Sunday, February 22

an short excerpt from pastor rick warren's interview...he is author who write the book "purpose-driven" life which changed my life forever...thats why this interview caught my attention and touched me...

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions?
Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness?
Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

When I get up in th e morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

i love the way He sees life from God's perspective, one which i truly desire and that part of the interview spoke into my heart, that i'm not on earth simply to be kept busy and fulfill my activities, but to be who God wants me to do...that is a reminder to keep myself focused on Him and to re-align my heart to know and do the right things in life :)

jel; 11:21 pm

Thursday, February 5

have been facing with quite a bit of commitments right now. Not only have sch work such as lab reports and essays waiting to be done, rag meetings/related work is increasing right now together with the rest of the usual church events... Furthermore, such commitments are beginning to overlap...The long-postponed rag meeting is tonight which meant that i can't go for dance and i guess there need to be a compromise someway...Considering my weekday night schedules right now: mon- nus prayer mtg, wed-bible study class (coming soon), thur-dance, fri-cell, and not inclding vcf and rag work yet, i'm personally thankful that God has given me that peace in me not to worry about not being able to handle all my commitments. In the past, i will tend to worry abt coming commitments and result in unnecessary stress....But i'm trusting God now more than before with my time and making good use of it so that in every way the things i'm doing can be found pleasing in His eyes....

Am pretty concerned over the recent happenings around me recently... its hard not to think that its just coincidence... I guess when faced with such situations, i may not have all the answers or solutions, but it brought a reminder to me about the importance of keeping ourselves guarded in Christ and to pray. That was why it is important to keep our eyes fixed on God and make that decision to follow Christ each day, to renew ourselves and remind us of the need of Christ in our lives.

I thank God and not take for granted for who I am today, who He has made me today and most importantly, that my heart still desires after Him.

jel; 5:17 pm

Monday, February 2

a lot of changes have been happening ard me, in sch, church that all i can say is i'm thankful for the God who remains unchanged in all these changes...

changes can happen in such lightning speeds that we can be caught off guard and the ripple effects can last quite a while but whats more impt is that we know there is a God whom we can anchor our lives on, who will be that faithful one...all that we go through will simply be passing lessons that we gain and move on...

may we be renewed in our faith each new day as we choose to walk the way of the Lord and anchor our lives in the unchanging One..

jel; 11:27 pm