looking back to the year 2008, God has been gracious and faithful to me., when i read back my journal this uneventful afternoon, i realised that God was always there with me through the good and the bad, through the up and the down n He is the God in control of every situation in my life...the most significance event was the Christmas celebration just recently that my parents attended at my church christmas service!!! i was thrilled!, n i want to give thanks to the Lord for His compassion not only for my life but for my family. i realise that it is not through my own effort that my family will come to know Christ but through the grace of God and His timing, wat i would like to highlight here is God know's our heart's desire even before we pray, and it is vital that we keep our heart pure and right everyday.
although my family did not make the decision immediately to accept Jesus as their Lord and saviour, but they finally understand that Christianity is not for 'amour' and everyone has the same opportunity to come and know the Christ, thanks to uncle steven's message. however, i would like to encourage everyone of us to keep on praying for our loves one who has yet to be saved and also never cease to pray for the lost, we might experience incubation period for a very long time but again, God has His own timing and He is a sovereign God!
' trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding'
and here, i would like to conclude my year of 2008 with this song :
IN CHRIST ALONE WILL I GLORY
THOUGH I COULD PRIDE MYSELF IN BATTLES WON
FOR I'VE BEEN BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE
AND BY HIS STRENGTH ALONE I OVERCOME
OH I COULD STOP AND COUNT SUCCESSES
LIKE DIAMONDS IN MY HANDS
BUT THOSE TROPHIES COULD NOT EQUAL
TO THE GRACE, BY WHICH I STAND
IN CHRIST ALONE, I PLACE MY TRUST
AND FIND MY GLORY IN THE POWER OF THE CROSS
IN EVERY VICTORY, LET IT BE SAID OF ME
MY SOURCE OF STRENGTH, MY SOURCE OF HOPE
IS CHRIST ALONE
IN CHRIST ALONE DO I GLORY
FOR ONLY BY HIS GRACE, I AM REDEEMED
FOR ONLY HIS TENDER MERCY
COULD REACH BEYOND MY WEAKNESS TO MY NEED
AND NOW I SEEK NO GREATER HONOUR
THAN JUST TO KNOW HIM MORE
AND TO COUNT MY GAINS BUT LOSSES TO THE GLORY OF MY LORD.
entering into this new year (2009), it means i m now older, hopefully wiser. of course i have my list of resolution done, praying that when i look back into my new year resolution in 2010, i will keep my own words
anyway, i will like to share with you the bible verse that i have chosen for the year 2009
jeremiah 29:11-12 'for i know the plans i have for you', declare the Lord, ' plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and i will listen to you.'
have a blessed NEW YEAR !
i had so much fun yesterday, meeting up old buddies in segamat in Armour, carly, lisa, weiling ( the long lost fren) , lim qian n jan. we seem to have endless thing to talk, from fui's birthday sleep-over to jan's photographing skills to weiling travelled to the border of m'sia n thai juz to taste some delicacies there, lim qian's wardrobe being left behind in inti , lisa's weird experience of hearing some noises when she was burning the mid night oil n etc etc.. so many things to catch up before our precious fren, jan going aboard to aus.. i think we all r going to miss her lotz ,she has been such a tremendous fren to us, wish her all the best in aus n that she may be able to find another bunch of frenz like us there.! take care jan n enjoy ur study in aus!
