Growing up..

after watching the previous post, i'm lost for words. hahaha. it's so ironical tt i wanted to blog abt this thing u call "growing up" only to find tt someone else already posted smth in relation to it!

must be sign from God. lol.

anw, i wanna affirm the word tt childlikeness is smth to be respected and awed abt.
it's tough growing up. not really the process but well, u kinda get torn between the now and the past, and the future. there are some things u don't wanna give up and let go.
as many call it. it's the last chance for those sec 4s to have care-free fun. and to think i felt like i lost tt a long long time ago.
haha. so the saying tt u dont know what u've got till its gone rings ever so true.
thankfully i think i realize what i've got 2 months b4 it's gone.

i've got childish frens. HAHA. ok not funny. maybe it is. well, many wanna take the opportunity of these 2 months and holidays to let it rip. it being our childish side. after all, we're gonna be adults very soon!
well. i dont wanna let go of those moments cos i know i'll nvr ever experience them again.
all those weird things u do when ur in an all-guys school. haha. pity we can't change in class when we go for PE nx year. so inconvenient!
and so many ppl change! looking back from sec 1, which seems like just yesterday, and comparing it to being sec 4, well. i guess we've all grown up in a certain way.
we still do childish stuff like tau-poking and acting spas but like a friend of mine said the other day, it's been quite amazing to see the inner-change tt has taken place.

then again, the future holds much uncertainty, but promises much more. and we'll never know till we actually experience it for ourselves right?
struggling to move on it one thing, not moving on is another.
i hope i fall into the "struggling to move on but eventually does" category.
after all, we dont want to become like the israelites moving out of egypt do we?
thinking how terrible egypt is when we're suffering there and den when we get delivered complain abt how better it was then. deliverence is kinda like growing up.

when we're kids we want to grow up so badly.
when we've grown up we want to turn back the clock and be kids again.
haha.

anw, moving on to the promise of God remains the most impt thing. God didnt create us to stay little and naive forever, He created us to learn and capture innocence and child-like faith, in order to raise us up to draw closer to Him and to fulfill our destiny.
after all, isnt tt wad life is abt? being grateful for all tt's passed, but moving on to greater and better things that have already been planned.

and so a new chapter begins..



i now needa rush off for class outing.
xD
ciao.

-tzup (16, now and forever at heart) =)

Great lesson from a small voice

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

(Matthew 18:1-4)

This passage just comes to my mind when I saw the video clip below. Indeed God uses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.

The Roaring Tribe: Amazing story

The Roaring Tribe: Amazing story

Just share with you something what my grandma told me.

When i told my grandma exams periods are very stressful
then she told me that everyday she has exams.

Huh? why le?

Cause she has to think of what food to cook from morning to night.
Three meals a day making her stress. Not cooking lah got other chores to
so if you are stress think of her haha my grandma has exams more then 30 years or more.

shawn

bye bye

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Real Meaning of Sabbath

What is Sabbath? It means REST!!!!! Yes, REST!!! And it is biblical, for God made heavens and earth and all that is in it and rested on the 7th day (Gen 2:1-2). Need a break? Amen, you should. Even God takes a break from his work.

Sabbath is incorporated in the midst of work, and God invites us to take occasional breaks so that we have time for Him. Indeed, God did not lie on bed the entire Sabbath but spend the day enjoying what he had made, and he saw that everything was good. For the busy and overworked people, I want you to know that "in six days you shall do all your work, but the 7th day is to be a Sabbath unto the Lord" (Ex 20:8). God wants you to re-enter his rest and look at what you have done from his perspective. For those who have too much free time, I urge you to reconsider Ex 20:8. Out of the whole week 6/7 of the time should still be spent constructively and not idling, because if "a man will not work, he shall not eat." God's real intention is for us to maximise our time and doing it all for the purpose of worship.

Here are some comments on the Sabbath which I find to be very true and applicable:

1. Sabbath is the resting of our hearts and souls.
2. Sabbath is creating unhurried time & space to distance ourselves from the frenzy of our own activities so we can see what God has done & is doing.
3. Sabbath-keeping is quieting our noisy hearts so that we can hear the still small voice of our Lord. It is uprooting the sense of self-importance so that we can discern the presence of Christ.
4. Sabbath-keeping is separating ourselves from the people who are clinging to us, from the routines to which we cling to for our identity, & surrendering them all up to God afresh.
5. Sabbath-keeping is setting aside time to put things back in place.

I want to take this opportunity to say that the act of putting everything aside and seeking God during cell and service is considered Sabbath. Sabbath is coming back to the heart of worship. God wants us to worship in SPirit and in Truth. And the very fact that Sabbath is practiced in the middle of frenzy requires faith. It is not easy to withdraw from busy-ness and fast-paced-ness when there is much work to be done. So it takes faith to observe Sabbath. It takes faith to believe that as we surrender everything to God afresh, he will reveal the important things to us. So learn to observe the Sabbath. God blessed and created it for us.

A few things you can begin considering in view of the Sabbath year are:

1. How can I develop myself spiritually, physically, socially and mentally?
2. What areas of my life must I deal with and put in place?
3. What can I do to become a better testimony wherever God has placed me?
4. WHo are my spiritual bros and sis and relatives in this network?

Let's resolve to make 2008 the year of rest and not one of restlessness.

-roar