choice..

was just watching a tv programme that featured a little girl that has brain tumor who is partially blind.. she is only 9 years old.. and she has to suffered so much.. going through surgery, radio therapy, eating a lot of medicine, seeing a lot of doctors.. yet she has no idea how long can she live.. she can die anytime.. but she is very hopeful and cheerful.. she wants to spend each day happily.. she seems to know and understand much more about life than even an adult.. she is also able to take care of herself well and even take care of her little brother..

i am very amazed at her outlook of life.. how she can face life with a smile when she has to go through so much as a little kid.. yet so many people especially adults are unable to do it.. often thinking that why is life so unfair, getting stressed up about work, leading a messed up life.. i am not saying there is anything wrong in wanting to complain or feeling stressed up.. i am saying many times it is a choice how we choose to face up to things in our lives.. and how we want to handle it.. we are also given a choice in whether we want to have a relationship with God..

whining about things, being upset, giving up, etc.. doesn't help at all.. facing it up and making adjustments to overcome it then it is the right thing to do.. one very real lesson God taught me is that sometimes no matter how i pray or how hard i pray.. He is not going to change the situation or circumstances for me.. cos He knows that i have to go through them to learn and also have some realisation about myself.. indeed circumstances won't change.. but i can change how i handle them.. making sense of the situation.. at the end of the day.. it is not asking God to help me manuver through the situation.. but asking Him to help me understand why it had happened and what is the lesson He wants me to learn..

life is never going to be a bed of roses.. neither would it be as predictable as you want it to be.. as long as you choose to walk in sync with God.. you will be able to rejoice in every situation of your life.. choosing to see things through God's eyes.. sufferings are temporary.. nothing that goes down will always remain down.. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4..


living with a smile or a cry, is a choice..


Love,
Naomi

my baby cousins...

babies are cute in general.. especially adorable when they are obedient.. but when they become little 'monsters'.. then you feel like fainting.. really.. lol.. so let me introduce 2 cute and adorable little 'monsters' to you..


there you go..

they are hugging one another while eating dinner..
amused at the sight, decided to take a pic..
they look so cute..
the little one knows that i am taking a pic
so he keeps staring at the camera..
lol
the younger one adores his big bro
yet he beats him at times..
lol

the little one asked me to take another pic of him
his name is Justin
turning 2 this year
a bit slow yet smart
he knows how to say his chinese name
lol
the background is my grandaunt

the big bro asked me to take a pic of him
when he saw that i took one for his little bro
he is Julian
turning 4 this yr
he loves to destroy stuff
and seek attention from his mum
cos his mum adores his little bro more

these 2 little monsters come to my house (which is my grandaunt's house) quite a number of times every week.. the only person in this house that they scare of is me.. yet they like to play with me also.. so funny eh.. i hope my kids would not be as naughty as them.. or else i will really faint taking care of them.. lol.. it is very tiring.. i think my grandaunt is very brilliant in handling kids.. just as i was brought up by her too.. =)


cute yet not innocent..


Love,
Naomi

Grace..

Grace..
Is He giving me what i do not deserve

Grace..
He healed and fixed my broken heart

Grace..
Finding strength in Him in weakness

Grace..
Knowing that He is more than enough for me

Grace..
Living each day afresh with Him

Grace..
Reminder of His love for me


Your grace is sufficient for me in every season of my life

Love,
Naomi

seems that..

you might think that you have learned what God is speaking to you.. yet it seems that it isn't so.. this is a very real issue.. that many believers struggle.. especially as they grow in maturity.. it also becomes easier for them to fall into the subtle trap..

reminded once again about judging people.. who am i to judge whether someone deserves a certain thing.. even if i have been there done that doesn't mean i have a stand to say anything.. we all have our fair share of struggles.. whether is it obvious or subtle.. whether is it big or small.. we were all once trapped.. we fell and we stand up again.. we have our own sets of things that we need to learn.. no one is more perfect or more privileged than the other.. we are all the child of God.. He loves us all the same.. each as much as He loves Jesus.. saying or even thinking if a person deserves the things that he/she has, is the same as questioning what God is doing in their lives.. questioning that if God can transform that person.. ironically.. it is never a question.. God CAN transform each and everyone of us.. if we allow Him to..

usually people who judges others, are those who want to feel a sense of superiority over the others.. thinking that they are better in some way or another.. that's human nature.. putting self above others.. while what God says is the exact opposite.. putting others above self.. and that's what He did too.. by sending Jesus to the cross for us..

i find myself quite pathetic at times when i realise that i am comparing myself to the people around me.. even to the extent of judging them.. it makes me wonder where do i place my security.. being God's child or being able to outshine others? lol.. there is nothing wrong to have the spirit of excellence in our service to God.. wanting to use our gifts to serve the Lord.. but there is only a thin line between doing it for your own glory and for God.. many people after serving for some time will have a certain kind of mix motives.. cos of many reasons.. i would have to admit i am one of them.. i admit it openly not because i am indignant about it.. but i just want to be utterly frank with myself and with the people around..

"Love your neighbour as yourself." (Matthew 22:39) this is an all encompassing verse that God has given to us.. it is the second greatest commandments He gave us.. we ought to love the people around us like how we would love ourselves.. we forgive ourselves of what we have done wrong easily.. and that is what we should do to the people around us.. we always save the best for ourselves.. but now we should save the best for the others.. we don't judge ourselves so we also shouldn't judge the others..
it might be just a simple statement.. yet for one to be able to learn it and put it into practice in their lives, would take a long time.. it might even take a lifetime for some of us.. this verse has captured me since i was a new believer.. yet until now i can't even say i have done even 40% of it.. however, i trust that as i continue to grow my relationship with God.. and let His presence fill me and my life.. i will be able to do it because He who is in me is powerful, filled with love and great.. thank You for Your grace, love and mercy..


Love my neighbour as myself..


Love,
Naomi

i'm lovin it...

pics to share:

coffee art..
impressive..
=)

caramel decor..
lol..

chill out time..
hehe..

very impressed with the person who spent so much effort to do the coffee art.. cos frankly in singapore there are very few or even none cafes or coffee places that serve coffee with coffee art.. due to us being the instant society.. everything also must be fast.. lol.. chill man.. slow down and have a good cup of coffee with nice coffee art.. original coffee art requires the use of a special utensil to 'draw' pictures on the froth of the coffee.. using just the froth and the coffee.. as of that in my pic.. the person 'drew' it using chocolate and caramel on the froth.. his efforts and service should be applauded.. keep up the good work..


Good service should be applauded!


Love,
Naomi

an expensive lesson learned...

just like the title said.. an expensive lesson learned.. i learned about how impatient and reckless i can get when i am upset with something and i can't get it done..

i spent $178.65 just getting 2 fillings and for cleaning and polishing my teeth.. and the nurse was rather rude to me.. i think i got all these on myself cos i didn't want to wait for the other clinic that my grandaunt say is quite good yet considerably cheap.. as the clinic's nurses also a bit full of themselves..

i was just wondering.. this time round is just money.. if it was my youth, my potential, the lessons i can learn and even my relationship with God.. it would really cost way too much.. thank God, for making me realised it with this lesson rather than losing something that is too precious to me..

40 years to learn a lesson or nearly $200 for a lesson? i would choose the latter.. lol.. but i guess sometimes it really takes a long time to just learn a lesson that God wants us to learn.. cos we are just too stubborn or full of ourselves thinking that we have already learned the lesson.. but at the end of the day and in actual fact, if we slow down, think through and be utterly honest with ourselves.. how many of us can truly say that we have learned the lesson well or learn as much from it the way God intended? ironic eh.. lol.. that's human nature.. sad to say.. even so there is never ending lessons to learn.. just whether we want to learn..


worth the pain? hopefully...


Love,
Naomi

God is still God..

All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

Thank You for being who You are


Love,
Naomi