Prelude

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Today’s readings from Veritas…

1 Peter 1:10-16

Psalm 98

Mark 10:28-31

'JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON'

'Do not yield to the desires that once shaped you in your ignorance.' 1 Peter 1:14

Lent begins tomorrow with the ashes of Ash Wednesday. It's common to hear people plan parties for tonight with huge amounts of sweets and other pleasures. After all, the thinking goes, we won't be able to enjoy ourselves again until Easter.

It's true that Lent is a season to focus on acts of self-denial. Self-denial, however, is not unique to Christians. Athletes (1 Cor 9:25), pregnant women, soldiers (2 Tm 2:4), dieters, Buddhists, and others often perform heroic acts of self-denial that make giving up chocolate for the forty days of Lent pale in comparison. Our Lenten sacrifices must help us grow deeply in our relationship with Jesus. Our Lenten crosses, when joined to the sacrifices of Jesus (1 Pt 4:13; Col 1:24; Phil 1:29), become acts of penance and reparation.

Will your Lenten self-denials simply be acts of self-improvement, or will they help you to 'draw close to God' (Jas 4:8)? Is your goal to 'make it' to Easter with no failures, or is your goal to be united with the crucified Jesus out of love for Him?

As for not being able to 'enjoy ourselves' again until Easter, when we draw close to Jesus in a spirit of repentance, we will find a joy that is heavenly (Lk 15:7, 10), 'full' (Jn 16:24), and 'inexpressible' (1 Pt 1:8). No Mardi Gras party can begin to compare with sharing in Jesus' joy. So why wait until tomorrow to 'draw close to God'?

Turn to Jesus today.
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Hmm, this offers food for thought. What should I do in order to grow deeper in my relationship with Jesus?

I remembered this time last year (when I was still new to the catholic church), I attended stations of the cross with dearie. We reflected on Jesus’ Passion (dear bros, correct me if I am wrong here) – the 14 stations and that tired me out – can you imagine, we are doing it in the comfort of the church while Jesus had to carry the BIG CROSS and subjected himself to the beatings and I suppose it must be very hot under the sun and yet, he still walked on. He walked on so as to carry out His Father’s will, so that Man and God can be reconciled. He is willing to be the bridge between mankind and God … how touching.

This Lent, it is going to be something different – reason being, I have grown in faith.

Lord, help me to walk closer to you. Amen.

 
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Psalm 98

Psalm 98
1 Praise the Judge of the World A Psalm.

O sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvellous things.
His right hand and his holy arm have gained him victory.

2The Lord has made known his victory;
he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.

3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.
4Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.

5Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.

6With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
7Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who live in it.

8Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing together for joy

9at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
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Proposal

My ex boss asked me if I want to go back to work for her as she needed an extra pair of hands – someone whom she can trust with the work and someone who knows the organisation.

Well, I am tempted and I know that I am going back to a shit pool – a place where I was dying to get out 11 months ago. Why do I still want to go back? I have settled quite nicely here and there are rooms for growth here and my current boss is such an angel.

Somehow, I still miss my ex-colleagues. The feeling of working our butts out just to keep the entire show going, the environment, the nice office etc.
 
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Calm before the storm?

Monday, February 27, 2006
It is a quiet morning. Act Cute is quietly doing her work. Other colleagues also noticed the change in her attitude. She did not sit with them at the canteen in the morning and she did not ‘harass’ me in the morning with mindless talks.

The atmosphere feels strange but good. (hai – I don’t mean to be such a meanie pig but I want my peace and I don’t want to entertain for the sake of entertaining. It is a tiring chore)… I hope things will flow to an equilibrium point and let there be harmony in the office.

Has she gotten the hint that her styles does not come work well with us? Well, I hope she can find the style of blending into our environment.
 
