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PraisingGod4ever
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Name: PraisingGod4ever
State: California
Gender: Female
Interests: singing worship songs, contemporary worship music, knowing God, knowing the truth from God, being vessel of God, writing in my xanga, learning new words, appreciating art, cleaning house, beauty, taking care of my pet, playing with my pet, rerefreshments
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Member Since:
12/9/2005
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| To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.
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| I typed up so many goals, so many lists of things to do, then I used pens to add more items to those lists, and then I told myself I need to update the Microsoft word files. Then I looked at the pile of paper, and I got irritated. I don't want to do it, nor the lists I had generated for myself.
Colder weather makes me function slower. I took naps after work, and that also decrease brain power. And did I mention not willing to go to bed early? I need to get more rest and be refreshed, otherwise how am I going to survive work?
Recently I keep pondering about time, and myself in it. The past, present, and future me, and everything else, like my dog, and my coworkers. I know I cannot go back in time. I can only press on forward, for God. I will be thirty-one next year. My body is aging everyday, and yet I know that God is renewing my mind, molding me, sanctifying me, until the day I die and see Him face to face. In the process I do the good work that He has prepared for me to do, bear fruit for Him as I remain in Him and obey Him, love Him with all my heart, mind, soul, strength, love others as myself, and to enjoy Him and all that He blesses me with.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Matthew 24: 35
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28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40: 28-31 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| I had lost touch with my home culture for a while, and am relearning my culture. Here are something I've learned from interacting with people in a traditional Chinese church; these are just my personal observations and do not apply to every Chinese group or church or person:
When someone who has some, if not most, social power in the group tells you to eat something at a Chinese restaurant, such as slices of oranges at the end of the meal or cakes for a birthday celebration, you better eat it, otherwise the person who offered it may get offended. The same goes for when they offer you to take home left over food that looks good.
This applies more to those with working class upbringing or background: don't 'impulsively' confess to the group that you are late to your job, or that you could not get work finished on your job. They will question why you couldn't do it. Chinese people, from what I know, is one of the hardest working people in the world.
It is also not wise to admit that you are actually a loner, unless you have been accepted and involved with the group for a while. Chinese people tend to have a very strong herd mentality.
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| This week is a relatively good one. I was late one of the days. I will make sure that won't happen again.
I didn't have enough sleep, so I was not my best in the afternoon. That will also change.
I pray a lot when I didn't rest enough. That works. I was able to handle the tasks and the people at work, while keeping my dignity and sanity intact. Things could be better, and it will. Thank God that my boss was understanding when I couldn't meet the quota. I will try harder next week.
I was so excited friday night when the work day was ending. I went to a concert with my friend at a church. I happened to sit next to another girl who went to my college, who also belongs to my church. Though I don't prefer anymore the style of preaching, which is 'post-modern' and emotional, at the event, I do accept and appreciate it. I learned from my job that there are and should be different styles to appreciate and express our love for God. The pastor who spoke was good at his ministry and put his heart into it, from what I heard. I enjoyed the songs and performances also. I was reminded of God's love for us - a true, everlasting, sacrificial love, the power of forgiveness, and felt the joy, peace, and hope there.
Recently, God's messages to me are: 'Feel my love' (or more like know my love,) and, 'What if you are not fearful, and can face anything that comes your way in your life?'
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| 8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
~ Philippians 4:8 ~ 8 弟 兄 們 ， 我 還 有 未 盡 的 話 ： 凡 是 真 實 的 、 可 敬 的 、 公 義 的 、 清 潔 的 、 可 愛 的 、 有 美 名 的 ， 若 有 甚 麼 德 行 ， 若 有 甚 麼 稱 讚 ， 這 些 事 你 們 都 要 思 念 。 ~ 腓 立 比 書 4:8 ~
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