Are They ReallyThe Hope of the Next Generation?

I just got home from our rehearsal for tomorrow's service. I left the center at half past nine just after our participation for the earth hour. When I was already heading to the sports center, I came across several groups of young people loitering outside while a band was having a concert inside. I was taken a back by how these teenagers were dressed. I passed by and head on. When I reached the fountain area, there were even more young people milling about. Chatting, sitting on the benches, laughing... I felt sad.

I remember my teenage years. When I was their age, you can never see me in the streets late at night, doing nothing but loiter. That was not how I was raised by my parents. Time changed and so are our values. Today teenagers are more exploring, more, adventurous, more hard-headed, more shallow, and more without purpose in life. I was burdened by this young people. I hope I can do something for them.... I also hope that when the time comes that my daughter reached that age, she will be different. I pray that we'll be able to raise her with the right values, with a good character, with fear and faith in God. I pray that we'll be able to raise her to be a help in uplifting our people and our country.



Saturday, March 28, 2009 | Labels: | 0 Comments  

Friday Fill-Ins #117



1. "In a hole in the ground there lived a family of earth worms!."

2. "It has been done but that ain't no matter."

3. "After dark the rain began to fall again, expect a soft, cool breeze, grab a good book and a coffee!"

4. "We were freed from the hold of the Spanish galleon."

5. "There was a hand in the darkness, and it assures him that there's nothing to worry about."

6. "Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, unprepared mind."

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping early, tomorrow my plans include an early morning jog at the sports park, go to the wet market to buy our food for the week, attend our rehearsal in the evening, and Sunday, I want to rest and watch a movie online!


More fill-ins here.

Friday, March 27, 2009 | Labels: | 2 Comments  

New Look...

...And how do you find it?

I finally decided to shift from a pinkish template to a blue one. I tweaked here and there and here's the result. I feel my old template is somewhat dull. Now this one excites me to write more post. Thanks to the designer of this template. By the way, I got this template here. You can check it out for more designs.

A nice-and-neat-pleasant-looking site can help give you inspiration, that's what I found out. So I hope this new look will help me become more inspired to write on a regular basis.



Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Labels: , | 1 Comments  

The Cry of a Father’s Heart

I got this from my inbox this morning. It's a lovely letter. Read on...


My Child….


You may not know me, but I know everything about you…Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up…Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways …Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered…Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image…Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being…Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring…Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived…Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation…Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake…Psalm 139:15-16

For all your days are written in my book…Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live…Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made…Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother’s womb…Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born…Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me…John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love …1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you..1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father…1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could…Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect Father…Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand…James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs…Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope…Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love…Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore…Psalm 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing…Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you …Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession …Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul…Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things…Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me…Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart …Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires…Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine…Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager…2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles …2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you…Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart…Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes…Revelation 21:3-4

And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth…Revelation 21:4

I am your Father and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus…John 17:23

For in Jesus my love for you is revealed …John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being…Hebrews 1:3

And He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you…Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins…2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled…2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you…1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love…Romans 8:32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me…1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again…Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen…Luke 15:7

I have always been Father and will always be Father…Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is...Will you be my child?…John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you…Luke 15:11-32


…Love,

Your Dad

Almighty God


Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | Labels: | 1 Comments  

WW: Tiny Toes


{She wants to grow up fast!}

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | Labels: | 3 Comments  

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