Rock Climbing!

Written by my friend, jessica kan!

Wall climbing is like life.
there are bound to be obstacles that you need to face and step on to move up.
The rope (as WOG) is where you hang your life on,
God as your belayer, so that when you fall, He will be the one who catches you.. or keeps you hanging through His Word (the rope).
You always move upwards, no matter how tired your arms could get, until you reach till the top, or give up half way.

Wall climbing is like life.
It’s should not be about the climber, but the Belayer.
You think you (the climber) is like the center of it all, but the most important role to play is actually the Belayer.
Sometimes you think you climbed well, but forgot, that the Belayer actually keeps you to the wall, (and sometimes carries you up.)

ROCK CLIMBING... ROCKS!

I just want you - Planetshakers

More than a nice melody,
More than the sweetest of word's,
This is love i have found,
and with this love i am found.

I just want you Jesus, i just want you my lord,
I just want you Jesus, i just want you.

Never could i comprehend,
The love you so freely give,
Never could i be with you,
But you love covers all of my sin.

I just want you Jesus,
I just want you my lord,
I just want you Jesus i just want you.

There is no greater love than your's,
Nothing else could ever compair,
And even if i search all the world i will never find a love like your's god.

There is no greater love than your's,
Nothing else could ever compair,
And even if i search all the world i will never find a love like your's.

I just want you Jesus,
I just want you my lord,
I just want you Jesus,
I just want you,
Jesus!

Give me Jesus - Jeremy Camp

In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise

Give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus.
You can have all this world,
Just give me Jesus.

When I am alone,
When I am alone,
When I am alone,
Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus.
You can have all this world,
Just give me Jesus.

When I come to die,
When I come to die,
When I come to die,
Give me Jesus.

I am nothing - Jeremy Camp

He seems always in this place,
Where the things I seem to take,
Are the things I wish would fade
I always purpose in my heart,
Well to do things the right way,
Then I realize I'm still clay
And this piece that's being shaped,
Will be a beauty you create

[CHORUS]
I am nothing without Your love
I'm unworthy but Your death has been enough
I'm completed by Your touch,
But I feel like I've been given so much so I thank You,
I thank You

I wouldn't even face,
All the troubles of the day,
If it wasn't for Your grace
Sometimes I even wait,
To see if I'm awake,
Seems so good I can't relate
And Your every word I crave,
And I'm grateful for every breath I take

[CHORUS]

When I'm feeling all my shame,
You won't let it stay,
I sail away into Your love
I'm taking every day,
To give my life away,
It's the only way I know

I am nothing without Your love
I'm unworthy but Your death has been enough
I'm completed by Your touch,
But I feel like I've been given so much I am nothing
You are everything
So I thank you. I thank you
Lord I thank you
I thank you

The dance~ by Japheth

V1

She was dancing

dancing with You

she was twirling

twirling with You

Chorus

You were leading

You were guiding

You were loving

You were smiling

and You said

Everything's gonna be ok

Everything's gonna be ok

V2

I was wondering

Not expecting anything

But You saw into our being

You meant this to be

V3

Things began to happen

You began to blow my mind

When You took her hands and held it

and place them into mine

Bg

How could I thank You

For giving her to me

I am so grateful

She's as lovely as You've meant her to be

Chorus2

I will lead her

I will guide her

I will love her

I will smile at her

and I'll say

Everything's gonna be ok

Everything's gonna be ok

Surrender - Jeremy Camp

Purify this tainted soul
I'm tired of living life a fool
Soften up this heart in clay
To be a servant this I pray
A reflection of You I long to be
So Your kingdom I will see

I Surrender to Your throne
I Surrender to Your throne
And I will make my heart Your home
Oh I Surrender to Your throne

I've taken things I've thought my own
Only to reap what I sow
You've given back the years I've fought
An Ending love and grace You brought
Eternal hope and peace You bring
And forever unto You I will sing

Forever unto You I will sing

And I surrender now

Soften up this heart in clay
To be a servant this I pray

Your name - New Life Worship

Verse1:
As morning dawns and evening fades
You inspire song of praise
That rise from earth to touch Your heart and glorify Your Name

Chorus:
Your name is a strong and mighty tower
Your name is a shelter like no other
Your name, let the nations sing it louder
'Cause nothing has the power to save
But Your name

VErse2:
Jesus, in your name we pray
Come and fill our hearts today
And give us strength to live for You and glorify You name

week 9

10.. 11... 12... 13... and then it would be the end of lectures, assignments... with the exception of exam period after that of course.. the finale... hopefully..

and my journey in monash, and in cf, ends.

a new journey begins though :) and i'm excited :)

a new phase of life is in sight, and the best thing is, i may not be 'alone' in this one :D *go figure if you don't already know :p

for now.. it's back to rushing assignments, and making sure this journey ends well ;)

jia you!

