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Friday, June 26, 2009

Stress vs Peace

Have not been updating for a super long time. Had been busy with work, the BIG day etc etc. Haaz..

Anyway, today I woke up to the news of death of Michael Jackson. He died of cardiac arrest.

Just recently few weeks to a month back, I also got to know about the death of someone who also passed away due to cardiac arrest. That someone I know of was previously of good health as he had went for his medical checkup and certified in good shape. But why had all these people passed on when previously being in good health? I believe stress is the main cause of such sickness like cardiac arrest aka heart attack, cancer etc.

For myself, whenever I am worried, I will put my hand over my heart to calm myself down. Cares, worries, fears, all these affects the heart. I do not have medical reports to prove it but I do believe all these affects the well-being of our heart. I remember a time when I was getting ready to run in my school's heats (the preliminary rounds for determining who gets to run on the actual day) and I was so fearful that my palms began to sweat, my heartbeat was very fast and all these resulted in my legs getting cramps and I could not run at all. Fortunately, the heats was called off due to rain.

I remembered Pastor Prince had preached about the last words of Jesus before He went to the cross. God's word is really full of wisdom, words spoken by Jesus two thousand years ago can be applied in our times, which to me is really amazing. God has already seen what is to come and had given to us His promise so that we can live by it to live life, love life.

When someone is on his/her deathbed, anything he/she says or gives is the most precious. Do you know what was the gift Jesus gave before He went to the cross?

The Gift of His Peace

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. --John 14:27

Jesus gave us His peace, not the worldly peace which we can experience through spa, relaxation etc. Jesus already saw that in our times, there will be many fears which have come true now. The financial crisis, worldwide spread of the H1N1 flu etc have caused fear around the world. Only His peace can allow us not to fear at all.

A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you. --Psalm 91:7

I often chat with my dear and we are really glad that we are people in the world but not of the world. We are not fearful of bad happenings around us, neither are we worried of any bad things to come. Even when we make mistakes, errors caused by us, we know that His promise to us will never fail.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. --Romans 8:28

God’s Everlasting Love

... If God is for us, who can be against us? -- Romans 8:31

Thank you Father for all the promises You have given to us. The more I read, the more treasures I find in Your Word. For Your Word is the everlasting truth, the promises given to show Your great love for us.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -- 1 Corinthians 13:13

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 5:19 PM

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Monday, August 18, 2008

I'm always remembered..

When I was very young, around Primary One, I accepted Christ without knowing anything at all. I only started to go church when I was Primary Two and not because I want to know more about Jesus but because I saw a friend of mine who brought a small tiny bible with gold metal cover and that attracted me to go church thinking of getting that cute bible.

I remembered attending church every Sunday, first thing to do is to attend the main service. Singing old hymns and listening to the pastor preach is performed during the main service and being a very young girl, I totally do not understand what the pastor is talking about.

After the main service, all the children will head to the classrooms for the Sunday bible class. We are told of stories about Moses, Noah and his ark etc, stories from the old Testament.

I never knew about Jesus. I never knew that He was a Jew. I never knew He died. I never knew He loved little children.

After a year, I left church. Going to church alone as a young child without understanding anything and no one to accompany me caused me to stop going to church.

Though I stopped going to church, every night, I always prayed. Praying became a ritual for me and if I did not pray, I feel uneasy. I prayed for the safety of my family, blessings for everyone I knew of and when exam comes, I pray that I pass all my exams with flying colours.

God never forgot me. I started to realise that amazing things happen for my examinations.

I am quite a lazy person, only start studying on the night before the exams. For many times before my composition/essay exams (mandarin or english) the next morning, I would just pick an essay book to start reading. And, the topic which I read would often come out in the paper the next day!

I remembered in particular once I was having my chinese composition examination. I was unable to write anything for the topic I chose. I kept pondering whether to change to another topic or stay on. I could not write a single word out.

In the end, I asked to go to the toilet due to tummyache and sat on the toilet bowl staring into blank space. (Throughout all my years of study up to University, this was the only time I went to the toilet. I don't go toilet at all during exams. No time to write the answers already, how to have time go toilet?)After sitting on the toilet bowl for quite long, I went back to my seat and just anyhow wrote some things. Whatever came to my mind, I just wrote.

Miraculously, something great happened when I got my results. My teacher was astonished at my results. I was top in class for my chinese composition, getting 45 out of 50. And not only that, my paper was marked by a China teacher who thinks that my composition is excellent! I didn't think that it was because of sitting on the toilet bowl which let me get top in class, it was really the grace of God. Even then, I still didn't know Him but He remembered me all the while ever since I accepted him when I was very young.

For my A levels, I also got an A2 for chinese by God's grace. The night before the chinese composition, I just randomly picked an essay to read and the topic came out exactly the same as this randomly-picked essay's topic! And not only that, when I read the essay, I did not make any effort to memorise anything from the essay and yet, I remembered nearly word by word from the essay and produced it out in the exam!

Though so many great things had happened, I only started to know about Jesus when I was in JC2. But I am really glad that even I did not know Him at all and what He had done for me, He chose to remember me and was all the while with me.

Once you accepted Him, no matter what, He will always be there. He does not need you to know everything about Him but He knows everything about you. You are always on His mind even if He is not always on your mind. You are always remembered. ALWAYS!

Labels: Blessing

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 12:58 PM

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Dedication

I think I will dedicate this blog to my beads and most importantly, my revelations and testimonials! Look out for all the blessings in my life!!

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 12:56 PM

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Website Revamping

I have learnt how to make beads! Handmade Beads! Finally!

I have intention of showcasing my bead creations in this blog, thus I will be doing a major revamping to this blog in time to come.

Look out for my bead creations!

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 11:42 AM

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Friday, January 25, 2008

I have moved once again!

I have moved to:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cocoabun

I will no longer be creating any blogskins (unless I have the time or suddenly feel like doing one) and will just be writing in my new blog.

Do visit me at my new "home" if you wish to know the latest update in my life. *winkz*

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 7:59 PM

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

This is so so precious!!

I was so surprised to have received an email from someone I never knew of and lived so far away from me. I first received this email last year (you could see the date in the red box) and it really looked like a spam mail:

(please click to see)

Anyway, I replied to his email:

He didn't reply and I thought I had scared him off. But today, when I opened my email, I saw this:

I was so surprised to see his reply (finally!) and was so glad to know that he is so blessed! Anyway, I replied him:

God really knows no boundaries! I have often heard of stories where people helped strangers they do not know of personally and I am really glad that I did reply to his email nearly 2 years ago. This is so so precious! I realised that sometimes in our daily lives, giving a helping hand or some words of encouragement can really save someone's life! God is really good and no words can fully describe the extent of His goodness and His love for us! God is far greater than your problems and just believe in His promise for you and your life will be supernaturally but yet naturally blessed! Praise God! Woohoo~
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When I realised that my little words had brought a great impact to someone's life, it brought a smile to my face and a precious gift to my heart..

Labels: Blessing

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 4:21 PM

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Party Time~

I am so happy! Finally! After 10 plus years of waiting, I got the chance to go for the Dinner & Dance by the Civil Service Club again! Woohoo~

Just collected the tickets two days ago and have been admiring the tickets ever since. Haha.. Sometimes I am so contradicting.. Was so looking forward for the day to quickly come but yet hope that it don't come so soon. I'm those type who wants to enjoy my favourite things slowly.

I am trying to find some place to do the makeover and also buy a beautiful dress. I will have to wear this dress for 3 to 4 times! Same dress with different make up and accessories will do! Haha.. I love the end of the year! It's party time!~

Darling *kissed Bi softly* | 11:20 AM

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