And so it’s time to give away my time.
Giving money is easy. Giving your time is hard. Because you can earn it back but time? It passes and never return.
The best gift of all is the gift of time; better than gold or silver, better than precious gems.
More than that, it’s about highlighting the message in bold, “Be on God’s side or else, you’ll be on satan’s side. There are only two routes to choose; nothing more, nothing less”.
How can there be no God? How can anyone say there is no God? Do you believe in good and evil? If you do, then there definitely exists God and satan.
If God exists, then, which one is the correct God?
Recently I’ve been reading about the “Signs of End Times” as mentioned in the bible, about the end of the world. Let me share with you some of the readings:
http://contenderministries.org/prophecy/endtimes.php
http://www.rb59.com/end-times/2004/12/signs-of-end-times-how-do-we-know-its.html
If we ever live to encounter this in our lifetime, please remember what you’ve read or heard. Repent and cry out to Jesus for help.
No more make-up. Don’t hide behind the idealized notion of flawless skin. Instead, work towards a face radiating with healthy glow of self-confidence and joy.
I’ve just started a new facial regime with cheap over-the-counter products. I’ve decided that I WILL NOT be bought over by expensive branded products. Went through this website, acne.org, and it’s awesome! It doesn’t advocate expensive regime and I love it!
Although it seems like I’m searching for a regime to flawless skin (ironic, I know) but I believe we can work towards a less irritated skin. Sometimes skin problems can be solved with proper care and handling. NOT deceived by promises and results advertised by money-grabbing beauty products/services that attacks your self-esteem!!
Hopefully my steps to Beauty exercises will be … inspiring.
My next step? No more excessive dieting or physical exercises. Don’t need to incorporate extreme fitness routine in your schedule. Just walk to the next train station or bus stop when you’re going to work or school or play.
You won’t slim down a lot but you won’t put on a lot of weight too. The purpose of incorporating these into your daily life is because most of us are too lazy to even “START”. When people start a new exercise regime, they imagined themselves to lose a lot of weight in a few months. Again, that’s idealized beauty. True beauty accepts who you are and what body shape you’re made of. It’s okay to be a little heavier at the bottom or at the top. The most important thing is that you’re healthy. And weight will not determine that.
Diet. Most of us struggle with a healthy diet. I’d say… to heck with that. Eat what you like but don’t eat if you’re more than 3/4 full. Take smaller bites, eat slowly and eat as much as your 3/4-full stomach can take.
Snack as much as you want! BUT don’t snack too often on comfort food (my fav too!). One advice. Every pack of comfort food you open, eat just 1/4 of it. Share the rest with your family/friends. This way, you will be seen as generous and it will pose no health hazards to everyone.
And you’ll make more friends/ find favour with your family members. That’s a bonus!
I’ve just started this and I hope you find this encouraging. We’ll work towards God’s notion of beauty together! A beauty not imagined by media but branded by your level of self-confidence and joy!
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Therefore, very hard to study. HOW! GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dreamt that I was just randomly moving between macdonalds and school. I was supposed to be taking an exam but I wasn’t prepared for it. And I kept forgetting the exam date and time, and I constantly take out my planner to see it. Everytime I take it out, it would say TODAY, 7.30pm at (location). Then I’d panic cos it’s TODAY! I HAVEN’T STUDY! And I’ll be very scared cos it’s like you suddenly realize TODAY got EXAM!
So today exam right! I cannot find the location! Then I got so tired I fell asleep. Then when I woke up, TODAY IS EXAM DAY! AND I Don’t know where it’s at!
Then suddenly a man appeared by the window and invited me to take a ride in a flying basket! This basket has a movable cover over your head, like an egg chair but it’s horizontal. Well, of course I pushed the cover back, so I could see a vast sky! Several others were invited too.
But the ride wasn’t long because we were transported to another dimension. Looks like a castle high up among the clouds but the interior is definitely very modern.
