Sunday, February 29, 2004 ;
12:07:00 AM
you give and take away
you give and take away
my heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name...
dont think i got the exact words there but oh well... at least the idea is there. didnt really think much of the song at first when alvin introduced it during worship coz it sounded rather techno... yeah. if you know me, i prefer worship songs to be more mellow - acoustic would be fantastic. heh. yeah well. cant be helped. but then after having supper with bj when he booked out from camp late today... and on the taxi ride back home, we were talking about this song and suddenly, through his words and explanation of the song... it took on a whole new meaning. God gives, and sometimes He takes away too... but in all circumstances... i praise His mighty name... for he is the great and mighty God... no one else is like Him. indeed, no one else is like Him.
today on the whole is rather slack... nothing much to do. lazed around in the morning watching Crossroads starring britney spears on vcd and was thankful that i didnt waste my money on a ticket to watch that dumb show... it was SO predictable and typical. by the way, the vcd was BORROWED. from suriyani. =)
yuppz... so after that i went to church... nothing doing. worship wasnt that great... (no offence to those on the worship team today) and i was left feeling untouched. sigh. wonder when can i ever get that 'high' feeling when worshipping again? feeling the closeness of the Almighty One looking down on me as i praise His holy name? dunno. just dunno. the sermon was good though i thought it was supposed to be by uncle kam kwong - the one who was in charge of my china mission trip activities. instead it was by uncle kam kheun... actually... he's quite a good speaker... passionate. just that maybe a little long winded that we're so used to him that we grumble... but its amazing when you just sit there and listen... the vast experience he has to offer to us... its all there and yet we just wont take it in. no wonder he's feeling so frustrated with the ym.
after service was the memory quiz semi finals. quite ok... though both teams didnt make it... but i guess yeah well... its due to a little bias show on the judges part. but what's done is done. anyway its not like my grp really crammed hard for it. we got what we deserved- last min memorizing wouldnt get us very far. and like bj said, its just a competition, what for get so uptight about it? heh he's right i guess.
had a little talk with the cell... sigh didnt manage to finish it with everyone there... might have to repeat it all over again next wk with the stupid quiz out of the way at last... i guess its time for charlene and myself to put in more serious effort into the cell... after all, when the judgment day comes, the two of us will have to account for the cell members and why have they or have they not been growing in the Lord. its kinda a scary thought... imagine... God asking me, "yuanting, why did this happen? i put you in charge of my sheep... why did so many go astray?" its somewhat like the talents parable... matthew 25:14 to 30. how i long to be a "good and faithful servant in the eyes of the Lord!"
went for dinner with claudia (first time man! *haha*), huey ying and stef to pizza hut in bedok... as usual, stef was her disgusting self... *haha* and claudia and i were so grossed out... but huey ying was like so used to it that she was immune... hehz... hope i'll never become like that... it was really so much fun! we were laughing alot, esp the crossing the road scene... haha oh man... that was hilarious! =) thank God for friends like them... really can kick back and relax and have fun.
after dinner, i went to pasir ris to meet up with bj... he had supper... and it was great seeing him again and catching up over the past few days... i felt so... at ease with him... its like... i can just tell him anything even after not seeing him for days... and although we met for only about an hr... it was really special. =) yuppz. hee
nothing much else to say... just that it was a good day overall... so much to thank God for...
every day is a new day ♥
