Love
never gives up,
never loses faith,
is always hopeful,
and,
of course,
endures through
every circumstance.
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Yesterday's been quite a disappointing day for me. I got my last CT paper: ABC . I didn't get the grade that I want. Anyway, I'll make sure that CT2 is not going to be the same as CT1. Something else happened during the week! Tat is...
THREE days of conference! Wow! First night, Pastor Ulf talked about friendship. Hmm.. Guess u never thot of a preacher talking about friendship huh.. But he's not jus any preacher, he's an apostle of God. Yeah~ There are many acquitances but few we call friends. It's not a sad thing. In fact, it's a good thing! There are ppl whom u trust, who'll correct u even if they know u wouldn't like it, who will not run away when u're in trouble going thru hell, ppl whom u share ur joy + sorrow, encourage u to grow spiritually mature, most of all, ppl who'll share ur life wif u. It sounds tough. Tatz y most ppl hav few friends. The 2nd nite.. This I dunno cos' I've band practice & I promised someone I'll go. Yah.. 3rd nite.. it's abt pride. Pride is link to loneliness. Pride is abt self. Pride says use other ppl to elevate their status. Pride is hurting others to get ahead of life. Pride is killing others' self-esteem in order to make self feel good. Pride is having the thot of self is more important than the whole world. Pride is exaltation of self. Ultimately nobody likes to befriend a person with pride cos' u get all the time! Sometimes ppl get together so that they benefit from each other in a selfish way. In short, whether we like it or not.. All humans hav this problem! But the good thing is.. We hav Jesus who'll help change all that! Many may not believe but unless we believe, nothing is going to change. And unless we allow Him to change us, nothing is going to change.
All right.. Going back to band stuff.. This time the pieces confirmed are "Children of Sanchez", then still got... Heh.. Can't remember.. Opps.. Sorry.. I'll ask around + post it up here.. ChiLL!
11:02
Monday, February 21, 2005
Day: Sunday
Pastor preached a powerful word today. It's about being a strong Christian. A Christian needs to be willing to be moulded to be a person of character. Though it's really painful many times, it's the end-product that matters. It's not the period of time taken, it's the quality of the response. Right now, I can somehow foresee that I'm going to be stretched super million times for the next one year plus. There'll be many things that will go on at the same time. Church, school, work, band. I don't know how I'm going to give 100% to each and every item listed there. However, I'm going to trust God. Whatever that He has put into my hands, He will also give me the ability, creativity and productivity to complete it. The certain things in my life that I am thinking through about it between serving God as a cell group guitarist and being a section leader in band. I will definitely become a CGG by a certain time while schooling. If any point of time, there's cgm on saturday morning and I can't be there cos' of sectionals in the morning.. Then, it's going to hell on earth. I dun wanna be a irresponsible leader. Be it in church or in band. I really need the wisdom of God. If I were to choose when placed in such a scenario, I would have to choose CG. It's a place of greater purpose! I know in my heart that some ppl will tink & say that I'm a un-committed band mem, though I didn't hear anybody says tat in front of me. Basic true is ppl can never see eye to eye for every single thing. There are certain times when I felt like giving up band. I look at my own section and I just couldn't bear to leave. I wanted to. There is also a purpose why I'm placed there. Yah, only God + myself noes.. Haha.. It's a secret! And band.. Yea.. i muz up 1 level of security + raise up my standard of playing liao.. Cant stay the same. The most important thing to stretch is my mindset + faith! Otherwise, it seems tat all else will fail.
15:05
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Yoz.. I've received my instrumentation CT papers. I didn't get a good grade though i do put in effort in memorizing the chunk of it. ANd I got 2 marks higher for CCTA. Tatz all the effort for the saliva + fren'z persuaxion.. Haha.. Well oh well.. good news is my lecturer got a JOB for me!!! Isn't tat a blessing? And the job is my forte too! TYPING! Yes, gotta be fast enough... Need more training so i'm here in this blog! Another thing tat happened is I was jus thinking abt someone whoz was in the same class as me in secondary sch. Is it a flashback? Ooooo.. yes, it is.. the good 'ol days.. Today's a SUPER BUSY day for me.. rushing here, there, everywhere.. Bible study, band stuff, cgm, chingay.. yeap.. all rolled in one day.. i realised the older i get, the less i love to rush to places.. one more thing.. the older i get, the bigger my organizer will be. Got it? " )
16:31
Friday, February 18, 2005
Hihi! Whoever's reading my blog.. Today's a good day. I prayed in the morning and everything went well! So prayer does works! Heh.. Was just thinking about projects and stuff.. Man..... CT marks are out. Two more papers to receive. Hope tat it'll be good results. Last sem's grades aren't good to my expectations. So tis sem, gotta ganbante le.. Haha.. Yah.. Tatz all for today, folks!
15:43
Sheryl Eunice Xia Xue'er
created on 22/01/1985
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