THE LITTLE WOODEN PEOPLE
MAX LUCADO
well .. i've got this forwarded email so long ago that when i was searching it it was almost at the bottom of my inbox but i'm glad that i dint delet it .. may it inspire you and may it speaks to you :)
The Wemmicks were small wooden people. Each of the wooden people was carved by a woodworker named Eli. His workshop sat on a hill overlooking their village. Every Wemmick was different. Some had big noses, others had large eyes. Some were tall and others were short. Some wore hats, others wore coats. But all were made by the same carver and all lived in the village.
And all day, every day, the Wemmicks did the same thing: They gave each other stickers. Each Wemmick had a box of golden star stickers and a box of gray dot stickers. Up and down the streets all over the city, people could be seen sticking stars or dots on one another.
The pretty ones, those with smooth wood and fine paint, always got stars. But if the wood was rough or the paint chipped, the Wemmicks gave dots. The talented ones got stars, too. Some could lift big sticks high above their heads or jump over tall boxes. Still others knew big words or could sing very pretty songs. Everyone gave them stars.
Some Wemmicks had stars all over them! Every time they got a star it made them feel so good that they did something else and got another star. Others, though, could do little. They got dots.
Punchinello was one of these. He tried to jump high like the others, but he always fell. And when he fell, the others would gather around and give him dots. Sometimes when he fell, it would scar his wood, so the people would give him more dots. He would try to explain why he fell and say something silly, and the Wemmicks would give him more dots.
After a while he had so many dots that he didn't want to go outside. He was afraid he would do something dumb such as forget his hat or step in the water, and then people would give him another dot. In fact, he had so many gray dots that some people would come up and give him one without reason.
"He deserves lots of dots," the wooden people would agree with one another.
"He's not a good wooden person."
After a while Punchinello believed them. "I'm not a good wemmick," he would say. The few times he went outside, he hung around other Wemmicks who had a lot of dots. He felt better around them.
One day he met a Wemmick who was unlike any he'd ever met. She had no dots or stars. She was just wooden. Her name was Lulia.
It wasn't that people didn't try to give her stickers; it's just that the stickers didn't stick. Some admired Lulia for having no dots, so they would run up and give her a star. But it would fall off. Some would look down on her for having no stars, so they would give her a dot. But it wouldn't stay either.
"That's the way I want to be," thought Punchinello. "I don't want anyone's marks." So he asked the stickerless Wemmick how she did it.
"It's easy," Lulia replied. "every day I go see Eli."
"Eli?"
"Yes, Eli. The woodcarver. I sit in the workshop with him."
"Why?"
"Why don't you find out for yourself? Go up the hill. He's there. "
And with that the Wemmick with no marks turned and skipped away.
"But he won't want to see me!" Punchinello cried out.
Lulia didn't hear. So Punchinello went home. He sat near a window and watched the wooden people as they scurried around giving each other stars and dots.
"It's not right," he muttered to himself. And he resolved to go see Eli.
He walked up the narrow path to the top of the hill and stepped into the big shop. His wooden eyes widened at the size of everything. The stool was as tall as he was. He had to stretch on his tiptoes to see the top of the workbench. A hammer was as long as his arm. Punchinello swallowed hard.
"I'm not staying here!" and he turned to leave. Then he heard his name.
"Punchinello?" The voice was deep and strong.
Punchinello stopped.
"Punchinello! How good to see you. Come and let me have a look at you."
Punchinello turned slowly and looked at the large bearded craftsman.
"You know my name?" the little Wemmick asked.
"Of course I do. I made you."
Eli stooped down and picked him up and set him on the bench. "Hmm, " he spoke thoughtfully as he inspected the gray circles. "Looks like you've been given some bad marks."
"I didn't mean to, Eli. I really tried hard."
"Oh, you don't have to defend yourself to me. I don't care what the other Wemmicks think."
"You don't?"
"No, and you shouldn't either. Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you. What they think doesn't matter, Punchinello. All that matters is what I think. And I think you are pretty special."
Punchinello laughed. "Me, special? Why? I can't walk fast. I can't jump. My paint is peeling. Why do I matter to you?"
Eli looked at Punchinello, put his hands on those small wooden shoulders, and spoke very slowly. "Because you're mine. That's why you matter to me."
Punchinello had never had anyone look at him like this--much less his maker. He didn't know what to say.
"Every day I've been hoping you'd come," Eli explained.
"I came because I met someone who had no marks."
"I know. She told me about you."
"Why don't the stickers stay on her?"
"Because she has decided that what I think is more important than what they think. The stickers only stick if you let them."
"What?"
"The stickers only stick if they matter to you. The more you trust my love, the less you care about the stickers."
"I'm not sure I understand."
"You will, but it will take time. You've got a lot of marks. For now, just come to see me every day and let me remind you how much I care."
Eli lifted Punchinello off the bench and set him on the ground.
"Remember," Eli said as the Wemmick walked out the door. "You are special because I made you. And I don't make mistakes."
Punchinello didn't stop, but in his heart he thought, "I think he really means it."
And when he did, a dot fell to the ground.
