Celebrate Jesus, Celebrate! =)

hehe. thank and praise God for a not-bad presentation =) and again, He brought me through another challenge. :))) i was in quite a bit of jitters this morning cos i knew i wasnt that prepared. really, but prayers brought me through. :)

now there's the report to do. and blah. assignments are flowing in as the semester reaches an end. how NICE it is to conclude each semester with exams. -BLAH.-

i wish there would be a talking exam where it's impromptu. writing uses alot of energy and it frustrates me when i take a second look at my paper and realise it's with bad handwriting.

all the little little hiccups we dislike in life...

but hehehehe. Jesus brought me through and gave me another victory! (:
wish i could see Him now! and i would just hughughughug him hahahaha

okiess (: and on a more serious but hey, not so serious note either
i chanced upon the existence of this book titled
"Jesus in Beijing" and it's so heartening to see a huge nation being transformed by God!!!!
=))))

*smiles*

Celebrate Jesus Celebrate!
He is risen, He is risen!
And He lives.....forevermore!
He is risen, He is risen!
Come on and celebrATe! the resurrection of our LorD! ;p

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/27/2005 12:32:00 PM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

God's beauty

many times we just try to convey our feelings through words
but words being ambiguous and arbitrary run the risk of misunderstandings
that's when i'm really really glad i found JESUS
who knows ALL my thoughts...and best,

He looks and knows my heart :) that sometimes im just too lazy to explain everything i do. i just trust and know that HE knows best.

simply in awe of His amazing beauty. a beauty that's beyond man's comprehension
and the more we learn about His beauty
the more fallen to our knees we are
falling to His feet, experiencing the lavishness of grace and mercy He showers upon our lives
that we finally know that the most enjoyable thing is to look forward to the
days of praise :)

that's my idea of heaven...
happy happy days :)
and that's where God wants all of us to be but thing is,
do we accept His will?
or run in our own will to our own satisfaction at the price of our destination God planned for us to be? :)

love ya guys bye! :)

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/22/2005 09:59:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

girls will always be girls

it still stands true.
one of girls' favourite topic is always about their dream guy.
or rather, discussion just that.

but it's always as thrilling as ever.

it's a hope! :)

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/20/2005 08:45:00 PM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

nice quotes :)

“The world’s love is all about taking, but God’s love is all about giving."

“Often, we look to our mates to complete us, but only God can fill that emptiness we all feel but try to fill with other things, such as our mate,” says Cindy. “Our mates can’t make us happy. They are often struggling themselves. True happiness comes from our relationship with God. Too often you see two ‘half people’ looking for the other half to make them whole. I don’t think that is what God intended. Ideally, marriage should be about two whole people coming together.”

from : http://www.secretsofsuccess.com/people/tompkins_c.html

"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven." - Proverbs 23:4-5

an interesting article :)
Do all religions lead to God?

If you are to be,you must beginby assuming responsibility.You alone are responsiblefor every moment of your life,for every one of your acts. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - Christopher Reeve

Anger makes you smaller,while forgiveness forces youto grow beyond what you were. - Cherie Carter-Scott

The secret of successis constancy to purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different. - Roger von Oech

from John Fischer:
"I like thinking something different. A follower of Christ looks at things differently. Learning to “see” is a lot of what it means to be a Christian. Christ gives us new eyes, and nothing looks the same to us anymore.

A follower of Christ looks at:

death and thinks life,
losing and thinks winning,
tragedy and thinks opportunity,
brokenness and thinks humility,
accidents and thinks purpose,
coincidence and thinks destiny,
despair and thinks hope,
poverty and thinks wealth,
wealth and thinks poverty,
failure and thinks success,
the seen and thinks about the unseen,
history and thinks God's story,
science and thinks God's laws,
psychology and thinks Christ's wisdom,
anthropology and thinks God's image,
astronomy and thinks God's heavens,
the human body and thinks God's dwelling place,
war and thinks man's rebellion,
the cross and thinks everything made new,
truth and thinks Jesus.

one of the things i've observced in my course is that man IS constantly looking for the truth
but little did and do we know that since time began, the truth's just there.
the only hindrance is our unwillingness and acknowledge it. that's all.

i'll remember what cam told me, 'God will do His work when we let go."
in another perspective, it's just saying, God starts when we stop.
God will do His great work in us as we let go our control.
who knows better than our omniscient God? :)

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/17/2005 08:27:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

my Jesus my salvation my strong tower my refuge my shelter is in You
You're my JESUS! (and everyone's hehe)

okie that's the song that's going on my WMP
i LOVE pslam 91 sang by adeline gan. beautiful voice there.
and HELP.

i am pretty much stuck in readings till i want to just wanna heck about it.
im just going to read those i like.
:p
which may, im saying MAY, be none at all.

please don't term me as lazy.
at least i tried. :) im comforted by myself that ive tried.
i just ahbor forcing down unpalatable readings down my own throat.

my heart just belongs elsewhere like getting stuck to the piano hehehehehehehehe
can't wait to get my richard clayderman pieces from the photocopy shop.
-grins-

and once again, i'm BROKE.
as always! :(

forever one leh.
>_<>=)
that's 2 strands of hair for my smiley HEEHEEHEE ;P

anyways, here's some pics taken of my dorm out of ultiate boreeeeedoooooooom.

i made this myself for myself! :p isn't it pretty yes it is!
tat was meant to be a rhetorical qn anyway.


abigail and my room ;)


saccharine romance. aweesooommmmeee.


happy grin cos it's time for my traditional breakfast :p
-hungry lahhh.

take care dudes and dudettes! >=)
i miss sanmao.

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/16/2005 07:16:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

MAF05!!

some pics~! :)

GIRLS UNITE. =) sharon and mich not around. AH.


fang me xin!


fang's photoshoot self-timer skills are too good to describe. hehehe did i just niao fang again! ;p


with one of my favourite teachers, mrs lee :p


look at ying!!


nicenice.


lanterns! :p

hehehehee.

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/13/2005 07:04:00 PM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

piece of response

disclaimer 2 all : this is not meant to be a "brainwashing" entry. cos frankly i dont even see why people think that christians like to brainwash people. havent we thought that it's the world that's brainwashed us? and all christians' doing is to bring forth the truth! (whether u all like it or not i dont really care. cos i'd rather share the truth than let u all dwell in stupid lies.) but it's okay, I WAS ONCE LIKE A FOOL(like most) THINKING "oh my goodness these Christians at my door wanna brainwash me again."

but still, God never gave up on me and now i've His love to dwell in. =) and my quality of life is so much better! *darn why din i choose to believe in Him earlier.*

HAHA =) but anyways. the most important point in coming to know GOD is to know that we're saved by His Grace, not by our own works. (Ephesians 2:8 - "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.", Ephesians 1:7 - "In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.") which means that you can donate millions of dollars to charity organisations, do all your GOOD WORKS and still go to hell.

i know this sounds really harsh. then again, it's really up to an individual to choose to believe it or not. but i guess when u've heard the Gospel and repeatedly reject God's message for you, you'll have to account for your unbelief to God. and DONT blame GOD because the root of it all is YOUR CHOICE.

i guess we all have our wilful side, christians or not. at the end of the day, we're all sinners really. before i was a christian, i like to do things my own way. i think i can account to myself can already. but there are days when you just cant be bothered about even accounting to yourself, especially when you think u dont matter to the world.

but it's different with JESUS. because no matter how worthless we think we are, how inadequate we think we are, HE is ONE who loves us just the way we are. He loves me for my flat feet fat thighs small eyes big nose big teeth small face. He loves the impatient, naughty-bratty, rebellious me. the JUST ME.

cus it's in my weakness that showcases His grace and strength. ("My grace is sufficient for thee: for in my strength is made perfect in weakness" - 2 Corinthians 12:9) . Ever felt like u wanna change then always give up? and really end up saying, OH MY GOD THAT'S JUST ME. I CANT CHANGE.

yeah the truth is, we can't change with our own might, our own power. because there's a limit to what man can do. and this can bring me to my blabber about Singapore's future. THAT ASIDE.
it is Christ who changes us. then i guess some people's gonna question why the christians around them arent changed. ultimately, christians are still man. but Christ is God. see the difference? :) it's GOD we look to, not Christians. there are times when we christians will fail, we arent perfect, just as everyone else is.
(=

about offerings made to the 'gods'. my take is that the best thing i can offer to God is my life. just as it is. i dont have to work to be perfect or go to HIM when i think im ready. frankly, there wont be such a day. :) simply cos we'll never be perfect without God.

and the weaker we are, the better! maybe cos im essentially a cant-be-bothered, lazy bum so i'd rather just enjoy my life with GOd and let Him do the job in me. all i have to do is make correct, accountable choices and walk with him each day. it's kinda hard. but anyways, now i like reading my Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth so much i cant care less for my readings!;p

but you know what? whatever i learn in school, i can learn it from God. simply cos He controls everyone. =) wana learn from God's creation? might as well learn from God who is omni-scient(all-knowing)! But of course, i not saying can pon lecture lor. God will still use people to help us ah! so still must attend lectures & tutorials. also, it's not like you pon lecture, go home sleep and just SLEEP and think GOd will teach you while ure sleeping. HE can (nothing is impossible with GOd) but many times, we dont get the easy way. we're here to learn!

Besides, God honours hardworking people :) like my church's pastors! :p really encouraging seeing them work hard for the Lord =)=)

anyway, my take on retribution... IT'S A PERSONAL OPINION. it's a lie. simple as that. some people just sit around, dwell in their bitterness, waiting for their enemy to suffer and when that happens, they gloat! and say, SERVE THEM RIGHT WHO ASK THEM DO THIS DO THAT TO ME LAST TIME.

you know how i know? i think i was once like that. i cant really remember, maybe not as bad lah.
and it's a common syndrome and people think it's the way the world works. i guess that's how the world works. but one thing im sure, that's not how God's people should work, especially when we have a GOd who has forgiven us. We are blessed to be a blessing, we are forgiven to forgive. at the end of the day, God is the one judge and every man, be you a christian or not, has to account to God for your life.

That one thing that propelled me to move toward the altarcall on Good Friday to receive e LORD was JEsus' big and magnanimous heart. Right at the cross, Jesus interceded even for His persecutors, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34)

JEsus led me by His example. Which other man could have the same heart i know not, but what i do know is that Christ is real, and He's living.

and He is coming back to take us(people who believe that He's our LORD and SAVIOUR) back to heaven to spend eternity with Him. then the 7 years of tribulation will start. that's soon..

to unbelievers, this sounds absurd. well, i was once an unbeliever. i'll always remember that. i used to think , "stupid christians stop using the second coming to scare people and lure people into christianity."

THERE. i even thought that speaking in tongues was demonic because of a certain church in sg. but from there, i learnt that i cant judge. and this is something that is a recurring problem for me. i guess we all like to judge others... kinda bad ah me ;p. and that was smth aunty pauline taught me. will remember her telling me, "Ultimately, God is the judge". at the end of it all, as warned in the bible, many may fall away from the truth. i guess impt thing for us personally is to be vigilant against lies and walk a steady race with the lord. =) He's our shepherd =)
"And yet if I judge, my judgement is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me" - John 8:16

and now im in a church with rich Pentecostal background! charismatic church ahha. i used to dislike charismatic churches, really. :p see how God changes one.

anyway, when bad things occur, i tink it's natural to blame others before ourselves. but at the end of it all, it's important to carry a mentality to evaluate what is it that we can learn from life's lessons. i guess life is just like baking a cake.

there's no such thing called the best, the tastiest cake ever because everyone's preferances differ. each person has to bake a cake. some of us have the patience to sit through it all. (for me, i know i dont lah.) some of us have the gift of knowing how much sugar to put. u know the "gan3 jue2" thing. but still, there will be some parts of the baking process where we will make mistakes. when that happens, are we going to say, "AIYA OH NO MY CAKE IS GONNA TASTE REALLY BAD!" or just laugh it off and say, "aiights, i'd learn from it."

sometimes the best lessons learnt are the painful ones, really. i just read in a devotional that in good times, God whispers to us. but many times, we will allow the buzz in our life to overcover that voice. so much that when God wants our attention, HE shouts! figuratively.

if we were to root back all our sufferings, most, i'm saying MOST not ALL, date back to our choices. for example, lung cancer. assuming that the cause is smoking, qn i have to the person is did anyone force him to smoke? why did he smoke?

to me, smoking is an addiction. it's a LIE that people think can take away their problems. but these alleviations are temporal. when you focus on GOD, you dont need anything else but onli HIM. and HE is a treasure noone can steal from you. only you decide how close you wana be to God. that's the power of choice. get what im trying to say?

i dont think JEsus said that "I am the way, the truth, the life." for nothing. He is the answer :). we're all in search for truth. and now the truth is just there. but how many will choose to believe in faith?

many say that Christianity dun make sense. the bible is not real. u know how i know?
I was once like that. but after so much studying, what makes you think that algebra actually works? or how do you know that the motor works that way when many of us dont even know how to operate.

DONT say that the BIBLE is not real or true when you dont even know a single verse from it. or rather, when you havent even made that choice to follow Jesus wholeheartedly, focusing and serving Him, when your heart in the very first place, is not right with God. for i know that, God has granted my petitions and prayer requests when im aligned with Him and when my desires are in His will. well, be prepared to wait. it's not like ALL RIGHT I PRAYED LAST NIGHT ABOUT IT IM GONNA GET IT TODAY. THAT'S CRAP. though HE CAN, but remember, it's alot of learning through the process of waiting! :) and that's when we know Him more :)

Some people run away from God, thinking they can escape. but no matter how far you run, to the ends of the world, you are still within God's sight and He sees you as His precious creation =) you simply just cant escape lah. He created this world, HE created you. How would GOd not know? plus u think i was lying when i said GOd is OMNISCIENT?

i guess most people freak out about accountability. shrugs. i guess out of it all, GOd looks at one's heart. we can go to church, sing his praises, kneel down... but what goes on in our hearts... only GOd and ourselves know... but struggles are just part and parcel of life, part of our walk with God :) i reckon(please, this is MY hypothesis.) proud people will run away from God cos they dont wana account to any GOd. it's just like how Jerry runs from TOM, how thiefs flee from police. =)

All in all, do all things in love! :) for God is Love. that is a definition.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - JOhn 3:16

to those who feel so against christianity and against this entry.
you CHOSE to read on after my DISCLAIMER. so that's your problem lah, OK?
it's not as if i din warn people that this entry is MY OWN OPINION. if you chose to read on, dont come argue with me, i refuse to argue with people who have STUPID arguments.

NOTE: I didnt say that the person is stupid. i said the argument is stupid. but if you'd like to think and that stupid arguments come from stupid people, go ahead.

but i think sometimes the wise makes stupid comments too, so what's the big deal.

"He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, beacause ye are not of God." - John 8:47
"Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I borm, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." - John 18:37

if you wanna know more about Jesus, can read book of John :) check out http://www.christiananswers.net , http://www.bible.com

Good day to all :D

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/08/2005 06:34:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

We rode into town the other day
Just me and my daddy
He said I`d finally reached the age
And I could rideNext to him on a horse
That of course was not quite as wide
We heard a crowd of people shouting
And so we stopped to find out why
And there was that man
That my dad said he loved
But today there was fear in his eyes

So I said daddy why are they screaming
Why are the faces of some of them beaming
Why is he dressed in that bright purple robe
I bet that crown hurts him more than it shows
Daddy please cant you do something
He looks as if though gonna cry
You said he was stronger than all of those guys
Daddy please tell me why
Why does everyone want him to die

Later that day the sky grew cloudy
And daddy said I should go inside
Somehow he knew things would get stormy
Lord was he right
But I could not keep from wondering
If there was something he had to hide
So after he left I had to find out
I was not afraid of getting lost
So I followed the crowds
To a hill where I knew men had been killed
And I heard a voice come from the cross
And it said father why are they screaming
Why are the faces of some of them beaming
Why are they casting their lives for my own
This crown of thorns he hurts me more than it shows
Father please...cant you do something
I know that you must hear my cry
I thought I could handle a cross of this size
Father remind me why
Why does everyone want me to die
When will I understand why

My precious son
I hear them screaming
I watching the face of the enemy beaming
But soon I will clothe you in robes of my own
Jesus this hurts me much more than you know
But this dark hour I must do nothing
For I`ve heard your unbearable cries
The power in your blood destroys all of the lies
Soon you`ll see past their unmerciful eyes

Look there below...see the child
Trembling by her fathers side
Now I can tell you why
She is why you must die

beautiful. triggered my tearducts once again...

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/06/2005 08:19:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

the wonders of disney :)

i love the music.
it makes a lot of sense.
=)

a whole new world
reflection
colours of the wind.

nonstop playin of them.
real nice =)

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/03/2005 07:24:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets

JO ANN HOE.

see how special her name is.
not joanne but jo ann
not ho but hoe.

so that's how Es run around :p

anyway had a great time with ab, rou, yvonne and jo playing touch rugby ydae!
just some leisure playing how nice is that!
and i finally know how to play the basics of touch!
ive always thought it's something quite confusing ;p
super fun all the laughing aroundd! =)
quite a way to end the day!

not forgetting our gilbert ;)

it's friday :)
y'know, life's nv been this interesting before =)
*chuckles*

tired as i may be,
but i'd walk on with Your strength. =)

caught Jane Xie> day-dreaming at 9/02/2005 07:53:00 AM

life's a dream with its sunrises and sunsets