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?

Marriage breakthrough weekend @Mercure

Marriage breakthrough weekend was great. Hubs and I first signed up without expecting much except to take a break and to recentre ourselves and the marriage upon Christ. Our father in heaven is forever gracious and works in his mysterious ways. He surprised us with glimspes of his love through the 3-day retreat in Mercure Palm Resort in Johor.

Different testimonies shared, sermons led by different leaders, time to process your walk with God and then dialogue time with spouse. It was such a great way to spend the Thanksgiving weekend and the anniversary.

These were my take-aways from the retreat. They are not new to me but at times, is so easy to forget them or to live by them.

First day, god spoke to me in the issue of submission and also providing the space for the other half to grow in his spritual leadership. Mistakes are inevitable and is important to provide the space for that to happen so that the man can grow.

Second day, god spoke to me about submitting to him in all areas of my life , whatever i do , whatever i think, whatever I say and be more steadfast in my walk with him. AS i obey him in all things, I will learn to grow in his love.

Third day, God spoke to me that he is in control and that I should draw my strength in him as I imitated him in-love.Hubs and I did our very first memory verse 1 Corinthian 13:1-13, While it was easy to memorize it , it was definitely not easy to practise them in our daily lives. Just over last week,there were several occasions that we had to remind each other that "love is patient. Love is not irritable".

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, [1] but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [2] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

GKGW

Serving in sunday school seemed to be preparing me for parenthood. Last weekend, I attended the GKGW ( Growing.Kids.God. Way) workshop for the minstry workers and was totally thrown off the chair after hearing what the speaker had shared with us. At different parts of the workshop, i felt my values and principles of raising a kid different from what the underlying principals of the parenting strategm,something that kept me reflecting and wrestling within myself throughout the session. After the session, I couldn't contain and call my hubs and said," I can't be the disciplinarian!You have to be one.If not, i think i will end up crying in the room after i cane our child." :)

This weekend, a parenting course is opened for couples who are preparing to conceive. Great timing. Hubs and I thought it would be a good idea to sign up to gather some thoughts on our parenting style and ways to raise the kids in god's way. We did. Paid $25 and the saturdays afternoon in 2010 were booked.

Look pretty scary now as I see how calendar in Jan 2010 are filling up really fast!

Christmas 2008!

Merry Christmas to everyone. May everyone of you out there have a joyous celebration this year with your love ones.

As for me,on the eve of Xmas, I had spent my time with the Shermans to be part of their family tradition to bake sugar cookies. I am terribily thrilled, just because I thought it would always be fun to do something together with the family especially I am away from home this year. While I was looking at Crosswalk devotional before I went to bed last night,I was reminded the purpose of celebrating Christmas. Amidst all those shopping and gifts,the coming and the birth of Jesus Christ is the biggest salvation to all mankind on this special day.Today as I wake up and celebrate the first coming of the Lord, like a new beginning, I thank god for all the wonderful blessing and amazing journey he has been with me for the past year. It has been trialing but looking back and seeing how how much I have grown personally and with others, I knew I wouldn't come so far without his strength and help.Thank you, my abba....

"He who came as a lowly man to serve will assuredly come to take the reward of His service. He who came to suffer will not be slow in coming to reign. This is our glorious hope, for we shall share His joy." ( Faith Checkbook, December 25th 2008)

The 30s and 40s

I wanted to blog this down because I felt so loved by god!

I met a nice Singaporean family from my BSF group and this nice lady has been taking care of me like a mother. Just over the weekend, she knew that it was hard for me to travel around New Jersey without a car. She offered to bring me to the Chinese Supermarket, an international market and then we went to my favorite supermarket TRADER JOE to get groceries. She also wanted to pick me up after church every sunday because she knew how infrequent the bus was on Sunday and I always had to take two hours to travel back from church to home even though they were pretty near.Of course I kindly declined even though she kept insisting. We chatted for three hours, i felt so great!! I like to always hang around with older woman because I felt they were so wise and there were so much to learn from their experiences. Their stories encouraged me to become a more stronger and mature woman. Now I began to realise that I have this tendency to join the woman's group which was for the mid 30s and early 40s because I just like to hear and share how these woman balance family and work, serve their husbands,children and be committed in church and social activities.They are such caring,capable and positive women who are so zealous of life that I look upon them as mentor.Some things about these woman who are so mature and stable that I am find it very attractive..

