Jehovah

so my birthday came and passed.
exactly a week now and i must say I'm truly blessed in the presence of God's angels.

my Cell group celebrated my birthday and what a joyful occasion cause now my cell has 5 addition members : Jonathan, Grace, Zac, Mike and Joshua! :) Praise the Lord!
that's like 100% increase in cell members. haha and i rem how when we started off this year with only like 6 members, after our old cell (Web) multiplied into 2 smaller cell groups (Imitators and Bridge)
back that, i must say it was a test of faith. it sure wasn't comfortable splitting up a group of close knitted friends but we saw that there was a need to expand our tents to make "room" for new members. and Ahem to that, for now i see the harvest!
hahas, well i know there is no pressure on these new members to join us for they can still hop around other cell groups and see which suit them best but i know it sure is hard to resist all the yummy refreshments that Aunty Heidi provides every week!

i really thank God for all 5 of them :) Thank God for their joyful cheerful spirit, for their maturity. Word time is very enriching with everyone's inputs. our cell has also become much noisier now! it's so exciting to be part of this growth process!

so timely also, i shared Word (for the first time) and was put in charge of Worship for cell.
Throughout the entire week of preparing for Word, God revealed alot to me through His word. and im glad i had this opportunity to quieten myself and dive deep into the scriptures.

so back to the birthday celebration at cell.
Chester got a lemon cake, Jenny's mom made snacks, Minli took half day leave to make pasta for the cell, Emily handmade a GREEN card to contain everyone's well wishes and signatures...Jenny got me a present on behalf of the cell :)

and when i thought all this lovely surprises were more than sufficient for me to feel utterly blessed, my lovely bf drove us to ECP and surprised me with a bouquet of roses and a cookie cake :) so we sat by the beach, with the cool sea breeze in our hair and he sung me my birthday song!

and of course.. the goodness continued all the way till the midnight of may 11. :)

so today at cell it was as usual a great awesome time!
hmmm. and in some aspects, I know very clearly how God would want me to change/ surrender that part of my life to Him. Some decisions that I am about to make may disappoint or upset people around me, but I need to focus on how it will please my heavenly Father.

and Leon brought out a very interesting analogy...
like often we hear of people crying out " O God, let me be on fire for you".
but how is the fire suppose to burn when there is no fuel, no sacrifice?
In 1 Kings 18, Prophet Elijah used the ox as a sacrifice on the altar that awaits the Lord's consuming fire. Elijah had a sacrifice; the ox. and i need to identify mine so i can be on fire for God...

so Lord,
Come live in me
All my life take over
Come breathe in me
And I will rise
On eagles' wings



no one comes First but You

ooooh! im super excited for tomorrow's kayaking expedition! round trip from pasir ris to punggol beach! gonna be so much fun!
also, i Thank God for all the job opportunities! :) He's the provider! AHEM!