| I've recently read the book 'Boy Meets Girl' by Joshua Harris (the same guy who wrote 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye') It's a book on courtship - that step between friendship and marriage. It's like dating only you're in it for the long term. You court someone you could potentially marry.

The whole book is an interesting read, I recommend it to anyone who is less than impressed by societal views on relationships. Joshua Harris is great with analogies and this is one of the few that stuck in my brain:

"..As you keep reading, remember that God doesn't have a one-size-fits-all plan for relationships.

We all have very different lives - we vary in age, cultural background, and circumstances, to name just a few..

You might be asking, "How am I supposed to follow God's principles for courtship when my circumstances are so different from those of other people?" Let me try to explain.

Imagine that you're a student in an art class. You and dozens of classmates are learning from a master painter. One day your teacher displays a painting of his own. It's an incredible work of art, and he wants each of you to copy it.

You're about to begin working when you turn to look at the person next to you. You're surprised to note that he has a larger brush than you and a different kind of canvas. You look around at the rest of the class. Some students have acrylic paint, others watercolour, still others oil - and everyone is using different colours. Though you all have the same assignment, you each have completely different materials. This frustrates you. Some students have materials you would prefer yourself. Why should they get them?

You're not the only student to notice the disparity. A hand goes up to your left. A girl with only a ragged brush and three pale shades of blue on her palette is noticeably agitated. "This isn't fair," she tells the teacher. "How do you expect me to duplicate your painting when the people around me have so many colours to choose from?"

The teacher smiles. "Don't worry about the other students," he says. "I've carefully chosen brushes and paints for each of you. Trust me. You have what you need to complete the assignment. Remember, your goal is not to create a painting that mirrors the person next to you, but to do your best with the materials I've given you to replicate my painting."

..God isn't asking us to copy each other but to fix our eyes on our Lord and Master Jesus Christ.. We can rest in the knowledge that God is sovereign over our life's situation. No matter where we are today or what mistakes we've made in the past, He has given us everything we need to glorify Him right now." (Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris, Page 30)

I think this analogy is applicable to more areas in life than relationships. It could be applied to any situation, perhaps even the one you're in now.

Labels: God, Lessons, Quotes

| I have finally come to my senses and dusted off my Bible today (The Message). I had the opportunity to hang out with Aspen, Chris and Duy after Bible Study for a brief catch-up. There was a lot that I learnt from them but the most important was what they had to say about God. That was when I realised that everybody feels a little disconnected sometimes but God will always be there patiently waiting. I felt the willingness to read the Word again and flipped to James as Chris and Duy recommended.

I like reading The Message because theres always a short and sweet introduction for each book of the Bible. For James, it goes like so:

When Christian believers gather in churches, everything that can go wrong sooner or later does. Outsiders, on observing this, conclude that there is nothing to the religion business except, perhaps, business - and dishonest business at that. Insiders see it differently. Just as a hospital collects the sick under one roof and labels them as such, the church collects sinners. Many of the people outside the hospital are every bit as sick as the ones inside, but their illnesses are either undiagnosed or disguised. It's similar with sinners outside the church.

So Christian churches are not, as a rule, model communities of good behaviour. They are, rather, places where human misbehaviour is brought out in the open, faced and dealt with.

The letter of James shows one of the church's early pastors skillfully going about his work of confronting, diagnosing, and dealing with areas of misbelief and misbehaviour that had turned up in congregations committed to his care. Deep and living wisdom is on display here, wisdom both rare and essential. Wisdom is not primarily knowing the truth, although it certainly includes that; it is skill in living. For, what good is a truth if we don't know how to live it? What good is an intention if we can't sustain it?

The idea that church is a holy place open for only the holy is highly pretentious. Why would Christians segregate themselves from the very people that God has created? I didn't know what to say the other day when I handed out flyers for an upcoming youth outreach at my church and had some handed back. When I asked why, friends would say that they weren't Christian therefore they weren't able to come. But 'outreaches' are out reaches to Christians and non Christians alike. Churches aren't an all exclusive meeting place. They are open and free for all to come in.