Hope this encourages all of you today! Always remember that you are a beautiful child of God! Wonderfully made for a great purpose! May GOd Bless you
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
TRIALS AND PLANET WORSHIP
just checked my umat results... part 1&2 kinda sucked .. i did worse than 50% of the other candidates who took the exams!! oh weellll ... so long to med and hi hi to other alternatives :) i'm still excited about uni though :P and i believe that God will lead me
there's this beautiful saying from a card i got from my heads of boarding, mr&mrs curtis
"FOOTPRINTS" *me trying my best at paraphrasing*
there's this man. walking along a sandy beach. as God led him walk past this beach, reflecting on his life. He saw 2 sets of footprints everywhere and then through this stretch of the beach, the only saw a set of footprint. it dint take him long to realise that it was during the toughest time of his life. he dint hestitate and ask God, " God, why is there only one set of footprints during my hardest time in life?"
God patiently replied, "it was when i carried you at my back, that's why there's only my footprints"
wow~! how beautiful was tat!!??!1 hehehe .. yea .. it indeed gave me comfort :) may it give u comfort too!!
holz with a blink came to an end.. it was so sad leaving that house i stayed in for 2.5 weeks.. >.< with my cousins and my sister.. i have to admit that i DO really felt loved and i really thank God for Him giving and reinforcing my ability to love again. i've gotta admit that there was one point of my life that i duno how to love ppl .. scary isnt it? i was really searching for an answer or a method to love .. but i duno how or when .. it just came back!! and i'm truly thankful for that!!! :) so .. now i'm gonna use my God-given abilities to do great things!!! :) :) *including blowing my snort on the muscus-full tissuepaper* hehehe :P
anyhoo ... i'm caught in the dilemma of going to penang or attending mak's bday!! hmmmm ..
oh yea .. brief note on planet worship - 1 word sums it all .. AWESOME!!
it was indeed a fantastic encounter!! seriously .. i'm getting more and more blown away by wat my church is offering!!! it was indeed an eye-opener!! but i guess i need to serve God back too .. by giving up my time .. and my reaccquired ability - love ppl more :) i'll post some of the messages when i have time k? but i met a lot of really nice people and i reckon the world is getting smaller too!! i met kc's neighbour!!! hahahaha .. :D
anywayz.. just wanna say couple of BIG thank you's and some encouragements to these ppl
thanks twin for ur timely encouragement , i pray for u always too
pat - stand up and not doubt ur capabilities anymore k? we have faith in u!!
jo - thanks for the long talk that benefited both of us.. u escaping from ur boring talk and me .. in ways u cant imagine! :P
han -thanks for ur constant updates and encouragement! i often pray for ur relationship and u too!!
ai jet - thanks for ur sms!! really motivating and stirred me up for the day
seng- for his encouraging sms!! totally heart-warming
i duno y but i guess God put people in my mind for a reason and paster ian said tat most of the time God wants me to pray for them .. so yealor
I WILL :)
just checked my umat results... part 1&2 kinda sucked .. i did worse than 50% of the other candidates who took the exams!! oh weellll ... so long to med and hi hi to other alternatives :) i'm still excited about uni though :P and i believe that God will lead me
there's this beautiful saying from a card i got from my heads of boarding, mr&mrs curtis
"FOOTPRINTS" *me trying my best at paraphrasing*
there's this man. walking along a sandy beach. as God led him walk past this beach, reflecting on his life. He saw 2 sets of footprints everywhere and then through this stretch of the beach, the only saw a set of footprint. it dint take him long to realise that it was during the toughest time of his life. he dint hestitate and ask God, " God, why is there only one set of footprints during my hardest time in life?"
God patiently replied, "it was when i carried you at my back, that's why there's only my footprints"
wow~! how beautiful was tat!!??!1 hehehe .. yea .. it indeed gave me comfort :) may it give u comfort too!!
holz with a blink came to an end.. it was so sad leaving that house i stayed in for 2.5 weeks.. >.< with my cousins and my sister.. i have to admit that i DO really felt loved and i really thank God for Him giving and reinforcing my ability to love again. i've gotta admit that there was one point of my life that i duno how to love ppl .. scary isnt it? i was really searching for an answer or a method to love .. but i duno how or when .. it just came back!! and i'm truly thankful for that!!! :) so .. now i'm gonna use my God-given abilities to do great things!!! :) :) *including blowing my snort on the muscus-full tissuepaper* hehehe :P
anyhoo ... i'm caught in the dilemma of going to penang or attending mak's bday!! hmmmm ..
oh yea .. brief note on planet worship - 1 word sums it all .. AWESOME!!
it was indeed a fantastic encounter!! seriously .. i'm getting more and more blown away by wat my church is offering!!! it was indeed an eye-opener!! but i guess i need to serve God back too .. by giving up my time .. and my reaccquired ability - love ppl more :) i'll post some of the messages when i have time k? but i met a lot of really nice people and i reckon the world is getting smaller too!! i met kc's neighbour!!! hahahaha .. :D
anywayz.. just wanna say couple of BIG thank you's and some encouragements to these ppl
thanks twin for ur timely encouragement , i pray for u always too
pat - stand up and not doubt ur capabilities anymore k? we have faith in u!!
jo - thanks for the long talk that benefited both of us.. u escaping from ur boring talk and me .. in ways u cant imagine! :P
han -thanks for ur constant updates and encouragement! i often pray for ur relationship and u too!!
ai jet - thanks for ur sms!! really motivating and stirred me up for the day
seng- for his encouraging sms!! totally heart-warming
i duno y but i guess God put people in my mind for a reason and paster ian said tat most of the time God wants me to pray for them .. so yealor
I WILL :)
TRIALS AND PLANET WORSHIP
just checked my umat results... part 1&2 kinda sucked .. i did worse than 50% of the other candidates who took the exams!! oh weellll ... so long to med and hi hi to other alternatives :) i'm still excited about uni though :P and i believe that God will lead me
there's this beautiful saying from a card i got from my heads of boarding, mr&mrs curtis
"FOOTPRINTS" *me trying my best at paraphrasing*
there's this man. walking along a sandy beach. as God led him walk past this beach, reflecting on his life. He saw 2 sets of footprints everywhere and then through this stretch of the beach, the only saw a set of footprint. it dint take him long to realise that it was during the toughest time of his life. he dint hestitate and ask God, " God, why is there only one set of footprints during my hardest time in life?"
