Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things. -- Robert Brault
"We either make ourselves miserable,
or we make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same."
~Carlos Castaneda
It's a miracle I held on so long.
Your hand I never saw, but in Your heart I trust.
I'm still holding on, keeping on keeping on.
But I hope it ends soon, for I'm about to break.
We’ll have the days we break,
And we’ll have the scars to prove it,
We’ll have the bonds that we save,
But we’ll have the heart not to lose it.
For all of the times we’ve stopped,
For all of the things I’m not.
Your stay in my heart is long overdue.
It's really time you leave.
Baby, please believe me,
Oh please believe me,
When I say that I'll see you again.
But now you have to go and I want you to know.
This is goodbye, this is goodbye.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
Fare thee well.
Don't.
Do not worry for my soul.
There are just the splinters left.
Nothing but these memories of old.
My current love is all I have.
So as I write this letter and shed my last tear
Know it's all for the better that we end this here
Let's close this chapter, say one last prayer
But don't say that you loved me
Cos I know you didn't.
Archers in your arches,
Raise your fingers for one last salute.
And bleed this skyline dry
Your history is mine.
There's no way to miss your destination.
If God's your target, you're in luck.
For our God is so big, you can't miss.
* I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the trouble with people generally is just here. Nine-tenths of the difficulties are over come when our hearts are ready to do the Lord's will, whatever it may be. When one is truly in this state, it is usually but a little way to the knowledge of what His will is.
* Having done this, I do not leave the result to feeling or simple impression. If so, I make myself liable to great delusions.
* I seek the Will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.
* Next I take into account providential circumstances. These often plainly indicate God's Will in connection with His Word and Spirit.
* I ask God in prayer to reveal His Will to me aright.
* Thus, through prayer to God, the study of the Word, and reflection, I come to a deliberate judgment according to the best of my ability and knowledge, and if my mind is thus at peace, and continues so after two or three more petitions, I proceed accordingly. In trivial matters, and in transactions involving most important issues, I have found this method always effective.
"To dream anything that you want to dream, that's the beauty of the human mind.
To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will.
To trust yourself to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed."
-Bernard Edmonds
And it's all possible with God.
Luke 22:
31: And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.
32: "But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren."
Finally it's time.
Please forget what I said.
I'll find my way.
How often, people blame the whole world except themselves when things go wrong.
"...the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with the person."
Having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. - Dinah Craik
John 20:
23: "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them;
if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
When I'm in the depths of the lowest valley, it's the depths of Your love that's letting me walk on.
Please don't forget me, I'm going away
I'm taking a taxi to Kentucky where they don't need to know
All about me, I just need to feel safe
Got a thousand sweaters and shoes and paintings to hide
Skeletons in my bed
Don't ask where I'm going
I'm going away
I'm going my way
Finally it's my time
To be lonely, and lost, unloveed and I can't wait
Don't forget what I said
Don't forget my letter
every night I pray for you
I don't got no religion
Isn't that something
I'll miss those days,
I saved that bottle, it's now ten years aged
I've got some baubles I could sell for money
And a pair of fresh shaved legs
Won't you baby come with me, I've got extra space
In my car, in my heart, in my mind
Look there's the passenger seat by the postcards you gave (Don't know where I'm going)
I'm going away
I'm going my way
Finally it's my time
To be lonely, and lost, unloved and I can't wait
Don't forget what I said
Don't forget my letter
Every night I pray you
I don't got no religion
Isn't that something
I'll miss those days
But he said, "Slow down, slow down
Think it over, we've all got wretched closets
Silly girl, pride kills more than aids
Lately." I said, "Come on
I've thought it over,
I Don't wanna die here,
I have no desire to get married."
I can't race the others anymore;
No, I must learn to race myself.
I'm going away
I'm going my way
Finally it's my time
To be lonely, and lost, unloved and I can't wait
Please forget what I said (I'll find my way)
Please forget my letter
Every night I pray for you
I don't got a religion
Isn't that something
I'll miss those days
I, I'm not going halfway (I'll find my way)
I, I
Every night I pray for you
Don't believe in heaven
Or that it could be a happy place
I, I'm going away
One evidence of a true artist is the ability to turn everyday normal things into amazing fragments of beauty.
2 Timothy 2:
11: This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
12: If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13: If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
Indeed, God is faithful when I'm faithless.
He's always faithful.
What a beautiful song. And the lyrics.
