I spent the first 3 hours of 2009 in hospital with my mom and dad. It was my dad who was sick. Just after my sister and I finished the New Year's countdown, my mom came into my room and asked me to get dressed and to help her take my dad to the ER. My dad told me that he felt very dizzy as if he was about to faint and it got worse as he lay down. Poor daddy .
We drove to the closest hospital from home - Frankford Hospital. On the way to the hospital I was praying and praying to God for my dad. Really thanks God that my dad is feeling better now. We had a cool doctor. He is funny and extremely nice. I love him . Within the 3 hours, we spent most of the time sitting and waiting for the CT scan and the chest x-ray results to come out - 45 minutes for the CT scans and 10 minutes for the chest x-ray...but the most exciting moment was that I got to see the real ER moment. It's actually quite an experience.
Less than two hours, then I have to say goodbye to 2008 and welcome 2009. At this time of year, people usually would write down their new year resolutions and retrospect what they have done/learned last year. So, I guess, I'm just gonna follow the tradition.
2008 has been a life-changing year for me. I'm really glad that I keep my journals here, even though I don't often come here and update it. Since I'm quite oblivious, xanga really helps me bring back my memories. Just reading some of the journals from one or two years ago that I posted here, the content I wrote has changed - not just about school stuff or friends or my uninteresting daily routine. Xanga has gradually become a place where I express my walk with God. It starts to become my spiritual journal. God has definitely revealed more and more to me and drawn me closer and closer to Him each year. God has touched my heart multiple times throughout this year, and even today, the last day of 2008. God has touched my heart once more time:
I've been a fan of GodTube since it was launched in spring of 2007. I checked my emails today and found that GodTube has announced Top 8 GodTube video hits of 2008, so I watched the videos, and Man! This video completely blew me away. It helped strengthen my faith in God once again. Being a science major and listening to this...it brought tears to my eyes and made me...speechless. This video can also be found on YouTube. Check this out!!
Louie Giglio - Laminin
WOW!! What can I say: I LOVE LAMININ!!! The verse that Louie quotes is: Colossians 1:17 "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together."
What a great day to end 2008 As for my new year resolutions, they would be: To remember what I've learned in 2008 and continue to have a heart to learn more; To completely give my heart and life and soul to God one more time; To be the salt and light for Him in wherever He puts me; To keep and treasure all the things that I have now and To know that whatever will happen to me in the future, He always holds me in His hands and carries me everyday of my life. Looking forward to what God has to teach me in 2009.
Christmas is more than the jolly old fat dude in a red suit or the presents or the colorful lights or food. It is a time to celebrate God's greatest gift to us - the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Didn't update my Xanga since summer..hehe . Lots of things happened within this couple of months. Thanksgiving just passed, and now I'm really stuffed because I have gone to three Thanksgiving dinner this year ::::Food was awesome:::: Yesterday was Black Friday - went to King of Prussia with my dad and my sister. I'm very happy that I got to spend some time with my dad because I feel like I didn't have much chances to talk to him. This semester I've been very busy on doing school work and helping in the ESL ministry in CCC&C. So most of the time I'm not home - every day I'm either at school or church. Sometimes I think I'm involved a bit too much in church events/ministries and forget about my school work, but volunteering at church is a "joyful service" and I've learned so much and have had so much fun. I really like helping out in ACE and practicing worship songs in the choir of CSM. I know that if I manage my study/work time well, I can get everything done. But to do so, I really need you, Lord, to strengthen me.
May God raise up more workers in CCC&C Sometimes we may think that "everything seems to be running smoothly without me, and I'm not really needed." However, there is much to be done, and much that is left undone. Try to find what you love to do and do it for the church and remember that every one of us is truly needed!
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Second meeting of SIX fellowship. The number of people showed up today was double - we have about 20 people. Lucy came out for fellowship for the very first time. Pray to God that she will continue to come out and seek for YOU. Snow and Kevin came out today too.
Thursday, 10 July 2008
My Dad is HERE!! 劉小姐同周老闆無見三年多, 佢哋終於可以相見!! 無見咁耐, 對一對夫婦嚟講, 可說是一個考驗。回顧呢四年喺美國既時間, 由踏足美國既第一日到零七年年尾, 周家真係經歷咗好多。 有喜亦有悲, 有好既又有唔好既事情發生。如果將周家過去三年所經歷既事, 用一個拆線圖去表示, 應該會係一條negative slope graph. 但如果plot 埋今年零八年, 個graph會變成一個U shape graph. 由negative slope 變成positive slope. 今年一月開始, 周家既開心指數漸漸上升。Once again God shows me that He listens to our prayers and He does answer. God not only just provide my family financially, and also spiritually. It's so great to see how God's grace touched my Aunt's heart. 願主繼續祝福我既父母同埋我姨姨一家。
Sunday, 06 July 2008
Wearing masks Almost everyone feels the need to fit in with society. In order to do this, most of the people would choose to "wear" a mask and disguise all the things that the society might not accept about them. Sometime it can be a fearful task to let others know who we really are. However, wearing a mask is harmful to our self-image and lowers our self-esteem, and this may cause us to avoid close relationships with other people. It is no good to hide or disguise things about ourselves.
Just remember, my lovely brothers and sisters in Christ, that God is always there to give you the strength you need, so that you can face any challenge that comes you way. Never be afraid to BE YOURSELF because God loves you just as you are and He accepts you as beautiful and perfect just as He made you.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
I saw a video on Crosswalk.com. The title of the video is "I Wish". A lesson in contentment (滿足)! In the video, the reporter asks some random people on the street about the following questions: If you had one wish, what would it be? // One that you personally wish for? What do you wish for? // If you had three wishes, what would they be?
Some of the responses are: *Rich and famous, substantial (大量的) amount of money. Because - it's a vehicle to do things that I want to do. *Just a million not a billion..that's too much hassle, set me off...get me started. *To be retired. *I think I would just wish for more time with my family - productive (富有成效的) time. *Happiness in everything I do, no matter what it is, I guess just always be happy and content with myself. *I wish a career that satisfy me as supposed to what I am doing right now. *I'm not too much a materialistic kinda guy. Probably just be - actually know what I want from life. That's one..new car!? *Vacation anywhere. Where anywhere? Hawaii. *I wish I would be sitting on top of the world, making millions of dollars, controlling the Earth, controlling every function. *I don't have to worry about anything if I was making money.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Mario Badescu's drying lotion has arrived in my mailbox! Can't wait to try it out. Hopefully it will work on my face. Recently I start listening to Podcasts again (I am a radio lover!!). I think that iTunes is a pretty good source of knowledge. It covers many different fields of knowledge - science, politics, music, religion...etc. you name it! There are some Christian related podcasts. I have learned so much from listening to them. Recent preference is The Passion Podcast.
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