The Name of Jesus, my shelter through the storm

I'm currently going through the testing period in my life.. This time the blow gets bigger..
Usually, I only suffer through one aspect in life but this time.. My family, our job, their studies, my phone, my finance.. It's quite a blow..
Just one text message and I have to learn to be financially prudent; just one bucket of water and I lost 1.7k (that was "ouch"); just one misunderstanding and someone has to lose her job; just a paper and someone turns emo..
It was a hard week..
I never seek God when I invested my 1.7k.. So, I will take it as a lesson learnt. On the bright side, I can go out with my bro to get both of us each a phone :) can have some quality family time. Hehe..
What else..? There is also another thing that I prey before I prayed.. So as unwilling as I am to loose it, that special thing, I'm preparing myself to face loosing it.. Something money can't buy.. It's a pity that I didn't put God first before I hit on it.. As simple as a prayer and I failed to do so..
But God is gracious.. I prayed for my family and peace came on my family. Not forgetting those who prayed along. I appreciate and love you all very much :)
Somehow, God gives joy and courage.. I just love how happy I feel after I spent time with Him :)

"The Name Of Jesus" - Chris Tomlin

The name of Jesus is a refuge
A shelter from the storm, a help to those who call
The name of Jesus is a fortress
A saving place to run, a hope unshakeable

When we fall You are the Savior, when we call You are the answer
There is power in Your name, there is power in Your name

In the name of Jesus
There is life and healing
Chains are broken in Your name
Every knee will bow down and our heats will cry out
Songs of freedom in Your name, oh, in Your name

Bring salvation, bring Your Kingdom
Let all that You have made bring glory to Your name
When we fall you are the Savior, when we call You are the answer
There is power in Your name, there is power in Your name

Everything I Need

Had be praying for wisdom and strength for some time now.. Ever prayed so hard about something you want yet knowing that it is not what God wants but still trying to debate and make it seem like it is what God wants?

That's what I am going through lately.. BUT knowing His words really opens up my mind and help me regain my senses. No matter how I try to make it look like I should get it, the Bible says otherwise. So I'm holding onto His words and stand firm on The Rock, my God.

Nobody said it will be easy to just let things go, when things seem so right.. Being in such a complicated situation really made me weak. Then another scripture came into my mind,

"That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong"

2 Cor 12:10

When I am weak, I am strong.. Holding on to this verse puts me at ease.. It gave me the courage, to do what I'm suppose to do...

It hurts so much that I cried.. I wished that I had been more rational in the beginning but I had messed up.. And I had hurt another...

Jesus.. Forever my strength :)

"Everything I Need" -- Kutless

When every step is so hard to take
And all of my hope is fading away
When life is a mountain that I can not climb
You carry me, Jesus carry me.

You Are strength in my weakness
You are the refuge I seek
You are everything in my time of need
You are everything, You are everything I need

When every moment is more than I can take
And all of my strength is slipping away
When every breath gets harder to breathe
You carry me, Jesus carry me

You are strength in my weakness
You are the refuge I seek
You are everything in my time of need
You are everything, You are everything I need

You
You are everything I need
I love everything about You

You Are strength in my weakness
You are the refuge I seek
You are everything in my time of need
You are everything, You are everything I need

And the morals of the story is....?

A lawyer shared a story during break time today (we had a talk of legal issues in nursing). I find the moral of the story really interesting and I wanted to share this with everyone ^^

Here goes the version that I remember:

A bird is flying through in the midst of a very cold weather. It grew so cold that the bird froze and fell onto an open field. The bird laid there as it was too cold to move.
Then a cow passed by and shitted on the bird. The bird was trapped in the middle of the cow dung. Soon, the warmth of the shit thawed the bird. Feeling warm and cozy, the bird regains its strength and began to chirp happily.
The song of the happy bird grew louder and merrier. A cat noticed it and stepped up to the pile of shit. The cat dug into the pile of shit, found the bird and ate it.

The morals of the story is:
1. The one who shits on you is not always your enemy.
2. The one who pulls you out the the shit is not always your friend.
3. When you're in deep shit, shut your big mouth up.

Heh heh heh....

It all comes down to English

Things are not getting any easier... I just feel like everything (well, almost) are on my shoulders. All assignments rushing in at the same time. I'm trying my best to finish them according to their priorities but the workload is still there.

Then there is the big problem: English. All our assignments are to be in English. My members, they can write in English but -- well.. you get the idea. So every single assignments have to go through me. Can anyone imagine how I feel??? If their English is acceptable and its only a few grammar mistakes here and there, I'm fine with it but I find myself deleting paragraphs and re-doing the whole thing! Gosh.. I really need to be stronger, tougher and more patient...

Ha! I just received a copy of the assignments that I'll need to edit. At first, there was suppose to be a meeting to settle this thing but apparently the girls in-charge said they want to rest for tonight so they just pass me the copy. Their intentions? At least the one that passed the copy to me was apologetic. Who is there to blame but myself when my English is the best in this group?? *tongues out* Hehehe...

Anyway, fwighting~ acha-acha!! ^^

Me? A leader??

Out of a total of 39 girls in my batch, I am one of the 4 who had been chosen to lead one of the 4 research and management groups.. This position is being given by the tutor in-charge of our Semester. I gotta say that I'm honoured that I am among the 4 being elected, out of 39..

It's been almost 4 weeks now that I'd been "leading" a group of 10 girls of my own batch. I have to admit that it is no easy task as our project carries great deal of stress and responsibility.. Being the leader, I get to feel it more than the rest. Though I cannot take all the credits of leading as I have 3 co-leaders who are helping me out :)

I still can't imagine what did our tutor saw in me that she chose me to be one of the leaders. I mean, there are really quite a few of my group members that could be good leaders as well! Even the other tutor mentioned that why didn't this particular girl got chosen to lead anything? Well.. I guess I'll never know unless I ask my tutor in-charge myself!

All in all, I pray that God would grant me the strength to hold on and carry the responsibilities given to me. Thank you, Lord. Amen :)

Wow wow wow.. Feels like I'd lived a few years instead of days.

I wanna thank God for being so much a part of my life~

^^

My guitar life

Well.. As most already know, I'd been picking up guitar lessons. It lasted only for one month so I did not expect much from it.

I decided to try out what my 'guitar teacher' suggested. He told me to go to church during worship practice and try playing along so that I may be able to play according to the tempo and get some experience as well.

I was late due to some last minute issues. But I still manage to reach there (praise God ^^). The worship leader for that day is really a wonderful fella. He knew I was coming and he actually laid out some extra song sheet on the table so that I can have it.

The experience of playing along with a band is really unbelievable! I manage to get the tempo right. Then I realized, I actually know how to play most of the chords. It's like one month of lessons really did mean something!

Though I'm not good at it but I'm learning. I wanna improve myself and maybe one day, I can finally learn to play the piano..