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My weekend

Time flies. Tomorrow is the beginning of another week – another busy week:-
1. there are stacks of payments pending my approval
2. my long over due report that I am suppose to give my boss (and I think I am expected to follow it through)
3. handling stupid auditors
4. handling my “act cute” colleague (OK, I got to start finding her positive points instead of just focusing on her negative points)

Thank God that I managed to complete all the tasks that I set out to do (which includes reviewing one set of accounts - so it is one less thing i need to do when i go back tomorrow). =)

At today’s family day, I won the best dressed prize *hee* - $20 voucher and a bottle of sparkling juice …(somebody told me that I had won a bottle of wine .. can you imagine my disappointment when that prize turned out to be sparkling juice???)

Also, I met up with my friend for dinner. She’s nice to bring me to Olive Restaurant – the waiters are quite cute and the ambience and food are nice as well.

It is nice talking to her – it is different from talking to my other colleagues (I can’t really explain). Hmmm, it has been almost a year and yet, I still miss working with her.

 
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Today is a quiet day. My big boss and my ‘act cute, attract attention’ colleague are out of the office on training. *Yea*

I am thankful that I dun have to go for course together with her. I cannot guarantee her safety if left alone with me.

Hmm, looking forward to the weekend:

SATURDAY
I plan to go for a swim in the morning (I’ll try to wake up real early); watch SCV for 5 hours straight; do my work later in the afternoon and attend evening Mass.

SUNDAY
Attend company’s family day; rest at home in the afternoon and meet my ex-colleague for dinner …

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Saw a few passer-bys carrying luggage – I think they are going for holidays.

I told my dearie – hmm, it has been a long while since I take aeroplane... I need a holiday. It has been a while since I boarded a plane. The last one was my trip to Australia and that was after my graduation.

GSP, are you planning for a holiday? Can let me tag along? =)
 
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Bible Study: Lesson II

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Was thinking if I should go for class – see, I am so lazy but I decided to go and I was glad I did.

Father is very detailed in his explanation of the letter of Romans.

Now I know that whenever we read the bible, we need to understand the situation at that time the letters were written and because they were not written in English (but were later translated), the original “flavour” of the passage may be lost in the translation. We need to understand the background.

It is indeed time well spent – growing together in faith with my dearie, my fellow sis-in-Christ (You know who you are … Jia You!)


Lord, continue to strengthen us as we take a small step each day to discover You, Your love for us and Your love for mankind. Thank you Lord for revealing youself to us and for sending your servants to tell us more about you. Thank you for loving us first. I lift up my prayers to you through Jesus Christ, AMEN.
 
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Being Thankful

Wednesday, February 22, 2006
There are many things in life that we can be thankful for …. Even a short email that expresses his concern for me brightens up my day.

“=)

What contact lens solution are you using? The renu by B&L is infectious leh”
 
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Knock knock knock.

Knock knock knock.

Sometimes we just need to knock harder, ask more.

God always answers our requests. If we think that our prayers are unanswered, it is not the case. It is unanswered only because WE THINK He is not answering. If we think from His point of view, not answering is also a way of answering us, telling us that we are not asking the correct thing.

*wink*

Hang in there coz He is always with us!

*Praise the Lord!*
 
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My Present

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Psalm55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD
and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous fall.
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My present from the Lord. Praise be to God!
 
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Knock knock. Are you calling me?

Is the Lord calling me?

During Mass on Sunday, a friend shared her situation with me when I complimented that she played very well.

Without second thought, the thought of volunteering my help to her group came to my mind. I do not know why.

Later in the day, dearie mentioned about me joining them. He said there was a look on my face while I was watching them.

I prayed, mustered up enough courage to volunteer my help. I do not know why I did that. Maybe it is the Lord calling me…

Pray for me. Let me walk in faith and let Him guide me to whatever He has in store for me ahead.
 
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Today's Mass

Monday, February 20, 2006
Another interesting and inspiring session today during Mass.
My Lord is a forgiving God and we should all be like Him. In forgiving someone, we may even heal someone.

