February 2012
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if you love me, feed my sheep.
i think this message that Jesus told Peter 3 times was significant at many levels. It was something short, firm and something that even a paragraph of words honestly will not be able to replace. i’ve been repeating it in my head, allowing it to ring through all my hypothetical scenarios and countless questions and excuses.
If you love me, feed my sheep.
Been always posting things before...
January 2012
6 posts
fall prostrate.
i think i have come to a point in time when it’s so stark that i can’t seem to accept the sovereignty of the Lord. when people’s hearts harden and when things go wrong, i can’t maintain a posture whereby i stay still and tell God that:
hey i screwed up, but God you allowed it to happen.
I need You to help me.
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Colossians 4:6
Being a person who is constantly talking rubbish, I really thank God for some of the conversations held in the past week/2 weeks. I’m always glad to share with people what I saw in Mumbai and a glimpse of the grand scheme of God’s plan, and at the same time help them come to terms with the part of them that needs God, and at the same time be the listening ear/outlet whenever I can....
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Best of Mumbai, Karjat.
-Photos taken using Ryan’s camera -Edited by me in Adobe Lightroom
It was great to be in India, soaking up the sights and sounds of the place, watching people leading their lives and how all the ladies & girls are all so well dressed in colourful clothing.
It is great to look back on hindsight & seeing how God pulled all our team members together, with every single one...
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a myopic self
for the longest time, i always struggle to lead people. struggle to say the correct words at the correct time, struggle to provide a solution to people who lead broken lives, struggle to present tangible/quantifiable results to my leaders, struggle to present the best/holiest yu li to everyone and worst of all, struggle to live a consistent life in and out of church.
for the longest time,...
December 2011
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life
been feeling that my life has dulled significantly ever since I came back from Mumbai, previously i would be contented if i could get things done around the house, watch some shows and taking naps here and there, but now i am not exactly bothered to do anything. my life needs a breakthrough but that takes courage, so i’m at a very strange crossroad.
merry christmas everyone. thank God...
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David Fleck
(source: http://davidfleck.co.uk/)
David Fleck is such a great inspiration. Detailed drawings, (which is no surprise considering his architect background) and the fine mix of the different mediums (ink, paint, and digital) is definitely something for me to look up to.
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Cant wait for Christmas (:
self-explanatory, christmas is a season of giving, gifts, and sometimes headaches, and for many it is a time of self-doubting, guessing and perhaps a set of expectations in terms of giving. But for a child of God, it is true joy and a reminder of a promise that is constant for so many years.
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"for we are given immeasurably more."
Here’s a video of a Harvard medicine student who grew up in a Habitat home. Going for a build trip in Mumbai tonight, and though a short one, I hope to bring back something from it. Many thanks to people who bought our t-shirts (be it out of goodwill, or for the fact that you like the design), who donated generously when we wrote letters, God who really ultimately provided abundantly. It...
November 2011
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God i can't thank You quite enough.
really great day and great week 13 (honestly people with deadlines looming will slap me for this) kickstarted this week with a 5 day weekend that spanned from last friday to tuesday, great sleep and sufficient time to do and hence fully recharged for classes. flowing easily with this grace of God and all and ended this week with sitting thru finance presentations, TAB gathering, and a great campus...
October 2011
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the afterthoughts
it is mildly eye-opening how people can be really unforgiving and condescending towards people who screw up. it is interesting how often we overlook our own mistakes and move on to judge others, it is as if stepping on others will make us a step closer to perfection.
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the things i dont deserve
the trust that people have in me, the blessings i have, the grades i have, i know i don’t deserve the things i have, but honestly to this extent its abit overwhelming.
God knows my limitations and my resources the doubts, the limited distance im willing/able to go, but He endows me with all these anyway. And this amount of blessings that I’m receiving it’s truly humbling,...
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God is a great communicator
Was just introduced the idea that God is probably the best communicator that we have ever seen in our lives. This whole idea of how God is the best communicator pretty much doesnt sit well with us because of the simple fact that we barely hear from God clearly during our quiet time.
The thing is that our conventional notion of communication, ie, talking/listening is ineffective in God’s...
August 2011
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far too distracted
you know that function on the right of the fb page that tells you your status on ‘this day in 2010’? it’s great.
i just got reminded that exactly one year ago this day was when i first failed my driving, and i once again was reminded of how God delivered me, taught me precious lessons through the entire saga. I keep repeating my driving story to people in my lifegroup, ministry,...
God is ready to use you.
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cornucopia of social awkwardness
today marks the end of week 1, school’s intense but i think i’m enjoying it? feels pretty awesome to be learning concrete knowledge beyond the random uni cores in year 1;feels quite refreshing bumping into my freshies, my batch mates, my previous classmates shuffling between the schools too. it’s so great that God helped me with my distractions that plagued me the last semester...
July 2011
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my God is largely misunderstood.
how come when we read about the promises of God in the bible, the grace that Peter or Paul boasts of, the hope that people in the bible profess, instead of being greatly refreshed, we find them naggy, and at times we even find it jarring to the ears?
often this happens because we put on our tinted glasses, switch to our skeptic mode and start throwing out thoughts: “huh why God so mean...
May 2011
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Very seldom overseas, but thank God for this short trip! (: Being overseas helps you put things into perspective, it’s hard to explain and elaborate what God showed me and told me but it’s mildly life-changing. It’s great to be around great people. (:
Results is a cui btw for those reading i’m not upset over it, not at all (as of now) so let’s just leave it...
March 2011
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5th attempt 10 points
it has been a super long while since i properly blogged and properly moved on with my life…… the failure of driving test however small it seems against people’s issues that are so much greater and much more emotionally affecting was one that affected me so bad that it incapacitated me from serving, from studying, from spending money in a guiltfree manner, basically from living...
February 2011
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pseudo-emo:
What can wash away our sins? What can make us whole again? Nothing but the blood Nothing but the blood of Jesus What can wash us pure as snow? Welcomed as the friends of God Nothing but Your blood Nothing but Your blood King Jesus
January 2011
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"kkk got alot of tissue just cry" "kk we don't...
wednesday was a day of non-stop crying, a day of being visibly shaken, a day of being the entire opposite of the usual yu li. and yet the vulnerability i displayed within the ministry was reciprocated with a genuine concern, prayer, and God’s words that worked through people, who were simply His vessels. the ministry is a community that we sometimes take for granted, and yet it is a...
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if not now, then when?
every time this little life of mine suffers from stagnancy and mediocrity and worldliness, i take a step back and read the post below this and remember what i set out to do this year.
God I have little resources, but take all that you need.
December 2010
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the 2011th year
putting things into the proper perspective, i’m going to take a step back and be excited for the new year. being in uni kind of establishes a disconnect between the academic year and the REAL year, so come january it’s just completing the 2nd part of the motion and all that. but either way, have come to realised that excitement for the new year doesn’t come from the thrill of...
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this christmas season,
everyone deserves to be loved.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175983809094299
Love Storey - 24 December 2010
Come and discover Jesus is all you need (:
PAYING ATTENTION TO PPL WITHOUT JUDGING
gosh how do i do that.
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mmm, hi.
gosh i typed this in the afternoon and cos it couldn’t post i’m typing everything again.
so my exams ended on tuesday which really just concluded my 1st semester in smu. the 15 weeks in smu has been so fast that i barely have any time to stop and consider the motives for doing things so it was all just doing, and checking things off my checklist.however, the past few days after exams...
October 2010
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who is your ministry?
as we hang out with like-minded people who are already within the sheep pen and have found God, we forget that there are so many, just so many people who are stuck in the rut of issues and unable to break free, and are so far away from God.
Thank you God for opening my eyes today. Fill me up with the love You have for all Your creation, or simply: Break my heart for what break Yours.
August 2010
9 posts
each day from now i make a firm stand to make sure that whatever i do i don’t attach emotions nor points of self-worth to them and really, if i count blessings and keep a blessings journal…… it really would go on forever.
had creative thinking performance today, we were great (: not just performance wise, but i think we really had alot of fun! the boys was so funny posing as...
i failed my driving......... do you still want to...
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BE DISTRACTED WITH GOD
turned off msn and went around reading Christian quoted passages on tumblr etc, and i found many good stuff. really needed all of these, when you make a resolution to chuck everything aside and just to read God’s word and what people say about God, you make a resolution to look beyond yourself and problems and focus on the one who is greater. Facebook blogshops twitter (hah hah things i surf...
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soyep end of 1st week of school
alright in retrospect in the pointest manner ever:
- Uni-YA ESS was so awesome (: funny video clips, meaningful and visceral messages, engaging performance! i nearly teared at the scene in the clip with the post-it on the lift door because it’s so real and so simple.
- School was okay, I get an equal mix of the various kinds of professors, the China ones which I probably have to be...
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thought you might need this song
>Oh heart of mine, why must you stray? From one so fair you run away And one more time you have to pay The heaviness of needless shame Oh heart of mine, come back home You’ve been too long out on your own And He’s been there all along Watching for you down the road So come home running His arms are open wide His name is Jesus He understands He is the answer You are looking for So...
