Love..

Back to the basic..God is love.

To love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, all my strength and all my mind..To love people fervently..

Today I was talking to my dearest friend HuiMei.. Once again being encouraged to love the people around me more. Sometimes its really not about looking at the flaws of someone but to love and to pray for the friends. =) Praying for every single of the precious people who matters to me..

On this lovely day, I wanna say thank You Lord. You are faithful..Thank you for Hui Mei.

Daily Manna

Just Say Baaaa!
By MaryBeth Whalen

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6


I spent some time this morning just confessing before God that I am a sheep. And I don't mean that in an "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy" kind of way. I mean in a dirty, smelly, dumb animal kind of way. Let me explain.

As I was praying, I noticed myself once again asking God for some affirmation and encouragement on a specific issue. Now, I have asked for this before - many times, in fact. And God is faithful to answer each and every time. And so, there I was again, asking Him to supply something I know He knows we have already covered. Why can't I accept this covering once and for all? Why can't I rest on His promises and accept Him at His word, once and for all? As I listened to myself asking my Heavenly Father for the same thing all over again, I wondered, "Why doesn't He get tired of me already and tell me to go bother someone else?" And I realized, because I am a sheep. And He expects me to act like a sheep.

As I thought about this, I realized how many other dumb sheep things I do daily. I lose my way. I ask questions for which I already know the answers. My attitude stinks. I ram my head against the same brick wall, hoping for different results. I wander off from Him and then pout because I feel like He's not there for me. I am a sheep. Yet, He is the Shepherd. Ezekiel 34:11-12a says, "For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep" (NIV). How I need the comfort, nurture and protection of the Shepherd.

After I spent time just confessing how sheep-like I am, I spent time praising Him for His infinite patience with us, His flock. I praised Him for knowing how dirty, smelly and dumb we are and loving us anyway. I praised Him that He knows how very little we have to offer and accepts it as our gift to Him. A shepherd doesn't expect his sheep to be wolves or eagles or anything other than sheep. Knowing that comforted me in the strangest sort of way. I love knowing that He leaves the 99 to get the one lost, hopeless sheep. (Matthew 18:12-13 NIV). He doesn't pick the sheep up and yell at it for acting like a sheep. Instead He patiently, lovingly carries it back to the flock and resumes His watch.

I love knowing that when I bring my little insecurities to Him, revealing my weaknesses and confusion, He doesn't say, "How can you be so stupid?" He says, "I expected nothing less from a sheep" and loves me anyway.

I hope that, like me, this will comfort you today. I hope that when you feel lost, hopeless, and smelly or just plain dumb for making the same mistakes or going to God with the same requests, you will just reflect on being a sheep. Spend time thanking Him for loving you anyway and being your Shepherd every day.

Suggested Prayer:
Dear Lord, thank You for being my Shepherd, and for loving me even when I act like a sheep. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Application Steps:
Do a word study in your Bible concordance on the words "Sheep" and "Shepherd." How does reading these verses comfort you? Write your own psalm to God praising Him for His willingness to love us even though we are sheep.

Reflections:
What sheep-like things have you done lately? Have you been beating yourself up for behaving like a sheep? Do you realize that God expects you to mess up, and loves you even when you do? Thank Him for this, and ask Him to help you be a better sheep today.

Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul."
Psalm 28:9
Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.
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I welcome your sharing or any prayer requests.May God's glory and presence be with you as you read His Words daily.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33

Happy Birthday Ebel

Pretty Birthday Gal. Pictures are taken in her chalet at Changi Safra =)


Yummy 21st Birthday.. Raiins, chocolates... Cocoa Pufffs

Who is this girl at the back?? =) heehee the cheeky zhenn =) whahah i dunno why she likes this extra 'n' behind her zhen, oh well, she likes it maybe its longer, okok.. there you go...Zhennnnnnnn
OOpsey, a little blur, she and her bestie, Xindai. Nice girls..

On this lovely day, my dearest sister, Ebel turned 21 =) Her sweet 21~!! Independence. May this year be a year you grow in the Lord, prosper in studies as you proceed for your studies in Marketing. May this year be a year when you have more time to spend with us too!! We miss you Ebel. Heehee. Just wanna say thank you for always being so courageous and bold, and full of faith. God loves you. Thanks for always making little things for us, buying souvenirs for us. we truly appreciate you loads.

