Durian puff speaks

Slowing down is good. You can hear god's voice better. After lunch at Aston at Katong on Friday, we popped by a shop that sells durians puff. Mumsie Kitchen is the name and apparently is opened by Christians who have openly given god the glory by printing the verse " Seek the kingdom of god's first and all thing shall be added onto you," Matthew 5;33. onto its packaging.

Just last Sunday, Pastor Edmund, after being back from his sabattical , gave a profound sermon on going back to Fundemental Christianity, meaning to restore our relationship with God, knowing what he is like above anything else ( your ministry, your works,etc). He again preached on Matt 5:33 and challenged us to think about the priorities we have placed in our life and if we could seek him with all our heart and be passionate about it. More often than not, he mentioned that how we spent our money , time and effort would be where our priorities are. He also convicted us not to be Cultural Christians. There are three types of cultural christians:
1) Sunday CHristians who just come to church on Sunday but have no relationship with god during the week
2)Christians who are passionate about church activities, serve this and participate actively in cell group but do not apply the values in their daily living

His sermon reminded me of the verse on the durian puff packaging. " Seek his kingdom first and all things shall be added onto you" Have I been diligently spending my time to know my abba father? Have i been making a deliberate effort to seek him in all that I do and where I should go ? Did I trust him with all my heart and soul about my heart desires that he will provide in his due timing ? Do I trust that when he said " is finished", all of my sins are forgiven and that I should rely on his strength and not mine?

A quiet start to 2011

It was a quiet start to the beginning of New Year. We retired early in the night after cell group and a short celebration at Winnie's place. Woke up to sunny weather and clear blue sky at 9am on 1/1/2011, had some delicious Aunt Nellie's muffins and began our 10km hike from Bukit Timah to MacRitchie. Oh, what a great way to kickstart my new year like that! The adrenaline rush was terrific as we walked through a new route which we never took before, discovering little lookouts that amazed us and we said to each other that we should do this more often. 10km seemed all so long towards the end as I began to lament when would the end point be. And Hubs said to me that I should focus my energy on the beautiful nature around me and continue enjoying the walk. The advice was wise. I then began to see the misty greens, the changing color chameleon, the busy ants on the muddy roads...and i thought to myself. I must have missed out so many beautiful things for the past year with my focus on work.

2011 resolution is to make a conscious effort to slow down myself ( especially from work), be more patient and appreciate every beautiful moment of life. 3 hours of slow walk instead of half hour ride on the car is all I need at times......