I honestly don't remember what happened yesterday. =D
lol...
I think I cleaned a bit and //
I just remembered! lol.
So, I woke up and went to my brother's graduation ceremony. xP. It's been a long time getting to this point, but it finally happened. One part I am really excited about is that he's finally gonna be in University, and Carleton at that, so I'll be able to invite him to Carleton or University people things, where as before I can't really ask a highschooler to come to a University group. >.> And hopefully I facilitate PASS for one of his classes so I'll see him sometimes. You can pray for that. xP
Ya. It was long and hot and in the gym as usual. It may have been the last time I go to my highschool for a very long time.
Ya. We didn't stay long after the ceremony was done. We came back and something (I don't remember what happened for an hour. Maybe cleaning..?) then at 2:30 I had a skype meeting with my friend DN.
She is going to Africa for two years to build friendships, and share the good news with women in Niger, a country with 98.2% unreached people groups. In the meeting she shared all about why she is going and what she'll be doing and how I can support her as she goes. Her passion for the unreached and her heart for muslim women is truly from God. (If guys would like to pray for her or support her I can get you more information). But, ya, it was really good getting to talk to her and hear about what she's gonna be doing.
Oh. K. Way later I went to dinner at Red Lobster with my parents. As my father told the very nice waitress (who clearly wanted a big tip (which she kind of deserved)), when she asked if it was a special occaision, "we are celebrating the graduation of my son, who is not here". >.> He was watching tennis. Very important. lol As my family from EA noted the other day when I was nibbling away at a pork chop, I am very much slower at eating now that I have had my wisdom teeth out and am still healing. lol. My mom is usually the slowest, but I was this time.
Ya, not much else happened, I think. I got to tell my family a bit about DN and what she's gonna do in Niger. They asked about the political situation and danger. Ya. It's a bit tough, but not that bad.
Anyways, Ttyl.
D.Fa
30.6.12
29.6.12
Joyful: UnUnderstandably So
Yo, so, today was cool.
I woke up late, so late that I thought I was being lazy...
But then that made me so much more ready and focused. I had a good quiet time and breakfast and all that good stuff. lol. I keep ending up doing extra chores. lol.
Anyways, very productive. One really cool thing is that I've been able to start facebook messaging this guy who I met during Islam Awareness Week. When we first met it was really intimidating, but textually and when the topic isn't the Quran, I think we can become friends, which is cool.
Ya, so. First shift back at work since mid-April. lol. I kinda like the attention I get when I come back from being away for a few weeks. lol. "you stil work here?!? Welcome back! Where have you been?! Ah you lucky duck!" lol... Honestly though, I don't think I've ever liked a shift at work as much as today. Sometime the mindlessness of the job is awesome. I can show up after 2 months and be able to do the same thing just as well as before.
Half way through the night this joy just overcame me. like, I was listening to the radio in the back while preparing the lettuce and stuff and there was no pain from my teeth and everything was just awesome and I was singing "I Will Follow" by Chris Tomlin. lol. My boss scheduled me 10 hours this next week. 12-5 on Thursday, so I can go to YA. As I left I asked my other boss if she needed me at all for Salad Bar and she said that they would since so many people are going on vacation. So more hours, since 10 hours is like bare minimum for rent and I will need it currently.
Thinking about it at the end of the night though, I am so thankful for everything that God has blessed me with. I thought I had no idea what would happen this summer and that everything would amount to nothing. But now I have two part-time jobs, volunteering likely around the corner, a new house and a couple cool housemates, a new men's accountability group that is really encouraging me, worship team every week, VBSes, YA and softball, . . . everything is awesome. lol. I just walked home thanking Him for all He has provided and for all the opportunities still ahead. But most of all the fact that He would send His only Son so that any of this is possile in the first place, that I can go to work and talk to my Heavenly Father the whole time, that I can spend time in the mornings with Him, that I can trust Him for what's to come. Because the stuff is good, but it would suck if He wasn't here too.
My Fall semester's timetable looks really good and I think I'm gonna apply to be a PASS Facilitator for one of my brother's classes, so that'll be super cool too. xP
Ttyl
D.Fa
I woke up late, so late that I thought I was being lazy...
But then that made me so much more ready and focused. I had a good quiet time and breakfast and all that good stuff. lol. I keep ending up doing extra chores. lol.
Anyways, very productive. One really cool thing is that I've been able to start facebook messaging this guy who I met during Islam Awareness Week. When we first met it was really intimidating, but textually and when the topic isn't the Quran, I think we can become friends, which is cool.
Ya, so. First shift back at work since mid-April. lol. I kinda like the attention I get when I come back from being away for a few weeks. lol. "you stil work here?!? Welcome back! Where have you been?! Ah you lucky duck!" lol... Honestly though, I don't think I've ever liked a shift at work as much as today. Sometime the mindlessness of the job is awesome. I can show up after 2 months and be able to do the same thing just as well as before.
