summerarctic: January 2010

Devo of the day:

I didnt post my devo for the past couple of days is not caused i'm not having my devo.. haha.. just that too many thoughts to be pen down.

but today's lesson - forgiveness is an everyday affair.

i don't think i'll ever be immune to offenses. hahaha... the more 'sook' the person is to you, the more likely he/she can hurt me or i'll get offended with them. just a fact of living where there are human.

chinese proverb say, "ng sook ng sik" - i think some times, the more familiar with the person we are, the more likely we are also able to forget to be courteous or to respect them! and today, it's one of those days where i was just smack by one of those remarks.

i was so tempted to sit the person down and have one of those "you are rude to your senior" chat but i pulled my reigns, told myself it's fasting season, all the more to forgive. but the other side of me is screaming to tell the person "showing attitude is plain rudeness! you should apologise, oh u rebellious child!! grow up can ah! still giving me the same excuse. who do u tink u r?"

keeping my mouth shut just in case i say the thing i shouldnt say now.

oh well. fasting. forgiveness. ahhhh!! die self! die self! carry the cross. last few days praying to be more godly this year. and so today need to act the part lah.

*btw, if u are thinking of commenting by giving me advice. please don't. not in the mood to take it. thanks! =p

Some quotes for thoughts:

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world

- MOTHER TERESA

If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failures" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

- MARY PICKFORD

That which you persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the thing itself has changed, but the power to do it has increased.

- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

- MELODY BEATTIE

I was part of that strange race of people

aptly described as spending their lives

doing things they detest

to make money they don't want

to buy things they don't need

to impress people they dislike.

- EMILE HENRY GAUVREAU

The Body of Benjamin Franklin,

Printer

(Like the cover of an old book

Its contents torn out

And stripped of its lettering and gilding).

Lies here, food for wormsl

But the work shall not be lost,

For it will (and he believed) appear once more

In a new and more elegant edition

Revised and corrected

By the Author

- EPITAPH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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today's devo thoughts

still reading 1 sam 18:12
Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had left Saul...
14 In everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him. When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afriad of him. 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.

That was my devo for this morning/afternoon. many times we read this, the focus is either the LORD is with David that's why David was successful and secondly was the part where Saul was jealous of David cos David was more successful than him.

i guess the thing that enlighten me today is the part about Saul being afraid of David.
mmm... Saul is being more and more of a idiot i think. he like bang head so many times also not realise or enlighten! he just didnt get the fact right - IT IS ALL ABOUT GOD!
Who is god to him? is David god?? NO!
WHY IS HE BEING AFRAID OF DAVID?
He should be afraid of God! jorr!! aduh!!

if he would repent before god and follow God, God would have bless him again.
but instead, he continue to fear man. fear human.

that is sometimes our problem. we are afraid of the wrong thing and look for release in the wrong thing. if we are not careful, we would end up like Saul. Finding release in revenge - throwing spears at David. When all he needed to do is seek for his assurance, confidence, trust, success in God. The One that first anointed him to be king. Saul is looking at the wrong place.

Are we looking at the right place?

oh, and by the way, just because someone is more successful than me does not give me license to be jealous of them and definitely no license for me to hate them or can throw spear at them!

Devo for the day:

1 Samuel 17:45,
David said to the Philistine (Goliath), "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and He will give all of you into our hands."

what a speech of faith.
oozing with the kind of faith that I want to have in my own words, thoughts, life and actions.

WHAT'S OUR FAITH CONDITION FOR THE YEAR?
I'm glad i've got a God that i can TRUST. For i know that God is before me in each battle that i can REST in this trust.

vs 51... when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
this is the kind of ending for those who trust in the wrong hero!

I'll stick with my God ANYTIME! =)

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Happy New Year!

HAVE A GREAT YEAR AHEAD FOR ALL OF US!

As the year end and a new year begins, i was torn among many areas.. not sure whether to rest first, or get the thg accounts out first or run matchingmisfits first or go shop till my heart's content or catch up with the various ppl i've been neglected first... all in all. i think i end up sleep first couple of days! ahhahaa...

am proud to say that matchingmisfit is spotted by one of the reviewer! which make me very proud and very happy! and then one of girl from penang saw the review and straightaway mailed me get a pair! yeah!!! and the site refresh rate had increased also. hopefully business will pick up from now on! heehe...

new year eve

First time dining at ALEXIS. my aunt joyce brought me there for a 'good' new year's eve lunch. For her, a good start is very important so each year end she will celebrate the eve and the good start into another year. and this year, she asked me chauffer her around and also give me one super duper good news and one news to ponder that will change my 2010/2011. after that we went to aunty grace's place and then aunty leepheng's place for dinner!

my appetiser for lunch. yummy...