   
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed the set of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, you 'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troubled times of my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why you would leave me when I needed you most."
The Lord replied,"My child. My precious child. I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
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~Footprints of my Life~
 Love...It's the thing that everyone yearns for and yet has become so elusive in today's society. Even as a baby, we yearn for love from our parents and when we grow up, we yearn for love from our friends, from our 'other half'. Yet how much do we actually know about love? What is love all about? More than ever before, love is associated with peoples' 'other half'...This has deeply entrenched into our minds that true love can only be found with that special somebody... Sure, we know of our parents' love but no way can we love them like we love that special somebody! I mean love requires feelings too...u noe... Ok, that was really what I thought in the past... I didn't know God then, so I didn't know anything about God's love as well...When someone came up to me and said, "God loves you!", I just thought that person was perhaps nuts or sth..I would be thinking,"Where is God? How can you feel his love? At least I can still feel it when other people show their love to me but God?!" And so I believed the world's adaptation of love, that love was based largely on feeling and I became pretty convinced that true love existed only in couples, no where else...not in friendships..other r/s were more of a 'like'.. But the pursuit of the world's adaptation of love was a miserable one, not only was it elusive, it wasn't long lasting.. I made comparisons, felt unfair and ended up bitter as a result... Why am I suddenly talking about LOVE? haha..coz I have just finished this book...  Yup..it's titled "I kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris as recommended by my friend, Rose. I thank God for allowing me to land my hands on this book because it has showed me another perspective of love...Love in God's eyes or in other words, the blibical perspective of love and marriage. All these time, I never really knew about the significance and purpose of Marriage..Like most people, I thought that marriage was 'just a piece of paper', something to give the woman security or maybe just to provide a companion for life! Gosh, how shallow my thoughts were! The truth is, marriage is a sacred relationship in the eyes of God. The supreme purpose of marriage is actually the union of man and woman at the deepest possible level and in all areas of life, which in turn brings out the greatest sense of fulfillment to the couple and allows them to glorify God. Just as marriage is a gift from God, so is singlehood and I think many of us, including me have never really treasured that gift. But of course, I expect that to change and I am definitely going to treasure this gift of mine until....the right man who has been planned by God for me comes along..=) Yes...I have made a commitment to entrust my love life to God and I trust that he is faithful..=) Isn't it great to be able to leave everything to God? And yes, I would strongly recommend you to read the book as well. Joshua Harris is a great author, a painfully honest one as well...Trust me, you will never regret reading this book! MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 12:12 AM | 0 footprints
One week into school and I think everything on the whole is going pretty well for me...Thank God! =) Except for the first few days where I suddenly felt kinda depressed... Maybe I was overwhealmed with the amount of readings that I had to do...Maybe my mind just couldn't switch to study mode... or maybe there wasn't choir on monday nite and it just didn't feel rite...watever it is, I really wasn't at my best on mon and tues... Then on wed, my mum's friends from church came over to JB and we took them around... Thank God for the wonderful weather! We really had a great time eating and shopping (they were most thrilled with the chewing gum that they managed to purchased at a really cheap price..haha) My tutors for all my modules seem to be really nice... they are approachable and friendly.. (hope they will be nice too when it comes to grading...haha) The tutor actually plays a huge role in whether or not you are going to do well for a module so yea, I actually thank God for these tutors of mine as well.. To be happy, all we need is just to be contented with what God has given us... There are so many things that he has given us, so many things to be thankful for but sometimes, we get so caught up in achieving or attaining 'other' things that we forget or take for granted what we already have at hand...Doesn't this scenario sound famaliar to all of us? As Christians, we are expected to put God as the centre of our lives... And what's the warning sign that God isn't in the centre of our lives? >> worry.. When we worry, we have already placed God at the side..and regretfully, I do worry about things rather often.. So one of the things that I hope to achieve in the coming academic is to worry less and let God do the rest.. I believe I can do it..=) Went to church just now and played sth like captain ball (sth like...coz I dun really noe what's the exact name of the game..haha) with the other youths. Had a good sweat and basically had a good time hanging out with 'em! will be going to the CAC Ball tmr to support kiat and loong when they strut their stuff for the pageant...woohoo! Haha...wish them all the best and I am pretty sure its gonna be fun tmr!! MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 11:54 PM | 0 footprints
So many things happened during the past week... So many things to be thankful for... Thank God for a blessed birthday...I got to spend some much needed time with my family and I love my mango birthday cake! Most importantly, I thank Him for the peace and joy that he has granted me for my 22nd birthday, something which I didn't experience for all my birthdays in the past... Thanks to all who remembered..A birthday wish from all of you was enough to keep me smiling ear to ear for my birthday...=) Thank God for leading me to the Christian Teachers' Conference... No neutrality in education? Indeed, this is something for me to ponder about and reflect upon.. I met the current batch of choir for the last time at wen loong's house today... Had pot luck and as usual, we had loads of laughter together... Thinking back, it's amazing how we got through this one year of endless performances and went to participate in the Choir Olympics together... and now we are biding each other goodbye... I will definitely miss them and I hope they will miss me too (haha!)... So many things in our life are just temporal... They are gone even before you know it... Only God is unchanging in this ever changing world of ours... School's going to start tomorrow. I look forward to seeing the famaliar faces again! Haha...miss those people that I often do my projects with and hang out with... Actually, I still can't believe our 3 and a half month break is over... I remember at the start of the holidays, I was still wondering how I was going to pass my time for the next 3 and a half months and now, its over! However, this 3 mths of holidays has been fulfilling for me and I really thank God for the much needed break from studies to allow me to reflect on my life and my priorities...=) I just pray that as I embark on my final year, I will have the strength and wisdom to cope with my schoolwork... If you are reading this and is starting school tmr like I am, may God Bless you too! MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 9:27 PM | 0 footprints
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