some meaningful things to share...

Knowledge is learning what God has said and done.
Perspective is understanding why God said it or did it.


God whispers to us in our pleasure, but He shouts to us in our pain.

Love,
Naomi

To Ms Yu...

she......

- is known as Queen Yan..

- is 1.7m tall with a coiled spine.. lol..

- likes to roll her eyes..

- knows what she wants in life..

- says she is smart.. :P

- is super talkative..
- can be heard before she is seen..
- loves kids..
- can't do without her eyeliner..
- thinks she got big eyes..

to me...

she is someone who didn't like me initially but have came a long way to become friends who care and trust one another.. i thank God for the breakthrough in our relationship, for her relationship with God and bringing her thus far.. her growth in the Lord has been encouraging and make me feel that investing in someone's life is really very worthwhile..

thank her......

for letting me into her life and speaking the truth in love to her.. for her honesty with her feelings and struggles with me.. for persevering despite of difficulties at times.. for wanting to give her best in whatever she does..

i hope.....

she will continue to grow out in her salvation and become the kind of person God has created her to be.. she will stay true to herself.. she will be happy.. she will learn to be a more courageous person..

lastly, a verse for her..

^"3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
⁵ Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun"

Happy Birthday Ms Yu!!!!

Love,

Naomi

not really...

Not all miracles are proof of God’s approval
^"24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. ²⁵See, I have told you ahead of time."


God’s permission is not necessarily his desire

^"12"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything."


Things might happen because they are expressions or consequences of human sin
for example : divorce, crimes, etc

God is sovereign...


Love,
Naomi

interesting analogy...

Character

People are like tea bags. You need to put them into hot water to know how strong they are.

think this analogy is so true.. it is indeed only when we go through difficult times that we will know and see how strong we are and at the same time see our weaknesses being magnified.. difficult times are testing times.. times that we go through refining to become more and more like Him.. just like a sliver refiner would know that the silverware is ready when his reflection can be seen on the silverware that he is refining.. the refining process is painful yet it is something necessary for us to fulfill our potential.. so let us not resist refining but allowing God's joy to be our strength to go through it..

jia you everyone who are going through refining.. becoming man and woman of Godly character..


Jia you!!


Love,
Naomi