Friday, November 14, 2008;
title: Oh come and see and drink!
Hmm... well, it is quite weird for me to blog more often during this period of exams then to do so during the non-exam period... when I should be mugging now.... but anyway, that's not the point, the point is by God's inspiration He cause me to come up with a set of lyrics while I was thinking and humming to the tune of 小酒窝 by JJ Lin and Charlene Choi... lol... found it quite interesting so decided to spend some time to complete the song and tada... here it goes:
Oh come and see and drink!I was searching for a fountain
that would never make me thirst.
Though I find a fountain of this world,
it still made me thirst again...
Then one day I knew the Lord,
and He showed to me a living spring.
From that moment when I drank it,
I know I will never thirst,
No, never thirst!
Oh come and see and drink,
this living spring I've found!
It is the Lord Himself,
who freely gave to me.
You'll never know the preciousness of it
Unless you come and taste it for yourself.
Oh come and see and drink,
this living fountain now.
It is the Lord Himself;
He's the living waters' source
Deep from our hearts, living waters flowing out
if we believe in the Lord.
We must believe in the Lord!
Then one day I knew the Lord,
and He showed to me a living spring.
From that moment when I drank it,
I know I will never thirst,
No, never thirst!
Oh come and see and drink,
this living spring I've found!
It is the Lord Himself,
who freely gave to me.
You'll never know the preciousness of it
Unless you come and taste it for yourself.
Oh come and see and drink,
this living fountain now.
It is the Lord Himself;
He's the living waters' source
Deep from our hearts, living waters flowing out
if we believe in the Lord.
We must believe in the Lord! (x2)
Haha... enjoy singing the song using this set of lyrics ba... Hopefully you'll come to know this living spring yourself personally... Or if you had known it... let it flow out of your hearts to more people around you. Amen.
And I have Christ... in Me! ~
11:46:00 AM
Thursday, November 13, 2008;
title: First exam paper one year later...
Wow... didn't really realise that it has been approximately one year since I last took an exam paper until I started to count when typing the title... lol.
My first paper: Mathematics... It was like back in VJ when I took my very first maths paper... thought was quite ok... although I also thought that I would 刚刚好cross the passing mark line... and in the end, I failed the maths paper...
And what am I feeling right now for the maths paper that I've just completed?? It's deja vu once again.... lol! Got stuck at a few questions... and the most annoying thing about it is that there were at least two questions which I had come across before but before the paper... I'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT!!! ARGH....
Well, there were 5 questions... only managed to complete 1 question fully... and the rest of the questions... I had certain parts that I got stuck...!! and after checking through again... more mistakes!! sigh... I don't want to fail my modules liao... :(
Well, now I need to buck up for the rest of my modules... hoping to do well in the rest... don't know can a not... But thank God that I have Him that I can trust upon and rely on... Well, Thank You Lord Jesus that although I got stuck in a few questions... but there were questions that I could do... all with the help of the revisions that I had when, Oh Lord, you were revising with me... Although I really don't want to fail my modules again.. but whatever things that befall Oh Lord... Help me to be able to handle it... afterall, exams are just part of life's learning process... cause me to think that way Oh Lord... Amen.
Ok, shall go bathe now and continue to mug for the rest of the modules le :) I just spent my past 6 hours watching 十兄弟, going onto Youtube to listen to SHE and JJ Lin sample songs and to watch MTVs and 八卦 news, bought a 小酒窝 mp3 from Soundbuzz because earlier on I answered a Ricola survey which gave me points to redeem songs (included in the 6 hours), and eating Macdonalds as breakfast/lunch/dinner... Ok! cannot slack le... better move on soon...
Next paper: German... :P
And I have Christ... in Me! ~
9:41:00 PM
Tuesday, November 11, 2008;
title: A testimony of God...
Well, I just finished my lunch and still don't feel like starting my revision for MAS181 again... so it's blogging time! Yay!!
Anyway, I would like to kind of make a testimonial about how God really spoke to me and encouraged me during the Saturday's youth and young people's meeting.
And it goes... that at the start of the hymn singing session, I was quite distracted and was feeling kind of sad because of some things that cause me to be quite disappointed in God and I felt like giving up on the things that I was sad over (I'm sorry for confusing you all but I don't want to disclose the things that I was sad over... so take it as it is. haha.). Then, all of a sudden, by God's grace and mercy, Bro kok yong called for youth hymnal 295 (i think) and the song totally made me want to praise Him over and over again... Here goes the lyrics...
The arms of my handsThey were all made strongNot by men's endeavourThey should have been weakWith the many shots of the archersBut my hands held fastI could not failI know my God will keep me in strengthMy very arms werestrengthen by His handsBy His hands, by His hands,The hands of the Mighty God of Jacob.By His hands, by His hands,The hands of the God of Jacob.While the song was being sung, God was there telling me not to be discouraged by the surroundings... no matter how discouraging the surroundings maybe, no matter how things may seemed to be hopeless, He will be there to strengthen my arms and to continue doing things that are right in His eyes... Amen! Indeed, I am really nothing without this living God... He was, and is, and will always be the One to strengthen my arms to do His will... not by my not-so-feeble-looking arms... but by the hands of the God of Jacob. Then I was so touched by the timely lyrics that I started shedding some tears... which of course will not be noticable to anyone... haha :P
And then, later on, sis shufang called for a chinese hymn 60. While sining this hymn, my spirit was really lifted up and the sadness in me just disappear...
生命的河,喜乐的河,缓缓流进我的心窝。
生命的河,喜乐的河,缓缓流进我的心窝!
我要唱那一首歌,唱一首天上的歌。
天上的乌云,心里的忧伤,全都洒落!Praise the Lord for this hymn... although the tune is super 山歌 type, but I really enjoy it... Perhaps at that moment this hymn was a 灵歌 to me rather than a 山歌 ba... God was telling me to shake off and 'throw away' all the unhappiness that was in me while I was thinking about it earlier on and to really enjoy praising Him... Afterall, it was really the time to give Him praises...
Praise the Lord for such a wonderful experience that I had with Him that Saturday afternoon... Well, of course not to forget the wonderful sharing by the brothers and sisters from various groups on Zechariah 7-8. Well, actually I only brought home one point though... but a strong and meaning one :s
Well the point is: If the Israelities had listened to God and repented of their evil ways, they would not have gone into captivity and fasted while they were in captive in the hope that God would listen to them (which of course God did not listen to them because they did not listen to Him in the first place). 早知今日,何必当初!God prefers obedience over fasting (and they also fasted for the wrong reasons... so yar...)!! So people (and myself)..
OBEY GOD.. FOR THIS IS MEN'S ALL!
Praise the Lord for His speaking! Amen!
And I have Christ... in Me! ~
4:13:00 PM