Just what I needed.
Thank You, Lord.
I just had to admit.
I'm nothing without You.
Brokenness.
I'm finding it back.
More steps to take.
You are not a God created by human hands
You are not a God dependent on any mortal man
You are not a God in need of anything we can give
By Your plan, that’s just the way it is
You are God alone
From before time began You were on Your throne
You are God alone
And right now In the good times and bad
You were on the throne
You are God alone
You’re the only God
Whose power none can contend
You’re the only God
Whose name and praise will never end
You’re the only God
Who’s worthy of everything we can give
You are God
And that’s just the way it is
Unchangeable
Unshakable
Unstoppable
That’s what You are
The 100th day.
Let go of most of the hurts yesterday.
I continue to do so.
A new phase begins!
So excited!
I shall overcome.
No. I WILL overcome.
With the help of my God.
By the blood of the lamb.
Revelation 3:21:
"To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with
Me on My throne, as I also overcome and sat down
with My Father on His throne.
I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
You give me hope in spite of everything.
You show me love even with so much pain.
I'll take this life and live
like I was given another try.
"He who has once got fairly into the Scriptures can never leave them. The book holds you as a magnet holds a needle, or as a flower holds a bee. If you want great thoughts, read your Bible. If you want something simple, read your Bible. The book talks to us in our own mother tongue. Why should I have to ask another what my Father says?" -C. H. Spurgeon
“When a male is sweet on a female, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her. When he finally finds it, he waddles over and presents the stone by placing it at her feet. If she accepts, they’ll be life-long mates.”
Awwww.
Does it matter what others think?
"In other words, with Paul, we do care – really care – about what others think of Christ. Their salvation hangs on what they think of Christ. And our lives are to display his truth and beauty. So we must care what others think of us as representative of Christ. Love demands it."
"With the exception of them, the whole world seems non-existent to you."
Uhhhh..that sounds about right. And it sums it up.
End of story.
....dreams.
Most of the time, it's just too difficult, too expensive, too scary.
It's only once you stopped that you realise how difficult it is to start again.
So you force yourself not to want it.
But it's always there.
And until you finish it, it will always be...
Psalm 94:
18: If I say, "My foot slips."
Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.
19: In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
I just realised that my quilt is the same one I've been using since childhood! =O
Talk about taking something I've been sleeping with every single night for granted.
* I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the trouble with people generally is just here. Nine-tenths of the difficulties are over come when our hearts are ready to do the Lord's will, whatever it may be. When one is truly in this state, it is usually but a little way to the knowledge of what His will is.
* Having done this, I do not leave the result to feeling or simple impression. If so, I make myself liable to great delusions.
* I seek the Will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.
* Next I take into account providential circumstances. These often plainly indicate God's Will in connection with His Word and Spirit.
* I ask God in prayer to reveal His Will to me aright.
* Thus, through prayer to God, the study of the Word, and reflection, I come to a deliberate judgment according to the best of my ability and knowledge, and if my mind is thus at peace, and continues so after two or three more petitions, I proceed accordingly. In trivial matters, and in transactions involving most important issues, I have found this method always effective.
Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don't make any sense at all.
Because that's the thing about stupid decisions:
we all make them.
But time is funny.
And sometimes a little magic..
It can take a stupid decision and turn it into something else entirely.
Love.
1 John 4:18:
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts
out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who
fears has not been made perfect in love.
To love.
The greatest commandment we were called to do, unto God, unto our brothers and sisters, unto people.
So many kinds of love.
Only one's really perfect.
God's agape love.
Recently, these past few weeks, I've been trying hard to learn how to love all over again.
Trying to love like You have loved me.
Until I learn to love like it says in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8, I'll never be made perfect in love.
(:
Romeo & Juliet?
These two skeletons from the Neolithic period have been discovered by archaeologists near Mantua in Italy and are beleived to be young lovers due to the presence of all the teeth. The Location of their eternal embrace was just 25 miles south of Verona, the city where Shakespeare’s love story Romeo and Juliet was set.
Wow.
Love does not have to be perfect. It just has to be true.
Phew!
Just finished helping out at Jw church for the children's day event! Kids are just so adorableeee!! Hahaha! Service was awesome too! His presence was so strong even in the overflow room!
Finished sending the CG contact card for printing too. Hahah like finally after months of changes. Thought could collect today but have to wait till monday for collection. ): well, let's not be impatient for anything. Hahaha.
