Greatly Blessed, Deeply Loved <3
Just this morning, I couldn't join my care group for the Study Skills Seminar in church because i had Girls' Brigade.. i was quite sad at first cos i really wanted to go for the seminar (thinking i need all the help i can get in my studies! haha kiasu right:S no condemnation tho! haha)
BUT SOMETHING AWESOME HAPPENED!
My friend was sharing an awesome message on communication with our parents during the devotion session(: she touched on the verse 1 Cor 13:4-7 and that was when i had a sudden revelation [Thank you Daddy(:]
haha i sure am exceedingly blessed by the sharing! but even greater than that, my heart and spirit was once again filled with so much of His love because of the revelation, that it is overflowing and i feel like jumping around! hahahhaha:p awesome awesome feeling(:
SO WHAT IS IT JW, SPILL! hahaha ya as i was saying, 1 Cor 13:4-7,
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
So I was looking at the screen (where the verse was projected) and yea like most christians i was like yea yea i know this verse... but thennnn this thought just suddenly popped into my mind (yes literally just appeared in my mind): "God is LOVE."
THEN THEN THEN i took out my bible and flipped to the verse and read it again, this time I replaced the LOVE with GOD. and it came out so awesome i was so blessed:
"GOD is patient, GOD is kind. HE does not envy, HE does not boast, HE is not proud. HE is not rude, HE is not self-seeking, HE is not easily angered, HE keeps no record of wrongs. GOD does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. HE always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
ISN'T THIS SWEET??? (:(:(:(:(:(:
THAT move (of thinking to replace words like that) was totally and definitely not me... i have never thought (in so many years of my christian life) that i would read it this way today.. i was sharing this with my dear little sister and i almost teared when i read out loud the 'replaced' version. it is really awesome..
simple as it may seem im really so blessed and i feel so loved and cherished by Daddy God(: God never shortchanges anyone (even though i could not make it for church this morning, He blessed me with even more:D)
We serve an awesome God! =D
<3
Hi World
i like that title ever since wordpress used it in its template for the very first post haha. it's simple yet catchy(:
anyways, was watching tv that day (yes i finally got a tv! cos i moved.. again..) and i saw this ad from singapore idol! they are finding a blogger! the best part is: the blogger gets exclusive access to all idol events, behind the scenes and fabulous prizes (which i know not what.. but they did say fabulous and i don't think they would offend bloggers by lying.. haha) i think it would be an extra-ordinary opportunity man... but my blog is so dead i doubt i will get chosen.. but it doesn't cost anything to tryyyyyyyyyyy.. so i'm going for it! haha:p
on a side note, i really admire the participants who took up the courage to walk in for auditions.. why? cos i would think they have not the slightest clue what they are in for: the possibility of being famous or infamous, the fun or stress etc. really thin lines between these opposites=X
they say the greatest fear of man is not knowing but these people just prove that wrong haha. thumbs up for them whether they get in or not(:
haiz.. today was the dry run at National Sailing Centre. seems like a lot of things man! i need to psyche myself up to complete work! AYG is NEXT WEEK! so fast omg.... oh yea! some good news(: haha im promoted to be a liaison officer for the sailing event yays! thanks shai(: so i'll be like the editor for all sailing articles published on the AYG official website=D do look out for sailing articles
here. Some of my articles are already up! =D
okays need sleep... i keep sneezing.
NO don't even think that. i didnt come close to any person who have just come back from overseas. it's just that nowadays the weather is so chilly and windy at night, humid in the morning.. sudden climate changes are the cause.. nothing else. really.
haha jas.. in reply to ur tag: no it doesn't
im back.. not back from USA but back to blogging (for now)..
not going to the US anymore becoz of swine flu H1N1 whatever shit. we are competing remotely from singapore and yesterday we just sent out our final 6-page report and final poster.. looks good to me(: but i guess not that impressive to tiak tiak.. nvm team
iSave, if we get into final round (just like how we got into second round).. she'll be the
butt of our joke HAHAHAHA. ok so mean..