God patiently replied, "it was when i carried you at my back, that's why there's only my footprints"
wow~! how beautiful was tat!!??!1 hehehe .. yea .. it indeed gave me comfort :) may it give u comfort too!!
holz with a blink came to an end.. it was so sad leaving that house i stayed in for 2.5 weeks.. >.< with my cousins and my sister.. i have to admit that i DO really felt loved and i really thank God for Him giving and reinforcing my ability to love again. i've gotta admit that there was one point of my life that i duno how to love ppl .. scary isnt it? i was really searching for an answer or a method to love .. but i duno how or when .. it just came back!! and i'm truly thankful for that!!! :) so .. now i'm gonna use my God-given abilities to do great things!!! :) :) *including blowing my snort on the muscus-full tissuepaper* hehehe :P
anyhoo ... i'm caught in the dilemma of going to penang or attending mak's bday!! hmmmm ..
oh yea .. brief note on planet worship - 1 word sums it all .. AWESOME!!
it was indeed a fantastic encounter!! seriously .. i'm getting more and more blown away by wat my church is offering!!! it was indeed an eye-opener!! but i guess i need to serve God back too .. by giving up my time .. and my reaccquired ability - love ppl more :) i'll post some of the messages when i have time k? but i met a lot of really nice people and i reckon the world is getting smaller too!! i met kc's neighbour!!! hahahaha .. :D
anywayz.. just wanna say couple of BIG thank you's and some encouragements to these ppl
thanks twin for ur timely encouragement , i pray for u always too
pat - stand up and not doubt ur capabilities anymore k? we have faith in u!!
jo - thanks for the long talk that benefited both of us.. u escaping from ur boring talk and me .. in ways u cant imagine! :P
han -thanks for ur constant updates and encouragement! i often pray for ur relationship and u too!!
ai jet - thanks for ur sms!! really motivating and stirred me up for the day
seng- for his encouraging sms!! totally heart-warming
i duno y but i guess God put people in my mind for a reason and paster ian said tat most of the time God wants me to pray for them .. so yealor
I WILL :)
just checked my umat results... part 1&2 kinda sucked .. i did worse than 50% of the other candidates who took the exams!! oh weellll ... so long to med and hi hi to other alternatives :) i'm still excited about uni though :P and i believe that God will lead me
there's this beautiful saying from a card i got from my heads of boarding, mr&mrs curtis
"FOOTPRINTS" *me trying my best at paraphrasing*
there's this man. walking along a sandy beach. as God led him walk past this beach, reflecting on his life. He saw 2 sets of footprints everywhere and then through this stretch of the beach, the only saw a set of footprint. it dint take him long to realise that it was during the toughest time of his life. he dint hestitate and ask God, " God, why is there only one set of footprints during my hardest time in life?"
God patiently replied, "it was when i carried you at my back, that's why there's only my footprints"
wow~! how beautiful was tat!!??!1 hehehe .. yea .. it indeed gave me comfort :) may it give u comfort too!!
holz with a blink came to an end.. it was so sad leaving that house i stayed in for 2.5 weeks.. >.< with my cousins and my sister.. i have to admit that i DO really felt loved and i really thank God for Him giving and reinforcing my ability to love again. i've gotta admit that there was one point of my life that i duno how to love ppl .. scary isnt it? i was really searching for an answer or a method to love .. but i duno how or when .. it just came back!! and i'm truly thankful for that!!! :) so .. now i'm gonna use my God-given abilities to do great things!!! :) :) *including blowing my snort on the muscus-full tissuepaper* hehehe :P
anyhoo ... i'm caught in the dilemma of going to penang or attending mak's bday!! hmmmm ..
oh yea .. brief note on planet worship - 1 word sums it all .. AWESOME!!
it was indeed a fantastic encounter!! seriously .. i'm getting more and more blown away by wat my church is offering!!! it was indeed an eye-opener!! but i guess i need to serve God back too .. by giving up my time .. and my reaccquired ability - love ppl more :) i'll post some of the messages when i have time k? but i met a lot of really nice people and i reckon the world is getting smaller too!! i met kc's neighbour!!! hahahaha .. :D
anywayz.. just wanna say couple of BIG thank you's and some encouragements to these ppl
thanks twin for ur timely encouragement , i pray for u always too
pat - stand up and not doubt ur capabilities anymore k? we have faith in u!!
jo - thanks for the long talk that benefited both of us.. u escaping from ur boring talk and me .. in ways u cant imagine! :P
han -thanks for ur constant updates and encouragement! i often pray for ur relationship and u too!!
ai jet - thanks for ur sms!! really motivating and stirred me up for the day
seng- for his encouraging sms!! totally heart-warming
i duno y but i guess God put people in my mind for a reason and paster ian said tat most of the time God wants me to pray for them .. so yealor
I WILL :)
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
HOLZ!!