Tired. Heading home for a quick rest then it's CG later. Awesome!
Children have this innocence that adults gradually misplace on the way to growing up. Its this innocence that we need to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, this innocence that God so loves, this innocence that makes them the greatest in His kingdom. Let's bring our innocence over wherever we might go.
I am missing you less and less each day.
Waiting for the day when I don't think of you once at all.
Let's go.
Bring my smile back.
Ephesians 6:
5: Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
6: not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
7: with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
8: knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
Constantly thanking You for your lessons. So much more to learn, so much more instructions. I pray that i would always be humble before You and having true humility.
Oh Lord, continue to guide and teach me.
Yay! First guitar lesson this thursday! Hahaha.
Word today on structural renewal by pastor Ar Bernard. He never ceases to amaze me with his sermons. What great annointing and a great man of God.
Need to digest the Word preached today. Admitedly, there'll be a massive re-evaluating of activities. (:
Praying, praying, praying once more!
Oh, I'm running to Your arms
I'm running to Your arms
The riches of Your love will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world
Forever reign
Awesome meeting today.
Touched.
God, change us.
Restaurant Interior design.
Some of the world's best interior modern design for restaurants!
Some of my favourites:
L’Arc Paris Restaurant + Club
L’Arc Paris Restaurant is quite aptly named– right across from those large windows is the famed Arc de Triomphe, one of Paris’ most popular landmarks. This restaurant and night club is the latest hot spot in Parisian nightlife, an exclusive locale for wheelers and dealers, the rich and the famous. The design of this establishment is courtesy of Prospect Design, a French interior firm that splits its time between Paris and Dubai. When dining at L’Arc Paris, you won’t need to go far for your after dinner drink. A swank nightclub sits right below the dining section, awaiting your advance with neon-heavy hotness.
Yellow Treehouse Restaurant – New Zealand
This isn’t exactly the Swiss Family Robinson, this treehouse restaurant is as high class as it gets. The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand delivers fine dining in a stunning natural environment. 18 dinner guests dine in this chrysalis-shaped treehouse that reaches 40m from the ground at its peak. Dig this sort of thing? We also included the Yellow Treehouse Restaurant in our list of amazing Treehouse Architecture, 10 Brilliant Topiary Masterpieces. Don’t miss it!
My favourite!
Mestizo Restaurant Chile
The Mestizo Restaurant in Santiago, Chile is a truly progressive monument to design and dining. It’s foundation is composed in part by large rocks which support an over-reaching wooden shelter, stretching from the kitchen in back, over the restaurant indoors and onto a large deck patio. The design isn’t an easy one to wrap your head around, and if it weren’t set with dining tables one might mistake the Mestizo Restaurant for an art gallery, museum or even a temple.
Dining under the open night sky! What more could you ask for? In full view of the stars and moon, God's awesome handiwork!
Nomiya Temporary Restaurant – Paris
Now that’s a view. The Nomiya Temporary Restaurant in Paris is sadly no longer, but if you were amongst the few to dine within you were treated to a nearly unparalleled view of Paris, bested only by the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower in the distance. The Nomiya Restaurant was set atop the Palais de Tokyo Musuem, a modernist departure from the classical architecture below. Nomiya was quite small, mostly steel and glass, serving only a handful of very privileged diners each evening. We’re jealous.
Psalm 23:1:
THE LORD is my shepard;
I shall not want.
One of the most famous verses from the Bible.
A deeper understanding of this verse,
He opened up my eyes.
In the year the King of Zion died
I saw the Lord seated on the throne
High and exalted
And the train of His robe filled the temple
Above Him were the seraphs
Each with six wings
With two wings that covered their faces
With two they covered their feet
With two they were flying
They were calling to one another
Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The whole earth is full, is full of His glory
At the sound of their voices
The doorposts and the thresholds shook
And the temple was filled with smoke
Woe to me I cried, I am ruins
For I am a man of unclean lips
And I live among a people of unclean lips
And my eyes have seen the King
The Lord Almighty
Then one of the seraphs flew to me
With live coal in his hand
Which he had taken with tongs from the altar
With it he touched my mouth and said SING
This has touched your lips
Your guilt is taken away and your sin, atoned for
And then, And then I heard the voice of the Lord say
WHOM SHALL I SEND
Who will go for us and i said
HERE I AM, SEND ME
I said HERE I AM, SEND ME
SEND ME
Louis Giglio: How Great is our God Part 1
Psalm 8:1:
O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
How great is our God!
