God sort of answered my prayer to do a magic show this yr by sending Leonard into my life and spurring me onto a new level of my magical training. The journey has not been easy but as I reflect and look back at this awesome experience, I feel there is really much we can thank God for... Indeed, the yr of victory has not yet come to an end...
one of those more meaningful country songs. =)
I Hope You Dance- Lee Ann Womack
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes,
I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance (Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance (Rolling us along)
I hope you dance (Tell me who)
I hope you dance (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes,
I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance (Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance (Rolling us along)
I hope you dance (Tell me who) (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
I hope you dance (Where those years have gone)
(Tell me who) I hope you dance (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTQfERb9HVk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vix4Of6_hZ0
-tzup
Had a good celebration at small stan's house yesterday as he opened his house and prepared a feast for everybody who came to celebrate his birthday. We did our usual stuff like bridge, watch vcd, makan, play, cell and of course....
...... the usual "Tau-Pok" session!!
U muz be wondering why I'm so crazy putting up blogs these few days...
THAT'S BECAUSE I"M SUPER EXCITED!!!!
I'm so super excited bcuz i see all my sons and the whole church rising up in faith to finish the campaign. What Ps Khong said is very right - we should not drag the dateline, bcuz it wears everyone out, and at the same time not fair to those who have been fighting hard. The Lord wants us to understand (thru this campaign) that a church operates as a body. WHen one part of the body fails, the entire body fails. But when one part rejoices, the whole body rejoices!!! We are ALL FOR ONE, and ONE FOR ALL. WHen one wins, ALL WIN!!! Bcuz of this I do not want anyone to be short-changed. And I want us to understand that this command is from God and not from man. God wants to move our whole church to a new dimension of faith in preparation for revival!!
It was said that tests and trials will reveal a person's true colors. This 100k campaign has really stretched us beyond what we imagine ourselves to be. I have no problem believing my cell could bless 100pple in one month - but when I did the calculation just now, the number simply amazes me. We have blessed 97 as of now and still counting. It is a sign of BREAKTHROUGH. It is a sign of victory. My pple and I are not settling for just 20 lives!!! This campaign has brought me to reconsider God and my faith again.
When we are truly desperate, we truly seek God.
And when we truly seek God, God appears to us!
"you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart - I will be found by you"
"Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know"
amen & amen
-roar
i cannot believe SP would actually tell us to finish the 100k by this week! And to achieve that, we hav to each finish 5 blessing tonight. WOah, sounds crazy... and somebody suggested to me: use phone or msn. Ya i guess i hav no choice. The 1st person I called, I really struggled to say each of the blessings bcuz the bkground is noisy n sometimes my voice is not clear. Then msn 3 pple but one refuse to give me contact, so considered invalid. Called an nie friend and chatted for almost half an hr and after tat was like half-dead.
But i mus give all glory to God. Apart from my nie fren, I managed to bless 2 ex-Crush students and one of my NT student. Those tat i msn i scan the completed brochure and send to them. They were thankful, and I felt really happy. It was a crazy push, but i knew there is always something God wants to bless me with in this kind of situation. Indeed, the favor was great. And I know how encouraging it is when you managed to bless 5 pple tonite. I only did 4 and oledi felt so blessed. Do not be discouraged if you have not reached ur target, we hav until 8 Aug and after tat we'll have a good break and a good celebration together. God bless u with strength!!!!
luv
roar
What will life be like for you 10 years from now?
No idea how to answer this qn? Then take a look at how life has been for you the last 10 yrs. I've been a Christian for 11 yrs now. But to me, the most memorable and exciting and unregrettable moments were found in my university days, my Thumbs Up days and my Project CRUSH days. The most unforgettable moments had been those of serving others. I believe life should be lived in an unregrettable manner. We should not go thru life doing things we know we'll regret at the end.
The good years of my life had been one lived in faith - faith in God alone; faith to dare to take risks; faith to dare to fail.
It has been good, so I want to live a life that continues stretching my faith for the next 10 years :)
-roar
Dear sons,
I just want to say that I feel very thankful and tremendously blessed by this 100k campaign. You see, I was praying through all the names on my prayer log and I an so thankful to God for all these 14 pple I've been able to bless in this short period of time. I'm beginning to realise more and more the truth in this verse that says:
"It is more blessed to give than to receive."
I'm beginning to plan how I can follow up with these pple and continue praying for them. This morning, upon the prompting of the Holy Spirit, I shifted my desk to the inner part of the staff room. It didn't take very long for me to notice the liveliness in this part of the staff room, and I suddenly saw a lot of blessing targets. Wa, I should've taken more blessing cards from church yest, cuz really running low on supply le...
Anyway, I hope u guys (esp those in the 5k warriors) are encouraged by this and continue asking God to show u how to pray for the pple you've blessed. God wans to touch pple, and at the same time wans to bless us. I finally realise how privileged I am. :)
Luv,
roar
