| Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| Touching one.. |
Last Sunday happened to be 'Social Concern Sunday' in my church. A group of handicapped people from Beautiful Gate Foundation visited my church and shared their testimony to the congregation.
One sister had difficulty in speech yet she chose to share to the congregation. She shared about how she prayed for God to heal her relationship with her father. How God came into her life and heal her in many aspects. Throughout the testimony she just kept repeating the phrase 'I wanna Thank God for this...' and 'I wanna Thank God for that..'
I remembered vividly a phrase from her sharing where she pleaded the congregation to seek healing from God to be healed from past hurts. She pleads the congregation to seek complete healing from God that forgiveness will flow in our lives.
I almost wept upon hearing her praying such a prayer for the entire congregation. In my heart I was thinking, if I'm in her position, I'll be praying for God to heal me first, the physical handicapped, speech difficulty and so on.
But through her sharing I can sense the great strength of God's love in her. She truly experiences God everyday, and she wants everyone to experience His love as well.
When our lives and thoughts are blinded by hurts, eventually God's love will not live in us. It's only when we choose to allow God's love to live in us, then all the hurts and unfairness will be washed away in His great love.
It has been my prayer to experience God's love in every little things of my life. And it has been awesome because my minds are renewed, and i start to look things positively in my life.
When we believe that God can move mountains, it's the trust that we have on Him to lead us in every small step of our lives. |
posted by irene @ Monday, April 20, 2009  |
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| God can fix anything |
It has been a great easter weekend. Apart from attending own church easter weekend services, also went to CHC for their easter production - iMing.
The strong message that touched my heart is the message of FORGIVENESS. It's never an easy lesson, I'm trying hard to learn it, and yet at times i relented on it. Somehow this message keeps pop up in my head even way long before easter.
I'm thankful that I'd learn to live out of my past. Just like the story of iMing depicted, God wants us to live out of our past so that we can learn to live a brand new life everyday. I admit I sunk into my own world of comfort to protect myself from getting hurt and being transparent to people around me. True enough, such life really sucks. Each step i walked on simply gets heavier and my health deteriorated. People around me started questioning me on losing pounds.
When your soul is not living healthily, whatever that we eat physically will just be a waste, as it will not be able to nourish us physically.
When I learn to step out of my darkness and put my trust in God that He is able to fix the brokenness in me, finally I can see shades of light re-enter my life. I felt my heavy burden released, and joy re-enter my life as well.
The good thing is I'm experiencing His love stronger daily, and it keeps me nourish and stronger as days go by. I live a happier life now. I start to open up myself to circle of friends around me.
When I thought that I have no friends around me, He opens my eyes to see that all the while it's my pessimestic thought that have blinded my eyes all these while.
When I experience His love once more, He brings me greater heights to many wonderful things in my life.
Simply, God can fix anything IF only we allow Him to do it! |
| posted by irene @ Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
| A few hours left.. |
Few hours left before we bid farewell to 2008.
It hasn't been a very calm and smooth year. It's disheartening seeing disaster happened one after another. Many things just fall into wrong places, it seems.
One point that the pastor preached last week was indeed remarkable. God allow us to have a turning point in every disaster. We may start blaming God when things falling apart in our lives. But in a different view, He is allowing us a turning point to greater things in our lives.
God did not promise that we will not have storm in our lives, but He promised that He will walk with us through every storm.
May 2009 be a blessed and fruitful life in experiencing God's love in greater heights.
Adios 2008! |
| posted by irene @ Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
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| Saturday, October 18, 2008 |
| Thank God |
Thank God for wondrous blessing:-
1) Blessing on dad's minor operation, successful and recuperating well.
2) I'd won tickets to musical drama (1st time ever gonna watch live stage show) WOW!
3) Challenging career - Manager did my appraisal today, getting confirmation next month.
4) Getting back on track in spiritual journey, affirming faith in God.
5) Experience God's love, through His love outflow hatred.
6) Congratulations on a friend's convocation - long anticipated joyous day.
The list actually continues on. But headache caught on me greatly, several ad-hoc things at workplace stressed me out a little these few days.
Thank God for giving me a chance of learning, and securing my job in times of economic instability.
Thank God. |
| posted by irene @ Saturday, October 18, 2008 |
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| Saturday, October 04, 2008 |
| MAMMA MIA! |
I'd always love to watch musical drama sort of movie, and MAMA MIA is the recent one that i've watched.
It is a comedy cum romantic movie with its meaning captured beyond its hillarious scene. This is the second movie ever that makes my tears rolling down, especially during the scene where Donna sang the song "The Winner Takes it All" to her lover, Sam.