I learnt something in this brithday from zhenn. She didnt always say, but its her principle--to be there for members whenever she can. Birthdays are the one she will always try to make it. She always want to cut the cake for her members, then and there life demonstration of servanthood. She always want to serve the cake for the rest and make sure that the photo taking is executed in a smooth manner. heehee I also wanna be like Zhenn.

Just so proud of my leader and my closest friend--Zhenn.

Thanks for always believing in us, loving us and you will always listen to us. thanks for loving us zhenn. We love you. Ebel, you are greatly loved too. smiles

What have i been doing?

Having fun in FYP =)

Whilst everybody started looking for jobs, me too like everybody is looking for the job and full-timing in lab as a lab-mouse~! Pretty fun! Time to take a few minutes off to share about the people I know from Lab. First of all....Drum roll**

1 Wang Liang--Carries a straight face. He seems to be rather quiet and stern all the time, but when he let out laughter, the weird stares started to exchange within ourselves (the undergrad). He is no doubt a nice guy. He is also know as my Shi Fu. This Chinese salutation was given by huiqing, xueping and yaxuan. hahah Sounds so cheena.. But well, I was being influenced or rather taught to speak this china-culturized language... Shi Fu, Shi Xiong, Shi Jie... Shi...wad.... Yesterday Wang Liang spoke to me about being XI XING (meticulous?careful?) in everything I do in lab. He said that lab is easy, but I need to be more Xi XINg. =) Yeah Thanks Wang Liang. He says he has a higher expectation from me since I am doing the same thing as he does, and of course I have a lesser time than all the rest, and I need to catch up with the pace of huiqing and yaxuan. Well, really appreciate him for always teaching me, giving me chances to make mistakes and learn. The greatest thing One could ever give to others is the chance to make mistake. Of course the one person who will never give up on us is Jesus Himself. He seemed to always be patient and He always focus on my growth and my education rather than my results. Well Wang Liang, too, said that the process and the ability to understand and manipulate the protocols are the learning objective of the FYP, not the results. =) Thanks again brother.

Introducing the thermomixer~!!! The one use to incubate my cells, i mean my cloned cells ... =) I think I know what went wrong for my double digestion.. heehee hopefully it works this time... Pray pray pray~!! Dear God, I pray that I will get the results so that I can send them for sequencing together with XuePing, In Jesus NAME!!! Amen

The icebox~!! WHile looking for the ez competent cells in the Big -80C freezer, I almost frooze thanks to Huiqing for the rescue!! =) Hahah Thanks also for always HELPING ME big time. HuiQing, I appreciate you man...

The heater?? I also dunno its name..wahahhaThis is my lab!! Hahah Taken while nobody is in the lab~!! So crazee, fancy playing with the camera while waiting for the 30min chilling of my cells..

My friend, Ya Xuan. heehee This girl is super gentle and sweet can. hehee.. hor hor, she tilted her pipette.Tsk tsk tsk.. later bacteria go in how? (wahahha) kidding la.

Thank God for HuiQing. Well, she willingly helped us, waited for us, and always serve us. Although she may sound quite cold at times, trust me she is not, she is still someone i am thankful for!

To Lilian

Thats a little special way of saying thanks to a friend I love I guess..
I remembered the prayer we made at the beginning of school in 2007; we said that this friendship will be something that God pleases. I still remembered. =)
Just wanna say thank you to you my dear friend, for sticking on with me in 2007. The times when we had to go through IA and I went through challenging times, you were there. This year birthday for you, I didnt do anything much, really felt a little guilty.Hope you don't feel inisignificant ? You are definitely not. In fact you are a shareholder with Jesus in my life since I share my thoughts with you. Lilian, thanks for being so patient with me, and always giving me a chance to learn. I am not perfect. Thanks for all the little sweet surprises I had on my birthday, I love you. 2007 we learnt to be independent of each other in areas we needed to, yet be dependent on each other too. Times we just had to admit that "I am not too strong".That was the change I had in 2007. I learnt to say I am not so strong, I need you to be with me. This friendship is close to me. =)
Thanks~!!