An entry in the phone list

While reading Hanglu's blog, i came across a picture card she posted, and Weisoon suggested it could have been from PostSecret. And so, being curious, i went to have a look. i think i read about the site before but forgot abt it.

and... this one struck me. actually i do it too, for Bernard's contact on my various phones. His work and personal mobile, home telephone number, room telephone number, birthday, dad's number. i was just short of putting in his passport number and issue/expiry dates that i kept for booking trips. and his picture. cos once, his dad called me from home and bernard's picture showed up as the caller. i tell you, that was such a heart attack :P



not sure why we do these stuffs. maybe to assure ourselves of the person's place in our lives in a more tangible way?

Do not fear

365 times God said this. Do not fear.
When He says it that many times, you know that He is serious about it.

I traded a night out of drinking, for a cosy night in of (snacking and) watching Facing the Giants (yeah Jo's vcd has been with me for like... months :P)

It is a very simple show, nothing fancy. and apparently made by a church. even the spectators at the football games were made up of church-goers.

What touched me the most was something that wasn't even the main event.

The coach's wife dearly loves kids, and have been longing for kids of their own. and when they learnt that they are not able to have kids, they were devastated. He went out into the garden to read God's word, and to pray. and then he said to his wife.. Will you still love Him if He doesn't give us children?

Very much later in the show, she went for a pregnancy test (for the third time) and was told, again, by the empathetic nurse, that the results are negative.

Out in the carpark as she raised her face up to the sky, with tears in her eyes, she said, God, I still love You.

At that moment, tears filled my eyes too, as i thought, God, even if you took bernard home with you, away from me now, i still love You.

I've been putting it off, for goodness knows what reason. as if waiting for a suitable time when i'm ready to hear what God has to say.

And so, it is this. With seemingly insurmountable obstacles in our lives, we all need to be reminded of this truth - Nothing is impossible when God is on our side.

Our daily bread

During our weekly lunchtime fellowship today at work, someone mentioned "Our Daily Bread", a daily devotional series. He quoted from Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God". I've heard of the Daily Bread but never went to read it. and so i thought, let's go see what it says.

And then i clicked onto April 30, 2009:

April 30, 2009
I Will Never Leave You

I am with you always, even to the end of the age. - Matthew 28:20

One of my earliest memories of hearing good music was when a male quartet rehearsed at our home. I was about 10 years old, and I was especially attentive to my dad, who sang first tenor. One of the quartet’s favorites was titled, "I Am With You." Even at that tender age, I not only appreciated the music but I "got the message."

Those words of Jesus to His disciples just before He ascended - "I am with you always" - became precious to me as the quartet sang, "In the sunlight, in the shadow, I am with you where you go."

One of the first references to God's unfailing presence was spoken by Moses in Deuteronomy 31:6-8, when he instructed his successor about leading God's people into the "land of promise." And Joshua himself heard the same word from the Lord, "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you" (Josh. 1:5).

That promise is repeated in the New Testament, where the writer of Hebrews gave this assurance: "He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you'" (13:5).

Wherever you may be today, you are not alone. If you've placed your trust in Jesus for your eternal salvation, you can be certain that He will never leave you. - RBC Ministries

Jesus whispers "I am with you"
In the hour of deepest need;
When the way is dark and lonesome,
"I am with you, I will lead." - Morris