Back to my issue of 'displacement', I've found my place again. I can't explain what I felt and why I felt it, all I can say now is that when my relationship with God is weak, so are the rest of my relationships. I think I want to be a Christian counselor.

Hoping everyone is feeling alright, and if you're not all too well, you have the comfort of knowing that everybody gets a little down sometimes.

Why do we fall Master Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up again.

Labels: Feelings, God

| Mood: Appreciative.
Music: Mute Math - Noticed.

First and foremost I would like to extend my gratitude to those who have sent comments of support regarding my blogs. Thank you for your kind words, they well and truly make my day.

Have I abandoned my blog? Certainly not. I've just been making the most of my two week holidays since they are 'the last real holidays I'll have for the next year and a half'. Everyone is making Year 12 seem so scary, as if it were a stage that sucks the life out of you. But really, high school in general will be something you'll miss when you're older so I'm not going to let myself be the victim of crazy HSC rumours.

I spent the first week of my holidays at a camp called Camp UiC (Unity in Christ). Along with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ from several churches, we accommodated at The Venue, Bellambi for 4 days and 3 nights. It was a life-changing 4 days. I've bonded so well with a group of people I see but never usually talk to. I'm extremely grateful to have been to such an amazing camp with such a great bunch of people. But alas, the experience would not have been complete without Diana William's powerful sermons. Based on the theme of 'Unity', Diana spoke of working together as a group despite our differences, also known as 'unity in diversity'. We are unique, 'fearfully and wonderfully made' (Psalm 139), but we are made as separate parts of a body to work as a body, together (1 Corinthians 12).

But it wasn't what she said about everyone as a group that deeply touched me. Not to say that it was all rubbish, but her first talk made me want to cry. It was an eye-opener. The talk was titled, 'You Are Unique' and was based on Psalm 139 - click on link to access the passage.

St Augustine observed in his Confessions:

‘Men go abroad to wonder at the height of mountains, the vast compass of the oceans, the circular motion of the stars... yet they pass by themselves without wondering’.

Take time to really examine yourself. Look at your hands, for instance. One hand alone contains 19 bones and 70 muscles. It is one of the most intricate parts of your body. No human has and ever can produce a replica as amazing as the human hand alone. 'The hand that can hammer, thrust, grasp and crush is the same hand that can thread a needle, play a flute and insert a pipette a fraction of a millimetre in diameter into the axon of a squid.' It can pluck, it can peel, it can knead, it can hold, it can feel. Have you ever noticed how fantastic your hands are? God has made us so wonderfully, so perfectly yet we take our bodies for granted.

And that's just the hand. Did you know that no fingerprint is the same? Isn't that awesome? So much thought was put into the making of our very being. Do you not feel loved? Do you not feel amazing? How wonderful it is to be alive! To have been created! And we aren't here for decoration, either. Don't get me started and all our skills and talents and just the 'mere' ability to think. There is so much we can do, feel, taste, hear, speak.

We are unique. We are special. There is a reason we live. You may not have found your calling yet, but I have. I am proud to say that I live for God but that's not all. He has blessed me with abilities and skills. I do love writing but that's only because I love learning. What's the point of writing when you have nothing to write about? Through learning everyday, I have the reason to write, to obtain a blog of thoughts. Isn't the brain great? But maybe my calling isn't to be a professional writer. Maybe I want to be a psychologist. I learnt that comfort is not by any means making another 'feel better'. Comfort lies within empathy. But that's another blog topic.

I'm rambling again. But all I wanted to share was what I've learnt a week ago. The second week of holidays wasn't as eventful, though I did go to an all-you-can-eat buffet at Star City. It was fabulous! I'm pretty sure the rest of the week were my 'sloth days' - you know, staying in and watching movies on end, eating ice cream and whatnot. I love the holidays :)

I hope you feel special and unique!

