Ruth 1:20-21 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?” Who…
Remembering LKY, Remembering Jesus.
It may sound pagan-putting a dead person on a pedestal or even promoting ancestral worship. To some, it may sound disrespectful to not only a deceased but the deceased who had done much to earn our respect in every way. Pardon me but being a true Singaporean, well-protected in a developing island to a developed…
The Narrow Door
This was at the start of the year 2015. It has been over a decade that I finally met with my dad and the extended family. My brother & I decided we should respond to an invitation to a Chinese New Year dinner gathering. The day came and we arrived at the place as agreed…
Just can’t get enough of you!
I love how you fit. I love how you glitter. I love how you brighten my day with whatever outfit that comes along and carry my feet wherever they go.
Love one another
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (ESV) Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all…
My poverty, my dowry.
“With regard to God, our poverty is our humble recognition and acceptance of our sinfulness, helplessness, and utter nothingness, and the acknowledgement of our neediness before Him, which expresses itself as hope in Him, as an openness to receive all things from Him as our Father. Our poverty should be true gospel poverty-gentle, tender, glad…
Will
“Your life is not for you to throw away. The will to live is stronger than anything.” ~ Hiko Seijuro, Master of Kenshin What is will? The dictionary explains “will” as a wish or desire, the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions….
Voices out of the Wilderness-The White & The Pink
Wear White Campaign The Wear White campaign is supposedly a peaceful protest led by Singaporean Muslim teacher, Ustaz Noor Deros, seeking to encourage “a return to values as guided by Islam” in the effort to remind Muslims not to take part in Pink Dot and to encourage prioritising family and marriage (Loh, 29 June 2014)….
The Heart of our Work
Article: The Work of the Week-What ministry is all about the other six days by Eugene Peterson, first appeared in the Summer 1983 issue of Leadership Journal as “Curing Souls: the Forgotten Art.” Tchividjian says “Christianity is not first and foremost about our behaviour, our obedience, our response, and our daily victory over sin. It is first…
Deep calleth unto deep
Psalms 42 Why are you downcast, O my soul? As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me…
I am Beautiful. 