God all this time, I needed you, I needed you

Jeremy Camp - Trust in You

I can't see you
I know your there
I can feel you
I will not fear
I will trust in you and
I will not be afraid

When the battle is close at hand
Though your with me
You help me stand
I will trust in you
And i will not be afraid

i will not be afraid
i will not be afraid

I will trust in you
I will trust in you
I will trust in you

When the darkness is close at hand
And i'm running against the wind
I will trust in you
And i will not be afraid

When i'm standing upon that shore
Of the battle
Have gone before
I will trust in you
And i will not be afraid

don't waste your life

that's exactly what he said.

I was inspired by a speaker, Kevin Conner who spoke at FGT that day

who has no regrets following Jesus

and pleads with us to not fall away

and is still really touched with the grace God showed him more than 60 years ago

and is going around the world preaching

at 83 years of age

Older

Ways that you can tell

1. Planetshakers and Hillsongs is too loud :O!

2. sleeping early is awesome :O!

3. why wake up :p

4. back hurts!

5. oh the tummy........

6. sorry what was your name again?

so it's not my fault! hehe

:)

All around

Everywhere I look Your love is all around

Singing it seems easier than saying it though. Sometimes it's seems as if it is not, and that is a fact of life. Some places feels as though love is inexistent, some people as though love is a foreign language.

Nevertheless, God says His love is always there. It's a choice of whether or not we want to accept His gift, and give it out

Sometimes we feel like not loving anymore. sometimes we feel unloved. sometimes we feel lonely. What i've learnt is that these are moments when God is nudging ever so gently, 'hey, it's me you're looking for'

Run back to Him. It's worth it.

He is all around

Lean on Him

How hard it is to do that.

How reliant we are on friends, internet, communication, entertainment, relationships, mobiles, facebook, games, sports, music and the list is endless.. try fasting these for a week and not many will survive

How reliant are we on the things of God? on reading His word, of soaking in His presence and on communicating with Him? Most can last for days, weeks, months and years without Him, and yet, He is the most important thing in this life that won't pass away..

Countdown

Again it feels dawning that my time in Monash University is almost up. Even though I know very well I've got to push on for another 13 weeks or so till it's all over *hopefully *fingers crossed

In moments like this i find it quite amazing that I still find some 'time' per se to still sit down, ponder and blog. I don't know how to express this feeling, it's the 'i-can't-wait-for-all-of-this-to-be-over' feeling combined with the 'aww-man-i-have-to-do-so-many-things' kind of feeling.

I do know what I miss. My room. it's messyness and the awesome internet connection that i now have in my room (must be my dad's strategy of encouraging me to stay at home haha!). I really treasure moments of quietness and alone'ness and nothing-to-do'ness. it's so rare. it almost feels weird when it happens. as if something is wrong when there's nothing to do.

owl city is nice to listen in times like this. so happy and cheerful.

i sound as if i've got nothing to do now. how i wish that was true :)

well. back to running around and getting things done ;)

Belum Rainforest Trip

So anyway I was at Pulau Banding, Perak for the past 3 days, stayed at Belum rainforest resort with my classmates on a study trip organised by the school of business, monash, for our assignment on 'marketing planning and implementation' unit. (YES BUSINESS STUDENTS DO STUDY K!)

It was very refreshing, to be honest. I now wish I spent more time with my classmates throughout our 3 years in Monash. Thank God Monash has decided to do something nice like this for us else they were going down my list as overrated and a waste of money :p

I can say that now I am beginning to love and appreciate the environment. Staying at an eco-tourism resort showed me that being environmentally friendly can be done, and saving our environment is crucial. Staying at a resort without televisions and swimming pool was good because all we could do was go jungle trekking, swim at waterfalls and be one with nature (and the leeches too! I still have one leech mark at my neck!)

