Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Good afternoon!!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes I've got so far... its that one day in a year where you can really feel that you're being appreciated.. =) anyways, i didn't make it for lunch after all, cos my parents are all working, so I couldn't have lunch with them. So I'll be at home all the way until i go to church later.. well probably will have lunch on my own.. =)
anyways I had a good chat with esther just now, thanks for the birthday wishes and the heart to call.. =) better go and finish ur homework.. hahaha!!
man I'm so excited about the drama tonight... really pray that everything runs smoothly!! If i can i'll post some photos online tomorrow.. =) till then!! have a happy new year!!!
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
And days of auld lang syne, my dear,
And days of auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?"
~~derek~~ at 12/31/2003 01:12:00 pm
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Happy Birthday!!!!
yes, happy birthday to me!!! hahaha.. anyways more about today... left the house at 430pm for church for full dress rehearsal for the drama... from 5-6pm we didn't do much, more meddling with the costumes and getting the light fixtures up.. then headed over to the nearby coffeeshop for dinner.. well tongtong changed management... now dunno what the new coffeeshop is called.. haaha.. but the food they serve still about the same standard lah... so can eat can already lah!!
then put on our costumes and headed to sanctuary for practise.. man its so exciting seeing everybody put in their full effort into it, and seeing it with the full lighting sequence, cameras, sound and costumes is just so awesome!! I'm excited just thinking about it... and i also hope that it actually touches people and causes them to think about the coming year and whether they're gonna give their life to the one who died for every single person...
ok then.. busy replying smses and answering online birthday wishes... man its only once a year u know!! till tomorrow!! =)
~~derek~~ at 12/31/2003 12:25:00 am
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Tuesday, December 30, 2003
GOod Afternoon!!
some of you must be wondering what's wrong with derek today.. he's blogging so early!! well, yeah i managed to get my recharging sleep.. only woke up at like 1230pm.. hahaha!! that's almost a good 12hrs of sleep.. well that's cos I'm not going out of the house until about 4pm, heading off to church for full-dress rehearsal...
Site Updates
in the meantime, I updated my site again. Just added player controls to background music, so you can decide if you want to stop it!! Its down over at the What's Playing section. I also just changed the song.. to reflect the mood.. hahaha!!
Ok back to more meddling online... till later! =)
10hrs and 15mins to my birthday...
~~derek~~ at 12/30/2003 01:42:00 pm
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Good evening!! why am I so late again, some might ask.. well let me first tell you about my day...
ok first things first, I was supposed to go back to camp cos i needed to pass my study documents to my chief clerk for her to do my processing for early release, and also to look for my rq to let her sign my clearance form. BUT my chief clerk couldn't do her processing because her leave clerk was not around, so i could not apply for my study leave. Ask me to come back another day. Then my rq tell me she not around, on leave until 5th jan!!!! I was so pissed!! I actually no need to go back camp one loh!!! argh waste of my time!!!
anyway then together with weelong, headed to orchard to do my xray and medical examination. That went on pretty smoothly without much hiccup, less for the having to get a urine sample when we had just peed before going to the clinic... that was just plain difficult man.. never knew peeing would be so tiring...
ok then met up with amy to hang around orchard before going to church for rehearsals, and also met up with Huimin at crusade media cos raju wanted to get something. And I met Evangeline!! Surprised, yes, having not seen her for over 4,5 years already! And she's crusade staff now! hahaha... talk about coincidence...
Well today we didn't do much rehearsing for the drama, in fact only did the thing once. Because we were pretty much trying to finish up the costumes and putting some touches before tomorrow's full dress rehearsal.
Thrilling news!
now for my good news... I got a new Palm for my birthday!!!
Yep the Palm Tungsten E...my parents bought it for me... so i'm gonna surrender my old Vx to my sis.. who finally can get something better than a IIIe.. hahahaha!!! That's why I took so long to start blogging, was installing back all my software!
Site Updates
Oh yeah, I added the christmas party photos up on my webshots photo album! pls go take a look! Also fresh links to Amanda's and Clement's blog... do check them out yeah?!