short note.. am currently staying with my cousins :) at ivanhoe .. it's great to be in the company of 2 GUYS whom i used to spend my "primary-schoolhood" with :P and the BEST thing to hear from them is that they are christians now too!! YES :) i'm so excited for them as well as the family :) finally someone see things as how i see :)
i truly thank God for this hols and me staying over at their place :) no matter what God has instored for me, i'm sure now tat i've got my blood related couz as well as my brother in Christ, couz Seng is able to counsel me in all things :) YAY!!! and i truly can see the Holy Spirit working within them :)
awesome outings on saturday celebrating mel's bday at hilton and then sing k at boxhill .. was so sad when it was time to bid goodbye >.< and later found out that i wasnt the only one :'( i think i would cry my ass off when final day come >.<
thank you mel for inviting me :) and also bing for getting the pressie :) and also thank God for the food!!!
just a note : i beat jess wu in "who can eat the most competition" and left nicole a stunned-mouth-opened expression on her face :P
ESL outing was FANTASTIC!!!!! Praise God for the beautiful weather and the awesome company!! i love lovey my ESL class :) went yumcha, max brenners, and gelati!! how yummy does tat sound?? more photos to come :)
thank God for all the beautiful faces that appear in my life :) and PRAISE the LORD for all the awesome works that He has done!! i am truly blessed :)
just wanna thank those who has been praying for me :)
if u dun mind, please pray for my studies too :P having trials straight after hols!! pray tat i can juggle with all these events and outings coming up :)
oh guys! by the way.. i've got limited internet access .. so ..sorry that i couldnt reply ur emailz .. sms me!! i've got credit d :P
till then ..take care and God bless :)
short note.. am currently staying with my cousins :) at ivanhoe .. it's great to be in the company of 2 GUYS whom i used to spend my "primary-schoolhood" with :P and the BEST thing to hear from them is that they are christians now too!! YES :) i'm so excited for them as well as the family :) finally someone see things as how i see :)
i truly thank God for this hols and me staying over at their place :) no matter what God has instored for me, i'm sure now tat i've got my blood related couz as well as my brother in Christ, couz Seng is able to counsel me in all things :) YAY!!! and i truly can see the Holy Spirit working within them :)
awesome outings on saturday celebrating mel's bday at hilton and then sing k at boxhill .. was so sad when it was time to bid goodbye >.< and later found out that i wasnt the only one :'( i think i would cry my ass off when final day come >.<
thank you mel for inviting me :) and also bing for getting the pressie :) and also thank God for the food!!!
just a note : i beat jess wu in "who can eat the most competition" and left nicole a stunned-mouth-opened expression on her face :P
ESL outing was FANTASTIC!!!!! Praise God for the beautiful weather and the awesome company!! i love lovey my ESL class :) went yumcha, max brenners, and gelati!! how yummy does tat sound?? more photos to come :)
thank God for all the beautiful faces that appear in my life :) and PRAISE the LORD for all the awesome works that He has done!! i am truly blessed :)
just wanna thank those who has been praying for me :)
if u dun mind, please pray for my studies too :P having trials straight after hols!! pray tat i can juggle with all these events and outings coming up :)
oh guys! by the way.. i've got limited internet access .. so ..sorry that i couldnt reply ur emailz .. sms me!! i've got credit d :P
till then ..take care and God bless :)
A MESSAGE BY PS REGGIE DABBS
This is a parallel to the prodigal son story, may it bless your heart today and may this be a story that you will share with many.
Molly was a young 4 year old girl, she grew up watching dvds and cds every christmas. She owned every possible Christmas dvd and vcd. She watched one every Christmas and realised one thing constant about them all: every family in the shows had a tradition whether it was singing christmas carols together, opening presents as a family, sitting down after dinner and playing chess. However, she realised that her family did not have one, and so one day, 2 weeks before Christmas she ran to her dad and asked him,"Dad, why doesn't our family have a tradition like those in the dvds?"
To that, her dad answered, "we've never had a family tradition, my dear!"
Molly thought for a moment and asked," Can we have one then?"
Her dad looked at her and said, "Okay, after dinner on Christmas eve we will do something as a family every year, ok? However i'll only tell you what it is on Christmas eve."
Molly waited and waited till Christmas eve and after dinner she went to her dad. He took her little hand and brought her to the living room, in front of all the guests and relatives, he went down on one knee and said to her, "Molly, ever since your mommy died, i've never had any one to dance with and it would be great if you could have this one dance with me every year."
Molly had her mother's smile, and eyes..even the little bounce in the way her mother walked.
So this family tradition went on for 14 years, and Molly finally turned 18. she met a boy and started dating. The day before Christmas, Molly asked her dad, "Can I please go to the christmas dance with him? Her dad however said, "What about our yearly tradition? You hardly even know this boy, I think it is not a good idea for you to do." Molly got angry and screamed at her father saying, "You don't love me." She went to her room, called the boy and told him what her dad said. The boy told her,"well, its okay, since your dad does not allow you to go to the dance, he does not love you, why don't you come with me? we'll leave tonight! i've got a brother who stays in Texas and we can both live with him."
That night, Molly took her savings and climbed out of the window into the boy's arms. They drove for a good 5 hours to get to texas.
However their romance did last long. Five days later, his brother told them both, "It's too crowded, I cannot have the both of you staying here. Either one of you have to leave." The boy went to Molly and told her, "My brother says only one of us can stay here, i do not think i love you anymore, i guess that means you have to leave."
