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Passion and Purity Elisabeth Elliot There is no ongoing spiritual life without this process of letting go. At the precise point where we refuse, growth stops. If we hold tightly to anything given to us, unwilling to let it go when the time comes to let it go or unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used, we stunt the growth of the soul. - Reasons to have five kids: 1) When one goes overseas to study, there are still four left. 2) When another goes overseas to study, there are stillll three left. 3) When one gets married, there are stilllllllll two left. :D

Being tired is such a dangerous thing because when I'm tired, I get irritable and find fault easily with anyone and anything. I become this rude, impatient ugly creature with a black face among others who need to tread carefully lest I burst. Which is one reason why we are to be well-rested, for it is easier to be Christ-like when you have had enough rest. After Elijah defeated Jezebel at the great showdown (read 1 Kings 18 - 19), he got a bit depressed. It could have been because he was exhausted, after having gone through that big calling down of fire and out-running the chariot Ahab was on. So the first thing he did was rest. Then he ate - very practical things. Our God is a very practical God. So sometimes when you're tired, weary, angry, just go get a good rest. - I wanna go for Hillsong Colour Conference! But the dates are kinda inconvenient. Taka basement has this little store which I like a lot. It has nice quaint boxes. - Passion and Purity Elisabeth Elliot Jim Elliot

Was thinking about some things. Which led to the thought of a child falling to the dust, and Jesus picking him up and knees on the ground, dusting the dust off the child's body. That is like me (and us all). He stoops down to make me great. He goes on His knees to pick me up from the ground and dust me clean, placing me up on my feet again. So I can stand, and walk , and not be ashamed, lying in the dust. "As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. He makes me feet like the feet of a deer; He enables me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great." - Psalm 18:31-35 "He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with Hi

?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? the kids i was kidsitting at the office while their mom was in a workshop.... one ate chocolate while sitting on a chair so there are brown spots on the CUSHIONED chair now. and they brought chalk to the carpeted area so THE CARPET IS NOW COLOURED i mean like ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. thank God there was one very well-behaved one who had great manners. i am only good with making friends with kids for the first five minutes. then after that, if they have bad behaviour, my patience wears out and i want to do my own stuff and not play with the kiddssss. ahhhhhhhh. i will try my best to clean up. sob. well i hope they get better after the parenting workshop ends :/

Passion and Purity Elisabeth Elliot Nothing was harder for a woman in love to endure and nothing was stronger proof of the character of the man Jim Elliot than his restraint of power... Unless a man is prepared to ask a woman to be his wife, what right has he to claim her exclusive attention? Unless she has been asked to marry him, why would a sensible woman promise any man her exclusive attention? If, when the time has come for a commitment, he is not man enough to ask her to marry him, she should give him no reason to presume that she belongs to him. - There are different levels of intimacy. The intimacy a girl and a boy share should be different at stages of when they are • a boyfriend-girlfriend couple, • engaged, and • married. (Which is why I do not like Facebook's "almost married" thingie which couples tag, when they're not even engaged.)

Check this out: Nick Vujicic on Hour of Power and Nick Vujicic's testimony . If you're from YM, you might remember the video Rev Alvin showed during combined service about two months back. It was Nick Vujicic's testimony. He's the limbless guy. And he's pretty inspiring. Truly, His power is made perfect in our weaknesses, and His grace is sufficient for us. (2 Cor 12:9)

From ST Life! : Material girls lack self-confidence WHEN I proposed to my German fiancee earlier this year, I bought her a Lucida cut 1.5-carat Tiffany ring which cost me a five-figure sum. She was touched I proposed but promptly chastised me for buying her such an expensive ring. She literally walked me back to the shop to ask for a refund which we didn't get. Germans are practical and simple people who eschew materialism. For example, she would never be caught carrying a Louis Vuitton bag, another trait which Asian women can't seem to appreciate. Some women give excuses like tradition and pledge of love but I believe it's a simple case of lack of self-confidence for women to blow their money (or in this case, their future husband's) on something as useless as a diamond ring. Women feed on the envy of other women and instead of achieving that by being great in their work or doing something noble like helping others, they choose to feel important with expensive and usel

Hello all, Most of us are tired of hearing and talking about homosexuality. However, there is an imperative need to address these issues now. You may think it's over since the S377A debate is sort of over, but the truth is that it is not. Consider coming for Saturday's one. It's only ten bucks. I've heard Dr Melvin Wong share and he's really good! You can contact either me or the email address in the brochure to sign up or ask about stuff. If you know anyone who might be interested in such issues, please let them know about this. Thanks!

Already twenty, yet only twenty. Do you think that at every age? I think it's something to think about at every age. There are always things to be thankful for, and always so much more to learn and look forward to. Thank you everybody - you all really are awesome. Much love, hui. :)

Neat - that bookshelf. I'd like my room to be like that. - Passion and Purity Elisabeth Elliot “”Keep your distance,” I say to women. Recognize that fundamental anomaly of human nature, that we prize what we cannot easily get. We take for granted, we even come to despise, that which costs us no effort. The bicycle given for Christmas will not be prized like the bicycle bought with the money earned by delivering newspapers for two or three years. … If there is one reason why sex has become dull and a bore, it is that it is commonplace. It’s available anywhere, everywhere, to everybody who is looking for it. Nothing is kept in reserve. No pleasures are saved for the wedding night, let alone for the bride and bridegroom exclusively.” - But of course, I like my present room too. It also has a lot of books. And I just bought more books today!

(edited) There's a movie The Golden Compass coming out in December. Apparently it is based on a trilogy book written by an atheist whose intention was to prove there is no God. It would be good to alert especially those with children as they might plan to see this show which seems pretty exciting as publicity increases for it, and it's the holidays. Check out the information here . So don't watch it! Or you'll encourage it :/ And, this is what I HEARD - I'm not sure.

I'm at Starbucks! (I haven't been to Starbucks or Coffee Bean in months.) I have been drawing! I spent one and a half hours at the Campus Crusade Bookstore! I bought three books! I am going to eat cheesecake (I think)! All with Dawn Tan Wen Yi! And Joyce Mak Yuan Shan who joined for a while at Starbucks! (I know some awesome people.) I have been at Starbucks for the past three hours!!! This da rocks. Baibai.