My Love.

From this point of view, I can only see darkness.

Jesus is my light at the end of the tunnel.

Remember My Love.

I try.
Some days it comes easily; some days I try to let it be enough.
God's love for me.
One of the subtle miracles in life.

Snippets

Had to sit out during ballet class today.
I prayed for a miraculous healing of my hip.
Not sure if it'll happen by tomorrow, but it sure hasn't as of now.

Buit if there's one thing I've learnt, it's that the reasons why they're called miracles is precisely because they rarely happen.
A daily miracle wouldn't be a miracle anymore.
Besides, a miracle ain't the same as magic.

So I perservere.
Even if things don't change, my heart can change.
I can change my attitude and my perspective. I can allow God to work through my weakness.
Tomorrow I'll continue to do the best I can.

Life can be very tiring.

I think I've had enough of drama serials.

I try hard to be strong.
but I am made of flesh after all.

There are still times when I feel like crying.

Gifts & Thorns

I've been sneezing alot.
Incessant would probably be more apt.
5-8 in a row, 4 times or more a day.

Is it just me or is my nose getting more sensitive?
(ok body might be scientifically more accurate)

God reminds me of 2 Cor 12:7
"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me."

My sensitivity is a gift, but as with every gift, comes a thorn.
Spiritual and emotional sensitivity? Very good.
Physical sensitivity? Not so good.

Just to keep me in check.
God knows how susceptible I am to pride and conceit.

Ep 13 Part 5

Haha he went for the other girl he always bickers with.
Is it a fact of life or just the way happily-ever-after romances are plotted?

Bicker.
Bicker.
Slap.
Bicker.
Bicker.
Kiss.
Bicker.
Kiss again.

Haha this is amusing.

Ep 13 Part 3

Oh no oh no oh no!
She's going to fall for another guy!

And how can you blame her?
He's so caring and sweet.
AND!
More importantly, he takes the initiative.

Any guy who's trying to impress a girl you fancy, take heed.

Just An Email

Email from Yan Hui.

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.

3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.

6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.

9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.

12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

Touched by an Angel

You know how Jacob wrestled with an angel and never walked the same again?
Well, I had a Jacob moment for about 2hours today.

Side split, push over, teacher came, told me to relax and breathe out and...
I squealed.
Have you ever trembled with pain?
As a dancer, you get it almost every other day if you're serious about flexi-training.

Something popped in my left hip.
By the time he left the lcassroom, I was tearing from the mixture of numbness, pain and ache all the way down my left leg.
The last time I felt like this was when I fell down rollerblading 2 years ago and hit my tailbone.

You can go through all that and still be at peace, you know.
Strange huh?
But deep down I had thise sense that God was using it to heal me instead.

What do you know.
He did.

An old injury from my first year left my left hip a little weird.
It's like a machine with a kink in the parts or something.
After the initial pain subsided, it back to dance classes and all, only...it wasn't exactly the same.

And now.
My left hip has never felt freer.

Thank You Jesus.

Lead Me to the Cross

Savior I come, quiet my soul
Remember
Redemption's hill where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom

Everything I once held dear, I count it all as loss

Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees, Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself, I belong to You
O lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I, tempted and tried
Human
Word became flesh, bore my sin and death
Now You're risen

Everything I once held dear, I count it all as loss

Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees, Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself, I belong to You
O lead me, lead me to the cross

Hillsong United

*sigh*

He started out at 5am, rode for 5 hours on bike and ended up at the house she was going to be at.
Even though I don't really like him, even a heart of stone would be melted by what he's willing to do.

Talk about romance.
How many guys in this world still bother with such things?
At least not those in this corner of my world.
And they're proud of it, you'd almost think.

What does Love mean?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4-8 year olds, "What does love mean?"

"When grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca, 8

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of their."
Chrissy, 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri, 4

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
Nikka, 6
(The email says we need a few million more Nikkas on this planet. Couldn't agree more)

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more."
Emily, 8
(You know the whole marry-someone-you-can-talk-to thing?)