Anyway back to this Nice Auntie ( I don;t like to use Auntie because she is not Auntie at all), upon hearing that I have a stomach flu yesterday and have been staying at home because I have been vomitting, guess what, she asked her daughther to drop me at an email to say that she had left a box of curry and the BSF notes in the conceige. When I went and picked up the stuff,my heart felt snuzzy wuzzy. I felt so loved with the box of cooked curry nicely wrapped in a plastic bag and the bsf notes carefully wrapped in a plastic sheet. You can feel how attentive her little nice gesture were. I sent an email to her daughter, ming , who by the way was one of my fellow colleague at Teachers College ( Is such a small world..really)to thank her so much.This family is so sweet. God really knows how to place the right people at the right time in my life when I need it. Knowing this family recently really made my move back to New Jersey much more comforting and heart-warming. I felt almost wanting to burst out into tears.HE really provides!

In addition, my lovely friend from school just dropped me a card before she left.
In the card,it said," Hello! how are you doing? Well I see you often in the class but never got to share, so I decided to write. haha How's everything? how's your family ? How's your place in NJ? Well just wanted to say" hi" Love you in Christ, K. Isn't that sweetest thing you can ever receive?????I really really really felt so loved by god and his people. Seriously, two people showed me their love when I felt so sucky these few days....oh my gowd! God love me so much!

And then, this morning, I told my good friend,S. in mid 30s and said I felt very blessed to know her and thank her for everything she has done for me. Yes, she has been superb in helping me sorting out some logistic stuff during this period of time. No complaints, always ready to help and yes, I feel that she is always so available when I need to talk. Gosh....can you believe a mother of 2 with work to juggle and making me feel like she is always there...isn't that incredible?? I think I really have to give her a big treat to her and another woman in her mid forties..hehhe ( whom I will reveal more when the time comes)If this thing ever fall through, I feel god really has a plan for everyone.

So all these 30s and 40s woman appearing in my life and us becoming good friends, I thought to myself: god is indeed good...HE is indeed preparing me for my next stage of life as I approached my 30 and starting to have my own children. He showed me good role models...role models that I always aspire for: To be always ready to serve,care and love and invest in people's life because you never know how your little gesture can be of help to someone.

Thank you my lord,in the midst of uncertainty, there is calmness, love, assurance and comfort from you whom I only know can provide so timely.

Who builds the house?

Just resting in the lord and knowing that he will provide all we ever need even when we learn to rest can be comforting.

Knowing that I need to constantly learn to depend and worship in him in my marriage and family and other areas of my life,

Knowing that he will always prepare me to be a good wife, daughter, daughter in law,sister and friend

Knowing that nobody but HIM will constantly provide me with the right seasons of rest where there will be gifts like physical /emotional recovery and spritual wisdom and vision, away from anxiety and worry, away from all the little snippets of fear that seeped into the many facets of life,

Knowing that I can always trust that he loves and always provide.

Thank you god that you are the one who builds the house.They labour in vain who build it.(Psalm 127:1)

Unless the lord builds the house

Prayer for Marriage

Prayer for Marriage
Kay Arthur

(Excerpted from Prayers to Bless Your Marriage. Copyright © 2003 by Kay Arthur. Used by permission of Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR. All rights reserved.)

"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." 1 Corinthians 13:1

Earlier, we began a "Prayer for Marriage." Beloved, whether you're newlyweds just beginning to travel the road of life together or if you've been married for many years, learning to talk to your spouse can enrich your life and deepen the bonds of your marriage. God is the master communicator, and we can come to Him to be instructed and taught in the art of communicating effectively with the one He has given us. Let's continue this prayer:

Father, whenever we communicate, help us to uphold the priority of our marriage, permitting no other relationship to weaken ours. May the word "divorce" never be formed on our tongue, never pronounced with our lips. May it never be considered as a viable option-for it strikes terror in the heart, fear and anger in the mind, and anxiety to our souls. And it grieves Your holy heart.

May we always, in all our conversations, uphold the oneness of our marriage, understanding that what affects one always affects the other.