Alright, gdnite!! I'm wondering what to do tomorrow.. how about sleep?? hehehe... =)
~~derek~~ at 12/30/2003 12:36:00 am
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Sunday, December 28, 2003
hey everyone! yes i updated my blog design again!! ok this time just took me under 3 hours.. kudos to blogskins and whoever came up with this skin.. i just modified a bit to suit my purpose... most of the stuff i took from Eunice's site.. go check her's out!! almost exactly the same.. hahah!! (i'm sorry eunice!!! your site quite nice what.. =P, see help u advertise somemore...)
anyways today was a long long long day.. I was so tired, after sleeping at close to 2am and waking up at 645am... Its one of the few days that i actually stayed for all 3 services.. mainly because we had to stay behind for our watchnight drama rehearsal as well... that went really smoothly.. ok i realised that I didn't mix the 7th track properly, so there's like a skip.. oh well.. have to make do.. no more time to do liao.. hehehe.. everything else went really well, we fixed our positions and what to do and stuff, sounds and lightings, and there was a lot more focus from everybody today.. Praise God man!!!
but the services were good... morning services had Evangelist Philip Ming and then evening was Ps Phil DiMusto, whom I haven't seen in ages! Amazed he still remembers me from playing drums for A/G youth camp.. hehehe.. =) even though I was really struggling to keep the Z-monster at bay.. but I still lost a few rounds... but both messages were still very good, and they both really focused on what we are doing as Christians, are we just sitting at the byways looking at people pass us by, not doing anything about the fact that they are going to suffer an eternity in hell, or are we going to do something about it and actually be fishers of men?
well I'm really tired and I need to run to camp in the morning to pass my chief clerk some documents, and then off to Orchard in the afternoon for medical examination plus xray... oh well, gdnite!! =) please feel free to comment in my site.. comments or chatterbox... i think my new site looks good... hahaha!!
~~derek~~ at 12/28/2003 11:31:00 pm
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A long long long day...
Its been a long day today.. It all started with a late night, and a very early morning.. I got up at 845am today.. and I had to rush off to be in church by 10am.. had to play for a church member's wedding! =) The wedding was nice, as all weddings are... =)
After that, had the reception after the wedding, then at 1pm had our drama rehearsal at the 4th floor... today's rehearsal wasn't really very productive... I guess the environment wasn't really very conducive for the rehearsal, without the music and everything and I guess tensions ran a little high today. But luckily we managed to cool off and get down to the dressmaking...
then we attended the edge christmas party... though most were pretty reluctant at first to attend. The party was pretty alright, at first we were like pretty sian sian, but throughout the thing then started to pick up and we enjoyed ourselves, mostly thanks to Natalie for being the vibrancy and spontanaeity in the group. =)
then had dinner at jackson's centre kopitiam, pigged out with beef hor fun and sambal sting ray!! then went to hougang superbowl for some bowling... that was a destressing time for me... while waiting for the lanes to be available, had a game of time crisis 3!! i've been wanting to try out that game, but never had the time... but i died pretty fast.. hehehe.. probably need to train more.. hahaha!! and the bowling was good.. i had fun! =) ok got less than 100, but it was only 1 game so not enough time to warm up.. hehehe...
and i'm back home, after sending natalie and benson back... yep that's my day today... tomorrow is another sunday and i'm serving.. so i better get some rest liao... gdnite peepz!!!
~~derek~~ at 12/28/2003 01:16:00 am
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Friday, December 26, 2003
today i went to catch infernal affairs 3 with esther and elvin... really good show!!! though it was quite confusing at some parts and they keep jumping from past to present... its hard to catch!!! but i still managed to catch like almost 90% of the show lah!! hehehe... and we all felt quite tired after the show cos our brains were all working to see how the scenes fit from the other 2 prequels.. hahaha!!
then we popped down to scotts picnic for lunch before meeting elvin's sis then heading home. Well i finally bought the printer cartridge for my printer, so i can finally print stuff now... need to print out some medical checks stuff for my medical on monday.
That's just about what happened today... nothing much really... then spent the rest of the day in bed, watching tv.. going online... chatting... =) yeah its been a boring day... can't wait for edge tomorrow!! should be fun hopefully... =) well see u all tomorrow!! gdnitez!!