Looking back at my journey of faith, I had come quite a way. During today’s announcement, they announced that faciliators were needed for the next process. I thought to myself, thank God for giving me the courage to come forth in my current process else I would not know what would have become of me if I did not dare to make the first step forward.

There are also many instances of God showering His love on each of us

The Lord is ever ready to bring us healing of soul, body and mind. However, as humans, we are prone to sin and this sin will paralyse and prevent one from allowing Jesus to heal you. For me, I suppose it is laziness - laziness to read the bible, laziness to spend time in prayers with Him, and laziness to serve Him.

I saw how serving the Lord had helped my friends – they are happier and though it is not easy to serve Him, the Lord will provide them with the means. Even for myself, coming for the process has helped me tremendously.
Before the start of the Mass, my friend shared something with me. And for some reason, I felt the desire to help her out. I do not know how this will turn out but I can only pray to God for His guidance.
 
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Who am I before and after?

Saturday, February 18, 2006
I met up with one of my best friends tonight to get b-day present for another best friend. However, we did not get anything from her but got distracted by the GG5 sale going on.

It had been a long time since I went shopping with her. This friend is very special to me. She was with me when I had my first breakup. Back then, I thought I was alright, that the breakup did not mean much to me. In fact, I was hurting like mad inside me (just that I either refused to admit it or I am just being too numbed). I refused to go home after work but would go shopping, walking from DG station to Orchard – every night without fail. Just to make myself dead tired so that I would just fall asleep.

Afraid that I would do something silly, she would without fail, accompany me to walk these aimless walks, even though her legs were protesting. I am really thankful for her friendship because at that time, we did not know each other really well and I did not expect her to show such concern.

It has been many years and our friendship had gone through periods of ups and downs.

Today, she commented that I had sort of drifted away from the usual gang and I had become quieter. Well, I kept quiet coz I was tired and I am just happy sitting there listening to the gang talking about their new jobs, new plans in their lives. I am just happy for them and I do not have anything to share with them and though I would like to share my faith with them, it is not really appropriate as they do not take it too well.

Hmm, maybe I had been ungrateful and had taken their friendship for granted. Sometimes, this is the problem when you are too familiar with the group.

Anyway, we went to talk about other topics today and updated each other on our lives etc. it had been a long while since we last chit chat (just the two of us). After she went home, she smsed me, commenting that I have grown up. I do not know because I do not feel it myself. She is not the first person to make such a comment and I do not know the reason for my change – is it because of my faith? My life experiences? My new responsibilities? My new commitments? New goals in life?

Actually, what kind of person am I before and what kind of person am I now?


Lord, forgive me for my sins and help me to become the person you want me to be. Lord, You are the potter and I am your creation. Lord, grant me the strength to become the person you want me to be. Lord, thank you for blessing me with such great friends. Friends who helped me through the valleys of my life. Lord, thank you for the wonderful chance to catch up with my friend and the opportunity to share with her how great a friend you have been to me. Lord, I lift up my thanksgiving to you through Jesus Christ. Amen.
 
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My Faith and I

Thursday, February 16, 2006
I read the daily reading last night and the following sentences struck me. I called to mind my not-so-nice behaviour/thoughts during the day.

“A person whose faith is not practical is like a man who knows what he looks like by seeing himself in a mirror but then goes off and promptly forgets what he has seen.

Faith enlightens us as to our identity. Faith is like a mirror in which we can see that we have become children of God. Out actions should flow from this identity …. And a person of faith, a child of God should radiate the goodness of God.”


Lord, help me to radiate the goodness of You. I am sorry for lapsing into my sinful thoughts/behaviour during the day. Lord, help me to love the people around me and to accept them for who they are from the bottom of my heart and not from pretence. Lord, I seek Your help through Jesus Christ, AMEN.


Read James 1:19-27.
 
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Bible Study: Lesson 1

Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Something different – did not plan for any celebration but had our hearts bent on attending the bible study class.