Half way through the night this joy just overcame me. like, I was listening to the radio in the back while preparing the lettuce and stuff and there was no pain from my teeth and everything was just awesome and I was singing "I Will Follow" by Chris Tomlin. lol. My boss scheduled me 10 hours this next week. 12-5 on Thursday, so I can go to YA. As I left I asked my other boss if she needed me at all for Salad Bar and she said that they would since so many people are going on vacation. So more hours, since 10 hours is like bare minimum for rent and I will need it currently.
Thinking about it at the end of the night though, I am so thankful for everything that God has blessed me with. I thought I had no idea what would happen this summer and that everything would amount to nothing. But now I have two part-time jobs, volunteering likely around the corner, a new house and a couple cool housemates, a new men's accountability group that is really encouraging me, worship team every week, VBSes, YA and softball, . . . everything is awesome. lol. I just walked home thanking Him for all He has provided and for all the opportunities still ahead. But most of all the fact that He would send His only Son so that any of this is possile in the first place, that I can go to work and talk to my Heavenly Father the whole time, that I can spend time in the mornings with Him, that I can trust Him for what's to come. Because the stuff is good, but it would suck if He wasn't here too.
My Fall semester's timetable looks really good and I think I'm gonna apply to be a PASS Facilitator for one of my brother's classes, so that'll be super cool too. xP
Ttyl
D.Fa
27.6.12
Ouch.
Hey.
Today was cool. I woke up and my mouth hurt so much. lol. But I also had to go to KL's house for 11 to hang out with him and SH. But I woke up at like 10 and so I was so late. lol. I had to have a shower (for the first time since getting my teeth out ad we have no cold water in the main shower... so I was avoiding it) and I had no bus tickets, but was not gonna bike all the way so soon.... so... anyways. I bussed after a quick stop at Zeller's.
It was a good meeting. We walked the dog and talked about stuff. Came back, talked some more. Watched Lord of the Rings: Two Towers. lol. I got to learn a bit more about KL's sister (K?)L. lol.
Anyways, it's really cool cause both KL and SH are gonna be in Waterloo in September and both were / are learning Math, so on our walk/talk there were a lot of math puns that were just over my head. lol.
Other than that, today was ok. lol. I saw IP on the bus, but couldn't explain why my face was rounder than usual (from a bus and a half away using no sounds).
Finally was a prayer meeting. lol. It was good.
My face hurts. lol...............
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Today was cool. I woke up and my mouth hurt so much. lol. But I also had to go to KL's house for 11 to hang out with him and SH. But I woke up at like 10 and so I was so late. lol. I had to have a shower (for the first time since getting my teeth out ad we have no cold water in the main shower... so I was avoiding it) and I had no bus tickets, but was not gonna bike all the way so soon.... so... anyways. I bussed after a quick stop at Zeller's.
It was a good meeting. We walked the dog and talked about stuff. Came back, talked some more. Watched Lord of the Rings: Two Towers. lol. I got to learn a bit more about KL's sister (K?)L. lol.
Anyways, it's really cool cause both KL and SH are gonna be in Waterloo in September and both were / are learning Math, so on our walk/talk there were a lot of math puns that were just over my head. lol.
Other than that, today was ok. lol. I saw IP on the bus, but couldn't explain why my face was rounder than usual (from a bus and a half away using no sounds).
Finally was a prayer meeting. lol. It was good.
My face hurts. lol...............
Ttyl.
D.Fa
26.6.12
Resting Productively?
It's kinda funny.
I woke up this morning and was all ready to get to work winning my team a lot of points for 'the LEG'. I woke up at a reasonable hour, was prepared to do extra chores, made sure I ate breakfast, was ready to read a lot and have a good quiet time, a lot of good things. Then I found out that 'the LEG' was being postponed to tomorrow. lol.So, I'm saving the extra chores for tomorrow. lol. But by this point I had already had breakfast. lol I then watched more anime than I was planning to if 'the LEG' was happening. lol.
In any case, I was way more productive than usual, which is also funny since I didn't even put my mattress away today, I just have been sitting on it all day. Day 2 of wisdom teeth recovery went pretty well. I think I pushed the limits of what I should be eating though. lol I had some nachos with dip. Really hard when you can barely chew. lol.
I got a lot of emailing and lettering and I went to Staples and ok, it's not that much, but when you procrastinate it for like over a week, it seems like a lot of work. lol. I'm proud. lol.
I think part of it was just having the desire to do god and then spending a good chunk of time in the Bible and spent with God. I actually just lay down and prayed for a bit.
I like having free time to do stuff like that and apparently I'm more productive this way..? I'm definitely having a rest day this school year. Decided for sure.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
I woke up this morning and was all ready to get to work winning my team a lot of points for 'the LEG'. I woke up at a reasonable hour, was prepared to do extra chores, made sure I ate breakfast, was ready to read a lot and have a good quiet time, a lot of good things. Then I found out that 'the LEG' was being postponed to tomorrow. lol.So, I'm saving the extra chores for tomorrow. lol. But by this point I had already had breakfast. lol I then watched more anime than I was planning to if 'the LEG' was happening. lol.