Molly left broken. she had no money and she had given a part of her to that boy, which could never again be retracted. She had nowhere to go and went to a halfway house begging them to take her in. There, she met a friend called clarrise who told her that she could earn some quick cash by putting on a dress and dancing for some people at a club. So Molly went with clarrise to the club, the manager gave her a costume and she danced for them.
What should have only lasted for a few weeks, dragged into months and after that years. There was always something in her telling her to go home, however she shunned that thought away, thinking that she was too unworthy. One day, while she was at the grocery store and she heard someone calling her name. she turned around and saw that it was the boy's brother. He said "I have something to show you, will you please come with me to the car?"He pulled out a huge box and passes it to her. "Will you please go home to your dad, and tell him where you are, he has been writing to me everyday at my address since you left and I am so tired or receving his letters." you please please tell him to stop writing to my house?" Molly took the box back to the club and placed it on the table, refusing to open it, thinking that she was too unworthy to receive her father's love.
Another four months passed, it was the day before Christmas. Because she did not want to be by herself, she decided to go to work. She went to the club and saw a letter on her dressing table. She gazed at clarisse who told her, "A very good-looking old man came in and put it the letter on your table, begging me to ask you to open" Something within her made her read the letter, after reading the contents of the letter, she took her car, drove for 5 hours to go home and went home into the loving arms of her father, who embraced her. She made it just in time to dance with her father under the christmas tree, just before the clock struck 12.
Guess what the letter said?
It said, "Molly..will you have one last dance with me?"
As she dances in her father's arms, she says, "Im home daddy, Im home."
May this story bless your heart and remind you once again of God's amazing love for each and every one of us. May you choose to dance with God again, God is always waiting for us with open arms, waiting in anticipation for us to have one last dance with him. All we have to say is "Yes God I am willing"
Isaiah 55
Invitation to the Thirsty
1 "Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
because of the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor."
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the LORD's renown,
for an everlasting sign,
which will not be destroyed."
This is a parallel to the prodigal son story, may it bless your heart today and may this be a story that you will share with many.
Molly was a young 4 year old girl, she grew up watching dvds and cds every christmas. She owned every possible Christmas dvd and vcd. She watched one every Christmas and realised one thing constant about them all: every family in the shows had a tradition whether it was singing christmas carols together, opening presents as a family, sitting down after dinner and playing chess. However, she realised that her family did not have one, and so one day, 2 weeks before Christmas she ran to her dad and asked him,"Dad, why doesn't our family have a tradition like those in the dvds?"
To that, her dad answered, "we've never had a family tradition, my dear!"
Molly thought for a moment and asked," Can we have one then?"
Her dad looked at her and said, "Okay, after dinner on Christmas eve we will do something as a family every year, ok? However i'll only tell you what it is on Christmas eve."
Molly waited and waited till Christmas eve and after dinner she went to her dad. He took her little hand and brought her to the living room, in front of all the guests and relatives, he went down on one knee and said to her, "Molly, ever since your mommy died, i've never had any one to dance with and it would be great if you could have this one dance with me every year."
Molly had her mother's smile, and eyes..even the little bounce in the way her mother walked.
So this family tradition went on for 14 years, and Molly finally turned 18. she met a boy and started dating. The day before Christmas, Molly asked her dad, "Can I please go to the christmas dance with him? Her dad however said, "What about our yearly tradition? You hardly even know this boy, I think it is not a good idea for you to do." Molly got angry and screamed at her father saying, "You don't love me." She went to her room, called the boy and told him what her dad said. The boy told her,"well, its okay, since your dad does not allow you to go to the dance, he does not love you, why don't you come with me? we'll leave tonight! i've got a brother who stays in Texas and we can both live with him."
That night, Molly took her savings and climbed out of the window into the boy's arms. They drove for a good 5 hours to get to texas.
However their romance did last long. Five days later, his brother told them both, "It's too crowded, I cannot have the both of you staying here. Either one of you have to leave." The boy went to Molly and told her, "My brother says only one of us can stay here, i do not think i love you anymore, i guess that means you have to leave."
Molly left broken. she had no money and she had given a part of her to that boy, which could never again be retracted. She had nowhere to go and went to a halfway house begging them to take her in. There, she met a friend called clarrise who told her that she could earn some quick cash by putting on a dress and dancing for some people at a club. So Molly went with clarrise to the club, the manager gave her a costume and she danced for them.
What should have only lasted for a few weeks, dragged into months and after that years. There was always something in her telling her to go home, however she shunned that thought away, thinking that she was too unworthy. One day, while she was at the grocery store and she heard someone calling her name. she turned around and saw that it was the boy's brother. He said "I have something to show you, will you please come with me to the car?"He pulled out a huge box and passes it to her. "Will you please go home to your dad, and tell him where you are, he has been writing to me everyday at my address since you left and I am so tired or receving his letters." you please please tell him to stop writing to my house?" Molly took the box back to the club and placed it on the table, refusing to open it, thinking that she was too unworthy to receive her father's love.
Another four months passed, it was the day before Christmas. Because she did not want to be by herself, she decided to go to work. She went to the club and saw a letter on her dressing table. She gazed at clarisse who told her, "A very good-looking old man came in and put it the letter on your table, begging me to ask you to open" Something within her made her read the letter, after reading the contents of the letter, she took her car, drove for 5 hours to go home and went home into the loving arms of her father, who embraced her. She made it just in time to dance with her father under the christmas tree, just before the clock struck 12.
