Bottles on/in the wall!

I saw this interesting wall at bottle tree park that uses old glass bottles as decorative to the wall. Pretty neat and nice! Forgot to take a photo though. What's more? They have lots of other old stuff that they use to reuse/remake into sth new! Creative heh? =)

Games! Balloons to go!

I thought this game is rather interesting, inspired from everday life.

Team members will each have a paper plate. Each member will have to carry the balloon on their plate like a waiter to and fro and hand over the balloon to the next player without using the other hand to steady the ballon throughout the relay. If he/she does so or drops the ballon, he/she will have to go to the starting line again. Continue until the entire team has completed the race. The first team to complete the relay with all it's members sitting down is the winner.  =)

From lesson 12- The First Family, Game #1

Love your neighbour as yourself!

Jack loved puppies and is excited about getting one. He has been working hard to save and so far, he had $1.63. He went ahead when his mom said OK. When the lady told Jack that each puppy cost $5, Jack face fell. Nevertheless, the lady allowed Jack to play with the puppies. He was having a great time. Their happy faces brought a smile to his.

Out of a sudden, Jack thought of a crippled puppy his mom mentioned. The lady lifted the puppy and handed it to Jack.

Jack was so excited! "This is the one that I want!" Jack exclaimed. "I am going save up and buy him, please don't let anything happen to this puppy." The lady was puzzled.

Why would Jack want a crippled puppy?

Jack pulled out his pants and showed the lady the brace on his leg. His leg was deformed at birth. He said, "I know how the puppy feels. I want to love that puppy. I want to take care of that puppy. I want to make sure the puppy is never scared or worried."

Jack understood, and he was willing to accept and love the puppy. He was ready to truly care for it.

We need to love our familes like that. We're not perfect, so why do we expect our mothers/fathers/brothers/sisters to be perfect?

The lady couldn't resist the love she was sensing decided to give Jack the puppy free!

Summarised and paraphrased from lesson 12- Life story, The Imperfect Puppy.

I'm touched by Jack's love for the crippled puppy. Many a times, we too, are unworthy of God's love but He never fails to love us unconditionally. How can we then not love imperfect others, having been imperfect ourselves too, yet recieving abundant grace and love, being forgiven and loved much by God?

Help to build up your family!

(Mom tries hard to build the word FAMILY with boxes "F","A", "M", "I", "L", "Y", mixing up the alphabets as she goes along.)
Mom is not perfect, like everyone else, mom doesn't know everything and makes lots of mistakes but still, trying her best to build the family.

Son takes time to look at all the mistakes his mom did wrong, arms crossed and complains abt the way mom does things. He doesn't like the way mom talks to him, the way mom acts. He doesn't like the fact that his mom doesn't goes church. It bothers him that she's not like any other mom.

She's trying to build the family but he's not helping. Is his mom perfect? No.

But at least she's trying. What is the son doing to build the family? What is the son doing to help his little brothers and sisters? What is the son doing to encourage his mom? He is not doing anything, not even asking God to help his family! He should be helping instead he is just down on her and makes things worse by disobeying his mom, going places without permission and not telling where he is going. Son is not respecting his mother and he is hurting the family.

We must realise that our parents are not perfect. We must accept our share and do our part to build the family. Our family is what God has given us. We need to take care of it!

You will honor God when you do your best for your family!

Summarised and paraphrased from Lesson 12- The First Family

The lesson that hits me most is not just abt doing my best for the family but how sometimes all of us tend to stand aside and complain abt the imperfect person who is trying his/her best to serve (and most of the time they are the ones serving US). The energy/time/effort spend in complaining can do so much more by praying, encouraging, stand by them, being sensitive and lend a hand when need arises.

UNFAILING LOVE!

Exodus

Dressed for God's glory
Exodus 28:2
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

God is a detailed God
see the instrcutions that He gave Moses to built His temple and Aaron preist clothes in Exodus!

It is God who gave us all our talents and giftings!
Ex. 31:3 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him.

Enablement comes with calling!
Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you:

What happens when you can't see a glimpse of what God promised?

TRUST!

Ex 32 When the people had to wait too long, they stopped trusting God and turned to a god they made out of their hands to lead them!

There are times I'm like that too. And I felt sad that subtly I'm depending on more of myself than God when I dont see God intervene when I expected Him to do so.

I just have to wait and keep trusting that His promises are true.

That He's greater,
He's stronger,
He's wiser,
He's kinder,
He's more loving,
more compassionate,
more righteous,
more just

THAN ME.

And that have been proven too many times in history!
So I'm just gonna trust...

Thank God for changing my heart =)

Touched by God

I must blog this so I can remember that He touched me again- His arms over my shoulders. God, I found myself when I am in Your arms again.

It is only God that can give us God moments! =)

These few months hasn't been great.

Yet, I now know all the problems that I had, the emotional upheavels, all the stress, all the burden, all the dissapiontment, all the loss of meaning in life, all the dissatisfaction, all the lack is to remind me that God is all I need, that He alone is my all in all, my joy, my peace, my love, my life. He is my life giver, my life changer, my strength, my everything (yours too!) and that I'm heading in the wrong direction all these while, putting my trust in myself rather than in God.

Indeed, God helped me and he heard my cry (Ps. 40:1), even the simple, out of desperation, "God help me, wo hen xing ku."

He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along (Ps. 40:2)

God's love flowed so strongly through it all, through His people, through their prayers, through those life giving encouragement...

All I can see now is His love for me and I will walk on with Him. =)

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 8:38-39

This verse has proven true again in my life and it will be always true
He keeps loving and loving and loving...
Nothing we can do could make Him loves us more.

He is love, God is love.

He never lets go.

Thank You God... thank You, God... thank You, God...