interesting poem...

Waiting is our destiny as creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for.

We wait in the darkness for a flame we cannot light,

We wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write.

We wait for a not yet that feels like a not ever.

Waiting is the hardest work of hope.


- Lewis Smedes -

Waiting is indeed the hardest work of hope...


Love,
Naomi

I'm Forever Yours...

Im Forever Yours - Planet Shakers

I'm Forever Yours
Planet shakers

I give my all to You
Send me and i will go for You
To the ends of the earth
I'll follow after You
I want the world to know
Your love endures forever

Tell me and i'll obey
This is far greater than sacrifice
Trusting You and not myself
Will always lead to blessing
Lord have Your way in me
Not my will, Yours be done

Here i stand within Your presence
Longing for Your touch
A thousand days cannot compare
To one day in Your courts

Hold me now
And never ever let me go
My Jesus, my precious Saviour
I'm forever Yours

I will worship You forever
I will worship You

thank You for loving me God.. hold me now and never let me go.. i only have You and nothing left.. if not for You, whatever i have done and going to do, and whoever i am, would mean nothing at all.. God, You gave me the purpose to live.. cos of Your love for me.. i can't stop thanking You..


God hold me close and never let me go


Love,
Naomi

Thanks dear...

To Sihua, my BFF,

Thank you for:

1) loving me for me being just me..
2) reminding me that if you can love me so much, how much more is God capable of loving me..
3) spending time with me..
4) listening to me when i needed a listening ear..
5) talking to me online and over the phone till late at night..
6) the times that you gave biblical counsel to me..
7) the times of discussion and the hypothetical questions that we talked about..
8) helping me to make sense of things..
9) the prayers that you have prayed for me..
10) the care and concern you have given me when i am sicked even though at times you needed them too..
11) the encouragement you have given me when i needed them..
12) sharing my burden as my peer..
13) talking rubbish together with me..
14) loving me the way i feel loved..
15) seeing the best of me and my potential..
16) the initiative you have taken to build this friendship and sistership..
17) sharing in my happy times, my sad times, my difficult times and even my secret..
18) playing a part in my life and also in my walk with God..
19) giving me the chance to love you..
20) letting God move in your life..
21) being who you are..

i love you, dear..

i really thank God for putting you in my life..


God, thank You very very much..


Love,
Naomi

Humbled or Exalted?

^"9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: ¹⁰ "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

¹³ "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

¹⁴ "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." "

- Luke 18:9-14 -

was reminded of this parable while worshiping God and doing my reflections..

there are times in my life that i was like that pharisee.. taking pride of the things i have done and how good i am.. there are also times that i was like the tax collector.. reminded how sinful i am that i need to repent and be shown grace and mercy by God..

i want and hope that the times that i exalts myself to become lesser.. cos it can become a subtle sin in my life as i grow up spiritually.. so i need to be on the watch that my mind is not slowly being invaded by the so-called harmless thought that i should be quite zai to have come thus far.. i must not leave it as it is.. or else one day, that thought becomes a permanent residence in my mind.. it will take a long long time to remove it.. imagine the kind of damage it would have caused.. whether to me or to the people around me.. so scary..

so i will try my best to safeguard my mind and heart.. pray that i will be able to do so taping on God's power within me.. i hope that we all brothers and sisters will help one another in this area of our lives to watch each other's backs..


For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted


Love,
Naomi

really? or really!!

God is enough even when you have lost everything...

i ask myself.. do i have such a faith? i don't think i have.. but i trust that God will help me to have that faith one day.. the faith that Joseph had when he lost everything.. the Lord is with him.. that was what that kept him going.. i want to know God more each day to have this faith..

there is nothing more that You need to give me to make me love You more.. all You need to do is continue to do what You've done for me.. i will love you more each day as i get to know you more.. i know no matter what i've done or said.. would stop You from loving me.. and i also know no matter how much i do is also not enough and You no need me to do so.. but.. i choose and am willing to love You back more each day and do the best that i could in my human ability to love You..


God is gonna be enough even when i lose everything..


Love,
Naomi

Happy Valentine's Day...

Happy V-Day.. cum happy friendship day..

was told to wear nice nice today by my shepherd.. so i did.. lol.. then my cg people was wondering why did i wear until so nice.. lol.. wore a dress that i bought recently.. very worth it and very nice.. very proud of myself to have gotta that dress..

chocolate is a fave present to give on v-day sia.. especially Hershey's kisses chocolate is hot fave.. balloons and flowers are also very popular.. everywhere you go, you see them sia.. v-day is really a very commercialised thing.. haha.. but nonetheless, i just wanted to bless the bros and sis so i brought some chocolates to give them..

spent my v-day with my cg.. went to a turkish restaurant.. think they weren't very happy with the price.. lol.. $3 for a plate of rice.. don't think we will be going back there again eh.. lol.. but it was still quite fun.. spend the time laughing at people's love notes on the newspaper, chit-chatting and writing affirmation for one another.. the cards were done by wee boon, xiuhua, eileen and me.. it was fun.. reading what we wrote for one another.. then we went to hang around at lido.. it was fun.. to spend time with friends cum family on v-day..


Pics of gifts:

gift from Alvin
the chocolate behind is toblerone
idea is from Meijuan

Hershey's chocolates from Dorling
she also gave me a bottle of liang cha
thanks shepherd for the love

candy pack from xiuhua
and a card
so sweet..
=)

flower from the bros
thanks reuben for folding all the flowers for the sis..
u r good with ur hands..

balloon from huiying
thanks gal..
you are talented..
jia you!! =)

a heart shape card from sihua, my bff
thanks gal..

my card that i helped made..
thanks wee boon, xiuhua and eileen
=)

the content of what they wrote on my card..
quite similar eh..
lol..

new version of ferrero rocher
what i gave my cg and my nyc babes

thanks for all the gifts that have been given to me.. i feel very loved.. haha.. no need to have a boyfriend to feel love eh.. i have my greatest valentine with me and great friends around to bless me.. love is in the air.. lol..

will upload a pic of my cg that we took at the turkish restaurant once i get hold of it.. =)


My Greatest Valentine is JESUS!!


Love,
Naomi

meet-up with wei long..

met wei long up today together with wee boon and ruixia.. haha.. it was supposed to take place quite some time ago.. but everyone was very busy so we were only able to meet now.. it was quite a good time of catching up.. having a peep into one another's life.. we went to thaiexpress for dinner.. wee boon loves to go there.. so funny that all four of us ordered soft shell crab together.. except that wei long and wee boon ate the curry one.. while ruixia and me ate the black pepper one.. lol.. then we went over to mof (ministry of food) to have some dessert.. thanks wee boon for treating the dessert.. lol..


Pics to share:

ruixia and me shared macha sundae..

wei long's macha zen
aka macha ice cream in red bean with mochi

wee boon's macha kakigori..
he thinks its heavenly..

a pic of the 4 of us with our desserts..
lol..

it's been quite a while.. since i last chatted with wei long was during exam period of last semester.. lol.. really thank God for this brother in discipling me and helping me to disciple wee boon too.. thanks bro for the encouragement and help that you have given to me.. if not i don't know how certain things would have turn out.. lol..


Thank God for the fellowship..

Love,
Naomi