God bless, everything is God blessed.

Ask her about God’s goodness in her life and she will tell you about how God blessed her with a job as a clerk even though she had no qualifications whatsoever. She’ll tell you about how God provided for her children’s educations. And throughout her testimony she’ll say several times, “God bless, everything is God blessed.” And she always assured me God will provide.

I’ll remember her waiting up for me or my brothers when we were out late. She always disapproved of us going out and sleeping late. A few days back, she told me not to come home so late because it was dangerous, for girls especially. She always cared, always loved. I thank God for her life which has blessed mine.

"God bless, everything is God blessed."

yew leung and mah-mah :)

Mah-mah (my grandma) passed away today at 3.30pm. Passed away peacefully with almost all her children and grandchildren around her. As she breathed her last, we each said our goodbye’s and i love you’s to her. She has gone to heaven and one day, I’ll meet her there. We’re okay with letting her go, we just miss her very much. ♥

fragile

read about the horrible killings in Oslo, Norway. one gunman beckoning his victims and then shooting them. 76 lives lost just like that. 

the train which derailed in China, killing at least 39 people.

a friend got into a really bad motorbike accident and is hospitalized with a broken leg, a broken arm and a fractured jaw.

my grandmother has been really weak and tired this past week :( i love my mah-mah.

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life's fragile. one moment here, next moment gone. the closer the people are, the more painful.

just watched two super action packed movies these past two days - Hanna and Captain America. and after watching, it's as if people are just there to be shot at, killed, etc. as if lives don't really matter. okay, so they're just movies. but think about it, after watching so much of these kind of movies, are we becoming more and more desensitized towards the taking of lives? have we come to adopt the "if it's not me, it's fine" attitude. just a thought.

this past week, the whole theme of the fragility of life has been on my mind. morbid, yes. but it also makes you question, what would you do before you lost someone or before you yourself died? makes you appreciate the  lives around you more. makes you want to not have anything to regret, whether it's in words or deeds. 

yet, i will still trust that life and it's timings are in God's hands. like the case of Daniel in the lions' den and like Shadrach, Meshach and Abenego in the fiery furnace. i believe God is able to keep us from death till our time is up and even then, it is a continuation of life eternal and a beginning to a new life with Christ. 

i trust God in His timings and His plans.

as for me, i will live this life for Him. 

live a life that i am prepared to leave when He calls. 

live a life of faith, hope and love. 

heart breaking truth :(

when i watched this video, it broke my heart. but the next thing that came to me was what my Lord Jesus said on the cross.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” –Luke 23:34

God, help me to still look at them through your eyes, despite what i see here. And grant me wisdom to respond in love.

one out of ten - 1/10

today, i woke up with a sick feeling in my stomach. i wasn’t prepared for the week. i’d just learned the night before that i had to fill up lots of forms along with getting signatures, validations and whatnots and i had to send them back by this coming wednesday.

i was to go back to uni but i wasn’t sure at what time so i figured, early morning was the safest. i hadn’t packed yet.

everything seemed so disastrous. timings couldn’t have been worse. but the day went on still.

as it went on, it got better bit by bit. i found out i only needed to get back to college by 9pm which granted me a full day to finish up my forms.

was getting pretty stressed doing the forms. i thank God that my family members were very supportive and helpful throughout   called the people in charge and they said there was a short grace period for the dateline. that piece of information was such a relief! (i’m still going to try to get it all done by tomorrow!)

and at the end of the day, i was just so thankful for how God brought me through the day. this passage from Luke 17:11-19 stuck with me throughout the day too.

Ten Healed of Leprosy (Luke 17:11-19)

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance
¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.
¹⁶He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him–and he was a Samaritan.
¹⁷Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
¹⁸Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
¹⁹Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

i want to be like that man who came back to Jesus full of praise and thanksgiving. i want to be that one out of ten. and today was just that; a day that got better as it went along. i was constantly reminded to keep going back to God in thanks.

thank you, Lord. ♥
and thank you for what happened on 9th July 2011, Saturday.
you were right when you gave the words “unity” and “love for Malaysia.” indeed we saw the breaking down of barriers to stand together for what is right. continue to cause my heart to love my country and its people even more. thank you for Malaysia.

there’s still more to come!

BERSIH 2.0

two people in my life.

one says, "this whole thing is no good. it'll go up in flames. it's a recipe for disaster. what's the point of it? what are they trying to prove by doing this? no, we should not support this."

the other says "no, we must support this. the people are uniting to stand up for what is right, what will you do? for too long we've complained and not done anything, we talk a lot but when it comes to actually doing something, we sit back and say 'i'm going to play it safe, better not get involved'. no, we must support this together."

don't let your fear, pride, ignorance or indifference hold you back from doing something and being part of something that is right. 

BERSIH 2.0 - The Coalition For Clean and Fair Elections

i support this.

why?

because i love Malaysia.

and it's time for us to unite and stand for what is right.