You are PRECIOUS...Very Precious...
1 billion sparkly dimonds do not compare...
The most amazing sunset does not come close...
To how precious you are to Your God...
If there is anything that I've come to realise more and more ever since I gave my life to the Lord and came to know this amazing God is the notion and courage to realise how precious I am to my God...Even when I feel that I have failed to live the kind of life i would like to live, God would always find a way to remind me that "I am precious in His eyes..." So I can get up and try again...
The world judge us based on our immediate results but God loves us "just because"...There need not be a reason for Him to "just love" the ones He calls His own. You and me...every single living being in this litle planet we live in call Earth, God has set His eyes upon you even before the moment you were born...He "knew you even when you were in your mother's womb". He called you "My Child" even then and still does every SINGLE day...if you will slow down and listen to His still voice in your heart.
A simple prayer in "Streams of Praise" concert I went to last night reminded me of a simple truth..."When you feel that you don't have the love to love, just ask God for more love..." It's just THAT simple. How I have forgotten the simplicity of my faith in Christ. Ask and it will be given...God is not talking about the material things of life but the characters that come with knowing God...love, faith, hope, patience, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, humility, self control, wisdom, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness, enduring strength...Have you asked God today??
When i lack the strength to make a difficult decision, I only need to look to God and ask for more strength from Him...I could plan and plot my decision through a thick weave of uncertainties, but nothing compares to sitting down and talking with my Father and the decision seems so clear, so straight-forward and you wonder why you didn't see it before...the secret lies not only in the wisdom of the decision but also lies in the strength to make the right choice. Sometimes, making the right choice is harder than making what seems to be the best choice.
When I lack the courage to face up to my mistakes and to change them, I only need to look upon the grace of my God that is sufficient for me to face up to every mistake and weakness within me...I am not perfect and sometimes sink into a feeling of being 'not good enough' or a sense that I have disappointed the people around me. What I need is not someone to tell me "It's ok", but the courage to face up those weaknesses and say, "God, help me to change."
When I lack the mercy to forgive those who have hurt me and wronged me, I only need to look upon the mercy of God upon my life to know that I have been showered by so much mercy every day of my life. If I forgive for every time I know that God forgave me, I would have forgiven the world...
What's so scary about life is not that we do not know what's ahead...It's expected. You can't know exactly what will happen every corner you turn. But the scariest thing is when we have to walk alone. But our hope in an unchanging God is that He will always be with us no matter where we go. Without hope (vision of our "good plan" in God), we will perish...If you can see this, then you will be confident that no matter what corner you turn upon in life, you are walking in His plans for you, either entering new chapters or being prepared to enter into those chapters of His working in your life...
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Celebrating my 26th Birthday...was a special time of laughter and fun with my family. It's something I have not done in 8 years...having my whole family there on my birthday. Of course, only person missing this year was my sister. It was a simple night...dinner at an Italian restaurant at Westin Hotel. Wow-ing and Ah-ing at the scrumptious food served and the restaurant interior...no birthday cake even. But Jenny arranged a little piece of in-house ice cream cake, which was served with a special birthday rendition of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by the waiters at Preggo's...a pricelss and precious time...
Preggo's Italian restaurant, Westin Hotel, KL
From left: dad, mum, ME, aunty, Jenny (sis-in-law and soon-to-be little Sarah Joy) and bro, Kenny...
The most amazing sunset does not come close...
To how precious you are to Your God...
If there is anything that I've come to realise more and more ever since I gave my life to the Lord and came to know this amazing God is the notion and courage to realise how precious I am to my God...Even when I feel that I have failed to live the kind of life i would like to live, God would always find a way to remind me that "I am precious in His eyes..." So I can get up and try again...
The world judge us based on our immediate results but God loves us "just because"...There need not be a reason for Him to "just love" the ones He calls His own. You and me...every single living being in this litle planet we live in call Earth, God has set His eyes upon you even before the moment you were born...He "knew you even when you were in your mother's womb". He called you "My Child" even then and still does every SINGLE day...if you will slow down and listen to His still voice in your heart.
A simple prayer in "Streams of Praise" concert I went to last night reminded me of a simple truth..."When you feel that you don't have the love to love, just ask God for more love..." It's just THAT simple. How I have forgotten the simplicity of my faith in Christ. Ask and it will be given...God is not talking about the material things of life but the characters that come with knowing God...love, faith, hope, patience, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, humility, self control, wisdom, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness, enduring strength...Have you asked God today??
When i lack the strength to make a difficult decision, I only need to look to God and ask for more strength from Him...I could plan and plot my decision through a thick weave of uncertainties, but nothing compares to sitting down and talking with my Father and the decision seems so clear, so straight-forward and you wonder why you didn't see it before...the secret lies not only in the wisdom of the decision but also lies in the strength to make the right choice. Sometimes, making the right choice is harder than making what seems to be the best choice.
When I lack the courage to face up to my mistakes and to change them, I only need to look upon the grace of my God that is sufficient for me to face up to every mistake and weakness within me...I am not perfect and sometimes sink into a feeling of being 'not good enough' or a sense that I have disappointed the people around me. What I need is not someone to tell me "It's ok", but the courage to face up those weaknesses and say, "God, help me to change."
When I lack the mercy to forgive those who have hurt me and wronged me, I only need to look upon the mercy of God upon my life to know that I have been showered by so much mercy every day of my life. If I forgive for every time I know that God forgave me, I would have forgiven the world...
What's so scary about life is not that we do not know what's ahead...It's expected. You can't know exactly what will happen every corner you turn. But the scariest thing is when we have to walk alone. But our hope in an unchanging God is that He will always be with us no matter where we go. Without hope (vision of our "good plan" in God), we will perish...If you can see this, then you will be confident that no matter what corner you turn upon in life, you are walking in His plans for you, either entering new chapters or being prepared to enter into those chapters of His working in your life...
Celebrating my 26th Birthday...was a special time of laughter and fun with my family. It's something I have not done in 8 years...having my whole family there on my birthday. Of course, only person missing this year was my sister. It was a simple night...dinner at an Italian restaurant at Westin Hotel. Wow-ing and Ah-ing at the scrumptious food served and the restaurant interior...no birthday cake even. But Jenny arranged a little piece of in-house ice cream cake, which was served with a special birthday rendition of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by the waiters at Preggo's...a pricelss and precious time...
Preggo's Italian restaurant, Westin Hotel, KL
From left: dad, mum, ME, aunty, Jenny (sis-in-law and soon-to-be little Sarah Joy) and bro, Kenny...
Hey there!
First of allHappy birthday and hope that ur birthday brought u wonderful things in life.I guess from the picture u had a wonderful time with ur family.I pray that the lord will continue to bless u and providing u with more years and happiness in ur life.
Happy birth sis....
Posted by: Cyril | August 10, 2006 07:10 PM