In any case, I was way more productive than usual, which is also funny since I didn't even put my mattress away today, I just have been sitting on it all day. Day 2 of wisdom teeth recovery went pretty well. I think I pushed the limits of what I should be eating though. lol I had some nachos with dip. Really hard when you can barely chew. lol.
I got a lot of emailing and lettering and I went to Staples and ok, it's not that much, but when you procrastinate it for like over a week, it seems like a lot of work. lol. I'm proud. lol.
I think part of it was just having the desire to do god and then spending a good chunk of time in the Bible and spent with God. I actually just lay down and prayed for a bit.
I like having free time to do stuff like that and apparently I'm more productive this way..? I'm definitely having a rest day this school year. Decided for sure.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
25.6.12
B'is Kin'a S'inks Righ' Now
So, ya. Wisdom teeth are no longer part of my bone structure.
I woke up at like 8 and at 8:45 was being driven to the doctors. Sat in a waiting room for a good 15 minutes as a Korean guy walked in and had to call his mom for the insurance info. Then I was called into a room that had a chair in the middle and I didn't really observe the rest of the room.
She had me sit down, took my glasses, sit me back and put up the head rest, then put on the blood pressure thing. Next she attached a bunch of weird wires to my ankle and wrist. Then the mask came and she lay me back further. Next was the IV. Stab in my hand and so after a minute of things beeping faster and faster and I fainted. I hate that feeling... Then I woke up with another nurse around, a lot of beeping. The Nitrous Oxide began being administered as a new IV was being placed in my other hand because I apparently ruined the first one. This time was just funny though Nitrous Oxide is funny. lol.
Next thing I knew I was in another room, in another chair, with my glasses on beside my dad. lol..?
It wasn't fun. lol. I don't really remember going home. lol...
Apparently I 'turned green' at some point..?
I'm glad I didn't do anything stupid though. so many youtube videos of people doing stupid things after getting their teeth out.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I can't feel my bottom lip or chin or my left ear actually... O.o
I woke up at like 8 and at 8:45 was being driven to the doctors. Sat in a waiting room for a good 15 minutes as a Korean guy walked in and had to call his mom for the insurance info. Then I was called into a room that had a chair in the middle and I didn't really observe the rest of the room.
She had me sit down, took my glasses, sit me back and put up the head rest, then put on the blood pressure thing. Next she attached a bunch of weird wires to my ankle and wrist. Then the mask came and she lay me back further. Next was the IV. Stab in my hand and so after a minute of things beeping faster and faster and I fainted. I hate that feeling... Then I woke up with another nurse around, a lot of beeping. The Nitrous Oxide began being administered as a new IV was being placed in my other hand because I apparently ruined the first one. This time was just funny though Nitrous Oxide is funny. lol.
Next thing I knew I was in another room, in another chair, with my glasses on beside my dad. lol..?
It wasn't fun. lol. I don't really remember going home. lol...
Apparently I 'turned green' at some point..?
I'm glad I didn't do anything stupid though. so many youtube videos of people doing stupid things after getting their teeth out.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I can't feel my bottom lip or chin or my left ear actually... O.o
Community at RL's
Hey, so yesterday. Haha.
As most days when I have nothing to do I didn't manage to get out of bed to do anything constructive until a good couple hours after my alarm went off. However, I was finally at home at a time when my whole family was awake, so I made them some tea.
I then had to go for worship team practice. I ended up switching onto the team. I hadn't been scheduled for the rest of the summer since I didn't fill out the google form on time. lol. This week was the first time BI had led the team. He had some changes to make. Haha. We did a bunch of hymns, at first there were a whole pile of ones we had never played, so a lot of work, but he revised to just a couple that actually had the same tune, so not too bad.
We were there for a while though. But it was good. Haha.
It was a really nice day walking to the bus stop.
I got home just in time for dinner before leaving to go to RL's house to watch 'Community'. I biked (which my parent's didn't like all that much, so I agreed to wear my helmet...). I got there at 7:30. We were waiting for some others to show up and so we watched some TerraNova, which looks like a great show. Then he forced us to watch it and we all wanted to do other things, but honestly the second episode we watched was way better. lol
We ended up playing Monopoly with the twins and their friend whom I thought was a Christian. lol. Awkward conversation. lol. RL won. of course. lol. Gotta keep praying for him.
I biked home at like 12:40. Haha.
It was all good.
Today the sermon was cool and sunday school was good.
Tonight was the first meeting for the 'League of Men' an experimental accountability group to encourage our brothers on to love and good works. It looks like an interesting endeavour. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
As most days when I have nothing to do I didn't manage to get out of bed to do anything constructive until a good couple hours after my alarm went off. However, I was finally at home at a time when my whole family was awake, so I made them some tea.
I then had to go for worship team practice. I ended up switching onto the team. I hadn't been scheduled for the rest of the summer since I didn't fill out the google form on time. lol. This week was the first time BI had led the team. He had some changes to make. Haha. We did a bunch of hymns, at first there were a whole pile of ones we had never played, so a lot of work, but he revised to just a couple that actually had the same tune, so not too bad.