You know you love me,
xoxo.

Labels: God, Lessons, Lovely truths

| Mood: Introspective.
Music: Usher's album, Here I Stand

Yesterday at church, I learned that your emotions are 'purely chemical reactions that take place in your mind'. If I asked you to feel angry right now, you would instantly think of something that makes you angry and you would feel it. If I told you to feel loved, you would think of something or someone that you 'love' and you would feel loved.

That would explain why we go on 'emotional rollercoasters'. During those rough times when we have so much going on in our life, we think about a million things at the same time; things that conjure up different feelings. I've had people come up to me and compliment me on my optimistic character. Comments like those are exactly the reason why I'm happy most of the time. I have no secret, I actually do make an effort to focus on positive things because the negative things get you nowhere. It makes sense - I think about good stuff in order to feel the good. But I am human. I've had terrible weeks but in the end, I realise that I've been wasting precious smiling time! :)

'I feel horrible, there's nothing good in my life!' Rubbish. We all know that we don't know everything, correct? Maybe we don't feel the love because we are unaware of it. You can't think of something if you don't know of it. Therefore you wouldn't be able to feel the feelings connected to that thought. I'm telling you now, you are and always will be loved. Every single one of you, reading this. Often we are all loved more than one being. But I believe in one being who has always loved me. God has and always will love me. Knowing that makes me feel loved. Yesterday's sermon was a good reminder of that.

Another good example would be your parents. Sometimes you don't feel their love because it seems as if they don't care. How can a parent ever possibly not love their child with all their heart? Just because you don't feel it, it doesn't mean it's not there. Maybe you're not feeling it because you're simply unaware.

They say 'ignorance is bliss' but 'with knowledge comes strength'. Ignorance only comes in handy when you don't want to know bad things. What about all good things? Wouldn't you like to be informed on all that? Unfortunately, we can't hand pick all the good things we want to know. (Unless you're thinking about a uni course.) As we age we experience a lot and gain knowledge from that. Sometimes its good to know, other times it bad. But it's through knowledge that we can think for ourselves. And by thinking, we feel.

Where am I going with all this? I wanted to share this piece of information for you to think about. Perhaps this will help you tackle future obstacles in life. Perhaps this will help you overcome a current issue. Perhaps you knew all this already but needed a reminder. The way you feel all comes down to what you're thinking about. So think about good things, it's not hard. Every cloud really does have a silver lining. If your problems are too big to overlook, talk to a friend. Different people offer different perspectives. With their different opinions, it can put your problem in a different light and as a result, you could think about it differently. It could become a smaller problem.

Set some time aside tonight and conduct a session of introspection. Look inside yourself, examine your thoughts. Which thought is dominating your mind? Is it good or bad? Then make a decision. Do you still want it to consume you? Or are there better things to focus on? (Nice calming music should help you out. I recommend Coldplay's old music.)

You know you love me,
xoxo

Labels: Feelings, God, Lessons

| Like, youthful innocence for example. I started organising my table contents today, since y'know, organised work table = organised work life. Duh. The cleaning up took longer than expected as I delved into the forgotten realm of my younger years (I'm talkin' primary to teenybopper Year 8 years). I was happy and sad at the same time; happy because I've rediscovered these documents and sad because it's collected dust from the past. I also uncovered some pretty 'hectic' primary school photos:

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Back to my desk clearing, as I rummaged through the past, I took particular interest in my academic progress over the years. I sure was a bright student from the very beginning (in all modesty). My average was an A and my lowest was C (for stupid Agriculture. What. The. Yeah, I used to go Hoxton, we had a farm at the back. We sophisticated!)

I was a total nerd in Year 8, esp. in English. One day we had to write a mini essay based on the phrase "How I Chose To Live My Life":

'The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and staff comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.'