~~derek~~ at 12/26/2003 11:59:00 pm
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Merry Christmas!!!
yeah this year's christmas was a very interesting one... for reasons that I cannot divulge online... but nonetheless a very interesting one! The church Christmas service was very long today... First had 5 groups of sunday school kids doing their christmas presentations, followed by another 2 other adult presentations, we started the service at 9am and by the time the presentations were over, it was already 11am!! And the speaker hadn't even started preaching yet! But the message was very plain and simple, about how Mary still stood by Jesus through all his ministry, trials, unto death, even though she really did not fully understand God's plan for her son, yet she held on because she believed and treasured what God had told her in her heart...
The service was over at about 12pm... had a mad rush for the exchanging of presents, finding this person and that person... =) After that headed down to Sizzler at Suntec for lunch with my family... binged again man... feel so fat now.. in fact I didn't even eat dinner... I was too full!! Yep then headed to AMK to meet up with the youth to watch Scary Movie 3.. My warning to all, unless you really desperately want to spend your $6.50,
DON'T WATCH IT!!!!! It's really a waste of money... 75mins show, with really lame jokes.. some of them were good, but most of it is just lame... scary movie 2 was lame, but at lasted long enough and had enough slapstick humor to feel consoled, but this one really doesn't... so yeah don't watch it...
then i had like coffee with vera, then went some window shopping just to pass the time... we had a good talk.
Well tomorrow's another day.. can sleep in!! woohoo!! ok gdnite peepz!!!
TORN by ALL STAR UNITED
It's excruciating
I know you need to know where we stand
Is there harm in waiting?
Is this my only chance to take your hand?
Chorus:
I'm torn in two
By what I should
Or should not do
Torn, torn in two
Will you wait for me
If I run from you
I really must confess
It feels like there's a war in me
I'm drawn to those who offer less
But is this really where I need to be?
Bridge:
Over this I'm loosing rest
I can't bear to turn away
If I try to second guess
Oh, I gamble it away
I'm torn
~~derek~~ at 12/26/2003 12:22:00 am
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Thursday, December 25, 2003
Well, Merry Christmas everyone!!! Happy Birthday Jesus!! Yes and some might be asking, "What in the world are you doing blogging at 245am in the morning on Christmas Day?!" Well the answer is I've been up doing some sound editing for my church youth production for watchnight service... which of course coincidentally happens to be my birthday!! *hint hint* Anyways, today was quite fruitful in fact.. I managed to get all my wrappings done!! even though I realised I had left some ppl out and forgotten some ppl and ran out of wrapping paper...!! =)
anyways I met up with Marcus for lunch, before we did some final Christmas shopping together with Hans... Not too bad, managed to get whatever that I was looking for... except for the ink cartridge for my printer at home, but that's another thing altogether!
Anyways its late, and I've got service to attend tomorrow! So gdnite, and have a blessed Christmas!! =)
"Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la..."
~~derek~~ at 12/25/2003 02:50:00 am
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Wednesday, December 24, 2003
I'm gonna make this as short as possible.. tired already want to sleep... this morning I was up at about 9am.. then met up with weelong, hongyi and adrian, my future roommates in Uni to go get our airtickets for our flight up to Brisbane for studies next year!! Anothe $990 gone.. at least its SQ man.. hehehe.. will update everyone on the flight details next year... =)
yeah then after that rushed down to church to meet up with the rest of the youths to go down to Adelle and Tiffany's mum's kindergarten... at Jurong West!! Man the kids.... unbelievable... I finally understand why I never did get to staying in Sunday School Ministry.. hahaha!! I'm just bad with kids.. they were all over the place.. and the noise!! Its not that I don't like kids or anything.. I love kids... its just controlling them that's the hard part!!
yep then after that headed back to church for the rehearsal for watchnight service... we youths are doing a skit... rehearsals were long... but definitely needed... =) I think we need to be more focused on what's going on, and on the whole meaning behind it... cos that's where we really need to believe whatever that we're portraying...
ok then time to rest... gonna pack presents whole day tomorrow.. gdnite!!! =)
~~derek~~ at 12/24/2003 01:01:00 am
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Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Return of The King
Yeah u guessed it! I just went to watch LOTR: Return of the King!! Yep met up with Huimin to catch the show at Plaza Sing.. again! I was just there yesterday for lunch... hehehe.. anyways the show is good!! OK so i'm a little lagging behind, but at least I still managed to catch it!! The show was solid, didn't really feel like 3.5hrs at all!! hehehe.. anyways go watch it!!!