We were there for a while though. But it was good. Haha.
It was a really nice day walking to the bus stop.
I got home just in time for dinner before leaving to go to RL's house to watch 'Community'. I biked (which my parent's didn't like all that much, so I agreed to wear my helmet...). I got there at 7:30. We were waiting for some others to show up and so we watched some TerraNova, which looks like a great show. Then he forced us to watch it and we all wanted to do other things, but honestly the second episode we watched was way better. lol
We ended up playing Monopoly with the twins and their friend whom I thought was a Christian. lol. Awkward conversation. lol. RL won. of course. lol. Gotta keep praying for him.
I biked home at like 12:40. Haha.
It was all good.
Today the sermon was cool and sunday school was good.
Tonight was the first meeting for the 'League of Men' an experimental accountability group to encourage our brothers on to love and good works. It looks like an interesting endeavour. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
23.6.12
Should I Buy a Bus Pass?
Hey. What's up? xP.
I had a fun day biking everywhere. xP
At 3 I was supposed to meet SM at the IKEA. Fun place. xP. Anyways, I used to think it was like the furthest place in the world, but yesterday after bussing from Baseline station it didn't seem all that far. In fact it seemed close. While on a bike, my opinion changed again. It's soooo far. lol. Maybe it was the head wind though? The way back seemed pretty fun actually. It only took like 13 minutes to get to softball. I biked like 16 kilometers today. wow.
lol. Anyways, I'm really glad I have a brother in Christ like SM who is always energetic and enthusiastic to be doing all he can for our Dad and when he has a problem he prays and goes to his other brothers for advice and prayer. He's a real rebuke to me. lol.
But ya. Softball was good. We were doing pretty bad, but then we had an awesome inning at bat. Hehe. We still lost, but 9 runs isn't bad. xP.
Oh! Right before the game there was this guy on the bench by the diamond. I felt I should go over and talk with him. So, praying for courage, I go over. Haha. He's rolling a joint! Awkward. lol. He's like asking if in Ottawa people are serious about smokers. I explained that I didn't even realize that's what he was doing. haha. I explained I was there for a softball game at 6. He apparently used to play and missed it. He asked the cost. At this point le wild RL had appeared. Like 20$ I think..? It's a church league. Haha. Oh, he went to a church back home in London? (It might have been Niagara region..?) He had just moved here for some sort of school I had never heard of. (thus my not remembering what it was called. lol) He asked what church we were a part of. Obviously, since I'm so Chinese, Ottawa Chinese Bible Church. xP He wanted to go smoke it, and so he left, but I got his name before he left. So, hopefully, God crosses my path with Blake again and we can be friends. Haha. It's way more fun trusting Dad for great things rather than being scared, doing nothing and then regretting it. <-- story of my life?
Ya. XP
Anyways, I'll ttyl.
D.Fa
I had a fun day biking everywhere. xP
At 3 I was supposed to meet SM at the IKEA. Fun place. xP. Anyways, I used to think it was like the furthest place in the world, but yesterday after bussing from Baseline station it didn't seem all that far. In fact it seemed close. While on a bike, my opinion changed again. It's soooo far. lol. Maybe it was the head wind though? The way back seemed pretty fun actually. It only took like 13 minutes to get to softball. I biked like 16 kilometers today. wow.
lol. Anyways, I'm really glad I have a brother in Christ like SM who is always energetic and enthusiastic to be doing all he can for our Dad and when he has a problem he prays and goes to his other brothers for advice and prayer. He's a real rebuke to me. lol.
But ya. Softball was good. We were doing pretty bad, but then we had an awesome inning at bat. Hehe. We still lost, but 9 runs isn't bad. xP.
Oh! Right before the game there was this guy on the bench by the diamond. I felt I should go over and talk with him. So, praying for courage, I go over. Haha. He's rolling a joint! Awkward. lol. He's like asking if in Ottawa people are serious about smokers. I explained that I didn't even realize that's what he was doing. haha. I explained I was there for a softball game at 6. He apparently used to play and missed it. He asked the cost. At this point le wild RL had appeared. Like 20$ I think..? It's a church league. Haha. Oh, he went to a church back home in London? (It might have been Niagara region..?) He had just moved here for some sort of school I had never heard of. (thus my not remembering what it was called. lol) He asked what church we were a part of. Obviously, since I'm so Chinese, Ottawa Chinese Bible Church. xP He wanted to go smoke it, and so he left, but I got his name before he left. So, hopefully, God crosses my path with Blake again and we can be friends. Haha. It's way more fun trusting Dad for great things rather than being scared, doing nothing and then regretting it. <-- story of my life?
Ya. XP
Anyways, I'll ttyl.
D.Fa
22.6.12
From West to East
Hey!
I don't think I'm gonna say too much. I'm super tired right now. lol.
