Charismatic

What would it be like to be able to sing this truthfully?  I'm in love with you, there is no cost I'm in love with you, there is no loss Scary words. To be in a place where you don't feel the weight of sacrifice because you're so in love with the Lord, that's just interesting to meditate on. I'll leave my father's house and I'll leave my mother I'll leave all I have known and I'll have no other or I will waste my life I'll be tested and tried With no regrets inside of me to find I'm at Your feet Strong strong strong words. I'm not there yet.

Mentoring is a calling and sometimes an unavoidable responsibility. When one has been blessed to be stuffed with teaching and life examples all your life, you've got to pass it on to people who obviously need it. Today, the youngest gal in life-group was telling us about her current BGR situation. Without going into details, it was plain from her stories that she had never been taught about godly relationships, covenantal love and promises, godly values for marriage and a life-partner, the purpose of dating etc. I was slightly troubled by her description of her current situation and was wondering if saying anything was appropriate because she was quite clueless, and I was not terribly close to her. However, as I pondered, the prompting to teach some basic truths, and share my experiences with her became stronger. I live pretty close to her, so as we were riding on the MRT I briefly gave her a short spiel on how to solve her dilemma following godly principles. She was interested, t...

我十七歲就“離家出走“ 了～自己在外面跑也有8年多了。有時候，一個人的感覺還蛮可怕的。 那種無依無靠的感覺~ 那種只能信任自己，不能完全信任別人的感覺~ 那種“我要自己解決一切的問題”的感覺～ 時常感到很恐惶~ 如果不是因為主的帶領，我會很刻意避開這樣的生活。 雖然是一個人，可是身邊還有主～還有國度里的大家庭。人不可能100％可靠，可是在基督里的家人總是會比一般人樂意幫忙。 I'm already very blessed.

今晚是復活節的聚會～～ 今晚也是我第一次在台北帶領人信主！超開心的！ 可以為主這樣服事總是我的榮幸！感謝主！ May there be many, many, many more to come! 可是，現在好累喔！ I'm going to bed~~

人總是要面對現實～唉～ 我覺得自己已經“享受”夠久了，一到台灣就有機會住在有好山好水內的湖區，而且住的地方還是別宿呢！除此之外，我的房東向來又隨和又慷慨。我看上帝也很照顧我 － 他知道我到了一个完全生疏的地方不能一次承受那麼大的打擊，所以漸漸地給我不同的挑戰面對。 現在搬家咯！我和一位好姊妹一起租了整層公寓，租金還蛮合理的。自己租房子是個新的挑戰～很好笑的是：我倆以前都沒有在台灣丟過垃圾（都是大樓的管理員或房東處理的事情）。今天我們就踏出這一步，處理自己的垃圾！ 台灣人處理垃圾的方式不像馬來西亞和澳洲那麼簡單。 馬來西亞：垃圾車幾乎每天都會經過，垃圾桶方外面的話就會有員工幫你倒垃圾。 澳洲：垃圾車固定會每一個禮拜經過一次。回收車每兩個禮拜來一次。每一間房子都會有政府所提供的垃圾桶。我們只需要推到家門口就好了。 台灣：垃圾車不一定每天經過～回收的方式也挺復雑！每一個區域都不一樣～～剛發現我們住的地方禮拜二和四收瓶瓶罐罐；禮拜一和五收塑膠和紙張；禮拜三和禮拜天垃圾車不會到。Compost有分殘羹剩飯類，和植物類～最慘的就是垃圾袋也要賣政府的！超貴的！政府應該是靠賣垃圾袋賺翻了！ 呵呵～Anyway, 學新的東西是好事～～今天，我和室友買了一大堆日常用品，這幾天就要準備開始下廚了。我在台灣沒有真正煮過一頓飯～有點期待。 好了！打中文有點累～先到這裡！

I'm really close to being 26. Scares me a little. I'm in my mid-twenties heading towards the "late-twenties" period. And what have I done with my life? Moved house and really wish my things could pop into their places with a snap just like Mary Poppins. Lord I just pray that you'll keep me in the centre of your will, always.

I mentioned in the previous post that I sang at an open mic last week. It was casual event called Pearl Cafe, held by Victor and Theo's church (called The Pearl). I sang 2 songs at event, followed by a Katy Perry cover in response to an enthusiastic 'encore' shout-out from the audience.  Flying kites with boys was a song I wrote for a play of the same title by Tendayi Nyeke, my Zimbabwean friend who is currently based in South Africa. It was one of those songs that I didn't need to 'think' through very hard. It just flowed out. At that time, Tendayi herself was going through a lot of rough patches, and I had enough history in my life to relate with her pain. The mutual angst made producing this song very easy. At that time, I also called upon muso-friend, Sulyn to arrange some backing strings for it. She did a beautiful job, though I will have to let everyone listen to that track another day. Lyrics are available in the video description. Enjoy. And free to...