The Winner Takes It All
I don't wanna talk about the things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me now it's history
I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say no more ace to play
The winner takes it all, the loser standing small
Beside the victory that's her destiny
I was in your arms thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense building me a fence
Building me a home thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool playing by the rules
The gods may throw a dice their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here losses someone dear
The winner takes it all the loser has to fall
It's simple and it's plain why should I complain
But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same when she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside you must know that I miss you
But what can I say rules must be obeyed
The judges will decide the likes of me abide
Spectators of the show always staying low
The game is on again a lover or a friend
A big thing or a small the winner takes it all
I don't wanna talk if it makes you feel sad
And I understand you've come to shake my hands
I apologize if it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense no self-confidence
But you see the winner takes it all
The winner takes it all..
Love is complicated? Love is forgiving?
Love is endurance? True love waits?
Donna in her character depicts that misunderstanding caused grievances and hurt in her incomplete love journey. She took it all to herself in silence, thinking that she will never experience love again.
What is lost is not actually lost forever. All it takes is just FORGIVENESS to once again experience true love, making her love journey wholesome ever.
I believe FORGIVENESS will bring true LOVE to greater heights.
Without FORGIVENESS, LOVE is always incomplete.
Catch - MAMMA MIA!
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| posted by irene @ Saturday, October 04, 2008 |
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| Sunday, September 14, 2008 |
| Forever Here |
永远都在
人生短短的几十年 是否永远存在
为谁又笑又哭 难道就没有了
我不相信这一切 没有人会了解
他给我的爱 永不改变
我现在要仰望他直到永远
我要全心全力的给祢爱 我不要再次受伤害
为祢我要重新再来
我要把所有痛都 放下来
让祢代我走出大海 我相信祢永远都在
I happen to spot this album during a visit to christian book fair in August, the album entitled 'Forever Here' composed and sang by Hager 陈孟奇. Apparently he did composed a song for Jolin Tsai entitled '马得里不思议', which became one of the hitz song for Jolin.
I love this main song written above, the meaning truly captured my heart and lifted me up. During low time, when i felt that i am sealed away in a planet of my own where nobody matters to me, this song reinforces its meaning within me - God is Forever Here. He knows the hurts that i went through, He is ever willing to wait on me to throw out all my hurts to him, allowing Him to once again guide me out of hurts and once again embrace in His love.
For a very long period (months), i thought i am alone walking in this hurtful journey, withheld all the sorrows to myself, hiding it away from people around me. I thought i am brave enough to go through this alone, but each step that i tried walking out from the pit, it felt so heavy. When i finally thought i have actually walked out of the pit, i was wrong, another gloomy sky blanketed on me. I felt so heavy once again.
Where is God? Has He not known my tough journey and excruciating hurts?
I am wrong. I truly felt so blessed with this song, He promises that He is FOREVER HERE.
Man may break their promises, but He always uphold His promises.
Man may leave us for others sake, but He is forever here.
Man's love may have limitation, but His love surpasses all limitations.
Man may let go something/someone they once held precious, but He always held everyone precious to Him.
I know He wants me to learn a tough lesson to overcome all excruciating hurts within me.
He is willing to journey with me, but i have to step out for Him to lead me through this journey of ..
FORGIVENESS....
to be continued.. |
| posted by irene @ Sunday, September 14, 2008 |
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| Tuesday, September 09, 2008 |
| SILENCE |
SILENCE
is when i fear of creating more arguments and misunderstanding
is when i fear of trying to explain but stirs up more unhappiness
is when attempts of explaining turns the cloud grey
is when i fear of words of THREAT will become reality
is when i fear of losing some soul someday
is when i fear of unexpected thoughts from some soul
is when i fear of the final decision from some soul
is when i held loose of a faithful soul
is when i held loose of the presence of a new soul caught within
is highly felt when anger presence left me without words for weeks
is when it creates hurt within to make the hurtful decision within self
is put to blame for all that happen aftermath
When hurt kept knocking at doorstep,
SORRY it's the difficult magic word to once again embrace LOVE.
LOVE is the key to unlock all HATRED.
HATRED is not the absence of LOVE.
LOVE co-exist with HATRED, to outflow HATRED.
It's a tough process to walk on, i have never intend to blame any soul for what has happen.
I just hope misunderstanding and hatred will be replaced with TRUE LOVE.
Learn TRUE LOVE from above, LOVE that never fails, LOVE that perseveres.
Above all, God's LOVE is greatest of all mankind. |
| posted by irene @ Tuesday, September 09, 2008 |
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