Marriage is a 3nity

Before we marched into the restaurant slowly as newly weds, we waited nervously and happily outside. :) I know this sounds sappy, but every morning when i wake up to seeing Ian beside me, i feel that same blessed joy. :) May it stay this way for as long as we live.

Serve One Another by Max Lucado Jesus “set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human ! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion” (Phil. 2:7–8 MSG). Let’s follow his example. Let’s “put on the apron of humility, to serve one another” (1 Pet. 5:5 TEV). Jesus entered the world to serve. We can enter our jobs, our homes, our churches. Servanthood requires no unique skill or seminary degree. Regardless of your strengths, training, or church tenure, you can … Love the overlooked. Jesus sits in your classroom, wearing the thick glasses, outdated clothing, and a sad face. You’ve seen him. He’s Jesus. Jesus works in your office. Pregnant again, she shows up to work late and tired. No one knows the father. According to water-cooler rumors, even she doe...

HFMD is a terrible illness that tries to strike at the young ones, the olive branches around our table and harm them. I would like to ask friends and family to say a quick prayer of thanksgiving that Kae has been blessed to avoid this illness and that whatever that tries to harm him, cannot do so because Kae is in Christ. What happened is this... We went for dinner with our friends. When we came back from dinner, kae told me before he brushed his teeth that his tongue felt "ulcerish" and that his pinkie on one finger was suddenly hurting. I anointed him with oil (which he received with so much faith - tremendous. I had left my container of oil exposed somewhat, and wanted to get new supply to apply on him when he said "Mummy, Jesus is in the oil. The oil is anointed so nothing bad can happen to me if I take the oil." Then after that, I was going to anoint his tummy as he always complains of tummy aches, and he said "Mummy you forgot, when you anointed my tongue...

I blogged a few days ago about how "pek chek" (or frustrated) I was with my writing jobs. That I felt weary and all the deadlines were falling on the same day... I felt quite overwhelmed but ran the race obediently. Well, praise God - each one of them was written and delivered on time. No doubts about where the inspiration came from too. I ran the race to the finishing line and I feel so blessed. Basically I spent the day blogging and reading quite a bit as I felt in me a desire to spend time proclaiming Christ's victory and spending time in the Word. After the time spent reading and blogging, I suddenly felt inspired (1 hour before the writing was due) and was able to finish writing and delivering right on the dot - at 5pm. All script changes given to me today were corrected and submitted today too. The clients were happy with the writings and just minor tweaks were required. Ditto with yesteryday's writings. I woke up that day to a Today Newspaper that contained in...

Neale Donald Walsch has outright proclaimed that his “God” stated that “the era of the Single Saviour is over” and that he (“God”) was responsible for authoring the teachings of A Course in Miracles. I wonder who Neale's God is? =p If you have a hard time figuring out who Neale Donald Walsch is, I am sure you might find the title of his book a tad more familiar - Conversations With God. I encountered Conversations With God when I was about 18 years old. I was trapped in depression and I was trying to find my way back to Christ. I wasn't totally lost, but I was desperate to understand him, desperate to really know The Word. It didn't enter my mind to read the bible thoroughly haha... I mean I read, but selectively then. Plus without a clue about biblical symbols and types and their significance, the Word felt locked away from me. So I sought books that would help me understand the Word... and I came across Neale's book. The title was so deceptive. I thought hey this was ...

In brief (for those who have no time to read my lor sor postings) Eckhart Tolle is a name to be feared. Oprah Winfrey is a name to feel great disappointment in. Oprah's book club recommendations are dangerously New Age. A New Earth is a book Christians (and even Catholics) must steer clear and have a responsibility to keep away from those they love. And nope.... Conversations With God is NOT a Christian book despite its title. ( I will talk about this next time I post) The Lor Sor =D OPRAH Oprah Winfrey was once a Christian - I say WAS because she has veered far, far away from Christianity in to the areas New Age beliefs. It is sad because if you know her name is derived from Orpah - apparently Oprah is a mis-spelling of the biblical name - you will understand why her name is somewhat prophetic. Orpah means ‘back of the neck’; in the bible Orpah turned her back on Naomi, in our world today, Oprah has turned her back on Christ. I have no doubt that Christ still has a place for Op...