May we allow open and honest communication, encourage vulnerability and authenticity. May we never be guilty of breaking each other's spirit. Rather, may we affirm and strengthen one another so that together we can endure any weakness, any failure and not lose hope.

Father, help us to sharpen our communication skills. Teach us to communicate with our eyes-to convey our delight in the other's presence, to say, "I love you," to let our loved one know even in a crowded room, "You're special to me." Remind us to give each other the gift of our full attention when we talk.

Teach us to respond to what is said so that our mate knows he or she is being heard. Help us to keep a confidence, to build a wall of trust so that we are free to share all that is in our hearts. And as we listen, Lord, help us to avoid giving quick or pat answers. Help us to listen patiently. Remind us that our loved one does not always want advice. Sometimes we just want to be heard; to say it, and to get it off our chest.

Father, may we feel the freedom to open up and share our fears. Sometimes it is so difficult to admit weakness or fear, but we need to be able to talk to someone—and of all people, it should be our spouse. May we also know that we don't always have to dispel each other's fear-nor should we think we must have the cure. May we just learn to listen. . .listen and pray.

Father, we all need to have that sense of significance, of worth, of security, so teach us to continually look for ways, for words in private and in public, to build our loved one's self-esteem. When one of us shares with the other, may we learn not to attack each other verbally. May the goal of all our conversations be for the building up of one another, the healing of one another, and the encouragement of one another so our loved one will want to talk, to communicate. May our words never be demeaning or destructive.

And finally, Father, when our tempers flare, may we make it a practice not to lay our heads on our pillows and close our eyes until we have resolved our anger. You tell us very clearly, "Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity."

As we look at the one lying on the pillow beside us, may we remember that this is the one to whom we made our vows to love in sickness and in heath, for richer or poorer, for better or worse until death do us part.

Help us realize, Father, that a marriage like the one we prayed for is a marriage that speaks to all the world of the power and indestructible joy of living in obedience to the Word of God. A marriage that demonstrates to the world that with You it is possible to have a marriage without regrets; a marriage that gives others a snapshot of the marriage of the Lamb and the heavenly home You have prepared for us.

Retrived from crosswalk

We are united as one!

We are a team and the best partners!Thanks for being an awesome man of god!I can shoulder all your burdens through Christ!

Today's reflection on marriage refreshed on how I can serve and love BB more. I thought these 3 questions are good reminders for the wives:

1. What did I love about my husband when we meet?
My answer:
His steadfastness
HIs honesty
His integrity
His generosity
His patience
His gentleness
His compassion
His openess
His adventurous
His determination
His humility
( Wohoho.coming up with this list is effortless, BB)

2. When will I make time for him today?
Through prayers in devotionals

3.How can I show him that I love him?
By being a very good active listener ( WIP)
Be always encouraging and supportive in all things
Cook nice meals
Build a warm and organized home for him

James' farewell

We had another farewell gathering for James who would be leaving for a mission to Japan in two days time. Oh well...it seemed like people in our small group as what Bob had described were all around the world doing mighty works of the kingdom. First with Jane traveling to Honululu for her discipleship training and then a year mission in Southeast Asia, now James in Japan working with the high school students ministry and soon in later part of the year, Theresa will be in Jordan, Julie will be in North Korea and Bob will be in Australia!! I am so encouraged by my brothers and sisters.They really took a leap of faith and stepped out of the comfort zone to serve the lord and his people. SO lord,I prayed that you will bless my brothers and sisters while they are out of the mission fields with good health, boldness to reach out to people through your love and spritual discipline to keep rooted in your word.I also asked you to open doors of opportunities for me to serve you in any way in your timing.Prepare my heart,soul and mind as you geared me up for the work which you have prepared for me.Amen.p.s James just sent all of us his latest updates on his prayer request.In order to help us to remember what to pray for him, he sent us a wallpaper to remind us his requests:

A hike in somewhere near Paterson,NJ

Young was kind enough to invite us to his house for his birthday party. We had a huge barbeque with party games and a group hike out in the woods!!I missed the fresh air so much!!I am a country girl for sure...

Amazing!

Hahah, god is so amazing. Sometimes, he just wanted to test if you would take a leap of faith and guess what this morning, 6 people turned up unexpectedly at her event and she did not need me to make up the numbers!!Hoo Hoo..that means even though I have to wake up early to go with her, I am now in the library working on all the assignments. Spring break doesn't look like a break at all!Thank god for making everything work for us and teach me a good lesson on putting others priorities above yours when somebody whom you are not close really need your help!Lord, you certainly have your own ways!:)

True Discipleship Celebration

2 March 2008

I felt really lifted up when we have the True Discipleship Celebration on the Sunday two weeks ago. It is a mid term progress celebration for all the four groups who have been doing the book on Gospel Transformation. A time to share testimonies and how the past half a year fellowship and exercises in the book have been withnessed in each other's life. It was great just seeing how everyone is lifted up by the studies. Great evening just immersing and spending time with these brothers and sisters in Christ even though there were tons of assignments undone yet.

If you have realized.....

that i have not posted a lot of my pictures ..that's because our camera was down and it was time to get a new one. Well,trying to search for a new one because I really need one to take all the pictures of the classrooms which I have visited.Did I tell you the sweetest thing over this weekend was the children from MSC was so welcoming and loving to me even though I have not seen them from my last visit to the class? L ,my 5 year old who had slight physical delay came up to me and asked if I was sick. I was shocked that she knew and reckoned that the cooperating teacher has done a great job in keeping the kids in touch with me.She gave me a hug and said that she was sick and hoped that I was well. Then she went on and told me that she was sick but she still came to school. I was embarrassed. After a while, she came up to me and gave me another hug again, and said she wanted to invite me to her bday. I was so touched. Coz I had not seem this class for like one month and they still remember me!!!
Plus, A.,F.,and D. were really such sweet children, sharing their life with me.You know what, it is always interesting to talk to children coz u can never underestimate how much they have known at such a young age.One child said," I had no daddy but I had two mummies," . Another child said," We are not from the same father. She is my step sister. The third child said," I am Chinese even though my parents are Caucasions and American,"The fourth child said," I have a lot of play dates with my mother but I had very little with my dad. I only went to his house on weekends. i wish I had more time with him," It might struck you for a second if you are not prepared but when such statements came across, you must be quick to respond that all these differences are accepted in the classroom and that they would still be love and accepted by the teacher. That's the whole thing about accepting diversity is all about, accepting children of dfferent backgrounds, colors,social economic class, gender ,race and special needs and allowing them to feel integrated and be part of the classroom.They are all perfect in our eyes,When they told you such things, these information added to your pool of knowledge of finding ways of devising better instructional methods and designing curriculum taking into the context of their social cultural background.

With such a key important piece in mind, today's outreach in Patterson( a building across the local jail) with the Hispanic and African American kids made me want to read up more about them. I went for Hannah;s mission for the first day and I would be going on a regular basis to spend some time fellowshiping with them. Honestly, I am not sure of their family backgrounds but just culturally, i realized I have a bit of barrier initially of approaching them especially when I have known that they might be from low income families and I needed to be sensitive to it. But during the praise session, guess what, I told myself that I have to remove my" color lenss" and just be initiative and positive with them. They turned out to be such sweet children,seriously!! I pray god will use me to help children in anyway HE wants me to do,especially children with special needs and low income family. It just warmed my heart,knowing that their lives will have beautiful memories of having someone caring and loving them and impacting the way they see this world.

CNY 2008 : Year of the Mickey mouse

I realized I have grown to be so much dependent on him over the past few years that his absence do make such a huge difference to my life. As much as I am super busy with my schedule, there were times when I thought if it was nice to have him around.On friday, i can't believe I felt so accomplish by crossing out my checklist. After student teaching in the MSC,I went to Cathedral Parkway to do grocery shopping at West side and then went to the bank and did my check deposits.After which I went back to my room, did some reading,went to the gym in the midst of the heavy rain and had a great workout. I felt so great at the end of the day. I wondered when was the last time I had been so independent. I guess it was about 1.5 years ago before we were married. Working out was great for me especially I had not touch the gym for the last half a year .My new fitness schedule is out. I am going to sign out for pilates class,swim once a week and hit the gym once a week, all in all three times per week of exercise.

On top of that, a lot of baking and cooking with the fellow singaporeans. In fact, we just had our CNY celebration just now. It was fun. We did silly stuff competing to find positive stuff to say during "lao yu shen," ,ate Singaporean food and found someone who graduated from Harvard who was as passionate as me in ECCE.So we went on chatting hours and hours on early childhood eduation which made me felt so fired up.

And that explained why I am so awoke at this late hour typing this entry.There were so many things to give thanks for this week. Truely blessed to have such great support while he is gone and god revealing to me little encouragements in this period of uncertainty. Just a while ago, he threw me the verse from 1 thessolanian 1:3-10. I was encouraged by them that they kept their faith in times of trouble and rejoice in the holy spirit which inturn become an encouragement to others.I must start believing even more firmly that all these things will turn out to be good.

Spring semester

School started last week and it was another semester of "chionging" for all the courses. Each time, when things get a little tougher, I will remind myself how god has blessed me with this oportunity and how he wants me to use this knowledge to bless other people. I should be thankful of it and should be perservering in pursuing it. I realised that no matter what circumstances you are in, having a group of supportive friends do help you to pull through. But nothing beats being back home, having a little hug and kiss from the one you love so dearly. I started missing him already.This semester will be a life changing experience for me again. Truely,when you learn to battle each day, you grow stronger as a person.Isn't that wonderful?

Giving thanks for 2007

January 2007:
I am thankful we have moved back to North Carolina after a fruitful stay in London for 5 months.

February 2007:
I spent Valentine with Hubs finally after a two years break.
I met the nicest mummy I can ever hang out with! Susan and her two kids! I am so thankful that we have built a strong friendship despite such a short encounter. I am even more thankful that we are still in touch and talked often online!
I got myself rooted in the coolest Woman’s bible study group. Rene, my cell group leader has inspired me in so many ways, including housekeeping, baking and cooking!!

March 2007:
I went back to Singapore for a few weeks to spend time with my family and Jessica.
I celebrate hub’s birthday with him

April 2007:
Susie the coolest babe composed the ever best one time hit “A-Z love song” together with me! Thankful for friends who have been so helpful in my wedding preparation.
Thankful for the time I spent taking care of my niece, Shannice

May 2007:
Another chapter of Hub’s life. He graduated from Duke with a MBA and we had great fun with the in- laws when they were visiting us for three weeks and we traveled around in the Southern states
I spent Mother’s day with two great mummies!
I did my first strawberry picking!
I started driving for the longest distance in the states!

June 2007:
We had our traditional wedding in Shang finally! I did my first public performance and speech after 10 years!!
We had a family honeymoon in Phuket!
Spent time with Jess who left us for a greater other world.

July 2007:
Ron started his job in the Wallstreet.
I enjoyed my last few weeks of my “taitai” life.
We had great apartment with nice Manhatten view.

August 2007:
MUAK opened!!
Susie was here in NYC with me and Ronald. She was such a great comfort!
I met Cindy and she was another great lady whom I can relate to !

September 2007:
Began my dream in Columbia! Pursue my passion. Work in RGC. Met wonderful Singaporean friends and International friends.

October 2007:
Settled down in a American Korean Church and met more wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ.
Met Susan who drove up from North Carolina

November 2007:
Thankful for the surprise scholarship!
Thankful that god is with us in the midst of all trials and continued providence to encourage us.
A great Boston trip.

December 2007:
Private carolling and christmas quiz with hubs!
Wonderful Singaporean and cell group frens who helped us in moving.
Wonderful Chinese friends who helped.
Ivan Hohoho who is going to host us for three weeks.

November

November is still a trying time. Not much news from recruiter even though the man is still under the payroll of the bank. It’s a bad timing in the financial market during this period of time and the hiring is kinda of slow at the end of the year. The Lows were terribly stressed. One with school work and balancing all the responsibilities of a wife. The other with work and career. To make things worse, there was a small minor accident with the car and the Lows had to handle all the traffic tickets and insurance coverage. When things seemed to be going in haywire, you knew god always give you a ray of hope to hang on. First he was gracious through the supportive cell group who had been so encouraging and fervent in their prayers for the Lows. Second, the man and woman’s friends and alumni had been expressing concern and support and had been really sincere to help to reach out to whatever contacts they had. Thirdly, the Low’s family had been just so supportive spiritually. Well, those loving, caring relationships were what kept the Lows sane for this month. You still see them with smiles because they had reached a point when they knew that everything was temporal and transient but what most important was friends and family who stood by you when you were in trouble. Life was certainly as such , isn’t it. The Lows knew that things were pretty out of their own control and they had learned what “total submission” meant at this point of their life. Only the almighty God could make what seemed impossible to be possible now. As such, despite nothing concrete has happened, the Lows decided to continue to trust that the Lord would provide. They continue to do their best and still make an effort to have some small gatherings over at their place for some dinner at times. Life still has to go on for the Lows. They went to Boston for a Thanksgiving and had a good break in that little quaint city for a few days. The woman also went to a church retreat at the ski resort over the last weekend. The Lows kept on praying but of course like all other human beings, sometimes, their flesh gave in to worry and doubt. This was indeed a tough battle to fight.

