- Love Eureka. The people are refreshingly honest, imperfect, and unpretentious. And they are the most loving ppl I've met. The diversity in Eureka satisfies my heart that loves such variety because it represents the multi-faceted world of humans made in God's image!
- I am not a Calvinist, nor would I call myself Reformed. However, that does not stop me from being friends and co-labourers with those call themselves Calvinist or Reformed. I notice that they are usually really intelligent ppl. They are usually guys. They also really need to build up their relational skills. :P
- I am most grateful to Rachelle for continually giving me opportunities to prophesy and to encourage me to bless others with the giftings God has given me. Rachelle! You are so pastoral, yet you are prophetic in the way you release ppl in their destinies! 100 hugs to Rachelle.
- I think Nat is the intense prophetic-intercessory type. That's why she looks scary but is actually not HAHAHA. She's actually very funny. 100 hugs to Nat.
- I think Phil is so great in the way he believes in people. He trully brings out the potential in ppl by genuinely treating them according to their potential. He calls me 'superstar' enough, and serves the vision so whole-heartedly that I think I'm starting to believe it can happen. He calls Peggy an 'expert' in image and 'feel'. She doesn't really believe it yet, but I think if she lets herself, she will be one. I really get inspired because I want to see ppl with such eyes too!
- Loooong day tomorrow. But thank God for 2 K's, Karen and Kuan who are being very kind to a muso who has no transport.xoxo
- WHY? the car has issues...boohoo...second hand cars are really problematic....:( No wonder Alvin used to have issues with his 5k car all the time. But....it's been a very great blessing to me already so I won't complain. Thanks Ming.And I will try to be good to the car.
- I also want to thank Johnnie Ongstar. He's been so patient with all the work I'm piling on him and also giving me really good ideas. Maybe one hug to John. He doesn't like hugs.
- I believe in a God who is sovereign, yet in his sovereignty he has allowed humans to choose and to have a will of their own. Because He, being love, wants to be loved in returned. If you 'program' people to love you, it will not be love anymore. He values love so much that he will risk the chance of ppl hating, or not loving him, so that there will be the genuine opportunity for ppl to love Him. Although He is God and all-powerful and He is awe-inspiring, and all would fall flat on their faces if He showed up in His glory, YET, He wants to be loved as who He is. He wants to get married to a GLORIOUS bride. He is SO smart and powerful that He will still accomplish his purpose while He allows humans to choose, incorporating sin and destruction in His plans by redeeming the wreckage. I believe that He does not want anyone to perish. He is patient for EVERYONE to come to repentance. That's why He is still waiting for us to fulfill his commission.
- Charis is tired. Good night. God is good.
The frailty of humanity and the breathtaking grace of God
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2. Glad to co-labour too, other than that, guilty on all three charges. :p
I know a small number of "T.U.L.I.P. Girls" in HBCC, one thing I notice is an authenticity in their lives that comes from a thankful spirit and a genuine fascination towards the things of God.
I wasn't always a calvinist personally; when I first heard of the idea of unconditional election, I found it repulsive. At first I tried my hardest to refute T.U.L.I.P. from scripture, only to find myself constantly tweaking my viewpoints as I started to learn proper hermeneutics the hard way. Every objection I had seemed to backfire. Eventually I just had to give up and ask God directly for answers. When I did that, it was literally an "open heaven" experience as my theology went through a dramatic paradigm shift. Every sector of my Christian walk went through the roof. It was as though God was soaking me with revelations that were always there under my nose in the Bible.
3. Make that 101, hehee. :)
4. You should have seen the log book yesterday. It was intense!
5. True. He definitely has the gift of encouragement no matter who he's with or what he's doing.
6 & 7. My dad says that when choosing a car, save up 4x the money to cover expenses.
8. You guys make a great band!
9. I honestly think that God spoils us with his love. While I believe that it is God who will receive saving grace, the fact that his General Will plus the scope of the great comission and the universal invitation for all men to respond to the offer of the gospel regardless of whether they are elect or not shows that the love of God is deeper than our own human view of love. We may not fully comprehend the who, what, where, why and how that drives such love, but we can cetainly see it's effect when it touches us.
You stayed up until 5:08am!?
Bless you, CC.