quality time

It has been a busy week. And I feel that I have not been spending enough quality time with my old school friends. I remember that a friend once said that even if we do not meet up for a long time, it does not mean that our friendship is devalued or what. I come to understand how she felt. But I guess that doesn't give us the excuse from meeting up. Hope that we will all try to set aside some time for our friends who mean much to us. And this doesn't happen just alone by one person's initiative but everyone else's. (=

Anyway, I'm glad that we have new year. Even though we are bombarded with homework, we can still choose to give our family some of our time. I struggled between going to visit relatives with my parents on day two and staying at home to mug. Thank God that I chose the former. Cause' I feel that this is one good new year that I can really engage in my relationship with my family. (=

I've done much, gained much, achieved much, and studied enough.

But I came to one conclusion only..

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.
(Psalm 27:4)

Marcus' sharing today touched the core of my heart. We have heard about the story on Martha and Mary. But there's always this line between reading the Bible and God's word coming alive and so real. And it's not difficult. Just ask Him for the desire to read His word and teach you.

Wah, it's just the first week of school and I see God in the midst of my life and the lives of others!
Honestly, I'm physically quite tired but something within me is still fluttering. I mean, all the homework and tests are rushing to me and I do not get enough sleep but I am not worried!

Like yesterday, I was to prepare for two MSAs and I also wanted to read something that is quite important but not 'urgent'. So I prayed for time to do all which seemed quite impossible, and guess what? God postponed my History MSA! =D It's crazy.

I don't know why, but I keep seeing prayers answered and it's just too much for me to take!

Through this trying period of studies, friends, I believe God can bring peace WITHIN the entire you when you ask and trust.

You know how it feels when someone gets on your nerves and..

Who do we put the blame on? Naturally, the person. "Because he/she came and irritate me mah."

But today, I can only cry out to Jesus. For Him to just come and redeem my heart once again. Because only He can make my heart clean once again. When I react in anger, I just find that I'm losing myself more than I think the person is losing himself/herself.
Only when Jesus comes into the picture, my heart is humbled once again.

Pardon me. But have we ever thought about how precious we really are? What is our value?
It's more than we can imagine. Stop giving ourselves to what is of less value. Anger, vengeance etc. They just consume you.

I can't imagine I hadn't updated my blog for quite a few weeks.

Okay, actually these few days just felt surreal to me.

29th to 31st: Chalet with 4E2. It was a cool place and I didn't know I booked a 2 storey but I guess everyone loved it. It's ultra big. Like some old terrace with seaview and the breeze is really great. I had a good personal retreat the next morning to the seaside area and spent my quiet time there. It was so so good and refreshing. The waves somehow made God's presence known there. Cooked breakfast with Janice. We are really amateurs at this and next time I have my house, I'd make sure I have a wok! (Mum doesn't keep one cause' she doesn't like the smoke and oil.) Good chat with some of my friends at night. It's been a while since I caught up with some of them like Charis Ng Chi Hui. (=

31st/ 1st: Watchnight at church. Countdown this year was very meaningful to me. It has been a long time since I countdowned so happily and I was really excited about the new year. I guess it would have been different without cell. Sharing on stage was good. I told God before I went up that I was trusting Him completely for this and He made it rather stress-free!

2nd to 4th: SFC Camp. I thought that I did not manage my planning time well but the people still enjoyed themselves. Camp was great because I really sensed unity among us. Before that we were still quite scattered in our groups but I felt assured during the camp. Got to know many of them better and well, we really had fun. For example, running at 5.30 to ECP. Haha. The sunrise was not that distinct visually but it was nice. And I really like the zombie game. The campers were paired up three-legged with one blindfolded. They had to find the apples which James and co. hid so well. Samuel and I were the zombies and we had to be blindfolded while catching them. We had someone to prevent us from falling but I kept walking so fast (I just couldn't control my speed?) and kept knocking into things. Haha.
Oh yeah, my aunt is working at Navigators (my campsite) and I actually met her on the first day. Got a shock!

Well, a well-spent holiday! And I just got my laptop yesterday since I'm going to use it quite a lot. (= Start mugging now already.