Hallelujah!
A door closes, another opens.
Ecclesiastes 7:8:
The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
I love You.
Really awesome outing with my awesome CG!!! (:
Cicil just encouraged me to learn the guitar again and practise praise songs.
Rise up as a cg guitarist?
That thought very fleetingly came to me before.
Touched me briefly like a leaf landing on the water's surface.
I'll try.
With the help of my God, nothing's impossible.
I'm slowly finding my smile back. (:
"The moment we are born, we start dying."
A quote so pessimistic in nature, yet that's the truth. But we do not look unto death. Eternal life is what our Savior gave us.
How limited our life here on this earth! A purpose, a reason we were all put here. Talked to my two uncles whom I have not seen in a long time. It just occurred to me how much they have aged, how much things have changed. It seemed just yesterday that they were still those young people, full of vitality and strength, playing soccer, running about. How times have changed. Time flies.
How fragile is the human life. You could be here one moment, and gone the next. It's vunerable, yet strong because of You. It's only worth it because of Your love, Your mercy, Your grace.
Only a life spent living for others is a life worth living. Only a life spent living for You is worth living.
Life's too short for regrets. Let me live it for You. Let me live it with You.
"The heart was made to be broken" -Oscar Wilde.
Love makes you vulnerable.
Don't be afraid to love.
God is love.
I think I did it the wrong way.
I really needed to do this.
It hurt too much.
I'm sorry I shut You out in the process.
But Father, forgive me.
I know I can do this with You.
Help me, Father.
Bring me back.
Job 42:
2: "I know that You can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3: You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?'
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4: Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said,'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
5: "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6: Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes."
Job 30:
24: "Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
If they cry out when He destroys it.
25: Have I not wept for him who was in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
26: But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
27: My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.
Job 28:
27: Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
28: And to man He said,
'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.'"
Job 23:
10: But He knows the way that I take;
When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
14: For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
Job 11:
13: "If you would prepare your heart,
And stretch out your hands toward Him;
14: If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
15: Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
16: Because you would forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
17: And your life would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
Job 4:
3: Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
4: Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
And now you have strengthened the feeble knees;
5: But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.
6: Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
I look at your smiling face
You're so weak and yet you have such strength
You take a glance around this place
And you make the best of everything
You give me hope in-spite of everything
You show me love even with so much pain
So I'll take this life and live like I was given another try
M.m.m.m
We laugh, we cry
Sometimes we're broken and we don't know why
And I'm tired and I lose my way. You help me find faith
Ooooh
You give me hope in spite of everything
You show me love even with so much pain
So I'll take this life, and live like I, was given another try
Just give me another try
You give me hope in spite of everything
You show me love even with so much pain
I'll take this life, and live like I, was given another try
Just give me another try
You show me love even with so much pain.
Success is...
Psalm 115:1
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.
Success. It means a different thing to every single one of us. For some of us, it means getting that good grades in our exams. For some, it might mean having good relationships with their family and friends. For others, it might mean being financially stable.
What does success mean to you? Success comes in stages, it arrives step by step. For now, you might have a goal today, and once reaching it, you will have succeeded, thus reaching your status of achieving that success. Some people will bask in that success and stay where they are, or go on to define their next step of success. The most important thing is our response to success should be like David.
Contentment and satisfaction. Be CONTENTED with what you have, but never be SATISFIED with your current success. Be like David, who spent his life looking for exploits in God. Whom ruled and raided and con-quested for 40 years for God. An attitude that befit this was the trust you have in God. Rather be trusting God and fail, than rely on our own methods and succeeding. Commit all to God.
Jared asked us what does success mean to us. In my heart, I know mine. In my heart, God sees mine. But it got me thinking. Hard. It's time to redefine it.
I asked.
It was liberal and without reproach.
When I was younger,
I wish that I would have known better.
Better love makes a fat romance,
that lasts for more than a shoe shine.
Im older, took all the words of my mother, saying,
It could be worse,
could be born with that disease,
instead of catching it first.
So lets go back, to the first time,
that I met you, in your Chevy,
with your hands stretched,
and me crying, screaming, Mercy. Mercy.
But I know that, I was put here, to fight Vikings
in the cold war, with my arms out,
in the front lines, singing, Dare me. Dare me.