Nothing much other than the show happened today.. I was slacking at home, went tampines mall to do some final christmas shopping... but i have the feeling I left some ppl out.. need to check my list again... and I got to do my wrapping!! I think I'm behind time.. hahahha!! Hopefully there's some time left for me to wrap! Well I shan't go on too long.. its about 1am in the morning and I got to wake up early tomorrow to go buy my airticket for my studies... ok gdnite peepz!!
~~derek~~ at 12/23/2003 12:57:00 am
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Saturday, December 20, 2003
Woohoo
today's worship at the edge was awesome man!! To tell it frankly, I wasn't really in the right spirit to play and all... and I was late for the rehearsal cos I was stuck in orchard in the rain... so I arrived during the pre-rehearsal prayer... but the prayer was good also... and the breakthrough just came during the pre-service prayer.. man i was really committing myself into His hands and asking Him to take control and be on the throne of my heart... and it was really an awesome time of prayer.. and even as I was playing the drums for the pre-service, I really felt God's presence in the room, and just being in that prayerful attitude until service started just really make the whole worship just burst alive man... I really thoroughly enjoyed the worship!
And the sharing of the testimonies and seeing so many of my own elimites surrendering their lives once again to God was really heart-warming for me... and the worship during the altar call as I was playing I just felt the tears just come down... I was just so overjoyed and touched by God and feeling His love just pour over me...
awesome, He is awesome...
yep later after the service, met up with my poly classmates for a class gathering.. small as it was it was still fun... catching up the old times and remembering how much fun we had in class... man I wish I was back there again..
well tomorrow is Sunday!!! ok better get to sleep if not I won't be able to wake up... ok then.. gdnite peepz!!
~~derek~~ at 12/20/2003 11:59:00 pm
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Friday, December 19, 2003
for the first time in a long while, i managed to actually sleep in!! ok it wasn't that early, but at least I got to sleep until about 845.. hehehe... then I headed back to camp to do the handover of the bunk, but I forgot to bring my clearance form!! So I guess I got to give my RQ to sign again when I go back on the 29th... oh well, that's just minor stuff.. hehehe...
anyways i've been rotting at home today.. meddling with my computer, adding mp3s and doing some minor stuff to my blog.. hehe.. oh in case you haven't already noticed, I've added some background music to the site. Just have to wait for it to download and it'll automatically play.. when I have the time maybe I'll put in some controls so that you can decide if you want to play it... =) yep its basically just an audio complement to the songs thats up in the marquee.. so that you actually know what it sounds like and not just the words.. =)
alright, I'm going to church soon later... got my own youth service to attend.. till tonight! have a gd day ppl!! =)
~~derek~~ at 12/19/2003 04:01:00 pm
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Thursday, December 18, 2003
Clear Leave LOH!
this week really started off very very sueh... even on tues also... had to argue with my chief clerk to get some paperwork for my release for my studies then... the marquee above really reflected what I was feeling man... but luckily the exercise went smoothly on Wednesday without hiccup.. even though there was some minor hiccups and all, but everything still fell into place! It was a very good exercise... and a fun one at that, so at least I felt satisfied.. hahaha!! probably when I have some of the photos I'll post them up for you all to see... can't dwell too much on it cos its classified.. hahaha!!
anyways today finally started doing my clearance!! yep other than a few other publications that I can't seem to find, I'm basically through with the unit until I get back my PINK IC!!! talk about finally man!! Just pray that I can find those publications.. cos they seem to have been missing for about a good year already!! =) Well, I'm going back camp tomorrow to handover the bunk back to the unit, and then also clear up some of my stuff there... when I get the car then I'll really clear up the rest.
Anyways Christmas is coming... at least I'm on leave so that I got time to get the rest of my presents and start wrapping!!! woohoo!!! Its so relieving being on leave!! hahahaaa... I just hope I can settle my admin details for my university soon...