Wanted to have pasta for dinner but the queue was too long. In the end, we settled our dinner at Loy Kee Chicken Rice … Simple, yet nice.

During the bible class, Fr. introduced the background of St. Paul – who he was and how the letters to Romans came about. It is interesting to know and it helps in our understanding when we read the bible.

Did you know that Romans was not the first letter St. Paul wrote but it is the first to be presented after the Acts? Reason being, the people who put the bible together many many years ago had a certain way of arranging the content – first, depending if the letters were attention to a community or to individual and secondly, by the length of the letter. Hence, Romans first – coz it was attention to the community and it is also the longest letter that St. Paul wrote.

Looking forward to the next few lessons.

Thank you Lord for bringing us to the session where we can share in Your word and grow in them. I make this prayer to You through Jesus Christ. AMEN.
 
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Struggle

A few nights ago, I had a dream. I dreamt that I scolded my colleague for not paying attention while I was trying to get some information from them. They side-tracked from my question and talked about some other matters.

After the scolding, I felt guilty – guilty because I had let my temper taken control of me. Guilty because the incident seems like a small thing and there is no cause for the shouting.

The next day, I told my colleague about it. I shared with her that maybe it is God’s way of telling me that I should be patient and kind to my colleagues. Shouting and screaming will not resolve any problem. It is only a way for the devil to get us to behave in an ugly manner – which of course makes him happy. It is a sign from God that I should always turn to Him and seek His peace and not let anger take control of me because what comes after anger is a yucky feeling.

It is not easy to do but I seek God’s help. I must remind myself – before I opened my mouth to comment, I better say my piece to Father first.
 
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Celebrating Valentine?

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Tomorrow is Valentine's day and I suppose everywhere in the streets will be filled with couples - well dressed, holding nice bouquet of flowers, presents in the hand/inside the pockets, heading to fanciful restaurants.

Well, I think I am past that stage. What is important to me now is that all my love ones are healthy and happy and everyday can be V. day. Love is understanding when he needs his own space, when to be his support, when to shake him up from his bloody idea (ha ha), when to think about us and when not to think about "me". There is a lot of give and take in the process and both need to work together in order to strike a balance - not easy but we grow in the process and all these would not be possible without the guidance from God. Even the simplest meal at the hawker centre can be romantic. It's not where you are, or what you receive but who you are with and what you are giving. It has to be two ways. (hmm, the above does not only apply to BF/GF but relations with family members).

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I am going to spend a different V. day tomorrow. I have a date with dear dear and God. We are going to attend a bible study class. Well, if I am not mistaken, the study will be on Romans and since I am in the Romans group, it will be good to understand what Romans is all about. There might be something in store for us. Hmm, somehow, I am feeling excited - excited because dear dear and I are journeying together in our faith formation. It is different - I suppose when both of us have the same faith, there is an added dimension to our dating life. Sometimes, I do wonder what we would be doing if we did not have God. =)

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During our JC days, the whole week leading up to V. day is FRIENDSHIP week. We would give friends presents. I still remembered that my buddy gave each one of us in the class a rose and being her best friend, she gave me a rose with baby's breath (my fav) - hee hee hee.

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Hmm, for my single friends, V. day is also for you - gather all your friends together to celebrate the friendship you have with one another. ;) Plus, we have a greatest lover of all time - GOD - He loves us 365 days, and 24 hours a day!

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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for Your blessings today. Thank you for all the nice friends you have given to me. Thank you for the lovely family members. Thank you for loving me - despite my imperfections. There is just so much to be thankful for. Thank you Lord. AMEN.
 
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Sharing

Human beings are strange – when plagued by problems, they tend to look for all sorts of solutions instead of leaving it to God.