This morning I didn't sleep in for once. Haha. It was awkward, but had to be done and I'm glad we can move on. xP I thought IKEA was further. xP
Ya, so then, I bussed home (tickets are expensive) and did a lot of nothing again. Then I went to work since I had been trying all day to get in contact with my boss since he called last night. It was just to confirm when I could work next week. So, my first shift back was scheduled for Monday 10-5, but I had a skype meeting set for 10 am, sooo 10ish to 5. I also went to Staples and bought postage and envelopes.
Ya, back home breifly then out again. Bussing to Orleans takes forever. haha. This week the twins were hosting YA. It was good. SW and DW are really cool. It's great seeing how our Dad has made them so energetic and question-asking (inquisitive?). xP We had a cool discussion about Romans 3 and some other stuff like the 10 commandments and punishment.
ED gave me and CL a drive home. I realized that I have to have my wisdom teeth taken out Monday morning, like 8 am or something..? So, probably need to move both skype meeting and my first shift. >.>
Oh well.....
Ttyl.
D.Fa
I don't think I'm gonna say too much. I'm super tired right now. lol.
This morning I didn't sleep in for once. Haha. It was awkward, but had to be done and I'm glad we can move on. xP I thought IKEA was further. xP
Ya, so then, I bussed home (tickets are expensive) and did a lot of nothing again. Then I went to work since I had been trying all day to get in contact with my boss since he called last night. It was just to confirm when I could work next week. So, my first shift back was scheduled for Monday 10-5, but I had a skype meeting set for 10 am, sooo 10ish to 5. I also went to Staples and bought postage and envelopes.
Ya, back home breifly then out again. Bussing to Orleans takes forever. haha. This week the twins were hosting YA. It was good. SW and DW are really cool. It's great seeing how our Dad has made them so energetic and question-asking (inquisitive?). xP We had a cool discussion about Romans 3 and some other stuff like the 10 commandments and punishment.
ED gave me and CL a drive home. I realized that I have to have my wisdom teeth taken out Monday morning, like 8 am or something..? So, probably need to move both skype meeting and my first shift. >.>
Oh well.....
Ttyl.
D.Fa
21.6.12
Lazy. So Lazy.
Ya, I really don't do well in a low structure system.
When there is nothing due, do I have to do it?
And thus I end up sleeping in... And then I only have 6 hours in a day (since I do have things at 6pm each day apparently).
To top that off, when I have nothing to do my mind drifts to other things and additionally television and even all this extra technology makes it way easier to swing into bad thoughts, especially lustful temptations and the like.
Ya. not fun. xP
I made a little head way in the stuff I need to be doing, but mainly I was stalking my friends' pictures on facebook. xP
Softball practice was hot. Good. But hot. xP
Anyways, I'll ttyl when I actually have something worth reading. xP
D.Fa
When there is nothing due, do I have to do it?
And thus I end up sleeping in... And then I only have 6 hours in a day (since I do have things at 6pm each day apparently).
To top that off, when I have nothing to do my mind drifts to other things and additionally television and even all this extra technology makes it way easier to swing into bad thoughts, especially lustful temptations and the like.
Ya. not fun. xP
I made a little head way in the stuff I need to be doing, but mainly I was stalking my friends' pictures on facebook. xP
Softball practice was hot. Good. But hot. xP
Anyways, I'll ttyl when I actually have something worth reading. xP
D.Fa
18.6.12
A Day Off
Well, I've been pretty bored, but that is just how I get when I don't have enough variety of things to do in a day.
Yesterday I sent some emails and today I got some responses, so that was really cool. I was hoping for more, but it hasn't been that long, although actually I've now responded a couple times to those few emails, so if this is God focusing me onto 3 or 4 instead of 20, that's cool too.
I ended up watching a lot of One Piece today. It was still talking about the merfolk's past and ya, since I am trying to find ways to start deeper conversations with anime in today's episodes one thing that came out was the idea of forgiving others and vengeance. If someone did something really bad to you (in this case kill your wife), could you forgive them or would you hold your hatred against them? Would you be the end or continue a cycle of hate? It's not easy forgiving someone when they do something that bad, but when asked how many times we should forgive someone Jesus says 7 times 70. 490? 490 exactly? No. lol. "forgive each other, just as your heavenly father has forgiven you". I don't know how many times I've gone against God's will for me, against the principles laid out for me to live my life, but it's way more than that. God's grace, which is totally undeserved abounds more and more each day. So, in the same way, we should show this boundless grace, or at least ask for God to help us to do this and to attempt to by His Spirit's empowering.
Yep. xP I got an email from my prof about the volunteer lab position, so I'm excited for that.
Oh, I played tennis with my brother yesterday. It was good, but my legs hurt. lol.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Yesterday I sent some emails and today I got some responses, so that was really cool. I was hoping for more, but it hasn't been that long, although actually I've now responded a couple times to those few emails, so if this is God focusing me onto 3 or 4 instead of 20, that's cool too.
