Tears are the material out of which heaven weaves its brightest rainbow.

nonelikejesus:

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19

grateful for Jesus who looked upon this little girl when she decided one day walking out of Cedar that she will be a lifelong athiest because she can’t figure out who is the real god and reckon no one else would know 

grateful for mum even though i had the most fights with her and even though the way she and I think are at polars with each other, but without her holding on, this family would have long crumbled. And despite all my mess-ups, she still believes and loves me

grateful for dad for just being around and for his crazy and nonsense personality, which i find so funny many times - tt i tell all my friends he actually loves and watches anime. =P and even though he doesn’t say/show it, i know i’m his dear daughter and he tells ppl how proud he is of me

grateful for grandpa and grandma whom i affectionately nicknamed lao ye ye and lao ah ma =P (my brother calls my grandma xiao (small) ah ma, which isn’t any better, lol!), for lao ye ye who tries to make sense of my horrible hokkien when i try to ask him to teach me dialect (he can speak mandarin btw), for lao ah ma for helping me clear my messes in my room =S for enduring all my late nights and always trying to help me in areas whenever she can

grateful for my brother, that whn i’m feeling upset and i can’t sleep, he lets me whine and he wld spend time w me going supper tgt at late late nights. And the fact tt he offered to pay for my milo c bing and carry the dishes to the table. And letting me crashed in his room so i can wake up easier the next day and although he pretends tt he doesn’t care and continues to play his music + gaming sound + tv show on whn i trying to sleep on his bed, but whn i really fell asleep, he off everything and switched off the lights so i could sleep better (and i knew cause i woke up half way and realise his room was so quiet)

grateful for Tabernacle of Joy, bishop, pastor, rock leaders and everyone that’s there - for creating a safe environment; for hard preaching; for challenging/inspiring us to dream and pursue God; for holding strong to the apostle’s doctrine; for preaching what God wants to be preached and not what the world or we want to hear; for always believing in me

grateful for my bestest friends:

for charlotte who talk long with me over the phone abt feeling feeling stuff we want to rant abt cause we are blue and for telling me that she sees me as her best friend =);
for lily who can listen to all the questions i have and how i rationalize and think through in my head and for advising me and for saying things as it needs to be said and for being so fun to bully =P;
for lilin, who always is so encouraging and goes over the top genuinely excited for you whatever it is that I’ve shared, for supporting all my endeavours in whatever haha and for just being you =);
for seokkian, who is the special friend i relied on when I had none in class, who became a very close friend that i dearly love;
for sheeping who goes to school with me, if not i might still have no friends in class cause i’m too quiet to talk, who listens to all my crazy talks in sch, who is my literal moral support over msn whn we chiong essays;
for wenqi, who runs towards me and hug-attack me and terrorizing me with your kisses, who attempted to lick me on several accounts, for always telling me that she loves me
for wong, who i made popular her nickname that many addresses her by that now =P for my ton overnight, cannot-study-at-home-must-study-outside friend, my go home partner, and my siao ding dong friend that embraces/supports all the crazy, last minute, spontaneous ideas abt everything, and for laughing at the top of our voices in buangkok at night abt poot. HAHA

grateful for my boss, who is too nice and tries to help me in some many ways when actually as an assistant, I’M SUPPOSED TO HELP HIM! For giving me grace for my nonsense, for buying me free lunch (haha), for being approachable and friendly tt i can seriously tell him the randomness stuff

haha and pastor told the guys tonight to thank the girls for being apostolic, so yeah i want to say I’m grateful for our church guys too, for being apostolic men =) i feel safe and at home in church and you all have helped create that environment. 

grateful for tonight’s message - i didn’t realise there’s so much ingratitude in me and yes it’s true how the devil will want you to just focus on what you don’t have that you neglect and forget what you do… and I’m practically crying non-stop writing this post. And I remember sis carol asking me a question when she counseled me, ‘You have so much, what more do you want?’, and yes I am truly blessed. Thank you all =)

thekingandme:

Be SILENT when anger stirs your heart;

 Don’t speak the word that sends the dart

 Or adds a burden to some soul

 Add to your faith that self-control.

