Joyfully (:
You lead me by the waters still
You lay me down to rest upon your faithfulness
My shepherd, simply take my hand
Your song restores my soul
For Your name, You make me whole
Joyfully I lift my voice in praise to Thee
With heaven watching over me, I raise my hands up high
Your Majesty gently washes over me
Makes my heart begin to sing joyfully
No shadow ever shall I fear
Your peace, my heart will k now
My cup it overflows
Your goodness chases after me
Your mercy and Your grace will be my dwelling place
Joyfully I lift my voice in praise to Thee
With heaven watching over me I raise my hands up high
Your Majesty gently washes over me
Makes my heart begin to sing joyfully
I will sing from the mountain top
I will sing, I am overcome, I will sing making melodies
I will sing from the valley low
I will sing because of Your love I will sing
You're my King, I will sing
Joyfully I lift my voice in praise to Thee
With heaven watching over me I raise my hands up high
Your Majesty gently washes over me
Makes my heart begin to sing joyfully
Joyfully, joyfully, joyfully
dailies
Sunday, December 21, 2008
-10:38 PM
wow. it's a long time since i've blogged. i think last week i've been going out every day so havent been online... anyway after much proscrastination i got to meat up with loads of people. like sze sian (: well i can say she's changed so much to become so pretty haha. yeh man and i've been giving tuition to my cousin (and still feel like a failure!!!) maybe i should give that up soon. shopping with pris and sandy in town :D and haha thank God the neoprint shop closed down if not sand and i will be forced to take one with pris like seriously, not worth the money spent !!! exercise w hit and pris at hit's gym and then pool to swim (: and while pris was still in hk i went back to her place again to exercise, watch la bi xiaoxin on her apple phone on the bed ((: i enjoy such comfortable relaxing times.
anyway, xxx's grandmother passed away before that period, and that led me to remember the times where dad's mom (ahma) passsed away too, 2 years back in december. i was on my way to having a meal w the ballet dancers during the NZ classes w shayne and caroline steele. and then i got a call from mum, saying ahma passed away. she has been staying in a nursing home, with health problems like dementia so she forgot all of us already. so i thought i was prepared to see her passing, but i guess at the moment when i got the news i just broke down. sigh. then i realised i havent really had the time where i could thank her for everything she has done for the family.. even though dad and us were mad at her sometimes for being too oversensitive. and by the time she had dementia it was too late.. but i still thank God for all the wonderful things she did even when i didnt appreciate it in the past, the dinner she cooked, always cooking ginseng cordyceps w sweets (fruitips) in hand to counter the bitter stuff. she wanted us to grow up healthy. i love her for that. and im also thankful that she kind of accepted Christ even in her period of sickness. we believe that she is with the Lord. so im really glad shes in a better place now, enjoying friendship w the Lord, no more sickness(: God is so good right! thats what i'll be doing too when i die. yay(:
and i have been attending so many my hope parties. ok not many la, 3 but watching kelvin soh's video time and again always made me feel so thankful to God. amazing to know that God loves us so much, more than our family ever can, more than my best friends ever can, loving me when i did wrong, loving mefor who i am. I brought my cousins joanne and jolynn to our myhope party, they didnt really accept Christ but im glad that there is a new seed being planted in them and they are open to this. God is really good(:
i also went to cheryl's cell myhope party w athena, well the guys esp are kind of different from the guys in my tribe, they're more loud , fun loving... nothing bad about that. we watched olivias testimony, and it ended of with me praying a blessing for athena (: food was good, especially the ice cream which cheryl brought haha fattenning!!!!.
friday, i knew i agreed to help biling out in her new GB company's my hope party but on that day i woke up late.. so i was trying to force myself to come up w an excuse. but God wouldn't let me make this silly decision of not going (even i know it's silly.) so turns out, i was really blessed by this event. i was a very un-eloquent and unable to communicate well- person so the worse thing they could to was to put me in charge of the kids (!!!) i was like horrified, shock, petrified by this seemingly simple task. but at least, im glad i was able to talk to some of them. and strangely this whole thing caused me to draw nearer to God. maybe because i was really forced to pray for the kids and all that praying prep before they came. and the party ic (cant rem her name... D: ) affirmed our presence at the party to help out cus ps sooksan was short of helpers, so i was encouraged :) i think there were so many things that i didnt feel like doing this year end (even my group's myhope party) initially but i know that God wanted me to get some discipline. and im glad i took up these challenges.
today... xxxxxxxx came to church!!! it was christmas celeb. service so i took the opportunity to ask her along. and i believe that God wanted me to learn something today. During service, when pastor gave the altar call, i was praying so hard that xxxx will raise up her hands to accept Christ. but she didnt. so in my heart, i was disappointed. There i was, praying not just today but days and weeks before, but yet nothing!? i couldnt believe it. so after service i told myself (or prob the Holy spirit) : everything in God's time. so i thought i'll just ask her what was stopping her, and decided to get blink to talk to her since she'll be able to relate to her more. and next, she started crying. Deep inside me i know she was willing but yet there was something else beyond her control that caused her not to accept Christ. found out that she was really fearful this decision would affect the relationship w her parents as they pressured her to follow their religion . Then i realised,
everything in God's time.
i felt really sad seeing her in confusion. tears flowed including mine, but also knowing that God is really a God of peace who is able to give her that supernatural peace she needs, and also touched at how much God really loves us that He wouldnt let us go (quotes blink.) on the way home, i was thinking about this and tried to put myself in her shoes. it was then i actually felt in the same way how much pressure she faced from her parents. i was burdened. really. i prayed so hard that God will be with her, wanting to believe that her whole household will be saved, even her parents. i know that God will do more for her because she is precious in His sight. and so is everyone of you reading this. :)
thank God for xxxxxxxx. thank God for everything He has spoken to me. thank God for
CHRISTMAS!!! thank God for a wonderful Jesus. i love You.
