Tiny Footsteps along the Sand
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28 Days
I would have said 28 days of summer, but since it’s NOT summer in the opposite atmosphere of the GLOBE, I’ll have to resort to 28 days of freaking winter. Please, don’t roll your eyes if you’re reading this from the US, UK, Canada or Atlanta. =D
I’m so excited! I haven’t really planned anything to do yet, but I know INDULGING MY PALATE INTO THE ALWAYS AVAILABLE DELICIOUSLY MADE, COOKED, BAKED, GROWN OMMM-NYOM-NYOM-NYOM, *SLURPS*, FOOD that won’t stop me from salivating, craving and drooling everywhere I go is definitely on the list to go.
Of course, family and friends are top of the list with my home girls! ready to party the night off with me and family being together, as a whole, like FINALLY. After 1 year, it’s about time.
And as the boy says, ‘you’re fat’ but still bring me around to all the sprouting little food adventure eating my heart out. Can’t wait to pinch and squeeze that chubby cheeks and CAM WHORE BABY!
okok, exam’s around the corner by the way. And I was thinking to myself, WHO IN THE WORLD WORKS ON THE DAY OF EXAMS?
Answer: yours truly.
I’m kinda worried at the moment. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA.
ok, my 5 minutes up. Back to the powerpoints and revision questions. LOL.
xoxo
Shueh-Yi
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Stop Comparing
Sometimes envy does makes you jealous, doesn’t it? It seems like you’re never good enough and you can’t get what you want or desire. But really, how happy can you be when you have what they have? There’s so much to catch up on, slaving your way to be on par is just too taxing.
If it’s not in you, it’s NOT YOU.
Find yourself. And maybe, that time, you’ll realise you’re special and unique in your own way too. =)
xx
Shueh
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”Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish it’s source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
Anais Nin
(Source: kari-shma)
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Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)
(Source: lifeisa-gym)
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Ok, this is quite lame.
Earlier today, I actually thought I was still 22. And then I was checking Facebook a while ago (which was 10 hours later), I was like, “eh….this guy’s turning 23? But I thought we were off the same age???”
And then reality struck me.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
ok, time for bed.
KTHXBAI.
Yi
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I meant to delete this because it was a day old
But I didn’t. Instead, I deleted today’s subscription.
And I’m glad I didn’t.
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May 7, 2012
But I Have a Right to Be Angry
Tracie Miles“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.” James 1:19-20 (NLT)
I had been lied to, betrayed and hurt. I was angry, and thought I had every right to be.
Day after day, anger crushed my desire to forgive. Although I had asked God to fill my heart with mercy, my mental list of reasons I should be mad kept overriding my empty prayers.
It was as if voices in my head were arguing with each other. One tried to convince me I was correct in feeling angry; the other tried to persuade me that mercy was the right choice.
For months, the loudest voice was the one that aligned with my damaged emotions, and unfortunately the one I listened to.Yes, I have a right to be angry. Anyone would agree.
Listening to the voice of bitterness and unforgiveness, I started lashing out in my actions with impatience and unkindness. Oh, I could play the good-Christian-girl for a while, masking my feelings. But if something was said or done to trigger my suppressed hurt, hostility and resentment would catapult to the surface.
Reading our key verse from James one morning, I felt God urging me to realize the misleading direction my emotions were taking me, and damage they were doing. I couldn’t help but notice how it says “everyone” should be slow to speak and slow to anger.
This truth from God’s Word left no room for my excuses or righteous indignation, even though I felt like my anger was justified for being wronged. And then a few verses later, I readJames 1:22:“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (NIV).
I knew that from a worldly perspective, I had every right to be angry. But from God’s perspective, my anger was adding to the sin of the situation. My unforgiveness was keeping me from living out the reality of the Gospel in my own life-by extending the same mercy and forgiveness God has given me through Jesus.
Through the words of James, God softened my heart, making me aware that although I said I’d forgiven this person with my words, I had not forgiven with my heart and it was time to do so and move on.
In every area of life, including managing our most powerful emotions, God tells us to be quick to listen (to Him and others), slow to speak and slow to become angry. As we apply these practices in our relationships, we become ‘doers’ of His Word, not just ‘hearers’ and that leads to the righteousness God desires in each of us.
Dear Lord, please forgive me for harboring anger in my heart. Equip me with a supernatural ability to forgive those who have hurt me and to guard my heart when old emotions threaten to surface. Strip my heart of anger and replace it with joy. Thank You for Your mercy. Help me be more merciful because of You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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If I was the same me 2 years ago right now, I would’ve cried my eyeballs out. But right now, though it hurts, the tears don’t seem to roll out anymore. But nonetheless, it hurts. Yes, it does.
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So girls/ladies/women,
Here’s a note to you:
Never give up when life’s adversaries come rushing to you like a stampede because the God of the universe, the God creator who created all things LOVES you. He is bigger than your problems, He is bigger than the people who hurt you, He is bigger than your dreams. You are His, and He is yours. Lift up everything to Him in prayer and in time, He will make your paths straight. =)
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33
xoxoYi
(Source: faithwithwings)
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Miss Elena M. Cooke
BBGS Headmistress, 1958 - 1977
A role-model for many.A mother and friend to those in need.
A great teacher who inspired many hearts.
An educator who changed lives of many.
Dear Miss Cooke,
you will be deeply missed.
Your presence has definitely made an impact in many lives and as you go home to be with the Lord, we will carry on your legacy to teach with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).
Amen.
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