does anyone understand?
only You
Monday, July 30, 2007
suddenly.
I've had casting crowns playing in my head for the last few days.
it's awesome to see the cell group growing. coregroupmeeting yesterday was nice. i got a free warm japanese green tea courtesy of meshiiya. (is that how you spell it?) i think it's going to be another exciting semester for the cell!
got the opportunity to have great conversations over the past few days. even with different people whom i don't see around often! friday, had a good chat with KL after nicecellgroupsupper and running 3 blocks down queensberry st (haha), then on sat played soccer with the boys (2nd career appearance), and somehow had a great conversation with Jfeng at WW's bday/farewell. Also got to chat with brian and sansan there. Sunday, met RachOh all the way from brissy, who's staying with the Maks. excellent ketchup from coc1st service to about lunchtime. then went for an impromptu coffee with Jo and TLim. then after cgm, had (yetanother) chat with KL. and mr yap also in between appointments.
keep the faith, bro.
i was just saying to someone that i might've repeated myself regarding a certain subject multiple times over the past couple days. haha! see i'm like quite boring one.
Thank You Lord for all the wonderful friends/relationships that you've blessed me with. I pray that i will honour You even with my lips and friendships.
it's awesome to see the cell group growing. coregroupmeeting yesterday was nice. i got a free warm japanese green tea courtesy of meshiiya. (is that how you spell it?) i think it's going to be another exciting semester for the cell!
got the opportunity to have great conversations over the past few days. even with different people whom i don't see around often! friday, had a good chat with KL after nicecellgroupsupper and running 3 blocks down queensberry st (haha), then on sat played soccer with the boys (2nd career appearance), and somehow had a great conversation with Jfeng at WW's bday/farewell. Also got to chat with brian and sansan there. Sunday, met RachOh all the way from brissy, who's staying with the Maks. excellent ketchup from coc1st service to about lunchtime. then went for an impromptu coffee with Jo and TLim. then after cgm, had (yetanother) chat with KL. and mr yap also in between appointments.
keep the faith, bro.
i was just saying to someone that i might've repeated myself regarding a certain subject multiple times over the past couple days. haha! see i'm like quite boring one.
Thank You Lord for all the wonderful friends/relationships that you've blessed me with. I pray that i will honour You even with my lips and friendships.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
In Christ Alone.
In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground;
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm;
What heights of love, what depths of peace;
When my fears are stilled, when strivings cease;
My Comforter, my All in All;
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground;
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm;
What heights of love, what depths of peace;
When my fears are stilled, when strivings cease;
My Comforter, my All in All;
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
AH.
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inside out.learning.
hope.
Yes, a little bit random. but thoughts go quicker than fingerstyping. so i only get to catch a few words. it comes full circle, thoughts i mean. and times like these when i'm sorely lacking in a means of expression, i go poof with a thunderclap and then suddenly im hidden again, shrouded in thingsyetfamiliar. go on.
- thinking iamjonlee. thinking thinking thinking.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
workerbee.
haven't written anything much past few weeks. have been rather busy. work is taking its toll, and travancore is in full swing now. hopefully we'll ride this momentum until november, and actually finish up in december *hopingpraying*.
I've committed myself to the end of the project, whenever that is. as long as it doesn't interfere with uni 2008. so its technically possible that if travancore drags on to february, iamjonlee will have 0 days of holiday... :(
but somehow, secretly, i'm quite okay with it.
because i know that He'll be with me.
Uni will be a refreshing startagain. i know i know, i'll prob get pwned by people for saying that uni is 'relaxing' and 'refreshing', but to some extent i see next year as a holiday haha. while i think that's not the bestapproach to next year (esp since i wanna do well, for once), it does feel nice to have, well. less responsibility. even if just for a year, to have a load taken off your shoulders. to do something not because you're obligated to but because you want to.
believe me, work makes you WANT to study.
while the work load (in doing well) is obligatory, the time for study/assignments isn't really fixed. what i mean is that at least there's some flexibility (freedom) in managing your time and activities. At least i can stay up late for acertainsomething, for example, and have done my studying beforehand or the next day. at work, you've gotta be there doingdoingdoing from xx am to xx pm, whether you like it anot, and otheractivities need to be worked around that schedule (so that you have enough sleep not to get pwned at work).
that's been one of the greatest struggles with work. but praise God, He's already seen me through a year of it. and i've begun to enjoy other parts of work life :) esp the relationships made and the (unlikely) friendships forged. it really is not as bad as i make it sound.
but studying is still better :) haha.
Aiyoh. i'm sucha complainer.
Praise and thanks be to God who is so patient with me.
I've committed myself to the end of the project, whenever that is. as long as it doesn't interfere with uni 2008. so its technically possible that if travancore drags on to february, iamjonlee will have 0 days of holiday... :(
but somehow, secretly, i'm quite okay with it.
because i know that He'll be with me.
