One of Those Days

Yesterday was one of those days that Mickey had his way. I brought him for a walk as usual and it was time to go home, he refused to move. He sure had his way.

Celebrate Jesus

Each day is a gift from our loving God. We are awakened by His unfailing love. We celebrate Jesus, we celebrate His goodness and grace. As we enter the gates of praise our hearts are flooded with His awesomeness. Who is like unto our God? The Lord strong and mighty! Mighty to save and deliver through His finished work on Calvary. We have every reason to rejoice and to walk in full liberty, for whom the Son sets free is free indeed. Let His praises ring through all the earth as we behold the King of glory, the Rock of Ages who radiates gloriously in His majesty.

Love You Too Much

The Lord loves us too much to let us go. Especially people who have once tasted the goodness of the Lord but today their hearts are no longer with Him. His heart longs for them.

One day, I caught an audio interview of a elderly mother who was estranged from her son. She told the interviewer that she could not sleep at night because she missed her son so badly. My heart went out to this woman because I know what a mother’s love is like because I have been loved by my mother all these years. We give so much thought to human love but no greater love will surpass the love of God which He lavished on each of us. He went above and beyond Himself when He died on the cross for our sins. What more can He give. As we allow the amazing love of God to surround us, we can only bow down to Him and worship Him in praise and adoration.

Music Knows No Boundary

On May 30, Monte (my husband) and I were delighted to catch the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) at Ang Mo Kio Central Stage. The theme was Nanyang Elegance. It was so amazing, the orchestra was featured with a renowned Tablar (Indian drum) performer. A Malay dance accompanied by the SCO was another highlighted segment. Music knows no boundary. The fusion brought out the true essence of Nanyang Elegance. We had an awesome time that night.

Never Wasted

Recently, I had lunch with a friend. She related how her neighbour lost their three year old daughter a few years ago. Apparently, the child fell out of the grill less window of their condominium block. I believe the pain that the couple felt must be inexpressible. The best intended words said at that time could not soothe the agony and pain in the hearts of the young parents.

In our walk with the Lord; we may also walk through dark and challenging paths in our lifetime. Sometimes, when things get so bad; we begin to lose sight and fear begins to paralyse us. We grope aimlessly in pitch darkness and fell over again and again. We know the awful feeling of desertion and helplessness. We understand what lossness and hopelessness are.

The story does not end here because the Lord comes to our rescue when we call out to Him. He delivers and restores us. When we come through the fire and emerge with His strength, we are over comers triumphing in His victory. God uses our experiences and set-backs, some of which can be very painful. We can identify with people who share about their struggles, challenges and experiences with us because we were there. The Lord begins to work through us to extend His love to people who are crying for help. God puts people in our paths and we want to be sensitive to what is on His heart; to respond according to what He desires to do through us. All the experiences we have gone through are never wasted because God uses them and makes us His channel of love and blessing.

For the Love of Mickey

The following is the description of the personality and temperament of Shih Tzus at

http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/breeds/shih-tzus.html#temp

“One of the strongest characteristics of the Shih-Tzu is its personality. The Shih-Tzu is a friendly, non aggressive dog that is a good companion for children and other breeds of dogs. Shih-Tzus are known for their fun-loving play, romping around the apartment or in the country side.

The Shih-Tzu is a people oriented dog, they cherish no more than the love of people. They will sit patiently, remaining still with their eyes gazing intently on your face waiting for you to call them over to be patted. The Shih-Tzu is not a one person dog. Shih-Tzus are happy to entertain any stranger, once accepted by the family. This is one reason that they are becoming popular. They make friends where ever they go.

The Shih-Tzu has a lap dog personality. It is not high strung nor demanding. The pet Shih-Tzu is content during the day to lie in a corner with his legs stretched out behind him, snoring softly. If he has a choice he would prefer to be curled up in your lap.”

I will leave you the pictures of Mickey to tell you the rest of the story...

The Best Deal

Giving full control of our life to God brings freedom to us. If we do not surrender our all to Him, we will end up going around in circles because we have no focus and purpose without Him. As the saying goes ‘Let Go and Let God’. The more we want to hold on to all that seemingly belongs to us, we begin to lose them. Giving our all to the Lord is the only right thing to do because all that we call our own is not actually ours for we are merely God’s stewards. By letting go, we gain everything. We are not at the losing end because we get the best deal and nothing comes close; I am talking about knowing and embracing the Lord. He calls us to Himself and He pours His life into ours and calls us His very own. The presence of God is precious and priceless. We must do everything we can to guard this precious deposit jealously because if we lose Him, we lose everything.

