My interesting week

Probably last week,18 January 2008 - 24 January 2008 was by far the most interesting week since I started studying in college.

I started exercising!!! Don't forget to congratulate me (to all who thinks I'm fat) hahaha! We have 2 badminton courts in the condo and since last Sunday, my housemates and I started sweating all our excess oils. However, Newton's Third Law of Motion states that every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is true until a CERTAIN extend, I realised that my sport shoes are actually bigger than my feet, and it holds me back from revealing my potential. So, I played badminton with barefoot.I was wearing slippers in this picture just before I started playing with barefoot.

After 3 nights, I couldn't walk...

By the way, just for your information, the ground is made up of cement or something similar. Having supper with my housemate was fun too. I cooked seaweed soup, she cooked some nice delicious big prawns.

Pool side cafe's food are nice as photo elements, hahaha!

But the highlight of last week was, *drum roll* getting sick with joy! After eating the mee hun curry the food outlet, in Sunway Pyramid, I started feeling very very uneasy, I felt a little nausea, my head got heavier.

After reaching my room, I rested for an hour or so. When I woke up, I felt so sick that I rushed to the toilet, letting go at the wrong end (vomit), soon came the diarrhea part. Then I realised, I've gotten food poisoning! It wasn't really a nice experience as I was feeling very uneasy. I couldn't eat anything because after a while, from the time i consume the food, i vomit it out. Thank God so much that it happened on Friday, after class.

I spent my weekends in grandma's place and she boiled some herbs for me, thank God for her. Despite all these, I knew that God is a healer and by His stripes we are healed! Hallelujah! We have a great God. So by faith, I prayed that God will heal me. I slept early, but of course, I woke up MANY times during the night to let go (diarrhea), but by God's grace I felt MUCH better the next day. Happily, I sent several messages to a few saying "thank God for the fast recovery".

However, after lunch, my condition got worst. BUT, I felt even more rejoiceful! I felt that with God's strength, I could barely feel the uneasiness. I was full of joy for I had peace knowing, my faith is in God, my healer. God did not promise a fast recovery, but God promise peace and joy! I thank God for it... I guess God wanted to test me, to see whether I stumble in the midst of a storm.

People asked me, why am i so happy? so happy to get food poisoning huh? I said, with Christ in the vessel I can smile at the storm, SMILE AT THE STORM! Last but not least, I thank God that today I'm totally healed!

THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STREGTH!!!

No greater love than this

A song that has been in my heart this week...



No Greater Love

Before I knew Your Name,
You knew my ev’ry breath.
Before I found my way,
You knew my ev’ry step.
Before I knew everything that I need,
You gave it all to me.

No greater love than this…
That You should lay down Your life
For someone such as me;
I’d spend a lifetime wondering why.
The Beauty of Heaven
Is here in my heart
And I know there can be
No greater love than this.

I never understood
How merciful Love could be,
Until I felt His Flame
Light every part of me
And I would give everything that I am
’Cause I have been saved;
Yes, I have been saved!

No greater love than this…
That You should lay down Your life
For someone such as me;
I’d spend a lifetime wondering why.
The Beauty of Heaven
Is here in my heart
And I know there can be
No greater love.

The Beauty of Heaven
Is here in my heart
And I know there can be
No greater love...
For someone such as me.
No greater love...than this.

Ignorance to Misdirection

p/s:: This is not an update, but more like a sharing to those who questioned me about it.

I thank God for bringing me back to KL SAFELY, if not because of Him, I’m stuck in JB right now. Here’s how my experience taking the airplane alone went:

The day I departed, I printed out my web check-in ticket, which allows me to check in online because I do not have any check in luggage.

I was so proud of myself as I could travel alone and that I wasn’t going to miss my flight or be late as I arrived pretty early at the airport. Knowing that, I spent about 5 minutes at the chocolate shop, but end up not buying anything. As I walked to the gate that I was supposed to go, (gate R1), I saw a super long queue at gate 2. Thinking that gate 2 was the gate; ignorance of checking the ticket in my hand led me to wait there, sitting along the queue.

Soon after, I received several messages, among them was a message sent by Andeline,

“ x so blurr wor… Go into the rong gate… Fly to indon”
Sender: Andeline Lim
Received: 04:46:31pm
12-Feb-2008

“Indon maid… They x belief u r Malaysian..”
Sender: Andeline Lim
Received: 04:47:16pm
12-Feb-2008

Yet again, ignorance of this message led me to stay on, sitting and waiting at the wrong gate. I thank God, from the beginning, He has been giving me signs that I’m at the wrong place. First, it was through Andeline. The second time was when I decided to line up as well. Another man, also in the same flight, lined up behind me and started asking the lady behind him, “is this to KL?” the lady answered “No, it’s to JB”. After listening to that, I thought maybe the lady is lost.