Have been feeling a little tired the last few days =) And there are a lot of projects to clear today... I wanted to resume them yesterday, but I felt really worn out so I decided to rest instead. I woke up this morning and felt tired still. I know that this is not normal, so I speak out against this physical weariness. The nice thing is this - I know I will never be running on empty coz I dun operate by my strength or might but by HIS Spirit - by the Spirit of my Saviour King. He fuels my creativity, and moves me to write well... it is not me. It never is. =) So I am going to spend a few hours resting in His Word and praising Him, proclaiming His Victory and I know that He will come through for me - He always does. Thank you Jesus that I am not alone when I write, that You are beside me, inside me, all around me... so the insecurity melts away.

"You may have facts in your life, but Truth overrides facts." - Joyce Meyer I was listening to Joyce Meyer's Podcast earlier today on the train and I found the above quotation she mentioned to be a great reminder that man does not live on bread (the natural) alone, but on EVERY WORD (every PROMISE) of God (Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4, Deut 8:3) =D Example of Facts - * How much you have left in your bank account * How much work you still have piled up * How your kids just won't eat dinner and you are on the end of your tether * An argument you had with your spouse * Bills, bills, bills and more bills * An illness that is plaguing you * Someone who is backstabbing you at work Example of Truth - * The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. - Deuteronomy 28:8 * Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confi...

I look at my life and I feel rich. I don't own a Jimmy Choo, a mountain of stilletos or a walk-in wardrobe of branded clothes... My wallet has only 5 bucks in it, I take the public transport as much as I can and the only cars I own are my left "car" and right "car" (read legs). I don't go for manicures and pedicures (my wedding was an exception) and I don't go to big name salons to do my hair (my favourite salon is in Toa Payoh Central). I don't own property, and I don't play shares. I don't carry a bag that costs more than $20 tops. My trusty watch cost me around $20 too and serves me great. My wedding ring is a surgical steel band that is elegant and beautiful and super meaningful (I am allergic to white gold and I wasn't keen on getting platinum - exorbitant). I don't care for bling bling but I have been blessed with some... and I won't lie and say I don't wear them. But I don't covet to have more and more bling bling ...

I am more convinced than ever that unless you want to be conned, you should REALLY NOT buy on credit. Stop flicking your plastics if you want to remain free of debt! I did some writing for a corporate project and some research for its training videos... and I am convinced more than ever that credit cards are really robbing you of tomorrow's prosperity today. There are some stores that encourage their staff members that they should, as much as possible, make sure people leave their store purchasing on credit. Cash is their enemy. Confused? Credit is where the store/banks really makes its big buckaroonies! Imagine this - you buy a big ticket item. They tell you pay in easy instalments to make it easier for you to manage your money and make sure you have cash for a rainy day... they tell you it is ZERO instalment. Paint rosy picture. Offer free gifts. Sounds good right? Well, not really leh. After you are done paying the instalment, you realise you paid like an additional 40% of the p...

Kae doing his own "treasure hunting"... =) I used to buy him those kiddy bibles with big pictures and big words until he told me quite exasperately - "Mummy, I want a real bible." Lol. He has a very good habit of reading the bible daily - own time, own target, own passion. We got him the Max Lucado Daily Devotional Bible which he loves. In fact, I borrow it sometimes because it makes the Word so easy to understand without sacrificing content. It is a very good bible for children to start with. Another good book we just got him is a book called "What The Bible Is All About - for young explorers". We got it from Campus Crusade book store ( stop at braddell mrt station... just right next to the mrt in the yellow pages building) It gives a good breakdown about each book of the bible and even has maps and dictionaries to help the children understand the bible in greater depth. The language is easy to understand and it is very insightful. Anyone from 6 years ...