Is it because they are not aware of His presence, His love or do they simply choose the easier way out, believing in what they want to believe, living a life that is easier to follow…

Anyway, I’ll continue to keep them in my prayers that their hearts will be opened to let God come into their lives, to experience His love.
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Over these months, I have come to terms that one way of reaching out to them is not to enforce the teachings to them but instead, pray for them and offer them advice when they ask and to inspire them by living by example. Actions speak louder than words.
My mum asked - did you pray for your grandma about her problem? Of course I did but I also told her gently that one needs to be opened to experience His healing. Well, let's continue to pray for them - my mum, grandma and dad.
Praise the Lord for giving me chances to share my faith with them. Amen.
 
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The Lord is my shepherd.

Saturday, February 11, 2006
Time flies – this week just flew by and another weekend is coming up and the Chinese New Year celebration will be ending soon.

This had been a challenging week – I was being tested on my patience, love quotient, being humble and resisting the temptation to bitch/complain about my colleague/work.

I suppose when there is interaction with people, we tend to want people to do things our way, we tend to be critical and are quick to form an opinion without first examining ourselves (ok, Jesus mentioned something about looking at yourself before commenting on others .. but I just cannot remember the exact chapter.)

This had happened a few times this week – I encountered my colleague (SL) complaining to me about how the other had hogged the system and resulted in her not being able to run the report. I tried to stay neutral coz I knew that it is not her fault. She had scheduled the report to be executed at night but somehow, the report was only being generated in the morning. I told her to do something else first.

SL was supposed to submit the monthly report to me and I must say that I have been very patient with her till she gets on my nerves that I raised my voice to drive home the point that she needed to look more clearly to see what she was doing.

Everytime I tried to teach her some thing – I noticed that she did not bother to write them down. I had been guiding her for the past few months and I think this should not go on. She has to learn to know how to prepare the report. I am supposed to review and not to do the report for her. I noticed that she will get defensive and not admit that she had failed to do her work properly. I got quite mad till I felt like there was atomic bomb going off in me. The urge to complain/ to bitch about her was there but I kept telling myself that I should just keep it between me and her and not to affect other colleagues. It is not easy.

Secondly, there was another colleague. She was new and I suppose she wanted to try to fit in as soon as possible. But not all people can take her style. She had a funny way of saying her two cents which I find at times hard to reply. I tried not to reply during moments like these. Also, I noticed that SL would have a critical look on her face whenever this new girl opened her mouth to share her two cents.

That night, I went home – complaining to dear dear (only briefly), my mum and a friend. After all these complaints, I still did not feel shiok so I decided to seek solace in God – I read the Bible and I spoke to God. After these, I did feel a lot better. At least God understands me.

And so I began a new day on Thursday.

I was really looking forward to going for RCIA class – for the fellowship, the food (yum yum), the bible study class so that I can just get away from all the madness during the day. I thought I could not make it for class as I had two reports due on Thursday but with God’s amazing grace, He cleared my path *Praise the Lord!*
At the class, though everyone went there after work, the atmosphere was unusually chirpy. It was a good way to end my hectic, emotionally challenged week.

Thank you Heavenly Father for your generous showering of strength on me. You are my pillar of strength and my anchor throughout the daily madness.

Thank you for giving me these experiences with my colleague that made me realized even more that only You hold the solution to my problems and that I should leave them to You to be in charge.

Lord, I ask you to help me – that I will be more patient with the people around me and show me how I can effectively communicate and manage with my colleagues. Take away my quick temper, my complaints and let me know how to work things through with my colleagues in ways that are most pleasing to your eyes.

Thank you Lord, for answering my prayers and clearing my path so that I can go for RCIA.

Thank you Lord, for the wonderful fellowship that I had had. It’s the most refreshing and exciting event in this whole week for me. Indeed Lord, you refresh me everyday and you are watching over me in every little thing that I do – be it breathing, eating, sleeping, working or playing. Thank you Lord…. I lift up my prayers to You through Jesus Christ my Lord. AMEN.

“We remember how you loved us, to your death, but still we celebrate for you are with us here……We remember, we celebrate, we believe …”
 
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Wow! Wow! Wow!