 Be Silent.   

Be PATIENT when everything goes wrong

And Satan tries to steal your song

 Let the peace of God keep mind and heart,

And every needful grace impart.

Be Patient.   

Be KIND when folks don’t understand

And friends misjudge on every hand.

“Let your yieldedness be known,”

Remembering that you’re not your own.

Be Kind. 

Be READY always to extend

A helping hand to foe or friend.

Jesus prayed for those whose hate

Caused Him to die without the gate.

Be Ready. 

Be FAITHFUL; plow and sow the seed

By steady plod and loving deed.

Though others may not know the cost,

God knows your labour ‘tis not lost.

Be Faithful.

-Unknown

I’m hardly angry, or at least people hardly see me angry, or even when I’m angry mostly I just frown and keep quiet or pretend everything’s ok.

but this week, I’ve been angry so long (it almost like i broke my own personal record) and it feels like it’s still boiling inside and I want it to continue to boil -.- and most irritating if I think about it logically, there’s no one or anything really to be angry at.

and since Pastor preached about pride, God has been giving me opportunities this week to humble myself, but I haven’t been responding/thinking right… but I NEED GRACE!

so ok, got to keep trying, cause even when I’m feeling alone, I’m not. And even if I feel so hopeless, God turned me to Psalm 136 and that psalm just keeps repeating, His love never quits… His love never quits…

thekingandme:

Victory is not won by doing the right things occasionally; victory is won by doing the right things daily.

- Rev Raymond Woodward

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. 
            His love endures forever. (NIV)

Thank God! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits. 
   Thank the God of all gods, 
      His love never quits. 
   Thank the Lord of all lords. 
      His love never quits. (MSG)

O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. (Amp)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
         His faithful love endures forever. (NLT)

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (KJV)

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. (ESV)

Give thanks to the Lord because he is good. 
       His love continues forever. (NCV)

你 们 要 称 谢 耶 和 华 ， 因 他 本 为 善 ； 他 的 慈 爱 永 远 长 存 。(CUV)

Thank God! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits.
Thank the God of all gods,
His love never quits.
Thank the Lord of all lords.
His love never quits.

Thank the miracle-working God,
His love never quits.
The God whose skill formed the cosmos,
His love never quits.
The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations,
His love never quits.
The God who filled the skies with light,
His love never quits.
The sun to watch over the day,
His love never quits.
Moon and stars as guardians of the night,
His love never quits.
The God who struck down the Egyptian firstborn,
His love never quits.
And rescued Israel from Egypt’s oppression,
His love never quits.
Took Israel in hand with his powerful hand,
His love never quits.
Split the Red Sea right in half,
His love never quits.
Led Israel right through the middle,
His love never quits.
Dumped Pharaoh and his army in the sea,
His love never quits.
The God who marched his people through the desert,
His love never quits.
Smashed huge kingdoms right and left,
His love never quits.
Struck down the famous kings,
His love never quits.
Struck Sihon the Amorite king,
His love never quits.
Struck Og the Bashanite king,
His love never quits.
Then distributed their land as booty,
His love never quits.
Handed the land over to Israel.
His love never quits.

God remembered us when we were down,
His love never quits.
Rescued us from the trampling boot,
His love never quits.
Takes care of everyone in time of need.
His love never quits.
Thank God, who did it all!
His love never quits!

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Lord, I give up all my own plans and purposes, all my own desires and hopes, and accept Thy will for my life. I give myself, my life, my all utterly to Thee to be Thine forever. Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit. Use me as Thou wilt, send me where Thou wilt, work out Thy whole will in my life at any cost, now and forever.

wongpeiting:

Today’s sermon still rings in my mind.

Hopefully this will make it ring longer.

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try

every dark cloud has a silver lining.

There is good in every bad circumstances in life. Look to God, and let Him turn the test into testimony! GBU!

Note to self: 

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2 

And it started as a sms I thought could encourage someone for the week but I think God meant it very much for me as well and it’s too much of a coincedence for the number of times this scripture has popped out to me in different settings. 

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:10 

Thank you God.