- Psalm 23:1-6

Christianity. My religious belief. Ever since I left my mum's womb on the 29th of April, I was a Christian. I believed in my Saviour, my spiritual Father, Lord Jesus Christ. Yes everyone had their beliefs: Buddha, Virgin Mary, Jesus, Santa Claus, leprechauns yadda yadda. Not necessarily all religious, but something to look up to, to look forward to. Santa equals to Christmas and the Easter Bunny equals to, well, Easter. My point is, Christianity shapes my life. If not for Jesus, us Christians believe that without His resurrection we all would've died in our sin. But not everyone is Christian, so not everyone will believe this. But I do.

Being Christian lets me have a reason to have faith in something that I cannot see, that I cannot hear. Being Christian gave me my many church friends. Being Christian opened my eyes to the greater good. I know the 10 commandments are there to follow and that the Bible is there to inspire. I know that I should love thy neighbour, that I should love my enemies, as I love myself. I know prayer is love through words to God. By knowing this, I know that bring good is way better than being bad in the long run.

People think that being religious is a disadvantage in your social records because if you're 'Christian', you automatically 'have to go to Church'. But I consider it as a privilege. It makes you feel good to sing songs of praise. People look up to you when you let loose and sing your heart out. (It's a sign of faith.) It makes you feel good when you are baptised. You feel clean and you feel ready to depend on God. You are cleansed.

God's words inspire me. They make me want to say and do something to make someones day. Sometimes when I'm down in the dumps, I think of what God would do. I've experienced many challenges in life, but God helps me out. I might not have hard proof of what God has done for me but it's nice to think of all the wondrous things He's done in my life.

I've experienced this one time when ______________. I saw it with my own eyes. With the help of my Pastor and his wife, they comforted my family through the words of God. ________________________. When I look back, I thank God that my family hasn't fallen apart like in those sad movies. My mum says she'll never leave my dad for anything. She thinks that her children will grow up screwed. Nice one, mum. I do admit that my family has the occasional biff but we get over it.

As Forest Gump goes, 'Life is a box of chocolates. You never know what's inside it' (or something similar). I agree. You never know what's around the next corner. At least I know God will be there for me with every step I take.

Yeah, total noobage. Who the heck uses 'yadda yadda' & 'way better' in an essay??!?!?! And who the heck forgets that Forest Gump line? There are many things I was too young to know better of. Like, those blank lines for example. I disclosed something very private in that essay (and yes, this essay was read out loud, by yours truly). Those were the days when you would tell the bigmouth your innermost secret because you thought your trust would change the size of their mouth (so to speak). Secondly, I don't consider myself 'religious'. To me, that is showcasing that you have a religious belief and that you think it makes you better than everyone else. Well, I say 'nay' to that sort of mentality. No one is ever better than anyone else. I truly believe that we are all equal - we all bleed red.

I have so much more to tell you guys about (i.e. more documents!) Ha, I embarrass myself! Til next time! ;)

You know you love me,
xoxo

Labels: Boys, God, School, Self-Identity

| Foreword.

My apologies for that bleak entry I posted a few days ago. I was not in a happy place and needed a way to express that bad state of mind. I've decided to delete that entry, so another apology to those who 'missed out.'

I'm also trying a new approach in the way I blog. From now on I won't focus on blogging about my day or what I want. I want to share things that I've learnt or realised, sometimes by recounting my day. Sometimes it'll be what I've learnt through God's word, sometimes it'll be something interesting on the back of a Libra pad liner. Please don't stop reading because I've mentioned God, I don't believe in being a 'converter' anyways. True Christians are those who choose to follow and love God by their own free will. It cannot be forced. I only aim to share my thoughts and reflect on what I've recently learnt, hopefully inspire someone. And it just so happens that I think the most inspiring being ever is God.

3:53pm. In my bedroom.