~~derek~~ at 12/18/2003 09:31:00 pm
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Monday, December 15, 2003
Bad Day...
talk about monday blues.. i think this has got to be one of the most sueh days ever... it all started off with the waking up at 340am to prepare to move out... Yes it's the earliest ever time that I actually wake up from sleep loh!! its madness.. and trying to sleep early the night before at like 9 didn't help, cos every now and then somebody from my level would come back and make noise.. hehehe...
then we went to changi naval base.. that was a good 1 hr trip... then waited for things to happen until our first rehearsal onboard the ship which was close to lunchtime... and that was when I got
'arrowed' from my boss to be in charge of coordinating the personnel for flight boarding!! I was like 'WHAT?!' and besides I had never attended any of the previous trainings so I really didn't know what in the world was happening!!
then at the end.. which was supposed to end at latest 4pm.. stretched all the way until 7pm then the rehearsal finished! and most of the ppl left around 5+pm, but I had to stay behind for the last personnel to finish packing and all before I could go back!!
but there's more...
and on the way back, we had to pick up some ppl from another vehicle that broke down along the way.. and we also got 'hollanded' (pronounced hor-lan-ded) cos the driver took a wrong exit at the expressway and we had to make one BIG round just to head back to camp.. and by that time already close to 9pm!!!! and I need to help clear the armskote too...
yeah so this was my sueh day... how much more sueh can it get?? not much.. cos I'm gonna clear leave by the end of this week!!!! I don't care anymore.. hahaha!! *bleah*
~~derek~~ at 12/15/2003 09:48:00 pm
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Sunday, December 14, 2003
I managed to wake myself up today, after a good session of pool last night.. hahaha!! besides the fact that none of the music team actually did reach church at 730am... but we still managed to get the practise done for the service, and I enjoyed the service today.. it spoke to a very real topic that is very relevant to the church today.. and that is on how to continue our victory in christ... esp when it comes to after camp and we're going back to our usual routines and everyday living, that's when we get distracted by all the other commitments that we have and forget that God is our first and most important commitment of all, cos its about eternity my friend!!
after service, headed out to lucky plaza for lunch.. all thanks to Rowena... we waited for about half an hour before we managed to get seats for everybody.. cos the place was packed with all the foreign workers... its madness man.. and they keep rotating shifts and hanging on to the seats!! at least we managed to have lunch... then headed to Kinokuniya to relax before the rest headed back to church for the evening service and I came home...
well I'm going back to camp now.. why so early?? cos apparantly tomorrow I've got to wake up at like 3am cos we're moving off to I think the naval base at like 4am... so we all got to be back early to sleep so that we can get enough rest for tomorrow... oh well... its so early!!! and I brought back my TV already so there's no entertainment!! well guess I'll have to sleep then... hmmm maybe I'll make a few phone calls.. or smses... then again maybe not?... ok then.. time to go! till next time! gdnite!!
~~derek~~ at 12/14/2003 07:29:00 pm
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man I really thank God for yesterday.. I was really quite worried about my paper!! but I passed!! well actually I more than passed, I am 4th in my course and the top NSF achiever, so I must really thank God for that! Now hopefully I don't have to write some course report and stuff.. hahaha!
Anyways yeah Jeremy shared yesterday about how do we see the people around us, our generation? And I knew God was also speaking to my heart... you know everybody out there, all the young people, all of our generation, they all are looking for something, something that satisfy them, something that can fill the void inside of them, something to make them feel whole...
they're waiting for a miracle.
they get involved in drugs, in music, in smoking, in gambling, in rioting, in clubbing, but yet at the end of the day does that really occupy them and make them joyful inside?
they're looking for an answer.
some are in broken homes, getting into all sorts of things to avoid problems and situations that they might have, some are looking for some action, acts of rebellion to have their parents chase after them and show them that actually somebody does love them...
nothing works for them...
yet we all have the answer that they're looking for, but are we sharing that today? Are we pulling our friends aside and saying, "Jesus is the answer! Jesus is your solution! Jesus is your miracle! Jesus WORKS!"? I speak guilty of not putting in my best to win people to Christ... yet Lord I ask that You would help me, to overcome my fears, to overcome my uncertainty, to overcome my unwillingness to share You with everyone else around me...