After 5 minutes, I started to realise that something was just so wrong; I then stretch my neck to take a glance at the men’s ticket, who was in front of me. True enough, the plane I was queuing up for, was to leave for JB.

I started to panic! OMYGOSH! Have I missed my flight? Where’s the gate? How am I going to tell dad and mom that I’m stranded here, all because of my ignorance. Quickly, I went out of the line, walked towards the other end, looking at my ticket, trying to figure out where is the gate and what time my flight departs. While walking, one couple started making weird noises “miao, miao” when there’s no cat there.

Thank God for that couple too, as I’m also quite used to hear people calling me by “miao miao” I then asked them, and they directed me to the next gate. Thank God. Without Him, I would have been in JB now.

I really want to thank Him so much for everything. I have heard many times about how my brother and Samuel ko are late for their flights. At first, I laughed saying, “hahaha, always late, even until they almost miss their flights”. However, now I understand, circumstances are unavoidable, but knowing that our God’s hands are upon us, we know that God is in control of everything, and there’s always a lesson to learn.

As for what I have learn through this adventurous experience is that I must learn to humble myself and listen for God’s leading and walk it out. Here, God reminded me of Ezekiel 3:17-19

17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: 18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

Sometimes, God speak through others, but we ignore Him. We let our pride blind us from hearing Him. But God is saying, it is not the one who tells us that will be found with fault, but it is those who listens but do not obey the word of God. How are we going to answer to God's judgment during judgment day? Are we going to say, "it's not me, it's HIM, he wasn't efficient enough to keep reminding me". This is also a reminder for me... To speak when God says I should speak. To listen and obey when God speaks through others...

God bless everyone. =)

Here and Now

Here and now, here in this moment
Here and now I turn to You
All that my searching heart has longed for can be found
'Cause You're in this moment, here and now

What majesty, what mystery,
The God of all eternity
Stepped into time and gave His life for me
Your hand is seen in galaxies,
Yet Your Spirit dwells in me
So vast and yet You're still within our reach

There is nowhere You can't be found
Nothing on earth could ever keep Your Presence out

Here and now, here in this moment
Here and now I turn to You
All that my searching heart has longed for can be found
'Cause You're in this moment, here and now
You're in this moment here and now

Overjoyed

I misssss KUCHING!!! although I'm going back to KL tomorrow, I really misssss Kuching. This time back to Kuching I really really feel so blessed, I feel like God has been speaking to me through everyone around me.

First of all I just wanna thank Him for letting me come back for the new year. As most of you know, my initial plan is that I wouldn't come back for Chinese New Year. However, when my family came over to KL, I really missed hometown. Dad said if I could find a ticket to go back to KL, I can go back home, at that very moment I leaped with joy, dancing around the house, I was so happy that Dad allowed me to come back. Then it was the question of whether I could get a ticket to come back to KL. Using a very old computer (grandfather's) I went online to check, Air Asia had some errors, Malaysia Airlines had some errors too. So that night (wednesday - 6 February 2008) New year's eve, i couldn't confirm yet. But I didn't give up, I knew with God anything is possible. I prayed, so that at least the next day, the Lord would let me book a flight back to KL.

The next day (first day of new year), I went to those sites again, with great hopes that I CAN book the flight. But instead, God didn't allow me to get what I want just yet. It was really a testing as I thought, this is it, i can't go back. I'm not going to try again, cannot means cannot. Apart of me said, have faith.

At night I visited my granduncle and grandauntie. So, dad decided to check for me and Hallelujah! Praise God, there was a flight back to KL. Thank God!!! I was SOOOO happy.

The minute the plane touched down, I told myself, I'm home.

Just coming home, brings great joy to one even in the physical realm. What more to say the joy we have knowing we are in the house of God. Knowing that as we turn away from the world and walk towards the cross, God will reach out to us, and He will celebrate our return. Just as the parable of the Prodigal's son, The son decided to turn back from what he has done and go back to his father's house. From afar, when the father saw him, he ran out and put his arms around his son, and put a robe around him, with slippers and a ring, and ordered for a feast. Likewise, when we turn away from the wicked ways and return to God, God wouldn't wait at home and wait for you to beg him to take you in, but instead, run out and throw His arms around you.

The Lord recently spoke to me about how we sometimes fail to see the God too has His desires. In the beginning when we know God, we say, God I want.... I please bless me.... God you see my desires.... God you know what I want.... But have we realised that God has His own desires? and that is to dwell in us. When we allow God to dwell in us and we dwell in Him, God will give us more than we desire. If we abide in Him, He will abide in us. Hallelujah thank God.

Went visitng with the youths, at Dan's house

Went visitng with the youths, at Uncle Jin Lung's house.