11:31am on a sunny Tuesday morning, jw is stuck in the building linking biz and arts waiting for her grpmates.. one went to a bank, one playing bball (/edit: she didn't play bball in the end), one at career seminar (/edit: she had cramps and had to stay home:\), one not turning up at all.. im quite shagged with all the travelling.. maybe i need
iSave application in my phone to plan less tiring journies to school haha.. (wait, journey plural is journies? or journeys? oh what the heck, forget it already.)
i love rambling on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on....
i just wana get this thing over and done with then i can concentrate on my ymca youth for causes project, AYG 09 writing assignments and church:\ still got one more presentation to film and we are done.. thurs.....
i've been missing youth service and not seeing my care grp peeps for the longest time:( amy, jojo, jasmine, huili, chee min, cheryl, gracia and those already graduated, yingling, sam, winnie etc etc etc. so many people im missing spending time with:(
GLC: aloy, nad, far, kherboing, jas xiaojie (yea i know two jasmines), taf, shawn, ahpek sx, yeuyeu, vicks. HAVE NOT BEEN HEARING FROM YOU ALL.. except nad (lunch today! yays), aloy's blog.. sometimes occassionally kherboing and sx on msn (wth? online frenship:(!).. saw shawn in sch yesterday WHAT ABT THE REST?!?!?!?!?!? si dao na li le? haha
Saints: kherboing alr say u le.. vanny, ah lim, su, cam, george, boss lilian, kimbies, rach. only know kimbies and rach in aussie. cam asked for a sentosa trip but i cant make it. brought johan for biz trg so i noe he's still alive haha:p WHere's VAnny? su? george? lilian?
personal blogs are meant to be incoherent.. so there!
okays start mtg now... continue later..
i hope
to US? or not:(
Good news!
"Thank you for participating in the UPA2009 International Student Desisgn Competition. At this time we would like to congratulate you on the high quality of your submission and offer you a CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE of your project to proceed to the next phase of the competition." haha we got through to the next round of the competition for our favourit-est module hahahha;) to think we were the grp that some people thought will not go through... and to think that we left our lecturer's comments in the final submission of our paper and had to be reminded by the co-chair of the competition to resend our paper after the deadline! really by God's grace man.. Praise the Lord~ hahaha and thanks 2216 guy and gals for the hard work! =D heehee:p
the problem is.. we have to go to Oregon, Portland, USA. Where do i get the $$$$ to go? sian:\ i know my parents would surely offer to pay for me but i rather they not.. i cant take anymore from them! i'm freaking going to be 21?!?!?!?!
to go or not to go/that is the question:\
**sidenote: i get homesick really easily.. but it will be my first time so far awayyyyyy.. quite exciting but haiyar.. mixed feelings:\
feeling neutral
i realised everyone only blogs on two extremes: either when they are very happy or when they are totally down. so i want to be unique and blog when im feeling neutral. yea.. so.. i'm feeling rather neutral now.. so.. yea.. and im trying to find things to blog now.. yea.. so.. hmm..
okay bad idea.
fail:\
those were the days...
when i had to wake up early everyday to run...
when i had so much energy and motivation to chiong...
when everything is about positive mindset and cannot-say-die...
when i don't need the alarm clock to wake me up...
when i look forward to saturdays' water trainings..
when i have to complete sets of 'McDonalds happy meals' filled with push ups, burpies etc...
when i have team members to rely on...
when i have a coach to guide me...
when i have my boat to vent my frustrations...
when i have my paddle with me with my name on it...
when i was the most competitive in all areas of my life...
when i was the fittest in health and in mind..when i was duper chao ta...when i was known as xiao wei...
those were the days. gone. ):
thanks Brandon for remaking this photo.. sure bring back loads of memories. haha. and yes.. unfinished business much:(
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