Yay! I am excited!

While being aware that being in a relationship will face lots of challenges...
I am also excited to see how God will move in both of our lives.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17)
By committed to learn more about each other,
I submit to God that God will change me and mold me to be more like Jesus through him.
I believe that I have made the right choice. He is worth it.
I thank God each day for allowing me to get to know him more =)

.Yayyy! I am excited.

::embarking on new journey ^^::
"Trust in the Lord, lean not on your own understanding. In all of your ways, acknowledge Him, He'll make your path straight."- i am holding on to You.

Friday morning drama -.-"

I need to learn to be less reactive ><
What a Friday morning..........
I blame it to my early 5K run, the blood must have not pumped well into my brain yet.
Basicly, there was misunderstanding with some of my close girlfriends.....
due to some over-reactiveness on certain issue.
I thank God that my friend extended her grace and forgiven me =P

Anyway, I chose to google whether it is quite common trait across women being over-reactive, or it is just something wrong with me.
this is what i found.
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101007204433AAbnTq8

funny! :P

These past few days...
I keep on thinking and praying for the people around me that ran away or has back-slided from God's love...
I keep on wondering how's that happen?

Do they stop feeling God's love?
or......do they just being stubborn and say that they no longer need God's love?
Has the church failed to embrace them?

Matt Chandler from the Village Church once warned that people should stop preaching about Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, since it is only God's love that can transform people from the inside out to being a better person.

This song keeps on rising in my head whenever I think about this...

You are my all in all

You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking You like a precious jewel
Lord, to give up I'd be a fool
You are my all in all

I am not saying that I have not ran away from God before, but I am just glad that He never gave up on me and I have responded to that love since.
Even since the beginning, when Adam and Eve fell into sin, God- the All Knowing God- still looked for them and embraced them that time.

Psalm 139. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast.

::Compassion::

Luke 7:43-47 (AMP)
Simon answered, "I suppose the one who was forgiven the most."

"That's right," said Jesus. Then turning to the woman, but speaking to Simon, he said, "Do you see this woman? I came to your home; you provided no water for my feet, but she rained tears on my feet and dried them with her hair. You gave me no greeting, but from the time I arrived she hasn't quit kissing my feet. You provided nothing for freshening up, but she has soothed my feet with perfume. Impressive, isn't it? She was forgiven many, many sins, and so she is very, very grateful. If the forgiveness is minimal, the gratitude is minimal."

47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” - ESV

Perspectives:.

Recently i have been thinking a lot about perspectives.
On how we can allow our minds and our responds to be more optimistic than pessimistic.

I am reminded about an illustration that a pastor gave during his sermon last week
about 2 shoe company's salespersons that are being sent to Africa to survey whether it is a good target market.
One of the salesperson came back and said: "No one wears shoe there, no one will want to wear shoes- it's a bad idea to export it there"
The second sales person came back and said: "No one wears shoe there. GREAT, we can introduce it and have all people start wearing shoes"

Perspectives.

While writing this post, i also keep on thinking about the 12 men that Moses sent to explore Canaan. 10 came back with bad reports that Canaan is full of giants and they will not be able to enter the land. However, Joshua and Caleb saw that Canaan is full of milk and honey and believe that God will give them Canaan (in Numbers 13-14)

Again, Perspectives.

Lord, teach me to always see my cups as full or half full and never as half-empty.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 (NLT)

God's love letters::

Everyone who has experienced love would know how wonderful it feel...
the woo-ing, the pursuit, the flattering words.......
You usually would re-read the letters, the text messages, the IMs over and over....until you probably memorize all the wordings.... just because.

Recently, God showed me the picture of God wanting me to do that same thing.
Oh, how wonderful are God's love letters to me, written in the Bible. His public display of affection to every single one of us.... I strongly encourage all of us to fall in love with God all over again!

I am reminded of His promise to me beginning of the year....

6"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. ⁷ Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. ⁸ Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. ⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:6-9)

:Father, teach me to love Your words; to meditate upon it day and night: