Psalm 33:2-3a plant is tender to rain after a period of drought
you've been patient with me.
with lovingkindness, and longsuffering,
you stood by me all this time,
but i never had the eyes to see you.
i never had the heart to embrace you.
though my heart was lifted in pride against you,
though i trusted in my self-effort,
though i say: because i have done this thing, you shall surely bless me
you never withdrew grace from me.
your grace is renewed everyday.
as the dew of heaven that falls to earth every morning,
so is your grace that falls from heaven to anoint me every morning.
when i awake on my bed,
you'll there.
when i go to rest at night,
you'll there.
when i walk uprightly,
you'll there.
when i stray from the path,
you'll there.
in all things, you're blameless and righteous.
my god and my king,
my saviour and my shepherd.
my redeemer and my reconciliator,
my love and my anointer.
i was blind but now i see.
how your heart beats with redeeming love for me.
your mighty arm is outstretched for me,
you can cross the heavens in one bound,
so your arm can encircle the earth in one grasp.
you can contain everything in your mighty hands,
with one reach, you can pull me out of the miry pit i've dug.
your shepherd's crook lord! your crook!
you never forsook me to death.
you surrendered to death,
hung your head and breathed your last,
so that today, you'll never surrender me to die.
though my heart was heavy and i wanted to lay down to die,
long after i've given up on myself,
you saw me in my sufferings.
in my ugliest, you forgot me not.
when men had long given up on me,
you gave up on me not.
yea, though i wanted to lay down to die,
you carried me in your arms,
lifted me high upon your shoulders,
let me see the beauty of the world you've created for me.
you set me on high, everything i see is for me,
all things work together for my good.
jesus, i'm just amazed at your tenacity.
what love, what passion!
that though i lay down to die,
though i gave up on myself in my failures and infirmities,
then and then only your strength is made perfect.
you simply never gave me up to die.
i'm grateful lord.
can i find one such as you?
can any man claim to love me as much?
blessed is the name of the lord!
blessed is jesus! the son of the everlasting god!
everliving, lord you reign.
there's no higher calling than to worship,
no higher honour,
no greater greater love than yours.
lord you just simply reign,
in my life.
for he said unto to me: my son, my son, you've been fighting me so much. why won't you rest and let me love you? let me hug and embrace you.
my spirit, soul, body, i bring back to you.
work mightily in me,
that i can work mightily also.
for not i, but it is the spirit within that labours more abundantly.
grace grace jesus....
yeah though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you've never been far apart from me.
my shepherd guides me continually,
his rod and staff they comfort me.
my heart he understands,
my weakness he is familiar with.
his love for me endures beyond the sands of time.
when the mountains have been grounded to dust and echoes,
silent remnants of giants magnificent,
his love yet remains.
when i turned to myself, and forsook his lead,
he turned to find me.
he never gave me up, not forsook me.
he carries me in his bosom of love.
his endless love will endure beyond time.
when time has stopped,
when the stars fall to earth,
when the oceans dry up and give up the dead,
when the trees wither and die,
when the lands are choked with tears,
when my strength fails me,
when my fire burns out within,
when men forsake me for their gain,
when my foolishness has overtaken me,
my jesus stands.
between heaven and earth he hung,
rejected by heaven, rejected by earth.
forsaken by his father, rejected by his people,
he hung bleeding.
tears he shed, that no one saw.
that today, my heavenly father wipes my tears away.
he places them in a special bottle.
they are as a remainder of my sorrows,
a promise to bless me even more.
and yet while he hung dying,
he thought of me.
my shepherd, the shepherd who would never leave, nor forsake even one sheep, was taken and put to death.
today he has the highest position, the highest power.
the universe is at his feet,
and he'll bring it to bear for me.
he died to receive absolute power,
power to wield to love me.
he'll cover me from head to toe,
the blood he shed for me.
he'll wipe away my tears,
he'll caress my cheeks.
he counts the number of hairs on my head,
he values the emotions of my heart.
yes, though i am but a little child,
petulant in my ways, foolish at best,
he loves me still.
yea, though i walk and stumble,
he extends his hand to me.
yea, though i'm crippled in my strength,
he is the strength to lean on.
yea, though i'm weak and ashamed of my past,
he has given me a glory to cover me.
yea, though i'm slow of speech, but quick to anger,
he is quick to forgive, quicker to love me.
this i write.... being exceedingly loved by him.
to him who loves me exceedingly, abundantly, above all i ask him to, or think him to...
to him and him alone... deserves all my praise, all my worship.
to him belongs all my adoration.
i just refuse to bow to any man, i just refuse to adore any other human, i just refuse to accept anything against the glory of the lord. i just refuse.
that this child sits upon your lap gazing upon your countenance, bright and beautiful, as a sardius and a jasper, lifted unto me.
oh Lord! how your face brightens to see me come before you.
oh Lord! how your heart soars to hear my voice!
oh Jesus! how your heart beats with redeeming love for me.
the being you've created, you've planned his path.