I ended up watching a lot of One Piece today. It was still talking about the merfolk's past and ya, since I am trying to find ways to start deeper conversations with anime in today's episodes one thing that came out was the idea of forgiving others and vengeance. If someone did something really bad to you (in this case kill your wife), could you forgive them or would you hold your hatred against them? Would you be the end or continue a cycle of hate? It's not easy forgiving someone when they do something that bad, but when asked how many times we should forgive someone Jesus says 7 times 70. 490? 490 exactly? No. lol. "forgive each other, just as your heavenly father has forgiven you". I don't know how many times I've gone against God's will for me, against the principles laid out for me to live my life, but it's way more than that. God's grace, which is totally undeserved abounds more and more each day. So, in the same way, we should show this boundless grace, or at least ask for God to help us to do this and to attempt to by His Spirit's empowering.
Yep. xP I got an email from my prof about the volunteer lab position, so I'm excited for that.
Oh, I played tennis with my brother yesterday. It was good, but my legs hurt. lol.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
17.6.12
Our Heavenly Dad
Yo, It's Father's Dad. Haha.
Going back to OCBC for the first time in a while was so awesome. xP. It's so great being able to see the children so excited and to sing praises to God with all our hearts! Also getting to see everyone again was great. xP. OCBC is a family and really passionate about the nations. xP. Not a problem. xP. Learning about Charity was cool.
Anyways, one thing that has really affected me the last while is that I've learned to refer to God as Dad.
I don't know exactly, but I feel like I'm way closer to Him right now, like, our relationship.
Through Jesus' death we have the right to become children of God adopted by His blood. Our perfect older brother who left the house, travelled to a distant place and came to seek us, lost and rebellious younger brothers, paying the price for our rebellion, allowing us to return if we want to.
So, having entered into this relationship, the God of the universe is as a father to us. He pays the price for all of our mistakes. He paves the way for us to do great things. He knows we aren't perfect, but He's there with us every step of the way. He loves us and wants to see us do well in the plans He has for us. He also has given us the privelege to be His ambasadors here and to reach out to our other younger brothers.
Everything we have has come from Him and everything from His grace and mercy.
But, it is a relationship and so it's really cool being able to call him our Dad. Where as 'God' is so distant and cold. At the same time though, I don't want to limit Him to the image of our Father because He is so much more than that and not comparable to our dad's on earth.
So, do I call Him Dad or God?
Going back to OCBC for the first time in a while was so awesome. xP. It's so great being able to see the children so excited and to sing praises to God with all our hearts! Also getting to see everyone again was great. xP. OCBC is a family and really passionate about the nations. xP. Not a problem. xP. Learning about Charity was cool.
Anyways, one thing that has really affected me the last while is that I've learned to refer to God as Dad.
I don't know exactly, but I feel like I'm way closer to Him right now, like, our relationship.
Through Jesus' death we have the right to become children of God adopted by His blood. Our perfect older brother who left the house, travelled to a distant place and came to seek us, lost and rebellious younger brothers, paying the price for our rebellion, allowing us to return if we want to.
So, having entered into this relationship, the God of the universe is as a father to us. He pays the price for all of our mistakes. He paves the way for us to do great things. He knows we aren't perfect, but He's there with us every step of the way. He loves us and wants to see us do well in the plans He has for us. He also has given us the privelege to be His ambasadors here and to reach out to our other younger brothers.
Everything we have has come from Him and everything from His grace and mercy.
But, it is a relationship and so it's really cool being able to call him our Dad. Where as 'God' is so distant and cold. At the same time though, I don't want to limit Him to the image of our Father because He is so much more than that and not comparable to our dad's on earth.
So, do I call Him Dad or God?
Picture Perfect
Yo.
So, yesterday was J and KK's wedding. xP.
I'm really excited for them. As I have said before, they are one of my favourite couples. To see their love for each other (as JK's housemate as well as going to the same church) as well as their love for God grow as the time passes has been great. Seeing them step up and lead the children's worship together. Seeing them serve the others in the church and show genuine love for the brothers and sisters.
I pray that God blesses them, continuing to draw them towards maturity in Christ and to a deeper knowledge of His love and grace in their lives. I pray that God would strengthen them as they grow to know each other better and that they'd continue pushing each other on to good works and to pursue Godly lives empowered by the Spirit. I pray that God would be giving them good habits and that they'd compliment each other perfectly.
It's really awesome. xP and the wedding was simple, but really sweet. JR, H(?) and SM played a song (their version was better. xP):
Yep. May God bless them. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
So, yesterday was J and KK's wedding. xP.
I'm really excited for them. As I have said before, they are one of my favourite couples. To see their love for each other (as JK's housemate as well as going to the same church) as well as their love for God grow as the time passes has been great. Seeing them step up and lead the children's worship together. Seeing them serve the others in the church and show genuine love for the brothers and sisters.
I pray that God blesses them, continuing to draw them towards maturity in Christ and to a deeper knowledge of His love and grace in their lives. I pray that God would strengthen them as they grow to know each other better and that they'd continue pushing each other on to good works and to pursue Godly lives empowered by the Spirit. I pray that God would be giving them good habits and that they'd compliment each other perfectly.
It's really awesome. xP and the wedding was simple, but really sweet. JR, H(?) and SM played a song (their version was better. xP):
Yep. May God bless them. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
16.6.12
Cherishing What Our Dad Does
Hey guys!
