i am feeling very sick now as im blogging. sigh. i pray that God will protect me and not let me fall even more sick. have to work tmr. and christmas is around the corner.
the year is coming to the end, how will you rate your whole year then ?
A-Very Good, B-Good enough, C-just the same, D-lousier than ever.
for me, i'll rate it A-Very Good. This has been the most eventful year. The year which i have felt the most extreme ups and downs. the year which i have seen myself nurtured and grown.
God's presence in my life made me changed from the inside out.
Will you people who i once knew be surprised to see the change in me? or would you all still say its all an act? well. i guess it doesn't matter anymore.
In the first half year. I have been neither here nor there. Everything seem to be stuck, like a tape not being able to play. But when i finally could move on, the tape started playing really smoothly. that is because God has came into my life again. This time He came in, differently like the previous. All these events, made everything that had happened seem to be with a purpose. A purpose to make me come back to God wholeheartedly, with my own will.
i remember that moment when i ended it all; i picked up the phone and dialled ina's number. i said. "Ina, i want to come back church." with just this sentence that came out of my mouth, the Holy Spirit had started working in me once more.
The extreme downs that i had been through are blessings in disguise. that i can boldly speak of now.
I love to reflect on what has happened in my life. Because through these reflections, i come to know more about my self.
For the first six months , i have been selfish, materialistic, hot-tempered, with hatred in my heart. I have been the worse person anyone could have met.
But for the next six months, i have been the total opposite from what i have been before. from materialism, i have become in a way, that i care for no more riches. no more nice clothes, no more popularity. all these seem to have been taken away by God. i have been forgiving and patient. and i have never been like that before.
I have forgived the people i needed to forgive. I have learnt to curb my temper.
God has been reminding me once and once again, to humble myself. Especially when i am serving in Choir. It takes alot of effort to really humble yourself. When i meet annoying people, the usual me will tend to just ignore and speak behind that person's back. I confess, i still do that nowadays. but rarely. even so, i still need to learn. to change.
I am proud of the way i have change with God's strength. And suddenly i remember telling Perline this: "you cannot change your character yourself, only with God's strength and power then you'll be able to change." I don't know to others, is this true. But to me, i felt this way. one year back then, i had a group of people around me who kept telling me to change. "Qiqi, you must change." everywhere i went, people told me my attitude was bad. people told me they didn't like me at times. because i am selfish.
Back then, i kept asking myself. What have i done wrong? what do i need to change. I tried my best. I tried to change. I spoke lesser. I didn't make the decisions anymore. I let the others do. I gave in again and again. Until one day i broke down and cried " i can't change! i can't "
and i left things dangling on that way.
When i have came back to church. I did not need to tell myself I want to change. I did not try to change. But God changed me. Through the scriptures, through people, through the sermon. God changed my heart deep from within. I could no longer find myself flaring up. I could no longer find myself having hatred in me. I could no longer tick off people when ever i want.
Praise God.
The way God has work in me, others may not see. But i see it. and i feel it. i remember jeffrey and i were talking bout personalities. Each bird represent a different personality. When he told me i was a dove. I was really amazed.
Me a dove ? How can it be. But i realised personality do change. And i have changed.
From the mouth that curses all day, my mouth now sing praises of the Lord. And determined not to curse anymore. How can i give my testimony to people around me?
How can i teach people to trust God in the hard times?
How can i relate to everyone using my past? i have fell down and down many many times, But i always have the most amazing people beside me who pull me up. No matter, how deep i fell in, how hard i fell, i always manage to pick myself up.
No doubt. Whenever i start dwelling in the past, the pain comes in. I still cry. I still tell God, i want to see them so much. I want my parents, my family back. I tell God i envy families. I tell God this is not fair. Why must i go through so much, when most can just lead their life normally? I cry out all the time to God. But each time i cry out, God reassure me. Each time, i feel a certain tingle in my heart. A warmth that slowly fills my body. A love that feels the emptiness. And the words will ring in my heart " God loves u."
God is good all the time. And all the time God is good. This i must really say Amen to.
I have never felt God so strongly than ever until this year. I have never experienced God's love as much until this year. I have never prayed that much. have never worshipped that much. have never did my QT that much until this year.
i feel so loved, so wanted in God's arms now.
He gave me the boy that i needed most when i felt like giving up. I asked God, when will i ever experienced the love that i always wanted. And true enough. I met him. I met him, but i was still in doubt. I ask God again, are you sure? he is the one for me? I prayed for a sign.
God showed me the sign. Perline and Lynette said before " How can two people come together, meet in church, love at first sight. and they are both christians? Isn't this God-planned?"
When i think bout this, i smile. I jump for joy. and i exclaim. Thankyou Father for this precious gift You have blessed me with!
Each time i reach out to people, the Holy Spirit works in me non-stop. Amazing words flow out from my mouth. To comfort them. To also remind them that God is always here. And each time a broken heart is in front of me, i feel God calling out to me, go speak to them. They need a listening ear. And i'll just reach out my hand to them.
enough of the reflections. my resolution for year 2007? hmm.
i have just signed up as a volunteer for children's society.
It always had been my dream to help the abandoned children. I have been through what they have gone through. And this time i am able to really give my all and all.
I want to serve God more.
I want to leave heartprints.
I want to have a closer relationship with God.
I want to grow spiritually to a higher level.
i give thanks for the wonderful calling back to Christ.
i give thanks that it is God's calling for me serve in choir.
i give thanks for jeffrey.
i give thanks for Ina who always stood by me.
i give thanks for the wonderful cellgroup.
i give thanks for lynette, perline and stephanie.
i give thanks for the improvement in grades this semester.
i give thanks for the change in my heart.
i give thanks for all the wonderful events that has happened.
And indeed. God is great. He our gracious Father!
thats the end of my entry today. long one (:
loves.