Like the man with the infirmity in John 5:1-9, our generation has been in this state for so long, that when the answer is stands before them, even they cannot recognise it... We've got to show it to them. We've got to let His Light shine. We've got to be the one that stands in the gap to carry people into His Kingdom.
Lord, have your way in my life, help me be used to the fullest of your potential in me...
~~derek~~ at 12/14/2003 05:45:00 pm
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Friday, December 12, 2003
End of course!!
finally I'm back to my blogging again!! after a long week of having exercise, which thankfully was more brainwork than fieldwork.. i'm back!! I just took my exam today.. a very long 3 hr paper.. which nearly none of my course managed to finish in time.. yes it was that bad!! but hopefully I'll be able to pass!! hehehe, I only studied for 1.5 hrs last night, cos I was held back at home and also in camp to do some admin work for Ex Thunderwarrior, which I'm not going for anyway!! yeah at least today's paper was open book, which still made it very difficult...
anyways hope that all of you are doing ok.. my course is ending tomorrow! and the results would be out... I think graduating from the course shouldn't be a problem.. hehehe... allright then..its getting late, i'm tired, need to wake up early tomorrow to head for camp, so i'll sign off here.. woohoo there's edge tomorrow!! =) ok I like it, its fun.. =)
~~derek~~ at 12/12/2003 11:44:00 pm
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Monday, December 08, 2003
Exercise again tomorrow
This morning I was caught in another dumb jam at the TPE... made me miss the backgate timing and had to go all the way around to the front gate to get into camp... which also made me about 20mins late for lesson.. hahaha.. but luckily nothing really important.. =)
anyways the lessons today were mostly administrative stuff, nothing really very very important or what, so I was mainly just sitting at the back and playing games on my Palm V... (*hint* I could use a new PDA for Christmas!! ) if not i was sleeping.. hahaha! i'm sorry... I was tired, lecturer was boring.. its the perfect combination to sleep!!
tomorrow I'm going off for exercise.. even though its in camp, but its 3 days.. 3 days worth of planning and presenting orders and stuff... gonna sap up most of my brain power, and I got a final exam to sit for on Friday!!! but with God I know I can pull through this exam... besides its mostly application work, but when you don't understand most of the things that's going on, even that can be hard! hahahaa...
Site Updates
ok then... I probably won't be blogging until the weekend or so... anyways if you hadn't already noticed, the bright colours are gone, new format and layout, same stuff though!! also have some cool sparkling thingys when you click your mouse.. hehehe... thanks to
maystardesigns and
BlogSkins.com... I of course did some editing, but its still a cool skin...
ok till next time.. gdnite!!
~~derek~~ at 12/08/2003 10:13:00 pm
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Sunday, December 07, 2003
Another Sunday
ok today i woke up late... I was very tired.. cos I went to watch a midnight show.. Love Actually.. yeah its a pretty interesting show, it's not boring which was a good thing if not I probably would have slept through the whole thing, but it was a good show! And thankfully I didn't get confused with all the story-switching
(ok perhaps I have let out more than enough, go watch the show!!)
Anyways service was good, its encouraging to see all the youths that went for church camp so together after they got back!! again makes me wish that I could have gone.. anyway headed down to Marina Square for lunch! and I met Esther!! no its not Esther Tan, its Esther Lee!! Ok you all probably have no idea who she is.. I first met her while going up to KL with Church of Our Saviour (COOS) staff and a few helpers to help out with a Music and Creative Arts Conference at Full Gospel Assembly in KL. She was one of the dancers! A nice lady and quite fun to be with too! Chatted with her for a while.. haven't seen her in about 2 years already! Well I hope she's doing well!!
After that headed over to do somemore Christmas shopping! yep spent another bunch of moolas... man I feel the hole in my pocket getting wider and wider.. I think I'd better save up more for my studies next year..
Oh and speaking of studies, I FINALLY got my Confirmation of Enrolment letter from UQ!! IDP services are really slow man.. its unbelievable! anyway I can finally go and apply for my student visa and stuff! man there's so many things to do now... luckily I'm going on leave soon, I will use that time to go and settle all the administrative stuff.. =)
OK then, I gotta end off here.. maybe i'll be back later, maybe I won't.. I'm gonna have an early night tonight.. need to recuperate for tomorrow's lessons... till then, adios!