Ok. So I opened my bible randomly and found myself at Zephaniah. Zepha-who? Yes... yes... It is one of those books of the bible that I skip over all the time - something about its name.... =p I am guessing I am not the only one who reads the bible selectively though haha =D "Oooooh Ruth... Eew Leviticus... Yay Daniel.... Eew Haggai..." =p Right? Right? Grins. I remember how Ian told me that the first time he flipped open the bible to the book of Matthew and he saw the genealogy of Jesus - the beget beget bit. He read that genealogy, went to sleep and that was it. He hardly touched the bible after that for years and years on end. So it is with great joy that I reveal that Ian has read all of NT and is now systematically, and slowly but surely, ploughing through OT - which is full of symbolisms and types. OT is like Literature class all over again (but centred on Christ) - unless you understand the symbols and types, the grain offering is just another boring wordy ritual t...

A friend asked me one day - if God is so good, why are all these stupid things happening to me? As human beings, we love to reason. When something bad happens, we feel a need to understand and know why it happened. There must be a reason for it. And more often than not, we ask God "Why??" I would like to ask you a question - Sally was walking along the path when she passed you by. Kevin suddenly stuck his foot out to trip her and then runs away. Sally turns to you and asks you "Why??" My reason for that illustration is this - we sometimes point the finger at the wrong person when we meet with setback. It isn't God who places the stumbling block there as we learn how to walk. Which parent in his or her right mind would stand before their kid, arms outstretch, encouraging them to take steps to come into their arms and as they do so, place a minefield of obstacles in their way? If you won't do that, do you think your Father in Heaven will do that? My point is t...

A friend asked me today if a couple's relationship is meant to be, if it will be plain sailing with no hiccups. For everyone who has the same question in their hearts, but have not vocalized it, the answer is NO. No matter how close a couple is, how "perfect" they seem to be, there is no such thing as a couple who does not have any differences from time to time. Everyone has a different background in terms of how they were raised/ who their parents were/ what they went through as kids... We each have a different set of beliefs and opinions that we subscribe to. Hence, it is impossible for us to read each other's minds and even agree on every single issue in life because of our individuality. BUT a couple can agree to disagree. Differences can unite or tear apart a couple depending on their choice. Ian and I do argue but we try not to be destructive or hit out emotionally when we have our moments of differences. We also try to give each other the attention required wh...

Sometimes, I read back on my older posts on this blog and on my older blogs and I am amazed. I am amazed by the growth that all 3 of us have experienced as a family and as individuals... growth that has been possible because we are willing to take out those ear plugs and really hear what Jesus is telling us each day. It is hard to remember that Kae is 6. He can say such profound things at times. Jaw-dropping, blush-inducing (coz we are 4 times older and haven't realised what he's said) stuff. That is the amazing thing about children. They can be prancing around and mucking about with their Hot Wheel cars and Crayola crayons, then they stop to say something so wise, they just blow you away! Kids are able to think and speak these things because they sit at the feet of Jesus and willingly receive and receive and receive. And they don't try to justify or mess with logic as they listen and receive. They absorb and apply it instinctively and in faith. As adults we sometimes let p...

This is a pretty long post, but very meaningful things happened during this weekend, so I hope you will read on. This weekend was hard for us. It signalled the end of the June Holidays - which meant that Kae would return back to Rio Vista and be there from Mon to Fri. Party Time On Saturday , we headed to Ta Chi's place for my nieces' birthday party. Anna is 3 (so fast!) and little Clarissa has turned 1. =) The party went on fine - Kae had fun playing with his cousins and Ta Chi's friends' kids. Isaiah was a real cutie - such a cheerful and handsome little boy! Ian took a short nap in the guest room (tired out by work). I meandered along... watching the kids have fun, reading my book and spending some time encouraging Ian along the weekend (he had work to do this weekend which dampened his mood). 2 people were very dearly missed at the party though - Kae's Grandma and Grandpa Bear. Apparently, Dad's foot and knee were acting up again... Ian and I decided to b...