A Second Chance!

My Best Christmas Presence from God 2009!

Google chat with Rod, on the 16th December 09:

Me: You know I didn't complete the exam paper rite
Me: Donna just gave me a call, said the exam paper is all corrected. I ask did I fail, she said I pass, but didn't complete the last question. I said coz I didn't finish it on time. She said the teacher knew, so now would like to give me another chance to complete it. I said WOWOWOOOW!!!!
Rod: What, from home?
Me: Yes ah. Donna will scan me the exam paper, I complete it at home, scan her back
Rod: Lucky
Me: Donna said the teacher already gave me marks based on my ability. so it won't affect my final score anyway, but the condition is, I need to complete the last question. I asked Donna how come, she said our teacher is very special gar. He only wants his student to archieve n succeed. I m so touched. Coz to me he is a very straight teacher with super high standard.


Me: I hv submitted my exam paper lu. SO HAPPY!! This is the best Christmas presence from God ever!!!
Rod: yup
Me: I hv got 80 分ah! can u believe it?!?!?!?!?!? I thought I am gonna get like ard 50 分 = )))))
Rod: Don't believe it but well done u
Me: I got improved! Last time only 77分 HAHHAHAHAHA!!!!
Me: I can't believe it... it was so difficult.. I was so sick, I truely gave everything I hv got to God.. sounded like X-factor !!!
Rod: Its the climb
Me: AMEN!!!!

Run through the rain with me Lord!

一個非常感動我的故事..

我還怕些什麼?!若主正與我同行的話我還需懼怕什麼?!

Dear Lord, please run through the rain together with me!!!

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Target.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the World. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.

"What?" Mom asked.

"Let's run through the rain!" She repeated.

"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.

This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain,"

"We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said.

"No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.

"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"

"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, He can get us through anything!"

Now the entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life.

A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.

"Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said.

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked.

But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday.

To Everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven!(Ecclesiates 3:1)

God, grant me the serenity

God, grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,

Enjoying one moment at a time,

Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;

Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful World as it is,

Not as I would have it;

Trusting that You will make all things right

If I surrender to Your will;

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with You

Forever in the next. Amen.

Author, Reinhold Niebuhr

天父，求祢安穩我的心靈。

無論其它人怎樣對待我，我也不會忘記以祢的愛來回報。

或許我會失望，或被他人所做的而受傷害。
但求祢叫我緊記，
我的盼望只再乎祢。

或許有人會叫我今天跌倒，
但我深信祢總有能力叫我明天站立得穩。

我要對我的心說，'祢是我的主．我的好處不在祢以外。'
每當我向祢呼求時，祢已從殿中聽了我的聲音。
求你不要靜默無聲，
求你留心聽我的禱告。

當我晝夜以眼淚當飲食，當他人不住地對我說、'你的神在哪裡呢？'的時候，
主阿、求祢救我的命、免了死亡；救我的眼、免了流淚；救我的腳、免了跌倒。
神是我堅固的保障．祢引導完全人行祢的路。

主啊！我切切懇求祢的心，如像那患了十二年血漏病的女人。
我告訴自己, 說, '我只摸他的衣裳、就必痊愈。'

主耶穌，多謝祢。
祢的憐憫帶給我新生命。
'女兒、放心、你的信救了你。'
'不，是祢的慈心、免了我的債，把我釋放了！'
多謝祢！

新鮮出爐蛋撻!

另一個人生的第一次: 自己焗蛋撻!
多謝Kevin & Esther的無得頂cookbook & 蛋撻模！
味道ok但可以再甜啲...
= )
可以整到老公和我自己喜歡食嘅嘢感覺都幾有成功感架！哇哈哈！！！

永恆春天的心

很久沒有寫blog了。由對上一次到現在，差不多有整整一年。

這段時間比較特別發生的事包括我成功讀成了一張HR certificate，最興奮的事有我和老公分別去了Breakthrough Weekend，身心靈都像是脫胎換骨一樣；跟着還有我突然身癢走去剪了那把跟足我差不多七年的長髮，換了一個'小丸子'頭。

還有我的三＋一歲生日。

過去兩年的生曰我並沒有感到格外興奮開心。小孩子時十分盼望快高長大，主要是希望能快些財政獨立和可以穿上成年人的衣着打扮。到我二十二歲開始打工，對三十歲的感覺還是離我有千丈遠。那時的我對化妝品，衣着打扮，名牌手袋都可算是一絲不苟。可能是在兒時擁有不多，記得有一年回家鄉探親，特別在出發之前買了一個LV手袋，心想能在親朋好友面前炫耀一番。怎知道那邊的親戚在那時因為較落後的綠固，跟本就沒太多人認識這牌子。現在想起也覺得可笑和幼稚。

隨着自己慢慢長大，我再也逃避不了三字頭的襲擊。我為此對老公哭訴過，也曾計劃怎樣去哀渡我的三十歲生日。我不明白上帝為何賜與我三十歲的年紀，卻保留我廿歲的'童真' - 我依然喜歡玩，大笑，發白日夢，古靈精怪...天父好像是選擇性地叫我呢一面成熟啲，嗰一面還是十分大細路，實在令我啼笑皆非。

直到我讀到以下的靈命日糧，上帝將我的心結完全解開了：

美國哥倫比亞聖經學院的前任院長羅賓孫‧麥肯金指出，上帝讓我們日益衰老體弱，其中是有祂的目的，這個目的很有智慧。

他說：「我認為上帝安排年輕人擁有的力量和美麗是屬肉體的，而長者的力量和美麗是屬靈的。我們會逐漸失去短暫的力量和美麗，確保我們能專注在永恆的力量和美麗上。因此我們才會渴望離開這短暫漸衰的軀體，而真心思念永恆的家。如果我們一直保持年輕、強壯和美麗，我們將永遠不想離開。」

當我們年輕時，會快樂地享受我們的人際關係和各樣的活動，我們或許不會渴慕屬天的家鄉。但隨著歲月的流逝，我們的家人和朋友可能已不在身旁，同時又不復耳聰目明，無法享受食物，而且有時夜無好眠。

在這裏是我給自己的建議：要感恩，如同使徒保羅在提摩太前書6章17節所寫的：「只要倚靠那厚賜百物給我們享受的上帝。」無論在人生中的夏或秋，或是冬天的來臨，我們也要喜樂，因為我們知道自己將要去的地方有永恆的春天。

這篇文章我讀了很多次。是的，我真的要好好感恩 - 為着我三十一歲身體年輕力壯，無大病痛感恩；為有老公愛錫，暫無小朋友，擁有無限自由感恩；為有良朋知己無數，教會美好事奉感恩；為有疼錫自己的媽媽，兩個好弟弟，愛錫自己如親生女兒和妹妹的老爺奶奶和姑仔們感恩；還有為上帝賜給我和老公温馨的小居所，穩定的工作而感恩。當然此刻的我再不像廿歲時那樣捨得揮霍，但上帝所厚賜的祝福卻是遠勝名牌和物質所能offer的。

現在的我正在人生交叉點上站着，我在想，假若上帝賜給我六十年的壽命，今日我便巳經用了壽命的一半。我可以有以下的選擇:

一、生小孩，繼續打工，做好媽媽，好太太，待仔女大了，再抽取多一點時間事奉神；

二、我願意將我最黄金的時間，好好裝備自己。當時候到了，耶穌對我說，'來 跟 從 我 、 我 要 叫 你 們 得 人 如 得 魚 一 樣 .' 我會像西門和他的兄弟安得烈一樣, '他 們 就 立 刻 捨 了 網 、 跟 從 了 他。'

我在等侍，等侍着選擇二的呼召。