Another man sat at a dining table and people will arrive in baskets to see him. I knew He was God. I was like, WOW, I’m meeting God! When it was my turn (we all have to queue), 3 ang moh guys arrived in baskets and landed on the window. God said, “yo!” And they were like, “hey!” And God introduced me to them, saying one’s from Alaska (I think), Canada…then someone behind me said people from all over the world can come here.
But the first thing God said to me was, “why did you choose that song?” I was a bit shocked. Immediately my mind was, “oh shucks, did I choose the wrong song? What should I have chosen? Oh no… is it wrong?!? Is it a sin?!?!!?”
He asked that question because previously I had a group meeting with some others and we had to choose a song to dance. We had some trouble finding the correct song to fit the mood and everything… in the end we chose a cheesy old chinese song.
So I asked Him, “is it wrong?”
He answered, “Why do you think it’s wrong? It’s not about whether the song choice is right or wrong; you chose the song because of other people’s opinions. You didn’t choose it because it was good, you chose it because other people want it or they think it should be it.” Then He prayed for me…
And then I was just… back. Like that. I didn’t even take the flying basket back! It was like, I got teleported. Back to reality. But somehow I was very very happy and excited! And I woke up feeling the same.
Shortly after I sent out my SOS message to God, He came to my rescue! And made my day! WOW! I was still crying on my way to a party… but just before I reached my destination, the problem was solved. JUST like that. I didn’t even do anything but say a little prayer! *And boy did I sing that today!* And I enjoyed my party to the max.
It’s difficult to go to a party having to fake even a smile, much less a laugh! My God is a party God and He definitely wants me to enjoy today. Oh my God! I LOVE YOU!
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I refuse to let anger and frustration take over my good intentions in God.
Refuse to let complications spread into more complications.
Refuse to let foolishness infiltrate my system.
Refuse to let hatred screw up the entire household.
Oh Lord. I need wisdom. Wisdom in words, compassion in action, understanding in listening, and above all, Love in all that I do.
There’s wisdom in words. Even if your heart is right, if you use the wrong choice of words, you will still end up with misunderstandings.
I’ve always had a problem with studying. Either I cannot sit still, or I am easily distracted… by the tiniest movement of any wave in the air (radiowave, soundwave… microwave – ever wonder why people put on weight when they are stressed?). I also have trouble reading any notes or texts. My eyes would glaze over the many alphabets and punctuations and my brains simply will not process any of the information.
But because earlier this semester, I had told God that I want to do well to honour Him, and I told myself that I MUST try to study hard!
Past semesters when I study, a typical study day will be like:
1. Research for sample essays on computer
2. Get distracted by anything related to computer… emails, facebook, msn, emails, msn, msn, msn, msn, change nick, msn, msn, change nick, msn, msn, email, facebook, msn, change nick, msn…etc.
3. Depressed cos suddenly think of BGR or why does the sun goes on shining.
4. Panic and faster do last minute readings and memorization.
But this sem is different! Let me illustrate with my very own sure-get-A-for-exam study model:
Let me explain my model:
1. Must play, cos study hard play hard. But don’t make it a priority. I watched, a max of 1 hour, of TV.
2. Study! I tried to focus very hard on my studies, like do a lot of readings and memorization and understanding… but typically, after 30mins of this, I’d…
3. “OH GOD! PLEASE HELP! I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”
And then I’ll go into intense praying like, God, I’m so depressed right now that I cannot study.. nothing goes into my brain…God, why does the sun still shine ever so brightly is it because I am righteous? OH MY GOD, please please please help me concentrate and keep my focus on my exam… God, I’m so lonely! Why am I suffering ALONE!!!??! Oh my GOD! I MUST KEEP FOCUSED! God, please please please help meeeeeeeeee!!!
After several minutes of intense prayers I’d be so exhausted that I’ll fall asleep.
By the time I wake up, I’ll go like, “OH MY GOD! I NEED TO STUDY RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!”
And then it’ll be another 1 hour of very intense studying until the cycle repeats itself again.
But I must say it works very well. Because I get plenty of rests and I rely on God. That is the most important part of this study model. You MUST rely on God and get plenty of rests.
All right everyone, good blessings for your exams!
