   
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~
 "God has not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; God has not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God has promised strength for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way, grace for the trials, help from above, unfailing sympathy, undying love." - Kristone The exams and assignment deadlines are around the corner again. And it is during this time when everybody becomes really stressed up and needs a little encouragement from each other. I thank God for the many friends who have encouraged me and helped me along the way especially when there was one point of time when I was really stressed up with all the CC modules... But most of all, I thank God himself for being my comforter during these stressful times and for allowing me to pour out all my greivances and insecurities to him... Life may be hard and stressful at times but God is indeed faithful and he is with me every step of the way and really....that's all that matters.. =) I chanced upon the story of father and son story of Rick and Dick Hoyt on youtube as recommended by ah yap..=) It's a really touching and inspiring story, go watch it I still have 2 more major assignments to go! After that will be the preparations for my maths exams....=) With God, I can do anything! ;) MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 7:22 PM | 0 footprints
The highlight of this entry has got to be the precious moments musical box that the happy folks gang gave to me...I absolutely love it!! Not only does it look wonderful, it plays the song 'That's what friends are for'---Thanks Gals...=) Thank God for these long-time friends =) We have known each other since Secondary One and the memories that we have shared are plenty, those bittersweet memories..  Haha..this is a classic photo of us taken on the Cavenagh Bridge way back in 1999 =) I really love this photo! It's one of the rare photos where all 6 of us are included inside.. We did many fun things together back together then and even today when I read those diary entries, I can't stop laughing about the childish things that we had done! (But I think 90% of the childish stuff were being done by me... :P) On to other stuff, my mum recently had this karaoke fever and I happened to hear some of the songs that she was singing when I walked past the living room. All I can say is...stick to originals because the mtv of those models posing around can be super distracting.. I was singing an ah-mei song and desperately trying to ignore that model on the screen until she did one really disgusting cutesy + sexy pose that left me laughing uncontrollably. I don't think I need to say more...After that song, I decided that it was better doing my tutorials in my room. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 10:32 PM | 0 footprints
It's been more than a week since I last updated my blog and during this time, a one week break just whizzed me by and I managed to survive 2 maths tests.... Phew! Nothing much really happened during the one week break... I shopped and walked ard bugis with Winnie after we discussed our project...(n discovered a nice dessert stall! Yummy! :D) I studied last min for my tests :P, completed my essay after pulling out much hair, played table tennis with my mum (I am a lousy player, still got lots of room for improvement..) and I proclaimed for myself two days of slacking, absolutely doing nothing...oh well, a break SHOULD be a break!! And yea, like many others, I did not complete everything that I had set out to do during the one week break but chill....I think I shouldn't be giving myself too much stress.. =) And you might be surprised...the hardest thing to do was not the essays and studying but rather, it was the ability to not give myself too much stress and worry that was the hardest thing to do... Over the break, I kept thinking whether I would be able to finish this and that and I kept worrying about the future... Worrying is really like a bad habit that I can't break and it was slowly building inside me until I realised that I was extremely unproductive when I worry and I decided that I should really STOP IT. By God's grace..I managed to stumble upon Pastor Prince's video sermon on 'Letting Go'..The message of the sermon pierced right through my heart... "LET GO and I will take care of it!!!!" That was what God seemed to be pleading for me to do as I heard the sermon.. Yes...THIS is the thing that I have to master...the act of letting go and trusting God... it's not going to be easy but I am going to do it... because I have learnt that LETTING GO is one of the most Christ exalting things that I can do MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 9:11 PM | 0 footprints
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