The Touch of the Master

Yesterday, the Lord opened the door for Monte (my husband) to preach at Teen Challenge. We continue to thank God for every door of ministry that the Lord so graciously opens. We do not take ministry opportunities for granted because we know deep down in our hearts what matters most is to Him work in and through us no matter what it takes.

As we ministered to many of these lives that are battered with drug addiction, we know that God’s grace is poured out to each of those brothers who yearns for the touch of the master. None of us can write them off because the Lord will never do so. He patiently and lovingly nurses them back to health. He rescues and restores them because He love them to much to let them go.

I am thankful for those whom God has set them free from the drug addiction and today they are serving God powerfully all over the world. Some were struggling with drug problem for many years of their lives. What they are powerless to do; God sovereignly set them free by the power of His blood. Today, these servants of God are walking miracles that God is at work in the hearts and lives of people who desperately need of the merciful Saviour.

A Lesson from the Salmon

Salmon swim against the current to get to their breeding spot where they were born. In the quest to swim upstream, some are battered and bruised; some even die in the process. Their determination to get home is so strong that they will do everything they can to reach their destination.

Many a times, we go through challenges and trials that overwhelm us. We become weak and doubted if we can take another step. We hit rock bottom so to speak. We call out to the Lord and He comes to rescue us. He strengthens us and lead us on one step at a time. We may be battered and torn outwardly but God infuses His strength into our inner man miraculously. He opens our eyes to see that with Him on our side, we shall overcome. For His the battle belongs to the Lord and His victory is ours.

Never Forsaken

One of greatest consolations we have is that the Lord promised never to forsake us. He holds us close to His bosom and showers His love and attention on constantly. We stand safe and secure in Him with full assurance that He will not leave us in a lurch when we are in the midst of a raging storm.

The path that we have taken may be full of thorns and unseen dangers but we need not fear because He is with us. He goes before us and leads us on this amazing journey that we are privileged to embark on. Traveling with God takes on a new meaning because we need not worry where we are heading to; all we need to do is to allow Him to bring us to where He desires us to be.

I Offer My Life

This life that we live is not our own, we were bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Because of His great love for us, we can only bow down and declare that He alone is our Lord and master. He did not see our ugliness and filth, all He had in His heart is love that covers our sin. We would have been condemned to eternal ruin and destruction but He could not bear to let us go. As we offer our life to God, we are reminded that we are not our own. He is the rightful owner and we give Him full control so that we will be free.

I Offer My Life

All that I am all that I have

I lay them down before You O Lord

All my regrets all my acclaims

The joy and the pain I’m making them Yours

Lord I offer my life to You

Everything I’ve been through use it for

Your glory

Lord I offer my days to You

Lifting my praise to You as a pleasing sacrifice

Lord I offer You my life

Things in the past things yet unseen

Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true

All of my hopes all of my plans

My heart and my hands are lifted to You

What can we give that You have not given

And what do we have that is not already Yours

All we possess are these lives we’re living

And that’s what we give to You Lord

I invite you to join me to offer our lives to our Redeemer with this song I Offer My Life at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03wO1DAM0cM&feature=related

Sharpen Focus

One of the privileges we have as children of God is to see Him in all His glory and majesty. When He reveals Himself to us, we can only stand in amazement and marvel at Him. All who have seen the Lord will come back longing for more of Him.

Some of us have lost sight of God for various reasons. Things of this temporal world may have crowded Him out; earthly relationships may have taken the first place in our lives. The Lord has the power to sharpen our focus on Him. When we purpose in our hearts to seek Him wholeheartedly, He reveals more and more of Himself to us. Our blurred vision will come into focus. What is important in our lifetime is to live our lives in and through the life and light of Jesus, to walk in the fear of God and to know His hand of love upon us.

Minutest Detail

It baffles me to think that God who spoke this world into existence knows each of us by name. He knows us so well that before we could even utter a word, He already knows what is in our hearts. He looks into the minutest detail of our life, nothing escapes His eyes. We are constantly under His loving care. He shelters us from the storms of life. We will still have to face the storms but we need not fear because our God is with us. He promised never to leave us nor forsake us. As we draw nearer to our maker, our hearts are overwhelmed by His peace that passes understanding. His abiding presence strengthens us from within.