I had a silent epiphany on the car ride home. I was thinking about why I was so down as of late because of this one person. They didn't hurt me intentionally or anything. All this time I have loved them. But it's not the kind of love I thought it was. This love was self seeking and obsessive, for the other person always managed to make me feel good. I realised that I do not want a love based on the other person. Nothing good can come from that. It's conditional. So what 'love' should I be practicing? Unconditional love. Agape love. Selfless altruistic love. All this time I wanted a lover who could satisfy my temporary desires to be held and looked at affectionately. It was so wrong to seek such love. It was a love that could never last for it was based on emotions. Emotions fleet, they are ever changing. Something as simple as the weather could change it entirely. However, unconditional love is not based on emotions.

So now I see that person as a brother, whom I can love unconditionally and expect nothing in return. For such love is so rare in today's society. Loving others in a self sacrificing manner is absolutely divine. In both contexts. Saint Therese once said, "It is easy to love someone who loves you, but it is divine to love those who are difficult to love." God loves us unconditionally. His love is such a divine love, that we could only hope and try to express. It can be difficult because humans aren't perfect and will therefore struggle to exercise this perfect love. Because when you love another unconditionally, you won't be satisfying your materialistic needs. You might not even be unconditionally loved back. Nevertheless, you will still find that it is rewarding. You will feel that you are doing some good in this world. And have you not always wanted another brother or sister? I can now honestly say that my friends are like family to me. (Lame pun)

I feel freshly renewed. I'm a New Soul. I don't expect you to be inspired to love unconditionally but this is the kind of love that really does last forever. It will at least last til your loved one passes away. It exists because they exist, not because they make your heart go boom or because they look real cute. Eventually even the heart stoppers won't make your heart stop anymore and their apparent cuteness will fade with age. So this is what I learnt today. When I think about it, love really is everywhere. Today I got a present for my upcoming birthday from my Youth pastor and his wife. They obviously gave it to me because it's my birthday, but they didn't mean to give it because they think I'm cute or because I 'deserve' it. It's because I am me and I exist and they love me. And before my mum and dad and siblings left to go to some crazy Asian house party, my mum didn't tell me what kind of food is available because she wants to make me fat or get rid of left over food. No, it's because I exist and I'm her daughter and she loves me. Look around you, sit and think: Where can you find love today?

For those who want to know more about this love and happen to have a Bible, the most popular (love) passage in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 13.

You know I love you,
xoxo.

Labels: God, Quotes

| I've been doing nothing (literally) until now. Woke up at 12pm and stayed in bed til 1pm, then I wasted an hour on the Hoyts website browsing through this year's upcoming movies and reading their synopsis'. There's a lot of variety this year, and they don't all look crummy :) Can't wait til the April holidays! I'm liking the looks of Prom Night, Paris, Smart People & The Painted Veil (out of the April releases)

I've been in a stalkerish mood for the past 2 days, just yesterday I browsed through all my previous Bebo comments, trying to get to my first ever comment. It didn't work out. I think there's like, a comment storage limit or something :"( The last comment I found was made 2 years ago! I'm pretty sure I made Bebo 3 years ago. Anyways, as I was on my quest for the 1st Bebo comment ever made, I started to read some of the comments I've received. Judging by the most earliest ones, I was one weird kid in Year 8.

I feel a rant coming up but I've got time constraints - I gotta get ready for LURM aka Leave UR Mumma @ home night (creative, aye?. It's a monthly youth night, open for Christians and non-Christians a like, where we all get to play games and have a mini sermon in between :) Each LURM has a theme (well, the past 3 had themes) and this month's theme is Pirates. Arr. I shall promote it after I get home tonight :D Here's some pretty posters for you to stare at:





You know you love me,
xoxo

Labels: God, Outings

| Okay. I feel better now. Ah, I feel so up and down all the time.

