Welcome 2005..

Is 2005 going to be a better year for all?

2004 has ended sadly.. no countdown for me..no fireworks for the events..its good also to end the year with prayers for 2005..for world peace..and i reali mean PEACE.. (not peach, ting!) Peace for no terrorism..no more earthquakes..no more tsunamis...no more disastrous acts of God..

Please pray for all the victims and families of victims in the tsunami incident..Pray that they get deliverance..that they be forgiven and received in Heaven..especially the young who were nt yet given a chance to know Him. And for those whose bodies are not found yet..drifting into the huge oceans...May their souls find peace.

I cry everytime i read news on this. Thoughts came flooding into my mind as i watched those videos..there's the penang lady ignorant and laughing away when she saw the waves coming below her..washing away the people on the shore..the waves resembles the Lord's coming..with a huge and mighty presence as it gets nearer..though from afar we cant see clearly..but for those who believe, they know..the lady is the ignorant one..refusing to believe the destructiveness of the wave..refusing to believe God? Somehow the picture is being interpreted this way in my mind...How pathetic!! Why do we always need sometin bad to happen b4 we will ever realise the truth?the sad and terrible truth..that He only saves those who first believed in Him.

ok..enuff of the sad stuff..my weekend is not reali like a weekend afterall..same as for my New Year which isnt much like a brand new year for me.. Stocktake on the first day of the Year somehow is a sign of a busy and real busy year ahead..im not whining abt it..im learning to adjust myself..don think too much abt it..its juz work..Thank God i've pulled thru it despite the super suffocating warehouses..climbing up and down ladders..despite the lack of sleep..despite the cramps...Thank God for everything. May You continue to bless me for the many days ahead..

New year resolutions...hmm..think this article which xjun sent me is very much suitable for me now..extracted parts of it ..

SPECIAL PERSON-- Sammy Tippit as told to Jerry Jenkins

Some people think it’s stupid to believe that God has a special person picked out for each of us to marry. I disagree. I believe God has a specific plan and purpose for every individual, including if and who he or she will marry.

Believing God picks our mates may appear stupid to some people. If I happen to marry the wrong person, I’m out of God’s will and have ruined my life, they think. But that’s not true. The Bible gives examples where men or women have missed God’s perfect will but have been happy and prosperous in their marriages. The difference is in being as happy as you can be, compared with how happy you could have been.

When a man and a woman say “I do” and commit their lives to each other, God makes a commitment to that relationship too. There is a tremendous depth of meaning behind commitments we make in the sight of God.

THREE COMMITMENTS
there are three great commitments that every person has to make eventually.

1. who or what will control my life? As Christians, we are taught in Scripture that Jesus Christ wants to control our lives. Will Christ, or self, or circumstances, or an outside party control our lives?

2. what will be my purpose or direction in life? Exactly where am I going in my job, my lifestyle, and my surroundings? For the Christian, the question is, “what will God have me do?”

3. shall I marry, and if so, with whom should I spend the rest of my life?

Settle on the first two before you seek to answer the third. Too many people head into number three with no preparation whatsoever. To find God’s perfect choice, you need to have made the decision that Christ will control your life and that you will head in the direction He leads. Then, when you look for number three, your potential mate must have the same Master and the same mission.

Now, how to find that person god has for you. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and He delights in his ways” (Psalm 37:23). Commit your life as He wants to. There may even be some disappointments and bitter failures, all in the plan of God for you. The perfect choice of a life’s mate is worth the wait.

The way to be sure of God’s plan for you is through His Word, “Direct my footsteps according to Your rule over me” (Psalm 119:133, NIV). Consistent study of the Bible is the way to find out what God wants to tell you.

I’m not talking about the Bible as some spiritual Ouija board. You don’t just open your Bible and let your eyes fall on a super verse that will speak to your heart and you’ll know the will of god. God asks you to search the Scriptures daily, not to go picking random verses from your Bible and hoping for the best.

He speaks to you as you have a regular, systematic Bible study, as you meditate on His Word. Study to communicate with God and your revelations from Him will not be gigantic extravaganzas every six months, but simple day-today communication. What a wonderful way to live!