relationship with God...

What kind of relationship are you having with God?
- an open relationship?
- monogamy relationship?
- love-hate relationship?

What is the attitude that you are having towards this relationship?

Does God deserve the way you treat Him?
my answer is He doesn't..
but what is yours?

Your attitude determines your relationship with Him..


Love,
Naomi

in Christ alone...

In Christ Alone
Brian Littrell

In Christ alone will I glory
Though I could pride myself in battles won
For I’ve been blessed beyond measure
And by His strength alone I’ll overcome
Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands
But those trophies could not equal to the grace by which I stand

In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope
Is Christ alone

In Christ alone do I glory
For only by His grace I am redeemed
For only His tender mercy
Could reach beyond my weakness to my need
And now I seek no greater honor in just to know Him more
And to count my gains but losses to the glory of my Lord

the chorus of this song has been ringing in my brain the whole of yesterday.. keep reminding me that it is in Christ alone that i must place my trust and in nothing else.. if i am to boast of any victories or success in my life, i am to boast it in the name of Jesus.. without Him dying on the cross for my sins and resurrected, i would never be able to lead a victorious life.. in weakness, He is my source of strength.. in darkness, He is my source of hope.. =)



In Christ alone, I place my trust...

Love,
Naomi

a simple quote...

You have to know what it is before you can start to navigate to somewhere better


from Grey's Anatomy

you need to go to the root then can you know how to deal with it..


Love,
Naomi

Embracing who you are...

Embracing who you are

how much do you embrace your uniqueness?

do you often compare yourself to other people?

do you often wished that you were someone else?

do you view yourself as how God views you or how the world views you?

you might know you are beautiful in God's eyes and He loves you as much as He loves Jesus.. but how much has it change the way you view yourself?

you are who you are..

there is no another you in this universe

and God loves you the way you are..

who you are = your strengths + your weaknesses

In God's eyes, your weaknesses = potentials, and it should be the same in your eyes..

Embrace who God has created you to be..


Love,
Naomi

how much do you understand?

head knowledge doesn't equate to heart knowledge

heart knowledge equates to understanding and applying

when you think you understand,

how much do you actually understand?

recently i am very amazed at how infinite God's wisdom is and there is so much that we can learn even from verses or things that we already know.. as God never fails to shed a new light on the verses in the bible or situations in life.. maybe you would be thinking shouldn't you in the first place know how great is God's wisdom.. yeah i did know.. but to experience it right in your face is another thing.. lol..

an understanding came to me as i was walking back home.. "God reveals our weaknesses to us cos He wants us to grow in these weaknesses.. cos weakness equates to potential to grow in His sight.. the more we get to know Him, the more He will reveal to us.. cos He knows we can take it and we will obey and change.. however, there is a step that we need to take as He reveals our weaknesses to us.. which is to acknowledge and face up to it.. then make the choice to change.. meaning that it takes conscious effort to do so.." indeed, we play a part too.. we need to make the choice.. then we will truly learn the lessons and grow in our weaknesses.. i would not dare to say that this understanding has totally translated from head knowledge to heart knowledge.. but i would say it surely have change my mindset in growing out of my revealed weaknesses..

Head or Heart knowledge?


Love,
Naomi

the more I seek You

a beautiful song to share.. enjoy..

The more I seek You

Kari Jobe

The more I seek You,
The more I find You
The more I find You, the more I love You

I wanna sit at Your feet
Drink from the cup in Your hand.
Lay back against you and breath, feel Your heart beat
This love is so deep, it's more than I can stand.
I melt in Your peace, it's overwhelming

the more I seek You, the more I love You..


Love,
Naomi

blessings...

received an expected call on Wednesday night.. a call from the father of a tuition student that i thought i have lost.. why i say that? cos actually Sandy, a sister, recommended a chemistry tuition to me.. the father called me last year to talk to me about the tuition.. as they stayed at Tampines which is rather far from my house so i wanted to meet at the more central place.. but i guess his son wasn't willing to meet at a more central place for tuition.. so the deal was off.. then recently i heard from Sandy again that they seems to be desperate to find a tutor cos the son is really not doing well.. yet i haven't receive any call from them.. until Wednesday night.. the tuition lobang came through.. will be starting tuition next Sunday afternoon.. and the bonus thing is.. they will be coming to my house for tuition.. lol.. a great blessing indeed.. haha..

as i was thanking God for this blessing.. i was thinking.. actually i should thank Him for this long break that i am having.. not because i have time to slack.. but for the lesson of learning how to manage my time or life well when i am given too much time.. usually people talk about managing time better in terms of when you are very busy and you need to make full use of their time to get most of the things done.. seldom people will think about managing their time when they are very free.. yet when you have too much time.. there is a tendency for you to waste it away.. and it happened to me.. lol.. which i am still trying to find a way to not waste my time away.. not in the sense of just trying to find things to fill my time.. but rather how to use it effectively.. chim eh.. lol.. i am still trying to understand and learn.. =)

Thank God for whatever that has happened during this period of time.. blessings, learnings, re-enforcings, healings, etc..



Being a better steward of my time


Love,
Naomi

deserving of blessings?

as i was reading Isaiah during quiet time.. about why Jesus has been sent down to die on the cross for our transgressions and how His resurrection brought healing to our wounds..i was just wondering to myself.. is there a subtle tendency that i am taking the blessings that God has been giving me as if He has owed me all that? in another words taking for granted whatever He is doing.. i have to admit that sometimes i do.. even though i still give thanks to Him.. i would still think that i deserve the blessings.. cos i have given my best.. put in a lot of hard work.. i realised how thick-skinned i am.. to even think that i deserved what i've gotten.. come to think of it.. i am very ashamed of my thoughts.. who am i to think so highly of myself? who am i to think that i deserved what i was blessed with? if God has chosen to withhold His blessings from me, there is no way anyone is able to turn it around.. in the same way, if God chooses to bless me, no one can stop that either.. Isaiah 14:27 and even if He chooses to bless me or especially my ministry, doesn't mean i deserve it or mean i'm righteous.. for ministry, it can mean that He loves His people too much to let anyone or anything to stumble their growth or for them to come to know Him.. no one deserves to be blessed by Him.. cos we have all sinned and fallen short of His glory.. it is by grace that these blessings have been given to us.. Romans 3:22-24

"27 For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

~Isaiah 14:27~

^"22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."

~Romans 3:22-24~

have you ever asked yourself if you have ever taken God for granted?

Love,
Naomi

what does it mean?

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."

~Colossians 3:23~

so what does this verse means to me? hmm... let's see..

no matter what we do.. whether is it in our daily lives, work, studies, how we interact with people, etc.. we should try to do our best.. having a spirit of excellence.. but first you have to do it with a willing heart and not a complaining spirit.. cos when you feel unfair and stuff, no matter how much we try to do our best.. we will usually give substandard work or being unable to focus..
we also must realise that it is God that we are ultimately working for.. cos He is our overall Lord and authority.. He is also the source of everything.. remembering that we will be rewarded accordingly by God even if we think that our efforts may not be appreciated by others..



what do you think?

Love,

Naomi

not taking for granted...

recently i was asked to run the household chores together with my granduncle even though there are 4 people left in the house.. cos the other 2 people are just in their own world doing their own things.. not contributing to the family.. so you must be wondering why am i doing household chores? cos my grandaunt went overseas for holiday.. and i miss her.. not because i had to wash my own clothes or clean up the house.. but just suddenly realised that something feels missing when she is not around.. there is no one to nag me, tell me things, etc.. i should be happy rite cos got more freedom.. but i feel weird more than happy actually.. yeah.. like someone in my life just went missing..

then recently, my mum has been falling sick also.. quite worried.. praying and fasting for her.. hope she will get well soon.. and be healed completely.. hope you all can pray for her too.. =)

learning not to take the people around me for granted.. whether is it cos doing household chores is tiring, i start to appreciate what my grandaunt is doing for her family and me.. or is it cos of my mum falling sick, knowing that life is really fragile..

can you imagine? my grandaunt has to wash 6 peoples' clothes everyday.. sometimes a few of us will have more than 1 set of clothes to wash.. then she still has to cook for us, iron the clothes and keep the house clean.. she is doing all these just to give us a comfortable and clean home to stay in.. yet we take her for granted.. take what she is doing for us for granted..

she asked me to sweep the floor for her before she left.. you know why? cos my uncle nor his gf will bother to do it.. i was the only one other than my granduncle that she can rely on to keep the house clean.. she knows that as long as to have asked me to do it, no matter how lazy i am i will still try.. which i really thank God for her trust in me that i will still do my part in the house..

i really hope that i can do my part in relieving her of what she is doing now.. also hoping that i will not take anyone around me for granted.. or whatever they are doing.. i hope i will not forget what i have promise myself to do.. cos i know after some time people will tend forget and revert back to the old cycle if they don't constantly remind themselves of the things that they have learn or want to do..

lastly let's not take God for granted.. even though He will always be there for us.. doesn't mean we should take Him for granted..


No one is to be taken for granted..


Love,
Naomi

an insight...

was reading a book named "Drawing Near" by John Bevere recently.. which brought new insights to my understanding of 'answered' prayers.. you must be thinking why is there inverted commas for the word answered.. cos God did not say yes or agree to what we prayed for even though He gave us what we prayed for.. contradicting eh.. but it is true.. let's look at the verse below before we dwell further..

^"4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols [of self-will and unsubmissiveness] into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity [idols of silver and gold] before his face, and yet comes to the prophet [to inquire of him], I the Lord will answer him, answer him according to the multitude of his idols,

⁵ That I may lay hold of the house of Israel in the thoughts of their own mind and heart, because they are all estranged from Me through their idols."

~Ezekiel 14:4-5 (Amplified Bible)~

from Ezekiel 14:4c "I the Lord will answer him, answer him according to the multitude of his idols,", it can be understood that if we really want something so badly even after God has revealed His will and desire to us, quite possibly He will give it to us even when it is against His perfect will and even if He knows that we will be judged..

taking for example the israelites.. God has let them know His desire for them to not have a king and warned them about how the king will take away their best things and even taxed them.. they still insisted to have a king over them.. so God gave them what they wanted.. then these kings eventually led them into babylonian captivity.. israelites had to pay for what they asked for..

what we must realise is that when we desire something that is contrary to God's will for us.. God will sometimes still give it to us and it will be according to the idols that are residing in our hearts.. idols are anything that separate us from Him or take our focus off Him.. they may not necessary be physical objects like a golden calf that you chooses to worship instead of God.. for me, watching shows and playing some online games are the idols in my life.. which i am fasting from for my own good too.. :P so what are the idols in your life? studies, achievements, relationships, work, games, food, etc?

Though He desires that none would go astray, He will not be mocked..

"7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. ⁸ The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life."

~Galatians 6:7-8~

ultimately why God does what He does is shown in Ezekiel 14:5.. He wants to recapture our hearts from any snare of covetousness, which is idolatry, lurking in it.. simply because He wants to have an initmate relationship with us.. however, His heart is reserved for those who have given theirs completely..

God is gracious and merciful enough to take us back as His child as long as we are willing to repent and turn back from our sinful ways and desires.. and give our hearts to Him.. letting our focus be on Him and His will for us.. cos He loves us too much to see us going into destructive mode with what we are doing..

God is merciful yet He cannot be mocked..

Love,
Naomi

God's eternal ink

God's eternal ink

I dreamed I was in heaven where an angel kept God's book.
He was writing so intently I just had to take a look.
It was not, at first, his writing that made me stop and think
But the fluid in the bottle that was marked eternal ink.

This ink was most amazing, dark black upon his blotter
But as it touched the parchment it became as clear as water.
The angel kept on writing, but as quickly as a wink
The words were disappearing with that strange eternal ink.

The angel took no notice, but kept writing on and on.
He turned each page and filled it till all its space was gone.
I thought he wrote to no avail, his efforts were so vain
For he wrote a thousand pages that he'd never read again.

And as I watched and wondered that this awesome sight was mine,
I actually saw a word stay black as it dried upon the line.
The angel wrote and I thought I saw a look of satisfaction.
At last he had some print to show for all his earnest action.

A line or two dried dark and stayed as black as black can be,
But strangely the next paragraph became invisible to see.
The book was getting fuller, the angel's records true,
But most of it was blank, with just a few words coming through.

I knew there was some reason, but as hard as I could think,
I couldn't grasp the significance of that eternal ink.
The mystery burned within me, and I finally dared to ask
The angel to explain to me of his amazing task.

And what I heard was frightful as the angel turned his head.
He looked directly at me, and this is what he said...
I know you stand and wonder at what my writing's worth
But God has told me to record the lives of those on earth.

The book that I am filling is an accurate account
Of every word and action and to what they do amount.
And since you have been watching I must tell you what is true;
The details of my journal are the strict accounts of YOU.

The Lord asked me to watch you as each day you worked and played.
I saw you as you went to church, I saw you as you prayed.
But I was told to document your life through all the week.
I wrote when you were proud and bold, I wrote when you were meek.

I recorded all your attitudes whether they were good or bad.
I was sorry that I had to write the things that make God sad.
So now I'll tell the wonder of this eternal ink,
For the reason for its mystery should make you stop and think.

This ink that God created to help me keep my journal
Will only keep a record of things that are eternal.
So much of life is wasted on things that matter not
So instead of my erasing, smudging ink and ugly blot.

I just keep writing faithfully and let the ink do all the rest
For it is able to decide what's useless and what's best.
And God ordained that as I write of all you do and say
Your deeds that count for nothing will just disappear away.

When books are opened someday, as sure as heaven is true;
The Lord's eternal ink will tell what mattered most to you.
If you just lived to please yourself the pages will be bare,
And God will issue no reward for you when you get there.

In fact, you'll be embarrassed, you will hang your head in shame
Because you did not give yourself in love to Jesus' Name.
Yet maybe there will be a few recorded lines that stayed
That showed the times you truly cared, sincerely loved and prayed.

But you will always wonder as you enter heaven's door
How much more glad you would have been if only you'd done more.
For I record as God sees, I don't stop to even think
Because the truth is written with God's eternal ink.

When I heard the angel's story I fell down and wept and cried
For as yet I still was dreaming I hadn't really died.
And I said: O angel tell the Lord that soon as I awake
I'll live my life for Jesus - I'll do all for His dear sake.

I'll give in full surrender; I'll do all He wants me to;
I'll turn my back on self and sin and whatever isn't true.
And though the way seems long and rough I promise to endure.
I'm determined to pursue the things that are holy, clean and pure.

With Jesus as my helper, I will win lost souls to Thee,
For I know that they will live with Christ for all eternity.
And that's what really matters when my life on earth is gone
That I will stand before the Lord and hear Him say, well done.

For is it really worth it as my life lies at the brink?
And I realize that God keeps books with His eternal ink.
Should all my life be focused on things that turn to dust?
From this point on I'll serve the Lord; I can, I will, I must!

I will NOT send blank pages up to God's majestic throne
For where that record's going now is my eternal home.
I'm giving all to Jesus I now have seen the link
For I saw an angel write my life with God's eternal ink.

by Pastor Craig F. Pitts
of Chatham,Ontario, Canada

Living in reverence of the Lord..


Love,
Naomi

cheer up!!

My dear BFF..

Cheer up gal!!
i won't be happy if you are sad..
God also will be sad..
so please cheer up..
your kids love you de..
like any human being they have their crazy times too..
i know you are a strong gal..
jia you!!
you go gal..

Smile!! my BFF..


Love,
Naomi