My wonderful mummy recently bought me the prettiest ever journalling Bible for my birthday…
And so I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to use my Bible to read and understand God’s Word more!
One of the Bible study “methods” which I’ve used on my own study Bible is highlighting (in colour pencils) specific verses that I want to remember and eventually memorise. I like to do this is a number of categories…
- Green – God’s Character
- Purple – God’s Work
- Orange – God’s Promises
- Blue – Comfort
- Red- Instructions
- Yellow – Nature of Man
- Brown – Power/ Random
I’ve been thinking through this and think maybe it’s time to revise? Any suggestions? I was thinking that 3/4 should be quite similar… that God’s promises should be comforting… except there’s the Judgment stuff… But considering…
- D. Green – Nature/Character of God
- L. Green - God’s work (past) – I.e. what God has done
- Purple – Jesus’ example
- Deep Blue – Holy Spirit role
- Red – Instructions
- Orange – God’s Plan (Promises, Healing and Comfort)
- Brown – God’s Plan (Judgment, Warnings, Wisdom)
- Pink – Nature of Man
- Skin – All other good things to note
What do you all think? Weird? what do you all use? I would love to hear some feedback before I start marking up my new Bible. Hahaha….
i have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back.
haven’t had too much time to evaluate… but I’ll keep walking.
Following the call to love, even when it’s undeserved.
Following to call to serve, even when i’m pouring out my all.
Following the call to surrender, even when I think I could do it better.
Following the call to sacrifice, especially because it costs so darn much.
Following the call to worship, especially when the days look bleak.
Following the call to be still, especially when the siren is blaring “run”.
the world behind me, the cross before me — Jesus followed through all the way, and thus He paved a way, made it possible for me to truly follow him! 
what joy! So..
NO TURNING BACK!
Strangely, I’m excited about travelling… and not really fretting too much over the transit period in KL or the half-day journey to an “exotic” island aas my mother terms it! I’m going to see my cousin!!! and be hanging out in the sun for a couple of days. Bliss!!!
Till I get my very own happy pics, here are some krabi pictures to enjoy!
Give them all to Jesus
Are you tired of chasing pretty rainbows
Are you tired of spinning round and round
Wrap up all the shattered dreams of your life
And at the feet of Jesus lay them down
Give them all, give them all
Give them all to Jesus
Shattered dreams, wounded hearts and broken toys
Give them all, give them all
Give them all to Jesus
And He will turn your sorrow into joy
He never said you’d only see sunshine
He never said there’d be no rain
He only promised a heart full of singing
At the very things that once caused pain.
For my hurting friends out there.
Jesus does care… and when the world, or even fellow “saint” disappoints… Jesus can give you a heart full of singing.
And I said I would blog more, but I guess not!
This week is set out to be a busy busy week. We’re 2 weeks to BAY Camp, my mum and hazel is coming home… and there’s just so many in betweens. But that’s where the fun is! I guess!
But I’m deciding, that before I get caught up like Martha, I’m going to use this time to sit and wait on God… in the eye of the storm. After all, I just happen to hear best as the crisis approaches.
And I’ll be praying. Praying hard.
i really truly <3 (heart) the youth group that God has blessed me with, has called me to.
heart enough to do more than just weekends… to long hours sitting down planning….to pray incessantly….
What else though… what else will God give me the <3 for so that I can serve with joy the rest of my days… because I am not able to do this 5 days a week… as much as I would love to.
So my prayer starting from last week was God, give me a passion… a calling… a way to glorify You.
i cooked today…. miso soup. i baked today… macaroons. i drove yesterday… to and fro church.
to me, very good things, very good adult-like things… but i’m so not grown up!!!
sitting at BAY hearing Ivin teach… I remember what it’s like to be taught. Seriously taught and fed… not simply because the message is important, or the speaker is good, but because the person is real, and he wants to input into my life. i want to be led, taught and nurtured. somewhere along my way, i somehow got used to being independent… but i really want input!
chatting with Dan Loh online… how long has it been since our weekly 3 hr long conversations over the phone when I was in seconday school struggling with french and life? still his concern for me never ends and i’m always encouraged by his affirmation. miss having that care, that attention and real personal time with my CG leaders… maybe because i now am the CG leader… but nonetheless…
talking about ministry and realising there’s so much i want to share, and there’s still so much i want to learn.
really wondering where to go from here, where to grow from here. 
But I know this.
I want to love.
I want to love others the way God loves me… the way my older brothers and sisters in Christ have loved me. and then more.
I really just want to love.
I’m loving it, the simple life… life spent on happy pursuits of baking, cleaning, craft projects and importantly… people.
Meanwhile, re-doing the blog once again. Re-doing things makes me happy. It’s like starting afresh! I will be blogging more… really!
Meanwhile, back to my happy happy pursuits!
I’ve never thought much about theology even though I have thought many things about God.
How does one begin to think about God, to begin to think about truth and then to begin to think the truth about God?
I’ve learnt and processed several SUPER thoughts the last 3 days at IDMC.
1) God is not unknowable. He reveals Himself to us… therefore we can know Him and think about Him.
2) Not having a true understanding of God is not okay… because we can’t have a right relationship with the wrong God. Many of the “truths” we believe are truncated, presumptuous, false and plain wrong. E.g. God will not make you have a bad day because you forgot to pray in the morning.
3) Our worldview and perspective of God and the world has been heavily influenced by society and become human-centred. We think about God in a human-way instead of thinking about God in a godly-way. E.g. We limit God or think that He is petty.
4) Humans were created in the image of God: Spiritual Beings with Spiritual Appetites. We’ve fallen to being physical beings with physical appetites (greed, lust..) There’s been an inversion and we aren’t even aware of it!
5) God is GOD. He is Holy. He is Love. He is I AM. But it doesn’t stop there. It should start there. Because God is such, our thoughts about God and about the world should begin from understanding Who God is, then Whose we are, then Who we are… and then so forth. More understanding of God leads to deeper relationship with God.
and many more which are not so succinct thoughts as yet.
My conviction. I need to hunger for a deep understanding of God. It’s not just possible, it’s what He wants and has provided for.
to press on in work, accepting my weaknesses, knowing my limitations and yet to say, I will obey, I will suffer.
to love my girls. God has blessed me with them, and even though I feel in a place like I have nothing to give, yet God brings them, and I will pour out my life.
to love the leaders, and grow together
to be dependant on the power of Christ to resist temptations, to be disciplined.
to pray… more and more and more… what ever I ask in His name, it will be given…
John 14: 15-31 – Because Jesus has provided me with salvation, a testament of His love. Furthermore, His manifest presence, the Holy Spirit is IN me… to be a helper in obedience, to be teacher in all things, to be a reminder of God’s promises … to be here with me.
I am not alone. even though I feel like I am.