~~derek~~ at 12/07/2003 06:17:00 pm
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Saturday, December 06, 2003
Purity in Relationships..
Ps Jeremy Seaward shared something that's close to my heart... and it really spoke to me... he shared about Purity in Relationships. Just look all around and you find so many things that can distract you and pull you away from God, like magazines, posters, television, newspapers, all the stories on sex, lust, greed, violence, its everywhere! Yet how do we stay unaffected by all these things? Even in our relationships, how do you fight the constant battle that is being pure in God's sight?
Purity is being undiluted, being undefiled. And God promises so much if we are pure, just a few verses like Psalms 24, Proverbs 22:11, and Matthew 5:8. How important purity is!!
So in our relationships with other people, how do we keep them pure?
Well firstly we have to relate to them in brotherly love, sisterly love. Not by the virtue of the strong connection between 2 individuals. This is because we are first related because we are all brothers and sisters in Christ as written in 1 Thess 4:9! Nothing more! Would you be kissing your sister or brother? In the same way, let us be approaching and communicating with each other in kinship.
Secondly we have to wait for God's timing. In Songs of Solomon 8:4, it states, "I charge you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, that ye not stir up, nor awake my love, until he please." In other words its saying, "I
COMMAND you, do not stir up feelings of love or affection until the timing is right!" Waiting on God is the best way to find out when you are actually ready for a relationship and who that final person would be. I speak convicted because I have found myself getting into a relationship without really putting God first and letting Him decide what's best for me. Over the years it gets more and more difficult to let go, but God is saying that we need to surrender everything to Him and put Him on the throne of our hearts, cos that's when everything will fall into place, even in your relationships!
I pray that God will help me to place my entire being into the offering bag and tell Him that I need Him to be on the throne. Perhaps I need to take a step back from my relationship and see what God has planned for me, because His plan is always the best. Oh Lord please be that lamp unto my feet and the light unto my path, that I may know and understand what you have in store, that I may not be distracted by things that may be pulling me away from You, that I may know from You the one that you have chosen for me, not my will but your Will O Lord... Amen...
~~derek~~ at 12/06/2003 11:59:00 pm
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Thursday, December 04, 2003
Jingle Bells, jingle bells...
man another of course has gone by... everything is getting more and more cheem (ch'eem: complex, complicated)... i'm slowly getting the hang of it.. but I must stress again that its SLOWLY!! hehehe.. well I didn't blog yesterday cos I was pretty busy.. went Christmas shopping at PS cos I went to meet up with Daniel... and I bought just over $80 worth of stuff at one go!!! good thing pay day is just around the corner.. but I still have quite some bit of shopping still to do... but at least a good majority of my stuff I bought already..
Exercise!!
anyways today was another long day.. the morning started off with the lessons finishing at around 1030... so I occupied my entire lunch break going for a swim!! Finally had a good swim after a long long long long time... First time I did 20 laps in over a year man.. and I was really tired after that... took a nap before going back for lessons.. but I was really fighting with the Zzzz-monster and I was losing about 5-3 cos my eyes were really dry after the swim and really hard to keep them open!! I think I need to start wearing goggles again to swim.. =)
At least the last lesson was interesting, learnt a lot more from the last lesson than most of the other lessons in the course!! cos the lecturer's got a lot of experience and all.. well ok tonight I'm going to sleep early, cos the past few days been really really tired when I wake up in the morning.. so take care peepz! gdnitez!!
~~derek~~ at 12/04/2003 10:19:00 pm
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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
a song in my head...
UNTO YOU by Planetshakers
I live for You
All of my days belong to You
You draw me to Your tenderness
You make me new
Into Your secret place I will run
Where my heart can be free
In the grace that I found
Unto You be all glory and praise
How my heart seeks Your face
As i'm waiting on You
Only You are my strength and my tower
Fill my life with Your power
As i stand here in awe of You
I stand here of You
~~derek~~ at 12/02/2003 11:56:00 pm
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