Yesterday was okay. Haha. After seeing that video I was just doing more of the same and then at like 1:20 my mom asked me if I wanted to share about what I had been doing recently. Without getting into a super long story, God has really been teaching me about the Parable of the Two Sons (aka the Prodigal Son).
Recently, I've been reading Tim Keller's 'Prodigal God' about the parable and how God is so Prodigal. Wait, what? lol. Redefine Prodigal: 'recklessly extravagant, having spent everything'. The book focuses a lot on how both sons are actually 'lost'. Neither wants the father, but just the inheritance, but they go about it in two very different ways. The first, the younger son just straight out asks for the inheritance before the father passes away. Basically "I wish you were dead already so I could have my inheritance". So he gets the money and goes off living as he wants, spending it all. The other brother stays at his father's house and works hard everyday, sticking to all the rules, 'never' doing anything wrong. This would lead to his inheritance once his dad passes away.
Both were focused on the things and stuff, the money they would get, not on their relationship with the father. In both cases the father needs to go to the son. As the first comes back prepared to ask to be a slave (since they were fed better than the job he had found) the father runs to him and embraces him before he even says a word, and invites him back with his best robe and a feast with the fattened calf saying "for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found". The other brother is mad and doesn't go in so the father goes out to him, begging him to come to the feast. But the parable ends.
Does the older brother go in?
I could say a lot more. Haha. It's a long book, well not really. haha. But ya, I got to share a bit about that and a lot of other things.
I haven't had a really good talk with my mom like that in a long time. so it was really good.
I went to play softball with my church last night too. It was a lot of fun. We're not that good. Haha, but we did really well. Only 20-12, but we were apparently winning 11-10 at one point. xP It was good getting to see some of the other YA again. xP
We went for drinks and ice cream at McDonald's after.
Finally I got home and it was time for the Niagara Falls Mega Stunt. lol. It's really cool how he was praying like the whole time. My mom asked me about whether people should pray for sports teams and stuff because it doesn't really matter, right? I think it usually doesn't really matter, or at least we don't see the big plan as to why one game would matter, but if there is a player on the team who can really glorify His name by having an interview or something after the game and say how he is playing for God or something, it might matter more? xP Christian athletes are a good way of getting to talk about God with sports fans. Haha. Jeremy Lin for instance. xP.
A couple days ago I got to talk with my buddy from Asia and he says Jeremy Lin is a good player, but he didn't know he was Christian, so I'm gonna send him an article or something.
Ya, I was pretty tired. 10pm and I was wiped. lol.
This morning I went driving. It was relaxing. Haha.
This afternoon is a wedding, so I don't have much time, but I ended up on facebook. Haha. I found a link to my friend's testimony, How God called her to himself and how even having gone through so much, she knows that our Dad in Heaven is good and loves endlessly.
The following is a link to it: Cherishing What You Have
The website is really cool too. It's all about stories of how God is working in Toronto and Canada. I haven't had much time to read the articles though. My friend is one of the editors and so she posts on facebook once in a while, my other friend who is from Toronto also shares them sometimes, so I get them from facebook sometimes. xP
Anyways, Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. What the? Yesterday was a crazy surge of views. Like 140 in a day? or actually in an hour..? That's crazy. Something must be wrong. Haha.
Yesterday was okay. Haha. After seeing that video I was just doing more of the same and then at like 1:20 my mom asked me if I wanted to share about what I had been doing recently. Without getting into a super long story, God has really been teaching me about the Parable of the Two Sons (aka the Prodigal Son).
Recently, I've been reading Tim Keller's 'Prodigal God' about the parable and how God is so Prodigal. Wait, what? lol. Redefine Prodigal: 'recklessly extravagant, having spent everything'. The book focuses a lot on how both sons are actually 'lost'. Neither wants the father, but just the inheritance, but they go about it in two very different ways. The first, the younger son just straight out asks for the inheritance before the father passes away. Basically "I wish you were dead already so I could have my inheritance". So he gets the money and goes off living as he wants, spending it all. The other brother stays at his father's house and works hard everyday, sticking to all the rules, 'never' doing anything wrong. This would lead to his inheritance once his dad passes away.
Both were focused on the things and stuff, the money they would get, not on their relationship with the father. In both cases the father needs to go to the son. As the first comes back prepared to ask to be a slave (since they were fed better than the job he had found) the father runs to him and embraces him before he even says a word, and invites him back with his best robe and a feast with the fattened calf saying "for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found". The other brother is mad and doesn't go in so the father goes out to him, begging him to come to the feast. But the parable ends.
Does the older brother go in?
I could say a lot more. Haha. It's a long book, well not really. haha. But ya, I got to share a bit about that and a lot of other things.
I haven't had a really good talk with my mom like that in a long time. so it was really good.
I went to play softball with my church last night too. It was a lot of fun. We're not that good. Haha, but we did really well. Only 20-12, but we were apparently winning 11-10 at one point. xP It was good getting to see some of the other YA again. xP
We went for drinks and ice cream at McDonald's after.
