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Sunday, March 9, 2008

the fateful nails. /2:35 PM

today is a very good day ((:

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

'Make it your ambition to lead a quiet
life, to mind your own business and to work with your
hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of
outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.'

this verse speaks to me alot. its a beautiful verse on how i should lead my life. anyway i'm thinking of what i should do with my upcoming april hols.. been wanting to do some form of volunteer work at a home, preferably dealing with children perhaps.

Matthew 18:5

'And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name
welcomes me.'

i was asking angeline about serving and she actually shared that theres no harm trying out the different ministries and see which one you have a calling or gifting for, and i was thinking that i should indeed give myself a break from dental stuff during my april hols (: i shall continue praying about it.. i guess my main purpose is to want to know God more through serving, not just wanting to serve for the sake of serving. i believe there will be things God can reveal to me through interactions with kids. and indeed, many a times i dont remember exactly how a kid is like, how he thinks and behaves, which is essential in giving some insight on how to have a childlike faith, thats so often emphasized in the bible.

'..unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the
kingdom of heaven.'Matthew 18: 3; 'anyone who will not receive the kingdom of
God like a little child will never enter it.' Mark 10:30

i am sure there's something about children that God knows and i dont. something that makes us different, other than physical maturity and maturity of thought. hmm. i guess if this really works out, it would be a good experience (:

and definitely, it would be a joy to serve God through serving these young ones, especially those who are sick or from broken families. i hope what i've been through personally will be able to help me understand them too, to love them in ways i myself wanted to be loved and in areas God prompts me to show more care and concern.

i always hated children. i used to be like "they are so annoying, they make so much noise, they argue with you" etc etc... its amazing how God changed me. i guess, everyone needs love. children need our patience on top of love. but unfortunately, not every child is fortunate to get perfect love from their family and people around them. and i feel very sad for them, speaking from personal experience. its very saddening to think how the world has the ability not only to create, but destroy their lives as well, how very vulnerable and helpless they are! good news is, there's still God even when man fails. and to me, its important to not only love all children to try and make a difference in their lives, its even more important to show them there's God whom they can turn to for all the love, comfort, encouragement, approval, affirmation, security. and i seriously mean all.

i'm really thankful for the prayer warriors that prayed for me when i was young. people who brought me to know Christ, so that there was this little glimpse of hope, though not very well understood by me then, to help me tide through the storms in my childhood. to spread the message of God's love, hope and faithfulness- now thats the best thing i can do for these children, because that was the best thing that was done for me.

on a side line, on top of having my left thumb's nail drilled (accidently, and theres like seriously a hole which i can encrust a diamond within.) my right thumb's nail got chipped during yesterday's bowling session with ken's church! i'm soooo saddddd. but well it was very fun, 6 people per team and 2 games each wow (: it could have been a s74 lineage, cos theres david from 03s74, ian from 04s74 and myself from 05s74. what a small country we live in. i really enjoyed myself although i am not a big fan of bowling, somehow or another all our seniors drs and profs seem to enjoy bowling alot, theres actually a bowling event by dentsoc today but i wont want to miss church. we went up to mt faber after that for a little chitchat. we chanced upon this very nice spot with a very good view of the scenery and ian was like exclaiming, literally, wow this is such a good view! and there was like this couple sitting right there on the bench in front of him. he felt so embarrassed for destroying their moment.

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