But these things take time love.
These things take backbone.
And they'll tell you what you want to hear
cause they think its better. Better.
But you better know how to point out the liars.
You've got to weigh your wars make sure youre not fighting for nothing. Nothing.
Are you fighting for nothing?
It feels like this world has been
growing slowly upside down.
Maybe I should move to China,
and straighten this mess out.
Maybe Ill be a poet.
Watch all the sky for falling words.
And write about my grandmas curtains,
or the lady who put the Chinese buffet in her purse.
Ive got my mouth.
Its a weapon. Its a bombshell.
Its a cannon. Ive got my words.
I wont give them mercy. Mercy.
But these things take time love.
These things take backbone.
And theyll tell you what you want to hear
cause they think its better. Better.
But you better know how to point out the liars.
You've got to weigh your wars make sure you're not fighting for nothing. Nothing.
Are you fighting for nothing?
Ive got my words. I hope they hurt you.
I hope they scar you. I hope they heal you.
I hope they cut you open,
make you see you've been warring
for all the wrong reasons.
Make you see that some things are worth bruising for.
Make you see that your name is your honor code.
Make you see that your hands you're accounted for.
Pick and choose where your sweat and your blood will go.
Make you see your life's not to be lived alone.
Run their spit through your hair, you're worth nothing. Nothing.
But these things take time love.
These things take backbone.
And they'll tell you what you want to hear
cause they think its better. Better.
But you better know how to point out the liars.
You've got to weigh your wars make sure youre not fighting for nothing. Nothing.
Are you fighting for nothing?
Totally addicted.
Understanding.
Proverbs 3:5:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
Soulmates?
Came across this randomly on the website.
Question: "Is there such a thing as soul mates? Does God have one specific person for you to marry?"
The common idea of a “soul mate” is that for every person, there is another person who is a “perfect fit,” and if you marry anyone other than this soul mate, you will never be happy. Is this concept of a soul mate biblical? No, it is not. The soul mate concept is often used as an excuse for divorce. People who are unhappy in their marriage sometimes claim that they did not marry their soul mate and therefore should divorce and begin the search for their true soul mate. This is nothing more than an excuse, a blatantly unbiblical excuse. If you are married, the person you are married to is your soul mate. Mark 10:7-9 declares, “A man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” A husband and wife are “united,” “one flesh,” “no longer two, but one,” and “joined together,” i.e., soul mates.
A marriage may not be as unified and joyous as a couple wishes it to be. A husband and wife may not have the physical, emotional, and spiritual unity that they desire. But even in this instance, the husband and wife are still soul mates. A couple in such a situation needs to work on developing true “soul mate” intimacy. By obeying what the Bible teaches about marriage (Ephesians 5:22-33), a couple can develop the intimacy, love, and commitment that being “one flesh” soul mates entails. If you are married, you are married to your soul mate. No matter how disharmonious a marriage is, God can bring healing, forgiveness, restoration, and true marital love and harmony.
Is it possible to marry the wrong person? If we give ourselves to God and seek His guidance, He promises to direct us: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6). The implication of Proverbs 3:5-6 is that if you are not trusting in the Lord with all your heart, and are leaning on your own understanding, you can go the wrong direction. Yes, it is possible, in a time of disobedience and lack of close fellowship with God, to marry someone whom He did not desire you to marry. Even in such an instance, though, God is sovereign and in control.
Even if a marriage was not God’s desire, it is still within His sovereign will and plan. God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16), and “marrying the wrong person” is never presented in the Bible as grounds for divorce. The claim “I married the wrong person and will never be happy unless I find my true soul mate” is unbiblical in two respects. First, it is a claim that your wrong decision has overridden God’s will and destroyed His plan. Second, it is a claim that God is not capable of making a struggling marriage happy, unified, and successful. Nothing we do can disrupt God’s sovereign will. God can take any two people, no matter how mismatched, and mold them into two people who are perfect for each other.
If we maintain close fellowship with God, He will lead us and guide us. If a person is walking with the Lord and truly seeking His will, God will lead that person to the spouse He intends. God will lead us to our “soul mate” if we submit to Him and follow Him. However, being soul mates is both a position and a practice. A husband and wife are soul mates in that they are “one flesh,” spiritually, physically, and emotionally united to each other. In practice, though, there is a process of taking what a couple is, soul mates, and making that a day-by-day reality. True soul mate oneness is only possible by implementing the biblical pattern of marriage.