Tuesday, February 07, 2006
There was a post that I had written on 1/1/2006 but I still have not post it – it’s still sitting in my dear dear’s laptop.

In that post, I wrote about my experience at a healing mass … how powerful prayers can be, and how the testimonials of others touched me.

On the way back, while on the train, I had this vision – a footprint to the left and another to the right and a cross in the middle… I thought I was asking me to join a ministry other than what my friends were in … so I decided to go for LOM… however, due to my schedule, I never did make it to that group gathering.

A brother pointed out that I may need something else … something more Christ-centred. (Thank God for him to help be discern my ‘vision’)

He pointed CFC but later SFC …. I checked out the site a few days ago and the Cross sort of remind me of my ‘vision’. I prayed to God, asking Him to show me His way (ok, I am a numbskull here so I need lots of very OBVIOUS signs :P from people, even from God)

Today, while waiting for my colleagues to pass me some data, I clicked on that link again and this time, I saw the footprints!(OK, FYI, the set of footprints were ther but I did not notice them until today) Wow! Wow! Wow!

Amazing Grace!

Let’s see what’s going to happen next – in His time.
 
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My weekend in a nutshell

Monday, February 06, 2006

FRIDAY
Received an invitation by one of the bankers to watch ‘memoirs of a geisha’ at GV GOLD class. It was a rather “shiok” experience.

I thought the show was a bit draggy.

Hatsumomo (played by Gong Li) looks like a crazy woman – well, she got to look like one as she played a geisha who is consumed by jealously (too much jealously).

The Chairman – well, the director has been kind to him. He remains good-looking throughout the show despite having been through the world war.

Chiyo – Hmm, why did they choose her to play the role? And those blue eyes … imagine a chinese (or Japanese girl) with BLUE eyes….

Hmm, I still like reading the book. Nevertheless, thanx for the invitation. =)

SATURDAY
I went with my two crazy colleagues to have lunch at Royal Copenhagen. The food is not bad … and I think it is pretty affordable S$23 – with soup, main course and dessert and tea/coffee. I did not choose the set but I had fish fillet. It is very yummy.

I will definitely be going back there again – if you are interested, please go during lunch time as I was told that the price during dinner time is more expensive.


SUNDAY
There was a baptism going on – baptism for babies. There were two babies (one of babies belongs to Pete’s colleague). I told Pete that I want to see and it was rather touching.

Anyway, I was telling Pete that next time, I want to record down our baby/ies baptism so that I can show it to them when they are older. : )

I also met a nice lady who had openly shared her walk of faith with me. Life has not been easy but thank God coz He is always with her.
 
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Mary

Thursday, February 02, 2006
For all my friends who are wondering why Mary is an important person, you may want to read this article. Do read with an open mind and maybe you will see why things are done in a certain way.

I was cynical earlier as well. But curiosity got the better of me and I began to read whatever article about Mary that comes my way. She is a role model for us. She has qualities that we can learn from – someone who willingly does God’s will, someone who puts aside her own self in order to do God’s will. Without her – would we know Jesus? Would we know the great love that our dear Heavenly Father has for us mankind?

Anyway, happy reading.

p.s I am not enforcing the views on you. It is purely for the sake of information sharing.
 
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The Lord sends His Angel(s)

Just when I was asking myself questions about how Christian couples/wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend behave(s) and plus the readings I have been feeding myself consciously or subconsciously, there came an invitation for me to participate in the CLP – Christian Life Programme.

He knows my needs even when I myself do not clearly know/sense it. Thank you Lord, for watching over me and sending all your helpful servants to guide me. Amen.

 
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Finally! I am going somewhere ...

Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Yippee! I am getting some ideas as to what marriage is about.

After taking into account last week’s events, plus the readings that God had delivered to me and a bro’s invitation, I am on my way (with my dear God) to discover what marriage is about.

Will share more here once I got the inspiration to write them down.

Praise the Lord!
 
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