I think the best part of the trip for me was the visit to an orang asli village at Sungai Tiang. They've created a toy library to teach the orang asli children education through play. Danny brought his baloons and began to make toy animals and swords for the children (thanks danny for teaching me how to make em!). Development is slowly being brought in to the kampung, with huts built, water systems and solar panels. Hygiene is taught, as well as education, health among others. They also teach the mothers how to read and write in order for they to teach their children. This opened my eyes to the fact that reaching out to the orang asli's is achievable, although it may appear as affecting their way of life

All in all I have come to believe that sustainable development is crucial in saving out planet, how to balance between preservation of the environment as well as bring development is crucial. I have also learnt to really appreciate people who are caring, friendly and care for the environment + orang asli's.

Good trip. Thanks Monash University Sunway and the business school for organising this. I can finally say that my term in Monash was a worth it one.

i will write again soon.......

i've been busy, but i know this should not be an excuse not to write in my bible readings

by next week hopefully things will start slowing down, it's been pretty hectic, non-stop, and it almost feels weird to have a breather, online time, home time..

gosh why does the break between sem 1 and sem 2 have to be soooo short! gah to monash! kill us with stress between sem 1 and 2, and then with boredom at the end of the year! rawr!

to those who wanted to hang out but found me busy i'm really sorry! will make it up to you sometime! *i'll be graduating soon k hopefully hehehe

back

to be honest this was probably the longest wait for an exam to finish in my life. maybe it's because there is/was so many things happening and ever since everyone was done i still had a good 5 days at least of waiting for mine to end. the longest 5 days u can ever get trust me hehe.

i always tell myself that i've got ONE more semester and i better make it count. it's quite dawning. there's so much i could do / could have done that i know i should be motivated and active in getting about and doing them but in reality it's very much the opposite, and sometimes i can't help but just want to graduate, move on with life and start off anew somewhere else. life never satisfies it seems. sometimes frustration boil over but u can't do a thing about it, and i feel like running once more.. knowing that i'll/it'll still come back

i know that for now at least i need to get my ... working. there's still work to be done. lots of it :) looking at my schedule, there hardly isn't room for a break really. it's plannings, camp, plannings and so on with hints of outings here and there. work work, that's life.. or is it?

gonna get back to my bible readings and daily postings, woot! i'm pumped, really. not just because i'm done with my papers and have got only one more sem to go, i really am, at this current moment la. see last how long first hehe.

i found (kinda created) a new quote lately while reading a friend's blog post and replying her: it is not so much how much you gain in life, but how much you leave behind that counts :)

cheers :)

Break from blogging for exam

Be back once exams finish on the 29th of June :)

1 sam 5 - 14

Today's readings included an account of the philistines capturing the ark and could not keep it because the presence of God was heavy upon them. They sent it back, with very interesting pieces of offerings, golden rats and tumors? It is interesting to note that the true presence of God cannot be 'captured', it is for a people who belongs to Him and who seeks after Him.

The next account that took place was Samuel judging Israel and when he was growing old his sons did not walk rightly, and the people wanted a king. What caught me was Samuel's ineffectiveness in raising his children. Yes he was a super awesome righteous judge and all that jazz but his sons, took bribes and perverted justice, among other things. It reminded me of the previous priest, Eli, and how he too, failed to raise his songs rightly. I could say that Eli's sons were a lil worse, sleeping with the women outside the tabernacle and not performing their ceremonial duties rightly but the message is the same, How can these awesome men of God fail in terms of raising up their children? And Samuel, who grew up with Eli and turned out good, why didn't he learn from Eli's mistakes? Too many pastor's kids end up rebellious and we know that too well. Is this what ministry is about? I'm not saying ALL pastors kids end up bad, some do follow right paths. But it's sad seeing the opposite happen for some. Maybe their parents have missed the point of serving?

Israel wanting a king could be acceptable to many of us. I mean, who would NOT want a visible leader over us? I mean yes God was their king, but it was mention in those days 'revelation' and 'visitations' from God were scarce, so the people rightly wanted a king, and God gave them one. 'Though I think He was pretty annoyed, like, hey I'm supposed to be your King', and He clearly outlined to the israelites the implications of having a king over them. I guess I could say that prior to this Israel was under a theocratic rule, now it was to change for centuries to come. King Saul was an interesting character, the most handsome, tallest, well built dude and yet could say a lil weak on the inside (hiding behind the equipment when he was announced king). he was like looking for lost donkeys before he was anointed king. yeah. but he stepped up to the plate and won some impressive victories, though i still like his son jonathan better :) the account of him and his armorbearer creating havoc at the philistine camp was classic :) *smacks those who were hiding in holes and caves*