Soulmates?
An excuse for divorce.
The person whom you choose to marry, live with, and love for your whole life is your soulmate.
Things are actually very simple.
It's always us that make them seem complicated.
and there's a beetle terrorizing me in my room right now.
Hillsong LIVE: "Like Incense / Sometimes By Step" featuring Brooke Frase...
And I will ever praise You.
Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:17:
pray without ceasing,
Pray when my heart may fail me.
Pray when troubles and burdens may surround me.
Pray when I become impatient.
Pray even though I have a thousand things on my mind.
Pray when I start to lose faith.
Pray while I seek a revival.
Pray when I start to lean upon my own understanding.
Pray even when I think You are far away.
Pray while You teach me.
Pray when I am unsure.
Pray when I am awake.
Pray as I seek You.
Pray for every big thing.
Pray for every little thing.
Pray for this.
Pray for that.
Pray nevertheless.
Pray even though.
Pray even if.
Pray. Just pray.
Pray without ceasing.
..and that's what I'll do.
Show me how to love like you have loved me.
Break my heart from what breaks yours.
At Your word, Lord.
Revelation 2:
4: "Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
5: "Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place- unless you repent.
Do you remember your first love for God? When you came face to face with Him every cell group meeting, every service, every quiet time? When everytime you worship Him, or talk to Him, you would weep like a baby just in His presence? When You feel His love so strongly, that just thinking of it made you cry like no tomorrow?
Finally, finally, my first love returned. After months of waiting and seeking.
Today's a really fun yet impromtu day LOL. A truly awesome breakthrough service. Then walking around, watching how sticky sweets are made, watching ballroom dances at esplanade, and listening to a live band playing some of our favourite songs! =P
Inspired.
What happened at the Waterfront is just so funny. hahaha. A cute little ang moh boy got cheated of his first kiss to SOMEONE. LOL. And all because of some raspberry sweets! Little 'whatever' boy. Haha! =P
No wonder they teach little kids not to talk to strangers and accept sweets from them! LOL!
Praise the Lord for an awesome schedule this coming week. Hallelujah!
Tired. Goodnight!
By your side.
When I really stop, be still and think about it,
I can never really understand the multitude of Your love.
It's greater beyond all measure.
Step up 3 was awesome!
Feel like shaking my body! LOL
There are many ways to express yourself.
What's yours?
(:
There used to be a lot of things
That I didn’t know
And although they still exist
I try not to let them show
But I think that now you’ve seen me
For my true colours
I’m sure you recognise i’m more stupid than the others
But I love you
Oh I love you
And I will love you
'Till the day I die
There will never be a time when we have to say good-bye
Jane: What are you doing? That was perfect. I was finally going to tell him that I'm Deb, and...Which is why you showed up.
Fred: That's my job. You can't tell anybody who you are, especially Grayson.
Jane: No, Grayson believes that love conquers all, so that means there's a chance--
Fred: Jane, I'm not saying that you and Grayson aren't soul mates, but he has to fall in love with you, not because you tell him you're Deb, but because he loves you as you are now.
Jane: But what if..
Fred: Do you believe that love conquers all?
Jane: I want to. I really do.
Fred: Then if he's meant to be with you, let him fall in love with you.
I do believe that true love conquers all.
It's about loving someone for who they are right now.
Because you are you.
That's all the reason I ever needed.
The only reason there ever is.
The Angel and the One.
It's not my destiny to be the one that you will lay with
So many reasons why I have to go but want to stay here
Sometimes I want a taste but then I don't know what I'm saying
You are the angel and I am the one that is praying
There is another love that I would rather be obeying
I see the ecstasy and already I'm anticipating
I feel a deeper peace and that deeper peace is penetrating
I've got the magic in me, I am complete is what I'm saying
I'm flying up so high, my purple majesty displaying
I've reached a higher place that no one else can make a claim in
I'll take you there, my friend, I'm reaching out my hand, so take it
We are the angels and we are the ones that are praying
Peace, shalom, peace, shalom
Peace, peace
Peace, shalom, peace, shalom
Peace, peace
Peace, shalom, peace, shalom
Peace, peace
Peace, shalom, peace, shalom
Peace, peace
Sometimes.
I wish they would just see that He is always by their side.
I wish they would just know His love and see how agape and vast it is.
I wish they would just stop fighting these Hands that are holding them.
