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# Seasons
There was this song that really spoke to me a lot today. Think it's really nice and meaningful. It's Love Enough, by the Under 21 UNITED band, but i was listening to the iHEARTrevolution version, but either way, it has a really meaningful first verse and pre-chorus. Love the last two lines of the chorus too! Ok, i love the first line too.. haha! In other words i really like the song! oh, did i mention i love the last line of the bridge too? Speaking of Hillsong (actually, united, but i just want my thoughts to appear as if they flow in a non-random manner)... their 2008 album due in July is called This Is Our God.
AND I WANT IT!!!!
ok, on to not so obvious reason of me bringing up that obvious fact is that Stephanie is going to Australia roughly the time of the album release!! So if she sees it, she may buy the album for me!! (but sadly, im still gonna have to pay for it... in singapore dollars...)
And now flowing from stephanie, to other people related to her, namely rebecca and claire. Met up first with Claire, and thank God i used my brain and not get off at the 2nd bus stop... (no txs to Bec and her sense of direction) Then we waited for Bec who was nearest yet LATE. But at least the food was good. The three of us initially ordered Cheese Raymond (as Bec calls it, go figure) at this place called Full House, a Korean restaurant. Then Bec graciously offered to change hers to Kimchi Raymond. The cheese was really cheesy.. but NICE! The price wasn't, and idun think i'll be going back there anytime soon.
But there was internet connection there though, and my wife was around. Hehe, got the network password from the waitress. The number is like a malaysian handphone number, and Claire/Bec thought i asked for the number of the waitress.... swt..
Anyway, where does stephanie come in? Well.. Miss Clarity Cafe.How i agreed to even enter that place is beyond me. They even got me to take one photo there.. but iwas obviously not in a photo mood.Why? If u ever see the pics, u'll know. For now i shall save what is left of my dignity.
Why no more dignity? Cuz i was hanging out with a drunk Stephanie. She was seriously drunk... and even itchy that day! Had fun playing weird lame games, then we played bridge with smelly cards. Haha.. Claire is apparently some DH bridge queen, but quite blur... There were some owning games, like the notrump that Bec owned with diamonds, or some silly games where Claire/Bec instantly lost a 4 bid within the first 4-5 sets. But overall it was a fun night!! Funny last minute photo before bus 10 brought us home...
Oh man.. back to the title of this Post... Seasons.. Was talking about Love Enough which has nice lyrics.. well, shujing said something quite true in church just now, about how there's like seasons to the songs that mean a lot to us. But slightly deviating yet remaining on the same topic (i know the GP tutors are cringing at such vagueness), was also listening to Bishop TD Jakes sermons on youtube, seasons in life are so important.
Ok, now the post gets more serious.
In my life, I always have ups and downs, which ought not to be. Dowan to be a roller-coaster Christian swayed about by every wind of doctrine (ok, not that bad la) more like swayed by the winds of emotions and emo-ness... haha! And like what the good Bishop reminded me, the devil is the last person u wanna fight when u're down, cuz he knows exactly what to give to you to get you to cave in. If you're a smoker, that free cigarette will just appear, if you're a shopaholic, that sale will just begin, and if you're me.. haha... dun think will say what here la k?
But back to seasons, there are those ups and down seasons which is bad.. but then there's also the seasons in life.
And for me, right now, i believe my season is preparation. Im quite excited about excellence. Had the chance to talk to jiayi about it quite a lot when i dragged her to church from NUH.. hee.. sorry bout that, last minute change of plans...
But there are lots of things God is dealing with me in my life. Not so much the deliverance from demons or purging/refining by fire kind of mega drama. It's more of the character of who I am and what I choose to stand for. Those things that if i don't change, nobody other than God will know. It's those things that God cannot change in me, that I have to say "No" (or yes) to by myself. Not the relying-on-my-own-strength kind of saying No, but more of a, I-want-to-grow-to-be-more-like-You-Jesus kind of No (or yes). Yup, there are lots of things in which i plan to grow. Let's see, maybe i'll just write it out to sort my thoughts, cuz i know people read my blog, but they never really read through the whole entry when it drags like this. Hehe.. so things i need to work on, well, excellence in copyright handling. Namely my huge collection of illegal Christian songs... and the stuff i download off the net, but that's easier to throw away. Next, excellence in responsibility. In going the extra mile for the things im responsible in doing. Lastly, would be excellence in relationships. To be a man of God. To be able to look back and say, Kenneth at 21 is definitely more mature than when he was pre-21. And no, i don't mean i want to look older, i look old enough thank you. there are some others, but, for another time.. this post is already taking ages.
So back to seasons, i think God is really funky with having seasons. Cuz if the earth had no obliquity, that would be the end of seasons, but 23.5 became the magic number. But back to the really main point, i think it's good that God has seasons for us in our lives where we deal with different things. Cuz if God were to change all of me at one go, i think i'll die of depression of what a sad/lousy/pathetic/loser/lame person i am. But God chooses to bring me through the valleys, time after time, season after season. Yup, thanks God for 23.5.
So two songs come to mind. One's rather childish and i think only Amandaz might know. haha! Here goes
Little by little, everyday,
Little by little, everyway,
Jesus is changing me,
He's changing me,
My precious saviour,
I'm not the same,
Person that I used to be,
Since I made that turn-about-face,
I've been growing,
In His grace,
Jesus is changing me.
And the other more "grown up one" is
You are forever in my life,
You see my through the seasons,
Carry me with Your hand,
And lead me in, Your righteousness,
And I, look to You,
And I, wait on You,
I'll sing to You Lord,
A hymn of love,
For Your faithfulness, to me
I'm carried in,
Everlasting arms,
You'll never let me go,
Through it all.
I think there's a bridge to Through It All, but you get the point. No bolds this time, cuz nobody really reads lyrics anyway when they're like 15 meters scrolled down from the post. But yup, this is the song for the day. Songs, oh well. hehe
Ok, people im thankful for today, Megan and James (=
People i met randomly that made my day, Gavin, Kelvin, Lydia, Shujing, Winnie and of course, PS MARK (=
Yup, this tooklike an hour to type, so yay. It's done!!
the story ends like this;
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