Uni will be a refreshing startagain. i know i know, i'll prob get pwned by people for saying that uni is 'relaxing' and 'refreshing', but to some extent i see next year as a holiday haha. while i think that's not the bestapproach to next year (esp since i wanna do well, for once), it does feel nice to have, well. less responsibility. even if just for a year, to have a load taken off your shoulders. to do something not because you're obligated to but because you want to.
believe me, work makes you WANT to study.
while the work load (in doing well) is obligatory, the time for study/assignments isn't really fixed. what i mean is that at least there's some flexibility (freedom) in managing your time and activities. At least i can stay up late for acertainsomething, for example, and have done my studying beforehand or the next day. at work, you've gotta be there doingdoingdoing from xx am to xx pm, whether you like it anot, and otheractivities need to be worked around that schedule (so that you have enough sleep not to get pwned at work).
that's been one of the greatest struggles with work. but praise God, He's already seen me through a year of it. and i've begun to enjoy other parts of work life :) esp the relationships made and the (unlikely) friendships forged. it really is not as bad as i make it sound.
but studying is still better :) haha.
Aiyoh. i'm sucha complainer.
Praise and thanks be to God who is so patient with me.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
more than meets the eye.
seems like a long road ahead.
hmm. somehow i seem to have lost alot of interest in games. for some reason or other, they can't seem to hold my attention (for long) anymore.
shucks.
its not nice when you grow up without noticing.
hmm. somehow i seem to have lost alot of interest in games. for some reason or other, they can't seem to hold my attention (for long) anymore.
shucks.
its not nice when you grow up without noticing.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
HOLD ON. TIGHT.
sorry for not updating this blog lately. haven't been disciplined (bothered) enough to log in to blogger.com to post anything haha. but today, i shall!
God has been revealing to me a fair bit about discipline. more often than not, i think the key isn't how disciplined you are in sticking to your regimen or gameplan, nor is it how 'flexible' (lackadaisical) you are in not following any routine or set rules. but a balance of discipline and flexibility - enough discipline to not be idle and unfocused, and enough flexibility to allow God to work even in changed/unfamiliar circumstances. The key to having a balance of both also, i think, can be attributed to focusing on God Himself.
Proverbs 3:5-6
'5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.'
I'll also include the next verse, because our own wisdom (and pride) often gets in our way to GG ourselves..
Proverbs 3:7
' 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil. '
How many times have we owned ourselves because we think 'Oh, i've already been through this and that and this and that. who is in a better position to talk about all this than me. i think ive got the right to talk about this. after all, im pretty trained already what. who are you to talk about this, you only know so little. eh i got do this and that leh. you got anot? do it this way i tell you. blah blah blah. '
I concede and confess that every so often, i am guilty of the above. whether or not i express it in that manner could be a different story. im not sure. but yeah every so often, i have to catch myself when my heart and thought processes are becoming like the example abovementioned. I'm very sorry and i hope i have not misled anyone!
but in the end. who knows best? haha. yes. you got it. it's none other than you know Who.
That one, im pretty sure :)
picked up a very impt lesson from todays utmost.
http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php?month=07&day=08&year=07
All praise and glory be to God! thank You so much that even in times of our inequity or wrongdoing, grace and truth still shines through despite us. Thank You.
God has been revealing to me a fair bit about discipline. more often than not, i think the key isn't how disciplined you are in sticking to your regimen or gameplan, nor is it how 'flexible' (lackadaisical) you are in not following any routine or set rules. but a balance of discipline and flexibility - enough discipline to not be idle and unfocused, and enough flexibility to allow God to work even in changed/unfamiliar circumstances. The key to having a balance of both also, i think, can be attributed to focusing on God Himself.
Proverbs 3:5-6
'5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.'
I'll also include the next verse, because our own wisdom (and pride) often gets in our way to GG ourselves..
Proverbs 3:7
' 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil. '
How many times have we owned ourselves because we think 'Oh, i've already been through this and that and this and that. who is in a better position to talk about all this than me. i think ive got the right to talk about this. after all, im pretty trained already what. who are you to talk about this, you only know so little. eh i got do this and that leh. you got anot? do it this way i tell you. blah blah blah. '
I concede and confess that every so often, i am guilty of the above. whether or not i express it in that manner could be a different story. im not sure. but yeah every so often, i have to catch myself when my heart and thought processes are becoming like the example abovementioned. I'm very sorry and i hope i have not misled anyone!
but in the end. who knows best? haha. yes. you got it. it's none other than you know Who.
That one, im pretty sure :)
picked up a very impt lesson from todays utmost.
http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php?month=07&day=08&year=07
All praise and glory be to God! thank You so much that even in times of our inequity or wrongdoing, grace and truth still shines through despite us. Thank You.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Shine
i can't think. i can only trust. maybe things arent that complicated after all. In the end, the things that matter, the things that count.
Seize the day.
It's time to shine.
Seize the day.
It's time to shine.
Monday, July 02, 2007
I am free.
I am saved by Your grace.
'sinner'
'saved'
'grace'
'love'
'Jesus'
More than the world, more than life.
More of You.
'sinner'
'saved'
'grace'
'love'
'Jesus'
More than the world, more than life.
More of You.
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