Wednesday, July 30, 2008
longing
would it make sense if i were to say:
i long to long....as the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs for You- psalm 42:1
what does it mean to long for and thirst after God? for this desire to take greater priority than even our inherent thirst for water? what changes in your heart?
funnily enough, the natural human or animal response to thirst is simply this: we drink until we no longer feel thirsty.
and God is such an abundant God... He has given much more than we need....
and i figure the thirstier i am, the more i'll drink =D hahaha
so. i want to long for more of You.
please, thankYou and amen. =D
love, me.
Labels: bible verses, FirstLove, learning, ramblings
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
whispers to my soul
because of You, i can look forward with confidence...
one thing I ask of the Lord,
this is what i seek:
that i may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple...
my heart says of you, "Seek his face!"
Your face, Lord, I will seek...
teach me your way, O Lord;
lead me in a straight path....
I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
-Psalm 27:4. 8. 11. 13-14
in abundance of You. =)
i will seek Your face
call upon Your name, Jesus
all i want is You
Labels: bible verses, FirstLove
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Monday, July 28, 2008
back to school
bahhhhh i have to adjust my sleeping pattern!!! oh no oh no! talking to 6am was so not a good idea... (but still feels very worth it! hahaha... and we hadn't even exhausted all topics yet!)
i actually have 9am lectures now...(sad to say audio lectures are already calling to me... haha) no more days off... finishing everyday (except fridays) at 4:15pm...
but but but.... the spread out timetable is a blessing as well... more lunch breaks = more lunch/coffee dates =D and well.. opportunities to study... haha time management and discipline ok ok? (ignore me... i'm trying to psych myself up... peptalks... and don't pretend you don't do it too... haha)
i used to love going back to school... i found holidays kind of boring... but now...
are u kidding me? the long holidays are the best part about uni... haha and the weekends too of course ;)
ah well... there are a couple of things i'm looking forward to this week... =)
Labels: ramblings
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Friday, July 25, 2008
time for plan B?
A couple of weeks back, our senior pastor wrote in the church bulletin:
have you ever thought about the fact that God is never found wanting for a 'plan B'? with His perfect knowledge of the future His activities are always up to date. if life were to be recorded as plan A until we made a mistake and then it became plan B, i would not like to think what letter God is up to with the planning of my life. He would have run out of numbers, letters and most other options given my human frailty. God perpetually has a plan A.
He has never been caught by surprise nor will He ever be. while God has taken note in advance of my mistakes and poor choices He has also made provision for me through Christ. not only am i forgiven of my sins but i have the opportunity of a fresh start every day. the grace of God does that for us.
despite our uncertainty, my inability to see into the future, its a nice reminder to know that God will never be caught by surprise... the idea of God saying...
wow!! what a melodrama, so did not see that coming. the writer of this soap is a genius
is laughable... hahaha am i right?
when it comes down to it, i don't know the details, but i have confidence that in the end it'll work out better than good. it'll be a joy to look back and see His hand in it all...
so in the meantime... lesson to learn: there are no plan Bs... so no need to worry
hahaha
Labels: faith, future, ramblings, security
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
romance and other such ramblings
things i used to believe in:
- you could die of dehydration and loss of blood if you cried too much (haha i think my mum used to tell me that i was crying out clear blood and water or something like that...)
- all the rice left over on my plate would one day translate into pimples
- if you swallowed a watermelon seed... it would grow inside of you
- if you had a really bad cough... it was possible to cough your lungs out
- boy germs (though i never really thought about what it would do to me... more that it was icky and ewwww)
- love was a state you fell into... kinda like you just tripped: involuntary, unexpected and unless someone caught you, painful when you hit the ground. haha actually... to a large extent i still believe that, but... i don't believe that you can fall in and out of love just like that. instead, i believe love is something that you work on...
i think thats why i don't think i believe in the concept of soul mates anymore either... the idea of someone else that
completes you. its realizations like these that tempers my romantic notions... in the past i would have readily described myself as a hopeless romantic, but now... probably not. i don't believe in love at first sight, i'm not even sure i believe in theone anymore... *gasp!* (I've had a lot of interesting conversations centering on the concept of theone lately, and generally i get that kind of reaction when i express these thoughts) i wouldn't say i'm jaded (gosh i hope i'm not!) but perhaps a slightly cynical romantic, but wistfully so? in the sense that, i hope i'll be surprised and perhaps proved wrong.
i still refer to the future guy (whoever he may be) as theone, and i hope and secretly wish that i will be lucky enough to have the guy walk into my life with a huge sign on his forehead reading 'amy's theone... other girls please do not touch' HAHAHA!!! but
highly highly unlikely...
so i'm not so sure i believe in theone, but i do believe in TheOne and i think by far, thats
the greatest romance ever =D
Labels: future, girl talk, ramblings
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