Guess what the letter said?
It said, "Molly..will you have one last dance with me?"
As she dances in her father's arms, she says, "Im home daddy, Im home."
May this story bless your heart and remind you once again of God's amazing love for each and every one of us. May you choose to dance with God again, God is always waiting for us with open arms, waiting in anticipation for us to have one last dance with him. All we have to say is "Yes God I am willing"
Isaiah 55
Invitation to the Thirsty
1 "Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
because of the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor."
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the LORD's renown,
for an everlasting sign,
which will not be destroyed."
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Saturday, September 02, 2006
MY WEEK :)
well .. great heaps of things had happened during this week .. loads of ups and downs .. and indeed it is a break through for me.. planet uni camp indeed was an eye-opener :) i learnt and grew so much in and continue praying that i'll grow even more :)
i choose to stand for my generation and i wanna live my life chosen.
we need to break free of tradition and all those things that had been holding us back. all the hurts and things that we desire the most are those that shape who we are and it somehow frustratingly is what we in turn become. it's the environment, culture and the past events that had hurt us so deeply that mould who we are now .. that's why we need to thrive for a breakthrough of those and live a life in the bright and righteously.
During the camp, i've experience heaps. joy, disappointment, frustration and peace. i was dreading to go on this giant swing which was like 4storey high but the man who was doing the safety thingy got tired and put a stop on the guy in front of me. i was like !~!@#$%^ i queued for 2 and a half hours for that ride(even ended up with sore muscles!) but i waited so patiently and was so kindly pulled the ppl up (the swing need a group of ppl to pull the person up) but i was in total devastion when he said tat's it!! i dint get to go on the flying fox, i dint get to play basket ball nor anything!! >.< i was gonna cry mann!! and thank God, joyce was kind enough to take a stroll with me and thank God for the wonderful scenery - the sunset!!! i'll post the pic after sis return my cam cable k? and instead, i went rock climbing. which was all good and took away my disappoinment i guess. He was there to restored my peace :)
Anyhoo .. camp was awesome because i can finally experience the Holy Spirit and i can loudly proclaim that GOD IS REAL!! Apart from some of the messages that Paster Matt spoke which applies totally to me, i witness the Holy Spirit touching the lives of others and also myself!!! on Saturday night, the hall was filled with God's presence. Jia heng,ex-chsian and his gf, adeline were praying for the gift of tongue for me. it was a gift that God gives everyone and with it, you can communicate with God in a language that no one can understand other than God and when words cant express what you wanna say, just speak in tongue and God will understand ur need. initally it's a bit scary to hear bout things like this, but it was written in the bible.. so yea.. it was all good :) i dint just get it instantaneously, i prayed and prayed and i guess the key to it was to have child-like faith, to trust the Creator totally and it just comes naturally. yup!! then i got it!!! :) :) :) i dint know wat was i saying but it doesnt matter cos my God knows :) i was in tears. i was desperate for Him and when i was praying for my family and friends, tears were flowing like river mann!! seriously!! i was tat desperate for Him to change the lives of my loved ones. and deep inside of me, i could feel the warmth and the intimidacy with God. it was a really powerful prayer, i could feel it!! and i know that He is listening.
oh ya!! did i mention that on our way there our bus broke down? yup! it did and smoke was coming out of the tyre!! scary!! but under God's grace, we were all save and sound :) and oohh!! i meet loads of new friends through this camp!! it was AWESOME!! and i really like planetshakers church!! the people there are just so so friendly!!! i'm going there again tomorrow!! :)
anyhoo.. i've been rejected twice or even thrice this week >.< and it's really saddening!! not everyone is encouraging and sometimes, i'm just like a baby, learning to walk. but then, when an adult's unintentionally pushes me, my bumm lands on the flat ground. to you, i may not be crying with that smile on my face and i'm just not looking to you in the eye, but deep inside i'm crying aloud, just like a baby would when she falls but i'll never give up, cos i belief in you and the Almighty one. and this song play my heart out
Here I Go Again Lyrics
Casting Crowns
Father, hear my prayer
I need the perfect words
Words that he will hear
And know they're straight from You
I don't know what to say
I only know it hurts
To see my only friend slowly fade away
Chorus:
So maybe this time
I'll speak the words of life
With Your fire in my eyes
But that old familiar fear
is tearin' at my words
What am I so afraid of?
'Cause here I go again
Talkin' 'bout the rain
And mullin' over things
that won't live past today
And as I dance around the truth
Time is not his friend
This might be my last chance
to tell him that You love Him
But here I go again
Here I go again
Lord, You love him so
You gave Your only Son
If he will just believe
He will never die
But how then will he know
What he has never heard?
Lord he has never seen mirrored in my life
Chorus:
But here I go again
Here I go, here I go
Chorus:
This might be my last chance
To tell him that You love him
This might be my last chance
To tell him that You love him
You love him, You love him
What am I so afraid
What am I so afraid
What am I so afraid of?
How then will he know
What he has never heard?