Finally I got home and it was time for the Niagara Falls Mega Stunt. lol. It's really cool how he was praying like the whole time. My mom asked me about whether people should pray for sports teams and stuff because it doesn't really matter, right? I think it usually doesn't really matter, or at least we don't see the big plan as to why one game would matter, but if there is a player on the team who can really glorify His name by having an interview or something after the game and say how he is playing for God or something, it might matter more? xP Christian athletes are a good way of getting to talk about God with sports fans. Haha. Jeremy Lin for instance. xP.
A couple days ago I got to talk with my buddy from Asia and he says Jeremy Lin is a good player, but he didn't know he was Christian, so I'm gonna send him an article or something.
Ya, I was pretty tired. 10pm and I was wiped. lol.
This morning I went driving. It was relaxing. Haha.
This afternoon is a wedding, so I don't have much time, but I ended up on facebook. Haha. I found a link to my friend's testimony, How God called her to himself and how even having gone through so much, she knows that our Dad in Heaven is good and loves endlessly.
The following is a link to it: Cherishing What You Have
The website is really cool too. It's all about stories of how God is working in Toronto and Canada. I haven't had much time to read the articles though. My friend is one of the editors and so she posts on facebook once in a while, my other friend who is from Toronto also shares them sometimes, so I get them from facebook sometimes. xP
Anyways, Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. What the? Yesterday was a crazy surge of views. Like 140 in a day? or actually in an hour..? That's crazy. Something must be wrong. Haha.
15.6.12
You always have to choose whether to trade or not.
Hey, so yesterday and today I was doing a lot of stuff to just transition back into life here in Ottawa, reading emails, facebook updates and stuff. Whatevs. lol.
Last night I got to go to YA at DX's house and hear all about what happened to him recently. It's really encouraging seeing how much he has grown in his faith, what our Dad has been teaching him and how he was able to go to Cambodia and share God's love with students there. DX grew up at OCBC (my home church), but ya, he was the super smart kid that needed to know all the answers before placing his faith in God. This winter he finally came to the point of decision and chose to accept Jesus as his personal saviour. So it's really awesome to see what Dad is doing in his life and how he is growing.
I also got to see SW for the first time in a while. Hehe. Well, really I got to saw a lot of people for the first time in a while. Haha
Anyways, today, in my attempt to send one of my friends a picture, I ended up way down at the bottom of her tumblr and found this video:
Ya. It's really true, eh? This is something that I need to do daily. Give up pursuing the world and it's possesions and to seek God's Kingdom and righteousness first, to seek to glorify His name on this earth and to proclaim all the things He has done in my life and the things I have seen Him do in the lives of others.
This video also is super cool. xP It's short, rewinds, makes a powerful point, and it's something one of my architecture friends could make. Haha.
Anyways, I'll ttyl.
D.Fa
Last night I got to go to YA at DX's house and hear all about what happened to him recently. It's really encouraging seeing how much he has grown in his faith, what our Dad has been teaching him and how he was able to go to Cambodia and share God's love with students there. DX grew up at OCBC (my home church), but ya, he was the super smart kid that needed to know all the answers before placing his faith in God. This winter he finally came to the point of decision and chose to accept Jesus as his personal saviour. So it's really awesome to see what Dad is doing in his life and how he is growing.
I also got to see SW for the first time in a while. Hehe. Well, really I got to saw a lot of people for the first time in a while. Haha
Anyways, today, in my attempt to send one of my friends a picture, I ended up way down at the bottom of her tumblr and found this video:
Ya. It's really true, eh? This is something that I need to do daily. Give up pursuing the world and it's possesions and to seek God's Kingdom and righteousness first, to seek to glorify His name on this earth and to proclaim all the things He has done in my life and the things I have seen Him do in the lives of others.
This video also is super cool. xP It's short, rewinds, makes a powerful point, and it's something one of my architecture friends could make. Haha.
Anyways, I'll ttyl.
D.Fa
14.6.12
Back in Town
Hey!
So that was a crazy six weeks, but I really got to see God do great things. Not only did he really blow away my expectations and my stereotypes, but He also showed me His love and sovereignty in big ways. I also learned a lesson in humility and serving others. God really taught me exactly what I needed even though it wasn't what I wanted to learn. Haha.
I hope to see God doing great things in the rest of the summer and into the school year. xP
I'll talk to you later for sure. Haha. Thanks guys!
D.Fa
PS. Mexico, Ecuador and Egypt! Thanks for checking out my blog!
So that was a crazy six weeks, but I really got to see God do great things. Not only did he really blow away my expectations and my stereotypes, but He also showed me His love and sovereignty in big ways. I also learned a lesson in humility and serving others. God really taught me exactly what I needed even though it wasn't what I wanted to learn. Haha.
I hope to see God doing great things in the rest of the summer and into the school year. xP
I'll talk to you later for sure. Haha. Thanks guys!
D.Fa
PS. Mexico, Ecuador and Egypt! Thanks for checking out my blog!
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