Thursday, October 13th, 2005
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
i read this on my brother’s blog and i thought i would mention it here. such a great poem.
Thursday, October 13th, 2005
Read the Bible twice a day.
Catch up and maintain my studies throughout Mid-Term weeks.
Pray five times a day;
- Alot at least one 30minute session for prayer, covering all the different prayer requests for myself and others.
Nurture my spiritual gifts
Share.
The Gospel,
And what i’ve learnt.
Participate twice a week at CCF:
-Frosh Cell
-CCF Fridays
Church on Sundays
Serve.
Monday, October 10th, 2005
this weekend. was thanksgiving weekend.
a weekend where i went home.
friday was commencement.
on the way home, God never ceases to amaze me. friday, i was suppose to have been picked up at 2pm to go home before 6pm. so i could get ready, and chill with people. thats what i thought i would do.
ends up. my ride came at 4pm. rather late, but not that i really cared. but like it was tight on time, but i figured we’d still make it back in time. traffic was moving great after kitchener, and we were running ahead of schedule… and then, bam.
we crashed. bumper to bumper. it wasn’t serious, but it sorta sucked for my friend driving and also — it took a bit of time to sort out the whole ordeal. by the time we were on the road again. i missed reception, which was at 6pm.
commencement started at 7pm. and well it was tight, and like by now i was not really worrying.. until traffic piled up. we were at missisauga and the traffic was moving very very slowly. i prayed. nothing happened. but i was like thats ok… God won’t just push cars apart for me. so i continued. and by the time it was 6:50. traffic suddenly cleared and i made it home at about 6:58pm? something rediculous. i popped into my suit. like in less than 2 minutes. got ready, ran out the door got to school at 7:05. and was the last one to enter the ceremony. i sat beside yuan. who’s last name is at the end of the list. talk about barely making it. but then again
credit goes to God. and once again God has shown me things that others would take for granted. best part… is that nobody got hurt and well i think it was a lesson well learnt for the driver, since he was tailgaiting a bit anyways.
afterparty…
we went to jackastors. and had a great time. i think it’s nice to know you have another family. people you can lean back on. people you can call brothers and sisters – and have them support you or listen to your pointless (or meaningful) ramblings. i’m glad i got to see everyone again. lets hope there will be more reunions to come.
on saturday…
i got up on time, to head towards camp. when we go there. bonding time was so effective, i felt at home right away. i think this time – camp has had the most unity ever. everyone was so connected. even the youngest people in the group.
the thing i wanted to share about was, our speaker. jon wong.
our topic was: serving, in his service.
his workshops touched on
1. recognizing where God is at work around you
2. identify the gifts you already have
3. know what effective service means
4. perform effective service
have you ever felt, that your not good enough, to serve?
have you ever said to yourself i’m not ready to serve?
or even asked yourself the question of why should i serve?
the first part of his 3 workshops touched on these questions. and well, in the end – it simply came down to “God design for service is not oriented around us being ready“
if u think about it. it’s true. who in the bible was ever ready to serve when God asked it of them??
was Moses ready to serve? he didn’t want to. he couldn’t even speak. was David ready to serve? he was just a boy. was Paul ready to serve? i’m sure we could go thru almost every single bible character and find that service does not request of us to be ready. more that we have the heart. service requires us to serve even in the worst of times.
thats when i realized that i shouldn’t be avoiding serving because of petty excuses. anyways it’s touched me. and if u have any questions. or comments leave them. because i find that this is a very popular topic. and i’ve really learnt something from this fall retreat.
“But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness.’”
-2nd Corinthians 12:9
the second thing is that serving God is not about Him coming to fit our needs, and our schedules. it’s about us going to Him. We msut be proactive and seek him. Service is oriented around where He’s working not where we are working.
so don’t think that just cuz you want to serve, that you will find something. you must first seek Him before you can serve with the right heart and attitude.
secondly. I discovered that everyone is given at least, at least, one spiritual gift from the holy spirit.
i took a test. a really long test. like 102 quesitons to discover my spiritual gifts.
i have the gifts of:
-pastor(ing)
-prophet [insight?]
third on the list was wisdom, and apostlship
the discription for pastoring or sheppearding was carring for people, and leading God’s people in a direction closer to God. I find that it was something i never considered before. even to be a gift. the gift of caring? and it’s really amazing. now that i know. i think i will find someway to put my gifts to use.
and also prophet is the gift of insight? being able to interperet what God is trying to say thru the scriptures.
anyways. aside from that i learned that successful service is a combination of people with the right stregnths and weaknesses and ontop of that you tend to be more effective in the areas you are gifted in.
effective service . is combining my gifts with th eministry I already see God working in.
anyways, on one final note. I was really happy to have spent time with my brother and sisters in Christ. I got to know some better, and caught up with others. I hope God will work in their lives. and if you have a question please just mail me or drop a comment. i’m sleepy sooo i’m out for now.
later.
oh yah.. also we read Psalm 1 – 50 as a group and i found that it was pretty fast to read and very interesting. full of praises. sort of like worshipping but with words.
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
scavenger hunt. 24hours
i was awake for 36+ hours yesterday. what a scavenger hunt. it was really fun. but i’m pooped. test tmr.
time to study.