wow! the new year is coming coming coming! its good to look back.. and forward! :)) kinda excited, apprehensive and sometimes scary to look forward.
was watching the ten commandments on TV again.. i was telling Dad AGAIN?! lol.. yah Dad say its christmas wat.. so yah.. i watched only parts of it several times! fell asleep while watching at about 630pm and woke up at 9pm and still watching it!!! geez.. the ten commandments is not jus a story.. its real.. and it did happened. wow.. but i learned that God is just not about miracles and wonders.. for the whole of this week.. i seem to be getting the message.. be still and know that i am God. ever since sonic camp.. cool. love the way God is teaching me to be still... so cool..

last year i spent christmas in Tasmania.. going thru a break up while i was over there.. it was lonely.. really lonely.. previous years.. i was with friends and some years.. high on alcohol at some club.. geez.. i'm tired of my old life.. really tired.. so glad God brought meaning back into my life.. not fully grasping it.. but at least i feel more content compared to last christmas..

i got veggietales ultimate silly songs dvd at $22!! heheh.. so happy.. now i can watch it till i become silly too! lol..

yes.. so i continue with Joshua Harris boy meets girl. some time back i was reading kissing dating goodbye. boy meets girl is sorta a sequel to it.
absolutely love it. here's something i've been pondering about.. also as a followup to building community/fellowship that we have been talking about..
Our problem today is we've allowed the importance of privacy and personal choice to cause us to neglect what the Bible teaches us about our need for fellow Christians in the local church. While its true that no one else should decide whom we marry, how arrogant it is to think that we can make this important decision on our own without counsel advice from others! And while a couple need time alone, how short-sighted and foolish it is to cut ourselves off from the wisdom and support of the people who know us best.
Throughout Scripture, God reminds us that we weren't meant to live the Christian life on our own in any part of life- we need others in order to be holy, strong and faithful. God has adopted us into a new family. Together we're called to be a holy people, not merely holy individuals. (Ephesians 5:3)
While people in the secular grow increasingly isolated, God tells us that He's building us together as His church to become a dwelling in which he lives by His spirit (Eph 2:22). " You are no londer foreigners and aliens," says Paul, "but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's house hold"(Eph 2:19) "And let us consider," theauthor of Hebrews writes, "how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching" (Hebrews 10:24-25). - abstract from boy meets girl Joshua Harris pg 127-128

i think its jus simply amazing.. at the beginning of this year, i started with purpose driven life.. and allowed God to change my heart through Rick warren. cos i really wanted a transformation in 40days. and of cos it didn't stop there... its a continuing growth process.. one of the things that really struck me was community.. and God's most important to love Him and one another.. and its starts with myself.. cos for the past years.. i've been so isolated.. i felt very very closed up.. being in a community also means getting vulnerable.. and now.. i'm willing to take that risk Lord.. cos i know u're at work.
as the year comes to an end.. i can see the community really coming together.. i prayed for unity.. and slowly.. its coming together.. esp among the girls.. i'm so touched Lord.. i'm really touched.. i pray that i'll never stop wanting to know you more and more each day.. :)
Merry Christmas everyone. There is a God.. and He's a living God.