Wednesday, August 29, 2007
4:19 AM
stole this from my church ah yi's blog:
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to work up a good conversation.They talked about many things and a myriad of subjects.
Eventually, they touched on the subject of God. The barber said: 'I don't believe that God exists.'
'Why do you say that?' asked the customer.
'Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children?If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.'
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
'You know what? Barbers do not exist.'
'How can you say that?' asked the surprised barber.'I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!'
'No!' the customer exclaimed. 'Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.'
'Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me.'
'Exactly!' affirmed the customer. 'That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.
xoxoxox, tams :D
Sunday, August 26, 2007
8:18 AM
do you know how an eagle learns how to fly?
the eagle mama first places her baby on her back, then glides through the air, majestic wings riding the currents. her baby sits atop happily, enjoying the chill of the wind. then suddenly, the mama flips and drops her baby eaglet.
the eaglet is hurtling through the air, towards the fast approaching ground. what should he do?! where is his mama?! how could she do this to him?! why has she abandoned him?! as the ground grows closer and closer, the eaglet getting more and more desperate, right before he crashes, eagle mama swoops in out of nowhere, catches her baby, and carries him safely back to his nest.
again and again, eagle mama drops and saves the baby eaglet. he is first despaired, then apprehensive, then doubtful. gradually, he learns how to turn his body in the correct position to slow down his fall. he discovers that when he opens his tiny wings, it catches the breeze and pushes him afloat for awhile. until one day, finally, as the eaglet is dropped again from the safety of his mother's broad back, he spreads his wings and flies.
not all eaglets are as complacent as this one. there are many stubborn baby eaglets out there, who curse and rebuke their mama, refusing to acknowledge that this is the only way for them to learn to fly. in desperation for her babies to learn what those wings are for, the eagle mama tears at the nest, clawing all of the eaglet's shelter to shreds, until he has nothing to hold onto. without anything to hide in, anything to return to, the baby eaglet has no choice but fend for himself, and slowly he too, learns to soar.
You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
Exodus 19:4
our papa eagle, our Father in Heaven, wants us to be Eagle Christians. He wants us to have all of the eagle's majesty and grace. sometimes we find ourselves in horrible situations. we find trials adn tribulations have suddenly taken a fancy to us and are throwing themselves in our faces. we feel hopeless and alone, forced out of our comfort zones, our security torn asunder. but because of all these troubles, we learn to rise. we overcome and we conquer. we step up and out. we soar like eagles.
so don't blame God. don't accuse Him of abandoning you, of cursing you, of throwing misfortunes upon you. i dont think the eagle mama was happy to see her baby so angry and frustrated and afraid, but she knew it was the only way for him to fly. God doesn't want you to be distressed or anything. He wants you to learn to fly. Do you know that eagles are the only birds that fly above storms? that's what God wants us to do.
fly above the storm, with Him.
hide me now
under Your wings
cover me
within Your mighty hands
when the oceans rise
and thunders roar
i will soar with You above the storm
Father you are king above the flood
i will be still, and know You are God
from a sermon preached by Ps Julie Seow, from FCBC :D during a GCYC conference held during hte weekend. there are more, but its really late so i'll post them up another time :D
let's all be eagle Christians!
xoxoxoxo, tams
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
2:15 AM
duty roster!♥
1.abby heng-this friday, abby! :D
2.amelia (next monday)
3. danitza-31st august (next friday)
4.davinia-3rd sept (is there school?)
5.jan
6.sasha
7.tams
sarah teddy! we aren't including you yet, becaues you seem to be very busy! sorry!
relay:
tammie -> sasha ->davinia
-> jan
danitza -> abby -> amelia
duty ICs :D ♥
abby - outing IC
meals, birthdays, holiday arrangements including missionary trips, if any :D
tams - admin IC
doing this blog hahaha. and keeping the numbers
jchan - co-admin IC
help me in doing stuff like this ;_;
danni - worship IC
suggesting songs for worship :D maybe one day we'll get round to bringing guitars to sch :D
amelia - prayer IC
tell her your prayer requests! :D :D she'll pray for you, and/or tell us. if you want her to.
davinia - co-prayer IC
when there are too many prayers to handle haha :D you can tell her your requests tooo :D ♥
sasha - special events IC
tell us about things like FOP, GDOP etc etc :D
yay :D
upcoming news:
CELL LUNCH TOMORROW. NO BACKING OUT :D♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
xoxoxo, tams ♥♥
Sunday, August 19, 2007
5:25 AM
HEYLO!
this is kinda late, but:
KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR FINISHING THE 40-DAY FAST! :D :D :D
there were times where some of us broke it (coughcoughCHOCOLATEcoughcough), faltered or found it kinda pointless, but we all held on and with the help of God's awesome power we made it through! :D :D :D
yeah man! :D thank you all for sticking to meeting every single day regardless of our busy schedules! :D for supporting each other, for praying for each other, and for making cell time fun :D
i think of how me & jchan, chocoholics, and davinia, meat lover, and danni, who eats so much (not that she's a glutton! :D), and yet we were able to go through the Daniel fast :D (and danni who did the esther fast-that's NO FOOD COMPLETELY for three days-during the last stretch) and i realise it is truly not by power, not by might, but by the Spirit (zechariah 4:6)
yayyy! :D Thank God for helping us through! pray that we continue to love and be passionate for God! :D that we won't die out spiritually after the 40 day fast! :D
i love you guys!!
MILLE BAISERS! (that's a million kisses in plain english :D)
xoxoxoxo, tams