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on the brighter tone, since we bid uniform goodbye, thursday we had to dress up as 80's. it was so much fun even though i had 2 tests tat day and initally couldnt be bothered but was so hyped up by the boarders!! :)
some photos here. more to come!
mak lee and i at the quad when planetshakers came to our school to perform :)
kaitlyn mak and roxy
me and mummy at the post office bringing our favourite soft toy for a walk
someone special is recieving a mail!!
we took a retarded video at McD with our soft toys! real embarassing one!! >.< it's for our final day :P
gosh! time is really flying by!!
say bye to winter and hi to spring!! i'm loving it!! but then .. i dun want exams and farewells to come >.<
oh!! and i did another brave thing!! i gave a testimony in front of the whole school during friday lunch!! with a great heaps of supporters cheering me on as i speak :P on EXO day :) hope it touches ppl!!
big thanks to those who prayed for me. lee, mak,bing, phyliss, megan, mr and mrs curtis!! :)
and thank you to the SUIS ppl who so generously gave out chocolate :) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :p
friday night outings with my sis is always good and exciting!! we spent hours at David Jones looking for good quotes to put into my column at patchwork :) hehee:P ended up sitting at the gift section, looking at encouraging and aspiring books!! hehe:P
and oh oh!! i've submitted my VTAC uni apps!! :) praying that i get into uni and do watever that God has instored for me :)
\
anywayz. here's some belated photos
will put up more after i've gotten the cable from sis yea?
"that" food weekend with yeen, chua and mak
chua's generousity brought happiness to my tastebuds :)
at the buffet tat we went to at crown
and also heaps of photos taken on the last day of uniform!! so nostalgic!! >.<
my form class-ppl i see every morning :)
spesh maths class!! a lot of ppl there have genius brains!! (and obviously excluding me)
chem class buddies!! (sadly dint get a class photo)
sorry a length post again. well ..pardon me! i havent blogged for so long! cant blame me!! :P
anwyayz ..
BIG BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUTS TO
5/8 MUMMY!!!! i love u mummy!!
6/8 Florence .. even though i kinda lost contact with her, if anyone kind enough to drop her a msg, pls pass my belated birthday msg to her k?
8/8 Yen Tink .. knowing her.. she sure had a blast on her bday :)
10/8 JOANNE ONG!!!!! hhahaha .. i love this babe to the max!!
14/8 Sing Chia.. happy belated 18!!
15/8 Tammi .. hope she enjoyed the heavenly icecream we got her in replacement of the cake :P
16/8 Zhien wei!! hope u got my sms!!
20/8 Chong Foo my lil bro!! happy birthday!! hope daddy passed my msg to you when u were at tuition!! hehe :P reckon my bro is WAY taller than me now!! stunted d!! >.<
27/8 Toh yuen.. havent heard from this guy for a long time .. but i sure still remember his bday :)
28/8 LL BABY!!! .. this baby is surely a special baby!! all the best in ur exams k?
29/8 Leong my cousin and Melody!! have fun being 18 k?
31/8 MERDEKA, Franky and amanda ..
1/9 Seng .. wow!! my eldest cousin is 22 already!! AHHH ... *shocked and disbelief*
sorry if i arhh .. missed out anyone.. i dun mean it 1. i've been trying to recall very hard olredi la !! :P hehehehehe
*trying to put on malaysian accent to fix my incompletion of only celebrating merdeka day with a loud NEGARAKU during dinner with my fellow tablemates :P *
hope to hear from ppl soon :)
till then take care k?
well .. great heaps of things had happened during this week .. loads of ups and downs .. and indeed it is a break through for me.. planet uni camp indeed was an eye-opener :) i learnt and grew so much in and continue praying that i'll grow even more :)
i choose to stand for my generation and i wanna live my life chosen.
we need to break free of tradition and all those things that had been holding us back. all the hurts and things that we desire the most are those that shape who we are and it somehow frustratingly is what we in turn become. it's the environment, culture and the past events that had hurt us so deeply that mould who we are now .. that's why we need to thrive for a breakthrough of those and live a life in the bright and righteously.
During the camp, i've experience heaps. joy, disappointment, frustration and peace. i was dreading to go on this giant swing which was like 4storey high but the man who was doing the safety thingy got tired and put a stop on the guy in front of me. i was like !~!@#$%^ i queued for 2 and a half hours for that ride(even ended up with sore muscles!) but i waited so patiently and was so kindly pulled the ppl up (the swing need a group of ppl to pull the person up) but i was in total devastion when he said tat's it!! i dint get to go on the flying fox, i dint get to play basket ball nor anything!! >.< i was gonna cry mann!! and thank God, joyce was kind enough to take a stroll with me and thank God for the wonderful scenery - the sunset!!! i'll post the pic after sis return my cam cable k? and instead, i went rock climbing. which was all good and took away my disappoinment i guess. He was there to restored my peace :)
Anyhoo .. camp was awesome because i can finally experience the Holy Spirit and i can loudly proclaim that GOD IS REAL!! Apart from some of the messages that Paster Matt spoke which applies totally to me, i witness the Holy Spirit touching the lives of others and also myself!!! on Saturday night, the hall was filled with God's presence. Jia heng,ex-chsian and his gf, adeline were praying for the gift of tongue for me. it was a gift that God gives everyone and with it, you can communicate with God in a language that no one can understand other than God and when words cant express what you wanna say, just speak in tongue and God will understand ur need. initally it's a bit scary to hear bout things like this, but it was written in the bible.. so yea.. it was all good :) i dint just get it instantaneously, i prayed and prayed and i guess the key to it was to have child-like faith, to trust the Creator totally and it just comes naturally. yup!! then i got it!!! :) :) :) i dint know wat was i saying but it doesnt matter cos my God knows :) i was in tears. i was desperate for Him and when i was praying for my family and friends, tears were flowing like river mann!! seriously!! i was tat desperate for Him to change the lives of my loved ones. and deep inside of me, i could feel the warmth and the intimidacy with God. it was a really powerful prayer, i could feel it!! and i know that He is listening.