Jesus, i've been foolish. i've forgotten in all who you are.
will you come back to me and show me your hands?
will you show me your side?
will you restore my soul and my strength?
serenade me my lover.
bring me back into the steady rhythm of your love.
sing me a song of ascents
just let the world fade away from my sight.
just let me be with you...
till the end of time and beyond.
when the oceans roar, i say: let him roar! my God is greater!
when the thunders storm: i say: let them roar! my God is for me!
when the earth quakes and my path is shaken, i say: let it be, my God shakes the very foundations of heaven and earth!
Lord i just boast in you!
there's none higher, none greater.
there's no greater honour than to serve you,
no higher calling than to be your worshipper.
let my redeemed soul say so!
let all that i am, bless his worthy name!
for in his name, the gentiles trust.
in his name, is glory and honour ever, evermore!
oh how my heart sings!
be it that i could just sit here!
of the eagles that take flight, i soar because of your love!
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
[Psalm 23:4]
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
[Isaiah 42:3]
3 A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.
i just thank you Jesus... that you don't give me up....
never give me up as men have done.
never forget me as men have done.
never leave me as men have done.
never hurt me as men have done.
"starlight, starbright,
first star i see tonight
wish i may, wish i might,
have a wish, i wish tonight."
(=
i used to believe in that.
whenever i see a star, and its the first star i see at night,
ill just say it,
then make a wish.
who's to say my God didn't hear me?
He really really loves His Children.
i went down to walk around, just enjoy walking around, feeling the cool night breeze.
a few people have been telling me how they don't feel Him these past few days.
*shrugs* maybe its the new year celebrations, and we're so busy with things that we feel as if we're neglecting something.
truth be told, i also didn't "feel" Him.
not that I have to, i have the Word.
"Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my Words will by no means pass away", says Jesus.
for someone to make such a statement, means that someone has great integrity to claim his words won't fade away.
only Jesus can promise all the wonderful things in the bible, AND fulfill them.
Integrity.
whatever He has promised will come to pass.
and the promise of the Holy Spirit came to pass.
the very fact we can pray in tongues, means the Holy Spirit indwells us. and teh very fact we can do it anytime.... means at any time the Holy Spirit is with us, for the bible says He will never leave us, nor forsake us.
if that were the case, i don't have to always go about feeling my Heavenly Father.
I can still talk to Him!
as Pastor would say: "He's there whether you know it or not, just as the sun is shining whether you know it or not"
He has promised His constant Presence, and sealed us with the Holy Spirit as a guarantee, of that promise: Never leave us, nor forsake us.
mmmmmm..... nonetheless.... when i don't feel Him, [Psalms 27:4] comes in
[Psalms 27:4] (NKJV)
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
One Thing.... that I will seek after.
yeah sucking her thumb, tsk
weirdest expression i saw the whole day
acting like papparazzi
taken by jo
when the moon is out, the cats come out to play
justin took this i think. skateboarder
hah. mayhem.
i get afraid sometimes.
the world is so vast.
the future uncertain.
the discouraging voices many, and varied.
especially since its a new phase of life.
NS is coming.
University.
but i will trust in the Word of the Lord.
Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away."
and my daddy King says, "Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours."
I'm the heir of the world, righteous by faith and grace, not by law and self-works.
I've inherited Heaven, all that is in the treasuries of Heaven, are mine.
and best of all... I've His Constant Presence that never goes away from me.
Nothing I do will make Him love me more, nothing I do will make Him love me less.
[2 Cor 3:15-18]
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Christ in me! the hope of glory!
You are my glory.
the glory of my music anointing is You, the glory of influential favour is You, the glory of all my skills is You and from You, for You are my all and in all.
just by turning to the Lord, which is the Spirit, and knowing my liberty.
for if the Son makes me free, I'm free indeed.
the knowledge of the truth sets me free.
and by turning to the Spirit, the veil on my heart is taken away, and I, with unveiled face, behold as in a mirror, not my natural self, but the glory of Jesus! Christ in me, the hope of all glory, and am being transformed into the exact same image of Jesus, from glory to glory, for as Christ is, so am I in this world, by the Spirit of the Lord.
Not by self-effort, not by might, not by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.
in Jesus's name, amen!
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retreat.to.advance.in.Christ
(= Jesus healed my right index finger. it didn't take one day, one holy comm. it took maybe a week and some days. but i just believe this: its getting that much better. that much better. day in, day out. getting better. and one day i just realised the pain is gone.
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CNY 2007 at SHERYL's house!!!
weee had a fun time as the Lord is with us!
sheryl's room. did i spell that right? hah.... its a... very interesting and nice room.
no idea why i edited it this way. hmm?
almost every shot of rachel... seems to look the same. even from the christmas party till now. weird
i got tired of edting. hah...
jo and daphne, nick's gf
formal shot
informal shot
very very very informal shot
thats a very big....
the amandas