I wish they would just finally open their eyes and see.
Monday blues.
Can't wait till the end of this week. Sub-zone CG and Svc to look forward to!
Cheer up!
Our days will get better towards the end of the week! (:
You are beautiful just the way you are.
So many times we really do concentrate on things that we wish we had, we forget the things we already do have. Let's just be thankful for the things we already have right now.
It's a lie to think you are not good enough.
It's a lie to think you are not worth anything.
I'm really just thankful that God always finds me worthy when I don't find myself to be.
Forgiveness.
Yesterday was the ultimate.
I can't believe I was so pissed off but yet forgave within that very same hour.
Thank God for avoidable confrontations.
I mustered my anger at that moment into a poem instead:
"Truly, indeed I'm working with a douche-bag.
Thy vengeance, thy revenge is not mine to give.
Maybe someday, someone will get your back.
Oh, that which cause Him to grieve."
Seventy-seven times.
I myself need forgiveness from You.
In more ways than one.
Forgive me, Lord.
Day Three.
We can use our laptops at work again!!! =D
MPM is still as awesome as ever.
Almost vomited during bathing this morning.
Felt dizzy during MPM.
It's time to take a rest for tomorrow.(:
I will continue.
Because.
You deserve.
Proverbs 19:1:
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
John 7:24:
"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
Matthew 26:41:
"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Day one, and the enemy is already trying to pull me down. Got a bad flu for no reason while closing the store, driver came so late. Drained. Less sleep tonight already. I'm tired and hungry. And it's only the first day. I'm not sure I can last through going for all the morning pm and fast through the week. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. God, lend me Your strength.
I detest working with him. Always trying to make me stumble. Where's the righteousness? Where's the fear of God? Where's the honor? I know these are but tests from You. I will donate the money and more. Redeem me, Lord.
I will walk in righteousness.
Strengthen and mold me, Lord.
I please no one but You.
Day One.
It's week of prayer meeting again! =D
Day One.
What a great day to start the week! Prayer warriors with Kah, Eric, Gideon, Edo, Flora, Yvonne. Pastor Aries was incredibly annointed and on fire this morning! Awesome meeting God face to face early in the morning! Fellowship after that was so funnyyyyyyy. Hahaha.
This week is going to be truly a test for me. 5 days of 10 hours work each daily, fasting for 4 days straight, less than usual sleep each night.
"You never know what losing someone means until you've lost them."
Watching a video on facebook right now.
It's about multiple clips showing US soldiers returning from the war in Iraq and surprising their loved ones.
That expression of genuine shock, surprise and love.
My fourth gentle reminder from God today to treasure every single person around me.
Thank You, Lord, for everything.
I love You.
So let's just fight
maybe you could find some tears
and I could feel something real again
you and I
know we need to figure this out
tell me, is it too late now?
cause too many nights
falling asleep
with all of these doubts
stuck in between us
being polite
is getting us nowhere now
So If you wanna stay, just stay
but If you wanna go, if you wanna go, just go
we've built too much just to stand & watch it fall apart
It hurts too much just to stay the way we are
Do they see Jesus in me - Joy Williams
My heart's desire is to be like You
In all that I do, all I am
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love”
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Three quarters into the first season of Drop Dead Diva.
Gosh, the way the relationships are going, it's killing meee.
They better have a better ending! =O
The Serenity Prayer.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him;
Forever in the next. Amen.
Flow! Happy Birthday Singapore!
God never fails to amaze me. Hahaha.
Just yesterday, 2 revelations and 1 verse were posted on the forum by Eric, Kah and me. Then today, Pastor Mark Conner preached about the exact same things we posted! LOL!
Just had my first facial in my life. Hahaha. I think if I go a few more times, ants can ice skate on my face. Help me thank your mum once again! =D
Three closings and one opening for tomorrow. Insane timings once again. God knows I'm so tired. I just need His strengthhhhhhh.
All my life I have been searching.
Then I found You.
You are my shepherd.
I shall not want.
All I need is You.
All I want is You.
My biggest lesson yet.
Thank You for this lesson that only You can teach.
He said, "Told you so."
And he was right in the end. Haha.
I was blind, but now I see.
How great is our God.
10 Random Reasons to Thank the Lord Today! (from n464 forum)
Haha here's mine long overdued one! ;D
In no order of significance as well! ...
