)My teachers.. suddenly giving their best wishes for us.. to work hard.. saying sometimes we have Just Do It! Instead of stoneing away, planning or giving up..
One thing that i agree with my teachers, that is we SINGAPOREANs.. we like to COMPLAIN.. and we like to 'want this, want that..' so we end up being busy with that and have neglected for what is more IMPORTANT..
Had my O'level english oral on wednesday.. didnt really did what i had expected and planned during the REAL practice in the examination hall.. but i really give thanks.. (wana know more ask me..)
Also had my POA test, and Social Studies test today.. it was ok.. but.. i guess i sometimes forget to give thanks for the EXAMINATIONS helping us to be more CLEAR after all the "lectures"
Finally, i haven done this before.. give thanks for ALL my teachers..and even friends..
Let us learn to give thanks ya? =)David's Psalm of Thanks 1 Chronicles 16:7-367 That day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this psalm of thanks to the LORD :8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
12 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
13 O descendants of Israel his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
15 He remembers [b] his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
16 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."
19 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 they [c] wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
21 He allowed no man to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
22 "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."
23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.
24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
25 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
27 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place.
28 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength,
29 ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his [d] holiness.
30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"
32 Let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!
33 Then the trees of the forest will sing, they will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.
34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
35 Cry out, "Save us, O God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise."
36 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said "Amen" and "Praise the LORD." theDRUMMER @
12:55 AM-
Thursday, August 10, 2006
theDRUMMER @
11:47 PM-
Quote of the day(10th Aug)It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.
By James GordonMedical Doctor
guess that really explains more clearly why certian things are like tht for you and especially for me.. so lets try together alright.. giving and taking..=)
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1:02 AM-
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Quote of Day(9th Aug)
All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.
by Wayne Dyer
and.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!! i am SOOO PROUD TO BE A SINGAPOREAN!! thank you Jesus! =) LOVE YOU SINGAPORE!!!theDRUMMER @
7:02 PM-
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
The "One" Eyed Mama
My mom only had one eye. I hated her... she was such an embarrassment... My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell...Anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment.
There was this one day during elementary school..It was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed. how could she do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out, the next day at school... "your mom only has one eye?!?!" ..and they taunted me.
I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so, I said to my mom, "mom.. why don't you have the other eye?! If you're only gonna make me a laughingstock, Why don't you just die?!!!" My mom did not respond..
I guess i felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that i had said what i'd wanted to say all this time.. maybe it was because my mom hadn't punished me, but i didn't think that i had hurt her feelings very badly.
That night...I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, then turned away. Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye.
So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful cause i hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty.. Then i studied real hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence I had. Then, i got married. I bought a house of my own. then I had kids, too.. Now i'm living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it's a place that doesn't remind me of my mom.
This happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when..
What?! Who's this?! ...it was my mother....still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little girl ran away, scared of my mom's eye. And i asked her,
"Who are you?! I don't know you!!!" as if trying to make that real. I screamed at her," how dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!"
"GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"
And to this, my mother quietly answered, "oh, i'm so sorry. i may have gotten the wrong address," and she disappeared out of sight. Thank goodness... she doesn't recognize me.. I was quite relieved. I told myself that i wasn't going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life. Then a wave of relief came upon me...
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. So, lying to my wife that i was going on a business trip, i went. After the reunion, i went down to the old shack, that i used to call a house...just out of curiosity
There, I found my mother fallen on the cold ground. But I did not shed a single tear. She had a piece of paper in her hand.... it was a letter to me.
My son... I think my life has been long enough now.. and...I wont visit Seoul anymore...but would it be too much to ask if i wanted you to come visit me once in a while? I miss you so much.. and I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I decided not to go to the school....for you...
And i'm sorry that i only have one eye, and i was an embarrassment for you. You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. as a mom, i couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye… so i gave you mine…I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. I was never upset at you for anything you did.. the couple times that you were angry with me,..I thought to myself, 'It's because he loves me..'
My son... oh, my son... I don't want you to cry for me, because of my death. Please don't cry...my son, I love you so much .
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
theDRUMMER @
6:57 PM-
Just a Joke..(no offence)
Hey! this is just a joke i came accross, thought it would cheer this place a little..and really, no offence to the muslims..
Back ten centuries ago, the Pope decided that all the Muslims had to leave Jerusalem. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Muslim community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member of the Muslim community. If the Muslim won the debate, all the Muslims could stay. If the Pope won, all the Muslims would have to leave.
The Muslims realised that they had no choice. They looked around for a champion who could defend their faith, but no one wanted to volunteer. It was too risky. But they finally picked their representative, an old Mullah who unknowingly agreed without knowing what he was getting himself into. He agreed only on the condition that neither side be allowed to talk but communicate by miming. The pope agreed.
The day of the great debate came. The Mullah and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers. The Mullah looked back at him and raised his middle finger..
The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Mullah Nasruddin pointed to the ground and stamped his foot.
The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. Mullah pulled out an apple. The Pope stood up and said, 'I give up. This man is too good. The Muslims can stay.'
An hour later, the cardials were all around the Pope asking him what happened. The Pope said: "First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and stamping on it, showing that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and the wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple, reminding me of the first sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?"
Meanwhile, the Muslim community had crowded around the Mullah in total astonishmen. "What happened?" they asked. "Well,"said the Mullah, "First he said to me that we Muslims had three days to leave Jerusalem. I told him up yours. Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared of Muslims. I said none of us leaving this land!"
"And then?" asked a woman.
"He took out his lunch and I took out mine," said the Mullah.
theDRUMMER @
1:44 AM-
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Quote of the dayWatch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.
By Frank Outlaw
theDRUMMER @
10:04 PM-
quite true le.. haha.. =P
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Method:
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