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girls, take care of yourselves
When a man is trying to find a resting place, he will search for a building that appeals to him. Depending on the quality of the man, different kinds of buildings will catch his eye. Let’s make sure thet building you’re erecting in your life will only attract a man of the highest caliber- someone who will respect and value who you are. You want your building to attract the appropriate...
and so life's toughest ordeal is over......
really thankful that I got all my modules! (: despite having a 1.5h Analytical Skills class on Thursday, in the event that I dice i’ll be completely free on Thursday, but I have caregroup on Thursday anyway, so yea. Anyway people who matter to me or people whom I matter to, try to tell me what’s your schedule like so we can do some funky meetup or just chill or tap into the library...
Does God exist? (you have to read this!)
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A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. They eventually touched on the subject of God.
Barber: I don't believe that God exists.
Customer: Why do you say that?
Barber: Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn’t exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can’t imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.
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The customer thought for a moment, but didn’t respond because he didn’t want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again.
Customer: You know what? Barbers don't exist.
Barber: How can you say that? I am here. I am a barber, and I just worked on you!
Customer: No! Barbers don’t exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.
Barber: Ah, but barbers DO exist! That’s what happens when people do not come to me.
Customer: Exactly! That’s the point! God, too, DOES exist! That’s what happens when people do not go to Him and don’t look to Him for help. That’s why there’s so much pain and suffering in the world.
July 2010
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i like ewf salt and vinegar fries
In other things im blogging because a million people told me to blog HAHAHAHA yea right yu li in your dreams/what are the odds 999999 of these people are my split selfs and alter egos. many events happened recently (still significantly less than many ppl due to the lack of camps i attend) and yet i’ve stopped recounting them like a schooling kid because they no longer define me and who i am...
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in all things, God works for those who love Him.
when we cling on to whatever that is perceived to be worthy of our effort and looked upon as the best deal we can ever get in our entire life, we lose sight and we forgo the great things that God has in store for us. Not just great things, but things that could possibly only appear in our wildest dreams.
Max Lucardo:
Hope is not what you expect; it is what you would never dream. It is a wild,...
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IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM.
back from camp! actually i was back like yesterday and then i lost my best enemies zifang to korea and louisa to nbs camp+europe today and i lost my voice(!!) on the 1st night. which is really quite irritating and sian and shocked many many people hahaha general reactions to my voice range from “oh your voice is changing” to “omg your voice!” to the ultimate from my brother...
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So what lies ahead?
Uhm actually not really haha I just thought this could be quite apt
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time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted
I did my medical checkup today and I realised that sometimes I really like being an auntie and going out with my mom? Like to NTUC and whatever and I’m thankful for this open relationship with my mom and the autonomy I have over my own life. (: But yet it also struck me that such times and periods are not to be taken for granted because it fleets by so quickly and when it’s time for...
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sleep > soccer
im blogging more and more fluff posts by the day haha my readership (does such a word exist) is going to plummet and wane and die but either way:
me: omg can’t believe we slept past the part when they score jevon: can’t believe that WE STAYED UP FOR THE PART WHEN THEY DIDN’T SCORE
about half an hour late for movie in a v panicky mood……
jevon: alright shaw tower. i’m very sure once we start moving, turn left and we’ll be on our way. -ruiyi turns- us: OMG I TOLD YOU TO TURN LEFT ON THE ROAD WHY YOU TURN LEFT INTO THE CARPARK!?!!!!!!
had to turn out in the end. funniest thing that happened the entire night
-feels the car shake-
us: omg mount kerb
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Jesus take the wheel
“You can’t be in control all the time” were the words that kept ringing at the back of my mind these few days and yet instead of helplessness what was in place of it was a mixture of gratitude, ease and comfort. Previously, I easily sink into a vicious cycle of self-reproach when things seem to go wrong and such situations often affect my self-perception… But recently,...
June 2010
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my top 5 singalong songs
1. Lemon Tree - Fool’s Garden 2. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations 3. You Make My Dreams - Hall and Oates 4. Fallin’ for You - Colbie Caillat 5. Bye Bye Love - The Ditty Bops
HOW SURMOUNTABLE IS TODAY GOING TO BE?
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a transformational grace
it is daunting that as we trudge tentatively into the next phase in life we inevitably meet with the intellects who have such vast knowledge and have read so much that it puts ourselves to shame. We know that these people are armed with profundity and they have much to say about about our lives, and no less our faith. Some things that they say can be so thought-provoking that it causes us to...