I had an okay day today. You know how I said I was getting ready for bowling with friends? (Refer to previous post). Yeah, scrap that. I was on the way to AMF ffld when Helen, or rather, Thuy on Helen's phone called me and said that there was some team playing there and that there were no lanes left. OUHFOS! So I told my dad to stop driving even though we were on Cumberland Hwy. After lots of frustrating "WHATTT?"s we resorted to movies @ Stockies. Which consequently was the same place Thanh's birthday thang was held at. It was a lol situation. That is, lol at me for acting dog at Thanh's party for Helen's and now they're held at the same place. I saw Kathy and Andy first, then Jenny L and Fong. There was lots of o__o whatchu doing here?! so I decided to back into the cinemas.

I was staring at the movie title screen and gosh, crap-o-mania. None of the seemingly good movies were out yet (The Black Balloon, Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger) and Helen wasn't crazy over The Other Boleyn Girl either. We settled with Jumper and I spent a ridiculous $10.59 on a medium combo (popcorn/ frozen coke) to share amongst my friends.

The theatre was virtually empty when the party gang walked in. Totally fine by me :D Thuy explained that Jumper was old by now. Say what? I just heard a review about it 2 weeks ago! Okay, that's old. I started to get comfortable (***LOL - inside joke) when these girls walked in, laughing their asses off. I ignored it since it was only the ads rolling and they just entered so, whatever. They started to really bug me when they were just constantly chattering, even after the movie started. Aly and Thuy weren't back from their food hunt yet (since the food at the cinema was $$$$$ and they were $) so when they did come back, Thuy was in an absolute hurry and suddenly tripped. It was sooo not funny yet the girls instantly cracked up. I was furious. Should have chucked my popcorn at them!

Nherh, so the kitten has claws.

Thankfully, the queen bee of the group left the cinema for some reason (good riddance!) and so the wannabes left. (Based on Aly's observations.)

Jumper was a reasonably good movie. Zomgggg, the main guy was so cute! Both the actors who portrayed him when he was young and older. Ahhhh :) No wonder Rachel Bilson is dating the older 'him' - Hayden Christensen. She was gorgeous in the movie, as ever. I really wished they put more work into the ending, though. It was kinda dull. Shouldn't be spoiling it for you guys so just watch it! Its still worth a watch despite the blah ending.

We walked out the theatre at around 7ish, excitedly exchanged reviews and went to pee. I saw Heaven holding a palette of cupcakes (which was Thanh's cake) as we walked out of the cinema. I really liked her dress, it was light pink with large black leopard print. I also liked Kathy's dress today, it was aqua-blue with a feather-shaped pattern. Thuy, Aly, Tramanh and I kept Heaven company as we waited for Thanh and co to finish up at the restaurant. As a gang of asians (and non asians) started coming towards us, Heaven hid behind Steph before we all shouted HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to Thanh. Thuy & I said our 'Hi!'s and had our chit chats before Thuy's dad came to pick us up. The gang were singing Happy Birthday to Thanh really loudly when I walked back to Thuy's car. Thanh has a pretty good turn-up to his 16th party, even without me attending. Hope it was fully sweet Thanh, you bloody rangaaaaaaa :D As I'm on a birthday roll, Happy 16th to you too Helen! :)

Helen wasn't able to hold a get together at her house after movies today since we had Bible Study on. (The 'get together' is after Church tomorrow - I'll have photos up soon!) As Thuy's car moved down towards the church entrance, I didn't see anyone inside. Hmm. Helen approached us and told us that practically no one decided to show up. Pastor Dom was sitting alone before Helen, Simon, my brother and my sister turned up. I was shocked, was it really that bad?

