Morning Musings

This entry is dedicated to my strolling ard while waiting for my mom and the musings that came to mind..

Yepp..dun tink i ever shopped around so early in the morn before..then i regretted having breakfast so early jus now..cos now is the best time to have it! Aargh..but qt enjoyable strolling ard with no one ard but me and my MuVo..haha..

Stopped at Starbucks..no thanks to Wenjie and Manz..make me addicted to starbucks le..haha..aniwae, i tried the Vanilla Latte this time..not as good as i tot..haha..tink Americano still better..Vanilla Latte cannot even smell the coffee scent i'm so in love with..haha..yepp..but it was sweet and milky..cannot really taste the coffee taste le, but it did not leave me with some stomach quesiness i always suffer from when i drink americano..yepp..so not a bad experience..drinking coffee and reading TODAY newspaper and having a nice window seat.

I even read an interesting article, whereby they mention that the police in London are turning to prayers to fight crime! haha..praise God! the police there are turning to the churches and christian congregations to request them to be praying against specific crimes that they need help with. Hopefully God will Save! and answer the prayers! and glorify His name! haha..that's what we all need..more prayer warriors to pray for the crowd. but tangibly, i suppose praying about crimes will heighten the awareness about certain prevalent crimes going on, and lower the tolerance of that specific deed so the community will be less forgiving of people who commit these crimes. and hence lower the crime rate! Praise God!

One thing i hate about reading newspaper..it always tells of some dreadful happenings that makes us wonder if there's a God. and what's more, i used to be the kind of perv who would read all about the rape/molest cases and muse about it..[USED TO BE!!!! haha..silly young and stupid days in sec sch..boys school..dun blame me..hahaha]

Yepp.but most news are bad news and truly not worth giving a second glance. But now what with the big events like a military alteraction going on bet Lebanon and Israel, Tsunami hitting Java, Typhoon hitting HK and China..kinda made me thank God that Singapore is a paradise heaven safe from natural disaster except high humidity and warm weather. Dun get me wrong..it's not that i dun care about the world..but i just wanna see more good news and feel better about the world! dun wanna hear about bad news and be helpless about it except pray about it.

So there was once i chanced upon a heart-warming article about a Lebanese Couple who tied the knot amidst missile strikes and attacks and had a wedding procession done in the bomb shelter. It's articles like these that tells me that the world is still a worthwhile place to visit and grow and learn, that somewhere out there God is good and still creating miracles and legends/stories/fairy tales that will melt our hearts. Felt so wonderful hearing about that.

And today i chanced upon a music shop/learning centre where i opened a couple of books on guitar learning, and i kinda felt like i dun really know classical guitar at all..hah.like the scores they play to are actually piano scores! so what i'm used to is very VERY laymen and not worth teaching people.haha..but it's a good start tho..so maybe i will go over to Mich and really learn seriously how to play the guitar since it has become my passion in life, and my tool to serve God in ministry upon my return to Singapore! haha..

well, i finished the coffee rather quickly and was actually contemplating ordering a americano to make up for the sweet drink i dun even consider a coffee..haha..then realised that i was mad..so EX!!!! like me and my money are soon parted..haha..so i walked ard for another half an hour..then settled at DeliFrance..[the fool and his money are soon parted..FOOL i am..] and ordered a cinnamon croissant and a diet pepsi so total spending that morning is $10. haha..then i really took my time eating and drinking..tink spent 1hr + there..and flipped my Bible..haha..

Well, about my Bible, i finished Isaiah yesterday..was supposed to go on to Jeremiah..but then i realised that i din really understand Isaiah at all..was falling asleep when i read through it on the bus..so i munched my croissant and sipped my diet pepsi and read through Isaiah again. tot i woulda finished it too..the second time was much faster and purposeful and i dwelled in His words sometimes..yepp..so finally got the message that Isaiah was trying to tell us, about the sinful Israel, how she is going to be punished for the sins, but how God is still her redeemer and savior and will save and rebuild her after the punishment/judgement day, about the prophecy of the savior in John and Jesus in the New Testament [which i suspect isn't too much later after Isaiah's time cos Isaiah corresponded to Zecheriah father of John cousin of Jesus..haha..learn someth everytime] and about having Egypt and Assyria worshipping God together with Israel [kinda like the world worshipping the Lord, not just the Jews..]

yepp..so Hanzhong and Sharon can breathe a sigh of relief..i wun ask you about Isaiah! haha..lucky for Hanzhong..haha..

Yepp..but had another talk with Mom about my little cuz.. he's still not doing well..i asked if he was projected to discharge anytime in the future, the statement that the doc made is that nothing is confirmed at this moment, but he may lose his sight, and he will not be able to discharge if his lungs still collected mucus and fluid and bleedings. and of course his fever. All these and he did no evil according to the commandments. Sigh..kinda reminds me of how good God is to me, and all the blessings that He has given us all..

Once i was on a bus towards Hanzhong's place for Cell Group meeting, and i just felt like God spoke to me about some basic blessings that we all take for granted. I felt like He said

'Do you need me to take away your sight, that you know that it's a blessing to see? Do you need me to take away your voice, that you realise that it's a priviledge to be able to sing and praise my name? Do you need me to take away your limbs to know that it is a gift to be able to labour in my name?'

Almost teared. People, God gave us everything because He has a purpose for us all..take that purpose away and you stand the chance of losing it all. Keep praising God, keep working for Him and your reward is in Heaven. For he who labours in secret will be rewarded in heaven. He who is rewarded in the world [he whose labour is made known] will have received his reward; why then will he receive more in heaven? Friends, continue to labour for Him, and let our answer be Him when people ask of us.

People, take care of your health and realise that it is a blessing to wake up every morning and not feel any pain, or a sense of impending doom of not knowing whether you will wake up tomorroz. treasure what you have, and don't let it be that you have to lose it all to know that it is precious and it is a blessing. And when you can find nothing left to thank God for, thank Him for the blessing that you are still breathing and breathing easily. Praise be to God! Amen!

-Endz- Praying for good health for everyone who reads this entry. God Bless!