Bet Your Life...

was watching a program of this title by National Council of Problem Gambling (or something like that) when i had a further understanding of Jesus' 1st coming.

in the program, former gambling addicts came up to share about their past & wat they r doing now. they had a very big gambling addiction & when they realized their wrong, changed & turned to helping fellow addicts kick the habit. wat really struck me was that they had to be in the same situation in order to understand fully how it is being a gambling addict. only then can they effectively relate to the addicts & help them. if they had not been in there, they r in no position to help because they don't understand what's so addictive about gambling.

in the same light, our Lord Jesus came to be one of us miserable humans, so that He can fully relate to us. i m NOT saying that He can't relate to us if He had not come, but we will be DAMN stupid (pardon my language, but i really stress this point) that we will not listen to Him & be saved from sin. having said that, what more can we ask for, now that we have a God who came to be like us so that we will let Him bring us back to Him?

in application, we being in whichever position, organization, roles etc, we are the pple who can fully relate to those who are in the same position as us. we have sinned & now cleansed, who else is in the better position to share the Good News to those around us? VCFers who do read this blog, do remember that there are still 7 days in the Outreach Focus Month, make use of every opportunity. even when the OFM is over, we must not slack in reaching out to those who are still trying to find the Life...

While it still works...

my keyboard is giving me problems... wat to do, it's old. well, not just my keyboard, it's the whole laptop. it's losing memory, many keys are having attitude problems such that i can't get them to work when i need them to... sigh... after 4 years, my lappie is finally going to retire... time to get a new PC...but the Dell site is having problems, can't order my desktop now... sigh... need to work, but can't really work...MK, think i'll need to borrow your CD a bit longer to download onto my new comp when it comes...this entry is hurriedly typed while my lappie still has the ability to support me...

of yesterday:
had a good time talking yesterday. spent abt 6hrs back at my alma mater, talking to my former teachers. all were kinda "shocked" that i m going into teaching. most of them gave me valuable advices which i believe will help me 1 day when i enter the classroom proper...

met galv for our quarterly "ketchup" session. it was really good to know how the Lord has worked in his life & in mine. i m always amazed how we managed to talk for extended time each time... last night's duration: FOUR FULL HOURS!!! from 7pm to 11pm... i nvr understand how we can always talk for so long, given that we are both not the talkative type... but i m just grateful to the Lord for a brother like him whom i can share without having to hide things, or having to refrain from saying anything so that i will not hurt/stumble him.

"life is a rollercoaster, just gotta ride it" (taken from Life is a Rollercoaster by Ronan Keating)
but do you have your safety harness on? is Christ your safety harness, or will you be flying out of your rollercoaster? this is something we concluded with just before we parted. each time we met, we could be sure the Lord was with us, cos there's always something we could take away. looking forward to the next "ketchup" session in June, bro...

of 2 weeks ago:
having been urged by my brothers to update my blog, rather, to update abt my life on my blog, i shall do so now. initially i wanted wait till next week, but i guess i dun wanna wait till my lappie dies & procrastinate again, so here goes...

quite a few pple have by now know that i m now engaged. i m thankful of how God arranged everything, His timing is perfect so long as i obey & keep by His guidelines. i have had the urge to propose to Grace last year around her birthday, but i know God wouldn't have it tt way. the prompting i had received was to wait till 2006, not 2005. so by faith i waited. lo & behold, as i waited on Him, the chance came for me when Grace's dad asked me to join them for relative visitations. i perceived that this was his way of accepting me into his family, so on 18th Jan '06, i went over to Grace's place while she's still at work to ask her dad for his permission & blessings to marry Grace. he gave his approval & on that day, i proposed to her. & the rest is history...

really wanna thank God for His guidance thru-out the whole process of pursuing her, courtship & now engagement. knowing the fact that He loves us, i can be certained that He will bless our marriage so that we may in turn bless others.

thanx to the many who walked with us thru-out the whole journey: Raymond Yuen, my 1st mentor; Royston Lee, our "matchmaker"; Galv, my dear bro... these 3 affirmed within the same week that i shld tell Grace how i felt abt her before we started our r/ship; Paul Goh & Hwee Ling, my current mentor & his wife, who supported me spiritually thru this r/ship; Galv (again) & MK, who walked with me & ministering me as brothers & were the 1st to put their names to my wedding-helper list. & not to forget VCF, the place where we 1st met, & the VCFers who all played a part in our lives in 1 way or another.

thank you all...

p.s. i still require help to prep for our wedding. those interested, pls drop me a comment. thanx... :D