God is AWESOME.

Youth camp was absolutely awesome. no kidding.

It's awesome that so many of us encountered God again and this could only mean one thing: GOD ain't done with us yet! And there's so much more to come. Surely His promises won't let go of us and He's so awesomely faithful while we've been faithless. Thank God!

Ah. But what comes next? I hope none of us would let this be just another emotional uproar and go back to our old ruts when it wears out. Let's. Not. Let. That. Happen. Really.


A lone matchstick isn't going to burn for long, so is this re-ignited passion for God if we choose to continue walkin' alone, not sharing our visions and encouraging each other in our walks.

So let's be hot livin' coals instead!


Oh my look at that, it looks like serious trouble for the devil! And i'm sure that many more hearts would be re-ignited if we were to walk this walk together, lovin' each other like Jesus commands us to. Amen?

Cause and Effect.

Ahh Christmas Day, it's a rather emo day tho. =( Had the chance to meet up with some old friends today, friends, hmmm i wonder if i even get to call them that. I guess it kinda sucks that some unpleasant stuff happened and people leave the clique and you dont get to see them often anymore.

That's where a huge load of extra effort is needed to maintain the friendships and i know i've not put in any. Shame on me. I'm terribad at this kind of social thing, no thanks to my introvert personality and i'm not trying hard enough or rather trying at all to change this. Pathetic isn't it?

Free will. God gave us that. The choice of doing certain things or not. Looking at my friend who fell away from God and change so much within a year, i can't help but feel guilty for not stepping in early enough to stop him, to listen to him, to pray along with him. I could never accept the there's-nothing-you-could-have-done consolation because somehow somewhere i know i could've done something. Man, this sucks.

You know, maybe what i really need right now is somebody to come right up to me and say, "you screwed up, you've let people down, now go and change your %$@*& attitude."

Silence?

Lol 2nd day at the new job and i've discovered one thing, there's lots of Christians here! Mmm not bad eh. Sometimes i really think we as Christians are obliged to do our best in whatever we're at, army included, no matter how sian it might be. It's an encouraging piece of discovery and aha it's always good to have a common topic to talk about.

Okay. Was pondering about the question Francis posted to us during lifegroup last saturday. Not so much as to what i'd do but rather why would God be silent. I've come to a conclusion that, a) Something is blocking my connection with God, e.g. sin, preconceive plans, condemnation, b) I already know the answer or the decision to make, or lastly, c) God allows me to exercise my free will as to the way He has created me.

I'd Go Where My Best Takes Me.

"Wow, what am i doing here."

Nothing but stoning and reading army magazines. Man, this has gotta be the rarest and slackest vocation ever. Thankfully it's only for a couple of months or if i'm fortunate enough, a couple of weeks. I'm left with my hyperbaric chamber test and the interview, if i pass these 2 segments, i'd be off to Tamworth, Australia for air grading. It sounds really fun but it's gonna be so dang difficult to pass the interview. I heard they even have a psychologist to twist questions round and round to make sure you're not putting up a show.

Aha, no matter what as long as the Lord wills it, i'd go where my best takes me. May it be australia or OCS or SISPEC, i'd just keep giving it my best shot for my integrity's worth. Lol meanwhile, i guess i'd just finish up my "Time Traveler's Wife" and then move on to some other reads.

Anyone got any recommendations?

This Decade.

Ah, it's like homecoming when we had our first service or rather life group session @ the new building today. Aha novena just brings back so many memories, it certainly reminded me of the good times had. Ack, Udders. =/ forget it, it just makes me feel hopeless but hey, one of the best days of my life happened there.

Anyway, got my posting yesterday and i really got into FEP, oh and i passed my driving test. That's like a double dosage of joy pills. Yummy. Lol it's not like i'm tremendously keen on being a pilot, i didnt grow up as a kid being a die-hard aero fanboy, but still, it's a good option to consider. Ha, now i feel guilty already, we just learnt about waiting on God about making decisions and here i am, drawing up the plans.

Wonder oh ponder. I'm 20 and so many major things are going to happen in this decade of my life that it scares the shit out of me thinking about them. I'm gonna need to decide what to do for a living, meet my dream girl and get married by 28, buy a house, buy a car, plan investments, get kids by 30, start taking care of my parents, laugh at my sister for not getting married earlier than me and the list goes on, i'm just too lazy to churn them out.

But hey, who knows, God may just rapture us one of these days. lol.

Is Chivalry Dead?

Or does it only exists in story books?


Came across a Chivas Regel ad and i fell in love with its campaign slogan. Chivas. Live with Chivalry. Don't it just shout out MANLINESS?! Oh my, it's an impetus i'd tell you, i've been thinking about this whole thing about manhood and how i feel that we as men are losing the whole picture and now this!

Okay maybe i'd need to explain. Losing the whole peekture? I'd put it bluntly, it's more than just that stick we have that makes us men, it's the integrity, the courage, the strength, and oh yes, the character. And they're being eroded away in a oh-so-subtle manner.

Ha it sounds so old-fashioned but the idealist in me just shouts out this challenge of pursuing all these overlooked qualities that once made men, men.