October

October is a month when the Lows finally decided to settle down in Joy Christian Fellowship. The church has just opened up its second service in the Cineplex which is just 10min near their place. They find the church very homely and people are welcoming and nice. It is an American Korean Church so the Lows definitely has a fair share of conversation exchanges about Korean drama with their cell members. The pastor’s sermon was structured and easy to comprehend. The Lows decided to join the cellgroup which would be doing a book called “Gospel Transformation”. An excellent book which has been keeping them accountable to doing daily devotionals and keeping track of their spiritual life. Life in NYC was just too hectic sometimes. There were too many things which might distract and keep your focus on the lord. So , it was therefore good that the Lows were going through a book which had tremendous good exercises to work on that helped them to learn about the bible each week. Every Sunday, the Lows will spend almost the whole day involving in the fellowship and service. The Lows think that god has a purpose for everything. Just when they were all settled in the group and their apartment, they were faced with one of the biggest trial which both of them had ever experienced after their marriage. The man’s job was threatened by the Credit Crunch in the US market. This was the last thing they would ever think it could occur them. They were at a lost. The Lows was down for the last week of October. Everything seemed to be thrown in the vast ocean again. The atmosphere at home was no longer cheery. The Lows were thinking about their future, their next step. How could this happen to the Lows since they had been praying about their direction in life. After much praying, the Lows reckoned that this is going to be one trial the lord is putting them to a test. A test to strengthen the marriage even further to survive the ordeal as one, a test for greater faith and obedience in his sovereignty.
Photos of fellowship

Do you want to be organized too?

Lately, I discovered a change in me. Or should I say it seemed to be my Old self resuming. Getting pretty organized in all the little things in my life.( Urghh..wasn't like this for a pretty long time) Started getting happy in just putting ticks on my to-do lists. Drawing up little schedules of expenditure,grocery inventory stock lists.Lists of weekly,daily and monthly schedules to do cleaning of bathroom,kitchen and laundry. Planning my weekly menus so that I will be doing my marketing in one shot in the weekend.Started labeling all the little folders for the vast amount of mails we received.SO far so good, have been getting things done.:)
Gosh,I wonder how long can I sustained these? Anyway, thought that once school term starts for me, I need some systems to get going in the household in order for me to balance both family ,study and work.Having some systems in your life do so good when you try to multi task between various roles. Help to remove clutter in your thoughts, your space and lead to getting things done efficiently. I called it PRODUCTIVITY! I have prayed and priortized that lord will guide me in balancing my role as a wife and pursuing my passion. Never to compromise my BB's mealstime and cleanliness of the house when I got more responsibilities coming in!
And today when i was doing my quiet time, God affirmed me that in many areas of Jesus's Ministry, there is organization. The way the stories are being told, the way he instructed disciples to go in teams to evangelise, the way he gave out the bread to multitudes.Being organized will help us to make time off to do his ministry and work!!
So am I still a right brainer or left brainer?I hope I am still right!

The worry antidote

Anxiety and worry can lead to an extremely negative attiude. Ephesians 2 tells us this kind of thinking gratifies the craving of our sinful nature. Negativity keeps us busy with "self obsessions. The enemy uses these as distractions to keep us from experincing the peace of god which leads to a positive attitude and a life that glorifies God.
When you are involved in a task that cause you to be irritated, "praise focus" becomes a delightful challenge.
Colossians 3:17
" And whatever you do,in word or in deed,do everything in the name of the lord Jesus,giving thanks to God the Father through Him."