1. His plan of salvation.
Thank the Lord for this! And for His agape love and for that chance to just know Him!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
2. His everlasting grace and mercy.
For redeeming my imperfections and forgiving my sins daily.
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children, (Psalm 103:17)
3. His wisdom. (and revelations)
For the wisdom to do what is right, for the guidance in deed and speech and understanding when His great hand moves in my life.
Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding. (Proverbs 4:7)
4. Granting the desires of my heart.
From the little to big things I want in my heart. Haha e.g. the free electric keyboard! =P
Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)
5. His strength.
On those days when I feel so tired and lethargic, His strength is what keeps me going and....awake!
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength. (Isaiah 40:29)
6. Awesome loved ones, family and friends.
Thank God for everyone in my life! That's you! Every single one I know in awesome N464 and in church!
A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)
7. Music.
Thank the Lord for music in my life. I <3 music.
Whether it's that praise song, that worship song, or that secular song out there.
My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psalm 45:1)
8. Delicious food.
What more else needs to be said? Nom nom nom!
I eat wayyyyy too much. ): I get hungry like every 2 hours. hahaha.
And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. (Exodus 16:31)
Manna tastes awesomeeee! Hahaha!
Lots of numerous other things to thank Him for, but I'm gonna stop here.
(:
It's your turn to post now! =P
One last thing.
Don't take your friends for granted, especially those who genuinely care and love you.
Happy Birthday City Harvest!
Psalm 27:4:
One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.
Really awesome celebration service today!
A new milestone for His House!
Indeed, how great it is to dwell in this great house of the LORD!
Thank Him for the strength today man!
I need it even more tomorrow! LOL.
You know how horrible my singing is?
The only way I can ever sing in a beautiful voice to You is by Your annointing.
I want to be.
I want to be the one who weeps before You during quiet time every night.
I want to be the one who hears numerous revelations from You every single day.
I want to be the one who is so sensitive to You that he feels the Holy Spirit so tangibly even when listening to every single praise and worship song.
I want to be the one who is used by You to do Your will perfectly.
I want to be the one who walks so strongly in Your annointing that You fill his speech and ways with grace and Your wisdom.
I want to be the one who loves You with all his soul, mind, body and spirit.
I want to be the one who can see Your face.
I want to be the one who is after Your own heart.
I want to be the one who can stand before You and say that I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
I want to be the one who You can look at and say, "I am proud of you."
Festival of Praise 2010.
Ephesians 5:1:
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
Tonight was awesome! The second night was definitely better than the first!
Singing at the top of our voices to God, praising Him, worshipping Him, jumping like crazy, dancing for Him!
Had a pretty lengthy discussion about the Rapture and the Book of Revelation with Kah, Edo, Eric and Junren. Been such a long time.
Such a great feeling, discussing the things of God with a group of people sincerely and genuinely hungry for God.
Knowledgeable, yet humble.
Walking so much longer and further than me, yet being such good teachers, and at the same time still learning from one another. =D
From the bottom of my heart, I thank You for these great company of people around me.
Tomorrow's gonna be awesome man! My heart's bursting with expectancy!
Let us grow.
Rise us up.
Through You, nothing is impossible.
So brick by brick
I am breaking through these walls
Oh between you and me
I'm not giving up
I'm not giving giving up
Hebrews 11:
1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2: For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
3: By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Beeeeeeee-z!
Oh busy day, busy day
Got lots of work to do
Oh busy day, busy day
I know I can finish it
For You are here with meeeee!
When all else fades, You remain.
Depths of Your love.
"Speaking to this mountain
to move into the ocean
with Your authority
given to me
No matter what happens
Here I am standing
on the hope of Your Word
promised to me"
The first worship song which I wept before the Lord.
Listening to this always brings me back to my first love.
Eight.
How great is our God.
What does He require of us, nothing more than to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Him?
Heaven.
Romans 8:28:
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
-Finally got the book 'Heaven' by Randy Alcorn!
-Today's Cg actually meant alot to me. lol. Sermon and people both.
-Sub-zone reshuffle has finally been officially announced today. I'm happy it happened. (:
Everything happens for a reason.
Everything that's meant to be will be.
Everything He promised will come to pass.
Remember our dream to be pastors together one day? To serve God to the fullest, to be used by Him entirely, to devote our entire beings to Him. I'll meet you there at the end. (:
To seek You.
Psalm 46:10:
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
Spiritual calm.
Spiritual serenity.
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