Thought our church turned cafe setting was pretty nicely done, though there's only so much you can do to a school hall.
But somehow I found that, with all the people around, it's so busy and tiring running here and there with hellos and all....is anything deep done? It's so weird, that the year culminates with a big bang on christmas, but the rest of the 11 months in a year go by quietly with certain people being masked and superficial towards the rest. I guess the little moments given and spent in earnesty along the way, not in the name of festivity, goes a longer way.
Or maybe it's just me....I just can't handle so many people at once. And my attention span just gets diverted, and something, or someone just gets neglected along the way. My bad.
Oh well, christmas pics by the way....
my youth pastor is a king
ooooh daniel with a halo
ooooh daniel with deqi
the sideline watchers
men in the mirror.wahah my hormonal imbalanced buttie removing her beard =S
pouting at the mirror i think
hah why this superman/girl sitting like a lost puppy here
eh this picture like something weird leh. like something's missing
ahhh yeah much better now
cell outings with the meh mehs after christmas.missing some out there unfortunately
ooh i realised this blog has been missing food photos with a bang lately.here's a cheesy mushroom chicken, coated with the special V8 sauce!
Christmas this year was memorable in another way. So many things kinda went sadly wrong that day....
My guitar string broke while I was tuning up preparing for the prac on christmas service! Goodness, if not for yeepeng's spare guitar that daniel brought along for some reason, I would have had the chance to show the world how a 5 string guitar is played. Tell me about providence. For one of the songs, I was supposed to start it with some samba tempo thingy...but somehow I managed to get it all confused and mixed up. But the song carried through. Tell me about providence again.
Sigh, then I actually encountered a snatch thief robbery in process in the evening with some friends, for the first time I think. I actually didn't do anything. Somehow I was stuck between facing the reality of what was happening, and thoughts flying through my mind. I really regretted it. That man seemed injured and was practically crying for help, why didn't I do anything? I cringe everytime I think about that image.
But I had plenty of time to think about it. Cause I realised I actually forgot my house keys and had to sit the night away at a nearby park bench. Was so tired I kept dozing off. Bummer.
Memorable indeed.
My guitar string broke while I was tuning up preparing for the prac on christmas service! Goodness, if not for yeepeng's spare guitar that daniel brought along for some reason, I would have had the chance to show the world how a 5 string guitar is played. Tell me about providence. For one of the songs, I was supposed to start it with some samba tempo thingy...but somehow I managed to get it all confused and mixed up. But the song carried through. Tell me about providence again.
Sigh, then I actually encountered a snatch thief robbery in process in the evening with some friends, for the first time I think. I actually didn't do anything. Somehow I was stuck between facing the reality of what was happening, and thoughts flying through my mind. I really regretted it. That man seemed injured and was practically crying for help, why didn't I do anything? I cringe everytime I think about that image.
But I had plenty of time to think about it. Cause I realised I actually forgot my house keys and had to sit the night away at a nearby park bench. Was so tired I kept dozing off. Bummer.
Memorable indeed.
But just wanna say a word of thanks, to all of you out there who's taken the effort and offered this poor old guy cards, words, gifts. Sorry that I can't give much back to you. It's really all greatly appreciated.
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A Leaf of Hope
“When the dove returned to [Noah] in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf!"Genesis 8:11
An olive leaf. Noah would have been happy to have the bird but to have the leaf! This leaf was more than foliage; this was promise. The bird had brought more than a piece of a tree; it brought hope. For isn’t that what a hope is? Hope is an olive leaf—evidence of dry land after a flood…
Don’t we love the olive leaves of life? “It appears the cancer may be in remission.” “I can help you with those finances.” “We’ll get through this together.”
What’s more, don’t we love the doves that bring them? When the father walks his son through his first broken heart, he gives him an olive leaf. When the wife of many years consoles the wife of a few months, when she tells her that conflicts come and all husbands are moody and these storms pass, you know what she is doing? She is giving an olive leaf.
We love olive leaves. And we love those who give them.a Max Lucado devotional
Sunday, December 23, 2007
more than just a time of singing, this is God's eternal plan.God with us, Emmanuel has come.