Thank God for the “FRUIT SALAD”

This week’s article of Inside Hope is “FRUIT SALAD” – secret recipe for healthy families by Pastor Lai Ling, it is like a mirror, which reflects all my shortcomings. I used to find myself in a problem of how to love my family more, now I’ve got the answer. My dear friends, it is worth it to have a look at this article.

This article is also my testimony of God. I remember two days ago I was a little depressed coz I didn’t know in what way I could love my family more, and I prayed that God would teach me how to be a good daughter (Please refer to my last entry on 23/07/07 below), and today I got this article from Inside Hope, isn’t this a strong evidence to testify to God’s answer? Amazing~~~Thanks God for always listening to my prayer:-D

By the way, I’ll have my first lectuer of this semester tomorrow, hope everything will go well.

The goal of this semester is to upgrade my GPA~Go Nilla!! +Oil +Oil~~

Am I too selfish?

Lately when I think of my family, I feel guilty somehow, even a little sad. To my friends, I may be a kind person, but to my family, I don’t think I am a good daughter. I am sort of a self-oriented person, sometimes putting myself first, and considering everything that I want as a matter of course.

In the past, I always decided everything on my own, and thought that I was supposed to get what I liked, although I’ve changed a lot since I became a Christian, sometimes I am still making the same mistake. I stay very late at night, just to browse web sites, but never know that it may affect mum’s sleep; I ask dad to get online whenever I want, but never know that he may be having dinner at that moment; I take my sister’s camera because mine has got some problems with the lens, but never know that hers is newly bought and she may need it. Sometimes I just ask them to do what I want and don’t think they will mind coz they don’t say “No” to me, but why don’t I stand where they are and consider their feeling? Yea…they don’t say “No”, but it doesn’t mean they don’t get affected. They still try their best to meet my needs just because they love me so much…Why can’t I love them more?

Mum just went back to China this morning, in the evening when I saw all the washed dishes being put in order, I knew it’s done by mum before she left, suddenly I  missed her so much, I could really feel her love on me, during the whole holiday, she got up early every morning to prepare breakfast for me, she cleaned up my room and even washed clothes for me…and even woke up earlier this morning to do as much as possible for me before she left. But…how about myself? What did I do for her? Why I still stayed so late at night when she asked me to go to bed early? Why I continued to get things disordered when she asked me not to? Why I just ignored her when she’s trying to teach me what was good for me?

Today Kimberly and Haze asked me whether I cried while sending mum off at the airport, my answer was”No!” but…this evening when I got home, and saw what she had done for me before leaving, I felt like crying…to be honest, deep in my heart, I missed her so much, and pitifully I only got to understand this after she left, maybe this is a common mistake made by human: we only know how to treasure something after its leaving.

In Exodus 20:12 of the Bible it says”Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” This is one of the ten commandments that God gives his people, it means this is very important in our life.

God, may you always teach me how to be a good daughter and remind me if I forgot? Amen!

Testimony+Yummy Trip

Mum and me had lunch together with my housemate’s family in morgans seafood market today, let me recall, it was really a long way to Morgans seafood market (which is located in scarborough boat harbour) from indooroopilly, bus+train+bus, it took us 2 hrs to get there! They departed from sunshine coast and we departed from home, it was terribly late when we left home this morning, but we finally got there on time, even a bit earlier than their family. HaHa~ actually there’s an episode behind: 

This morning we left indooroopilly at 10:50am (30mins later than the planned time), it seemed to be impossible to catch the train at 11:15am in south Brisbane station. I was so anxious because we would be late for 1 hr to get to scarborough boat harbour if we missed the train.

but……. 

Something interesting happened! The bus 444, which usually stops at cultural centre, didn’t cross the bridge to the cultural centre today, but headed to city directly from north quay (this was the first ever ‘weird’ 444 that I had experienced). I was so frustrated at that moment since we hardly had time to go back to south Brisbane station. But a thought came out from my mind when I felt hopeless: “Does God know that we won’t catch the train at southbank if we get off at cultural centre, and trying to ask us to use another train station?”  Then we rush straightaway to the central station! Guess what?! The train to shorndiffe from southbank which passed the central station was just about to leave when we reached the platform. We got into the train finally!!!  

Just wanna share what I learnt today: things as small as the ‘train issue’ today, or as big as our future, are all in God’s hands, which set by his own timing. My dear friends! Dare to trust in him! Because his timing is always accurate!!! 

By the way, our two families had a wonderful trip today. (Naturally beautiful scenery along the way + Yummy seafood :-p)

 

If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it

I read Haze’s blog about the Uni Advance today…through her words, it seems that I can sense the joy and fun that you guys had in the uni advance, I can even imagine the smiling faces of you guys. It must be a wonderful camp, meantime, it must be a progress of every single one, a progress which helps in establishing the relationship with our heavenly father. Thanks for your sharing Haze!!! I can gain a lot from your words even though I wasn’t be able to join:) Oh by the way, I heard that D1 and D2’s people came across each other at the surfers paradise, and had a very ‘violent’ time there! haha~~is that why there’s a plaster on Steph’s forehead?

Lately in my quiet time, God always brings me into the same scripture, which is Ecclesiastes :7 & 8 (Wisdom & Obey the King).

I am nearly shocked when I see this scripture again and again, because it really corresponds to my current situation. I am impressed a lot by two passages, which are:

“When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future.” (Ecclesiastes :7,14)

“Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.”(Ecclesiastes :8,5)

After reading, I feel so peaceful, and I realise that I used to worry too much in my life: my family, friends, study and future; in fact, I was just wasting so much time, sigh…I was such a fool. What for to still worry about if I have God?!!God created us, and gave us the wisdom, is to let us use it to think over while facing problems, rather than just to worry. And as the wise, we should know that God has his own timing for every single one, and will bless us with what he has promised, as long as we listen to him. Sometimes things don’t happen to us is just because they are not in the right timing. God has his own purpose on every single situation even though it is sometimes a bad time, his plan never fails to mature us.

So…Praise God for all the good times, and also praise God for those bad times, because if God brings you to it, he will bring you through it! Just commit my everything into God’s hands, do my best, and let God do the rest! Amen!!!

Go Nilla!!!

A Produtive Day

I woke up early this morning, but found that mum woke up even earlier than me, it was not surprising to see breakfast being set on the table when I opened the door of my room, see~~mum is mum!

Our house is very crowded these days because of our parents’ coming. Oops…I haven’t introduced my housemate, she’s Sue Chan, and we’ve known each other for ages.

Today we had a very special lunch which was made by our two families. Hehe~~but I think it only sounded special, it was indeed a normal home cooking.

Daniel 1 and 2’s people went to Buffet Gardens at Sunnybank for dinner to celebrate Seya’s 21st birthday. We all had a very good time there, finally I realised that people would unconsciously eat more while talking, especially while talking excitedly^^

Anyway, thanks God for giving us the time for fellowship, the joy and fun that we had during the dinner time!

Happy Birthday to Seya! May God be with you always and bless you with all the best! Hope you will like the present! Amen!