I got out of the car, said 'thu' (someone Viet tell me I spelt that right =s) to Thuy's dad and skipidee deed to Helen. Pastor Dom was slumped in his seat at the corner of the room and I could tell he was disappointed. I tried cheering him up with a bright 'Hello!' but he just managed a weak smile. *Sigh*

We decided to start the study when no one showed after 15 minutes of waiting for any late-comers. The study was on the Holy Spirit. It was fairly nice, I learnt a few things. The Holy Spirit is of course, God, as one of the Trinity. It teaches us, leads us, speaks to us and comforts us. Helen asked if the Holy Spirit was 'that voice inside your head'. Pastor Dom replied with, No, that's our conscience. But the Holy Spirit does affect it. All Christians have the Holy Spirit in their lives, which is logical since the Holy Spirit is God. I learnt that the Holy Spirit is in my life (and every other Christian's life) because it teaches me and guides me so that my transformations may glorify and honour God. But isn't the Holy Spirit God anyways? Yeah.. that can be confusing. In fact, I just confused myself by adding in that question. Gosh, this just supports the fact that the more you know, the more questions you have.

Ah, I have to get up earlier than usual because Church starts at 10am tomorrow :s The youth now have Sunday School!!!111oneone (As in, another bible study, quizzes included.) Hooray for those permanent bags/suitcases under my eyes. I hold this belief that I was born with eye bags. I do not recall a time that I woke up without them. Oh wretched internet!

Yeah, you could say church takes over my life but I say, church is life! God is life :)


You know you love me,
xoxo

iTunes playlist: X&Y by Coldplay; Pretty Eyes by Jasoon Reeves; Mad World by Gary Jules; Scarlet by Brooke Fraser.

Labels: God, Outings

| Today was a fairly easy going day. I attended church in the morning, took Holy Communion (bread & wine - taken every first Sunday of each month). Today's sermon was really good, we watched a video of Greg Laurie.



His website can be accessed here: http://www.harvest.org/greg/

I don't remember what the topic was but I remember several times that Greg said that people are constantly 'waiting' for something life changing to happen in their lives, in order to move on, to pick up their game, to enjoy life.

First its getting out of high school, then its getting into uni, then its getting out of uni, then its finding a job, then its finding the right person, then its marrying them, then its divorcing them, then its finding another partner, then its having kids, then its losing the kids, then its..

*dies*

We keep putting off the feeling of satisfaction, just waiting for something to happen in order to restore that happy feeling we once had.

What are you waiting for? What are you living for? Why are you living?

To get a good UAI? To get into a good university? To get a good job? To find a good partner? To start a good family?


Why?


Greg Laurie then talked about a certain psychologist who surveyed 3000 people on their overall satisfaction with life. 97% of them were 'waiting for something to happen'.

We need to be able to be happy now, and I found that in God. You don't have to be a religious person to have God in your life, just a sinner. I find that with God's presence, I have a purpose - I know where to go.

Now, I'm not trying to convert you or anything but here's a little something to watch: http://www.lightsource.com/Ministry/greg_laurie_tv/20071202/


You know you love me,
xoxo.

Labels: God

| My day was pretty normal, I done nothing productive until 7pm. Every 2nd Saturday is a bible study at church and today we learnt about UFOs. Yes, completely relevant.

It's the first day of Winter! - I mean, Autumn. I'm such a ditz, thank goodness my friends pointed out the correct season or I would have been telling everyone it's the first day of Winter ;o

What I love most about Winter? Layering clothes! I love being able to pile on different colours/ textures/ patterns all in one outfit. I'm going to be hunting for:

those fitted, high-heeled ankle boots;


Rachel Bilson - also love her bright yellow scarf.

headbands;


Inspired by Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl.

sheer tights;



sweaters 2 sizes too big & scarves;


from http://www.thesatorialist.blogspot.com/

items with funky patterns on them;


Matthew Williamson, SPRING/SUMMER 08

having one stand-out colour in every outfit;


Hilary Duff does yellow.

I would have posted this up 20 minutes ago if not for these 2 blogs: http://www.mahalofashion.blogspot.com/ and http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

Both worth a click! I'm going to go back to le staring of le photos on ze blogzzzz :)

Labels: Fashion, God, Wants