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby, 7
(The email says 'Wow!' and I must add, double wow!)

And my personal favourite

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy, 4

I love the way children put amazingly simple words together to form the most beautiful truths.
Ever had your name called by someone who loves you?
I know my name is safe when Jesus calls me.
Safe.
I like how Billy describes it.

LOVE/hate

Seen these adverts on bus shelters? (for New Balance)

It pretty much describes my relationship with Jesus.
LOVE the things he loves,
hate the things he hate.

Notice LOVE is in caps but hate is not.

Love is bigger.
And it never fails. (1 Cor 13:8)

The Dark Knight

SNIPPETS.

"Daddy, why is he running away? He didn't do anything wrong."
"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now...and so we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...a dark knight."

Does that remind you of someone oh-so-familiar already or what?

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Cor 5:21

Jesus wasn't a hero. He didn't reign triumphantly. He was crucified on a cross.
Like a lamb led to slaughter, he was silent.

"He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth." Isaiah 53:7
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2 ships, 2 groups, 2 detonators.
Midnight.
They had until midnight to decide their fates.
Kill, be killed, or perish anyway.

All Batman could do was track down Joker and remove the detonators from Joker's possession, but he could not stop the 2 groups of people on the ship from pushing the button.
It was up to humanity.

And I loved the analogy.

Jesus has saved us, but we're his hands and feet on this earth.
It's up to us to choose what we're going to do in this lifetime.
You can be a William Carey, Hudson taylor, William Booth or Teresa of Avila.
Or you could be a Hitler.

My favourite bit?
On the ship where all the criminals were waiting for their fates to be sealed...
The man's face came into focus. There was a certain sense of purpose in his eyes. He had just made a decision to act. You could see it on the lines of his face.
He rises quickly to face the captain, who was holding the detonator in his hands, guarded by a few soldiers.
With a few brief lines, he convinced the captain to hand the detonator over to him, declaring to do "what anyone of us should have done hours ago".
The captain hands the detonator to him. He throws it out of the ship window.

I just knew the thugs would have a greater sense of morality than the civilians.
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"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Does that sounds familiar?
Like Shwing said, I find the Joker a very apt representation of Satan, the fallen.
All he wants is chaos, and to bring the righteous down.
Like Harvey Dent.

A Date with God

Went to watch The Dark Knight alone yesterday afternoon.
Don't ask me why I went alone; it's just one of those spur of the moment things that I like to do with my life. (like star-gazing by the pool, even taking a short nap out there with my bag as a pillow, and dancing at my lobby)

Anyway, I am certain I would require multiple posts to finish everything there is to be said about the movie. To sum it up in two words, LOVED IT.
I am so happy I went along with intuition (or prompting or feeling or whatever you call it) and popped by PS to check out the timings, which turned out to be just perfect! (is it just me or is there something almost divine about it?)
There was even enough time to drop by BK and the ladies', and when I entered, the adverts were, thankfully, still on. (don't you just hate missing the start?)

There was a group of people on my right, and another group on my left. My seat was splat alone in the middle of the two groups, which just might have looked a little strange. Anyone who can do simple math can tell that I was in the cinema alone.
I can almost imagine them, "What kind of a weirdo comes to the cinemas alone?"
The feeling was rather delicious.
I love it when people don't get it.
It makes the date so much more special.

Some people put their gods on the altar.
Some leave Him behind in church after service every Sunday.
Some find snippets of Him in their bibles and prayers.
I try to make Him a part of my life every day.
That includes bus rides, meetings, lessons and everything else in between.

Occasionally, I fancy a shopping trip or a like yesterday, a movie date.
He's always glad to oblige.

Don't get me wrong.
I never forget that He's King of the universe. (and He doesn't allow me to forget it either)
Isn't it cool how Jesus is all the way up there and yet so close down here, right next to you?

I could do this more often.
The cool bit is that He doesn't need a ticket :)