oh ya!! did i mention that on our way there our bus broke down? yup! it did and smoke was coming out of the tyre!! scary!! but under God's grace, we were all save and sound :) and oohh!! i meet loads of new friends through this camp!! it was AWESOME!! and i really like planetshakers church!! the people there are just so so friendly!!! i'm going there again tomorrow!! :)
anyhoo.. i've been rejected twice or even thrice this week >.< and it's really saddening!! not everyone is encouraging and sometimes, i'm just like a baby, learning to walk. but then, when an adult's unintentionally pushes me, my bumm lands on the flat ground. to you, i may not be crying with that smile on my face and i'm just not looking to you in the eye, but deep inside i'm crying aloud, just like a baby would when she falls but i'll never give up, cos i belief in you and the Almighty one. and this song play my heart out
Here I Go Again Lyrics
Casting Crowns
Father, hear my prayer
I need the perfect words
Words that he will hear
And know they're straight from You
I don't know what to say
I only know it hurts
To see my only friend slowly fade away
Chorus:
So maybe this time
I'll speak the words of life
With Your fire in my eyes
But that old familiar fear
is tearin' at my words
What am I so afraid of?
'Cause here I go again
Talkin' 'bout the rain
And mullin' over things
that won't live past today
And as I dance around the truth
Time is not his friend
This might be my last chance
to tell him that You love Him
But here I go again
Here I go again
Lord, You love him so
You gave Your only Son
If he will just believe
He will never die
But how then will he know
What he has never heard?
Lord he has never seen mirrored in my life
Chorus:
But here I go again
Here I go, here I go
Chorus:
This might be my last chance
To tell him that You love him
This might be my last chance
To tell him that You love him
You love him, You love him
What am I so afraid
What am I so afraid
What am I so afraid of?
How then will he know
What he has never heard?
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on the brighter tone, since we bid uniform goodbye, thursday we had to dress up as 80's. it was so much fun even though i had 2 tests tat day and initally couldnt be bothered but was so hyped up by the boarders!! :)
some photos here. more to come!
mak lee and i at the quad when planetshakers came to our school to perform :)
kaitlyn mak and roxy
me and mummy at the post office bringing our favourite soft toy for a walk
someone special is recieving a mail!!
we took a retarded video at McD with our soft toys! real embarassing one!! >.< it's for our final day :P
gosh! time is really flying by!!
say bye to winter and hi to spring!! i'm loving it!! but then .. i dun want exams and farewells to come >.<
oh!! and i did another brave thing!! i gave a testimony in front of the whole school during friday lunch!! with a great heaps of supporters cheering me on as i speak :P on EXO day :) hope it touches ppl!!
big thanks to those who prayed for me. lee, mak,bing, phyliss, megan, mr and mrs curtis!! :)
and thank you to the SUIS ppl who so generously gave out chocolate :) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :p
friday night outings with my sis is always good and exciting!! we spent hours at David Jones looking for good quotes to put into my column at patchwork :) hehee:P ended up sitting at the gift section, looking at encouraging and aspiring books!! hehe:P
and oh oh!! i've submitted my VTAC uni apps!! :) praying that i get into uni and do watever that God has instored for me :)
\
anywayz. here's some belated photos
will put up more after i've gotten the cable from sis yea?
"that" food weekend with yeen, chua and mak
chua's generousity brought happiness to my tastebuds :)
at the buffet tat we went to at crown
and also heaps of photos taken on the last day of uniform!! so nostalgic!! >.<
my form class-ppl i see every morning :)
spesh maths class!! a lot of ppl there have genius brains!! (and obviously excluding me)
chem class buddies!! (sadly dint get a class photo)
sorry a length post again. well ..pardon me! i havent blogged for so long! cant blame me!! :P
anwyayz ..
BIG BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUTS TO
5/8 MUMMY!!!! i love u mummy!!
6/8 Florence .. even though i kinda lost contact with her, if anyone kind enough to drop her a msg, pls pass my belated birthday msg to her k?
8/8 Yen Tink .. knowing her.. she sure had a blast on her bday :)
10/8 JOANNE ONG!!!!! hhahaha .. i love this babe to the max!!
14/8 Sing Chia.. happy belated 18!!
15/8 Tammi .. hope she enjoyed the heavenly icecream we got her in replacement of the cake :P
16/8 Zhien wei!! hope u got my sms!!
20/8 Chong Foo my lil bro!! happy birthday!! hope daddy passed my msg to you when u were at tuition!! hehe :P reckon my bro is WAY taller than me now!! stunted d!! >.<
27/8 Toh yuen.. havent heard from this guy for a long time .. but i sure still remember his bday :)
28/8 LL BABY!!! .. this baby is surely a special baby!! all the best in ur exams k?
29/8 Leong my cousin and Melody!! have fun being 18 k?
31/8 MERDEKA, Franky and amanda ..
1/9 Seng .. wow!! my eldest cousin is 22 already!! AHHH ... *shocked and disbelief*
sorry if i arhh .. missed out anyone.. i dun mean it 1. i've been trying to recall very hard olredi la !! :P hehehehehe
*trying to put on malaysian accent to fix my incompletion of only celebrating merdeka day with a loud NEGARAKU during dinner with my fellow tablemates :P *
hope to hear from ppl soon :)
till then take care k?
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