Hey there!

Hey God,

So lately, I've been meditating quite a bit.

It's so frustrating knowing that I'm such a sinful person. It disgusts me.
Sometimes, I just... hate myself, Lord. But knowing that You created me perfectly the way You wanted me to be, makes me love myself.

Lord, I praise Thee for brothers and sisters in Christ. As a body of Christ, we should laugh together, cry together, and comfort one another.

Lord, I praise Thee for Your creation. Everything part of nature, was creatively crafted to show how much You're worth. Even the the mountains and tall trees bow before you, and the ocean roar in Your prescence.

Lord, You are truly amazing beyond understanding.

I pray that I'll live a life pleasing to You. Not only through actions, but through my faith, through my every thought, Lord, may they all be pleasing to You.

You are a God that does not tolerate sin, yet You love me, and I thank You for it.

I want to worship You, my God.

"Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord to Thee"

I want to live my life just for You!

God, I know I'm super far from perfect, but I will try my best to live out a life pleasing to You!

Again, let not only my actions be pleasing to You, but my thoughts as well.

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan

I assume that quite a bit of people know about the earthquake (And after-shocks) that had/are happening.

It really breaks my heart to hear about this. A nation that I love so much, a nation that I've been longing to reach, yet so many of the unreached either died or are suffering some traumatizing things.

Yet some people choose to ignore it, like they chose to ignore other earthquakes that had happened.

When will I go out? I don't know, but I know that God will provide an opportunity to serve these people.

God is a God that provides. God is good. He will provide comfort and shelter for the needy.

Simple JOY #3

"To be thankful for life's simplest gifts"

I guess this entry would sorta be a random one.

Well, not really. Interestingly enough, during Sunday School, we discussed about the difference between happiness and Joy.

Happiness, coming from the root word "Happening", means to feel "content" after something happens but the feeling of being content doesn't necessarily last.

While, for Joy, it's an eternal thing, nothing really has to "happen"

Lately, I've been thinking quite a bit about life; How I'm so thankful for it.
I'm so thankful that God saved me from making a terrible mistake.
And I guess, after all life is a mystery, life is unfair, life is filled with people that hate me, but in the end, I'm still super happy that I'm still alive today...

Life is beautiful, and I thank God for giving me life.

Simple JOY #2 : Cake!

"To be thankful for life's simplest gifts."

Cake never fails to make me happy. I absolutely love cake.
My mother got me some cake from her workplace. Even though it's just leftover cake, this cake was part of someone's happy moment, their Birthday. I don't know whose birthday it was, but being able to celebrate their birthday from afar and experiencing the Joy they recieved by eating this cake, is really exciting!

I guess that's why I love eating cake ^^

Simple JOY #1

"To be thankful for life's simplest gifts."

How often do we take our parent's cooking for granted? Even if their cooking "sucks", be glad that food is being placed on your plate!





Today's dinner was absolutely lovely! Mother knew that I wasn't feeling well, so she cooked Udon with Seafood + Ham + Broccoli in White Sauce. It's a cross Asian-Western dish that can be found in Cha chaan tengs. (Or not... but you'll be able to find something similar to it ^^)

I was honestly so thankful for such a lovely meal, after all being sick and constantly feeling tired is not very cool. There's nothing "special" to it aside from mother's love and sweat in it, nevertheless, I'm still thankful for it :)

New "Serie(s)"? : Simple JOY

"To be thankful for life's simplest gifts."

So recently, I've been wanting to start a daily blog entry-thing about finding joy in... everything!

I guess what made me want to do this was because not long ago, I was eating "Taro cakes" and there was this overwhelming joy that I got from it! Like, "Wow, God has really blessed us with taro cakes, and even though something so small like this can make us so happy, it just reminds me of how great God is."



So why joy and not happiness? In a way, they're the same, but at the same time, they're so different. Happiness is something that you get from man, while Joy is something you get from God. And one may argue that everything I'll be posting is man-made, but in today's age, nothing pleases us. As a result, we're always trying to get the latest trend-things.

I guess, I'll be posting things that reminds me of how awesome God is, and how I should be thankful of everything. I might post things that may be pricey, most of the time I won't (Maybe) but I guess, what I'm trying to say is that we should be happy for everything? Hahahaha~

I think everyone should have this kind of mind set. It's definitely not something limited to only Christians; To be thankful for everything we have.

I'm still going to be posting my other blog entries..., but this is something that I'll be trying to post on a regular basis. I'm going to be using my twitter when I don't post an entry so, every tweet-entry regarding this blog series, Simple JOY, will be hash-tagged with : #SimpleJOY

Friend

God,

What is the definition of a "friend"?

Would a friend do the opposite of what has been asked?
Would a friend criticize you for who you are?
Would a friend soon realize that money or earthly gifts are not what I long for?
Would a friend be able to show some respect?

What is a friend?

Sincerely,