   
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~
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Amazing Grace Amazing grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, And it is grace that will lead me home. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun. Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now I see. Indeed, God's grace is wonderful. Amen. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 11:36 AM | 0 footprints
There's trouble in Myanmar right now. What started off as peaceful protests against the rise in gas prices has turned into a bloody nightmare. The rise in gas prices has led to an increase in bus fares which many of the poor in Myanmar are unable to afford. Bus services stopped and people were left stranded, unable to go to work. In the midst of these chaos, the people are suffering greatly. And I feel burdened to pray for them, esp after reading Josh Harris's blog. There, he gives a few suggestions on how we can pray for the needs of Christians and people alike in Myanmar. I believe that God will bring a breakthrough in the country (remember how the Korean Christians were miraculously released by the Talibans?). God is great and he will bring about good things in His timing. Praying for Myanmar [from Josh Harris's blog] 1) Please pray for the nation, that God will bring about religious freedom by whatever means he chooses. 2) Pray that God will protect the Myammar pastors and church planters in various parts of the country. 3) The costs of basic foods such as rice, potatoes and lentils has lately doubled, and many who were barely making ends meet now do not have enough to eat. This is a particular challenge for the pastors and church planters, providing not only for their own families, but also for those under their care. -------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, I would just like to give thanks to God on several things. Thank God that He has given me strength and wisdom to complete my work review. It was really a nightmare doing that especially during the revision week where I had to finish all my markings and give back all the stuff to the children for them to revise during their one week break (PSLE marking wk next wk). Throughout the week, I slept at 2 am and woke up at 8 am and took a cab to sch every morning so as to save time and energy. It was heartpain to take a cab everyday but still, I thank God for his provision because I was really too tired. Well, thank God that all is finally over! Thank God that He has shown me a clear direction on where He wants me to go. The past few months have been a particularly trying time for me as I had to uproot myself from a place and obey God's leading to a brand new place. The journey was tough and there were many times where I got so confused that I would just cry and be on my knees and plead with God to just show me where He wants me to go. It was hard to let go of certain things , esp when you already feel secure with them. But it was also at this time that I learnt to trust God. I prayed for signs from Him as a confirmation that I was at the place that He really wanted me to be and He miraculously showed them to me! Each time my prayers were answered, my heart would leap with joy and I would be even more sure that He was indeed there. Thank God for friends and colleagues. Just yesterday, I went with Huisi and Xianlin to the Science Centre for free all thanks to Xianlin's MOE corporate pass. I invited my mum along too. I guess perhaps I am not too much of a science person so some of the displays weren't too appealing to me. But I was fascinated by the insect interactive talk - haha, now I know that the nymphs of dragonflies stay in the water for up to 5 years!! (Amazing!) After Huisi and Xianlin left, my mum and I went to the omnitheatre to watch 'Hurricane at the Bayou'. It was basically a documentary about the diminishing wetlands in New Orleans. Without the wetlands, New Orleans lost it's natural buffer against oncoming Hurricanes and this resulted in the devastating effect that Hurricane Katrina had on that part of the country. I was fascinated by the movie but my mum slept during the movie. -_- (Well, it's not the first time alr...) Thank God for colleagues too. I have a neighbour who is very encouraging and a experienced P1 teacher. She always shares her resources with me and always teaches me the ropes of how to survive as a teacher. Basically, my lorong consists of nice and helpful pple. Sometimes they are a little looney haha... but that really makes life more interesting and helps me to destress. =) Thank God too for bringing some new brothers and sisters in Christ into my life. I look forward to having a meaningful fellowship with them and of course, serve God together with them as well! Last but not least, I would like to thank God for bringing ah yap to the alpha dinner =). I quite enjoy the sumptous dinner, the interesting talk and looking at Pastor Ivan's one yr old baby boy. Babies are cute but it is a 24 hr job! You have been warned...haha MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 10:57 PM | 0 footprints
As I sang this song in church today, tears kept flowing down my cheeks. In fact, during Saturday, I was weeping bitterly to myself for many things..... but in the midst of my brokenness and in the midst of typing my letter to God....I saw the wretchedness of myself and others but.... I also saw how God was faithful and how he was paving a way for me. Perhaps some cannot understand what I am doing....Perhaps they think I am too kind. Perhaps they think I am stupid. But i know that it is 'in pardoning that we are pardoned'. Another reason why I cried was also because I saw how short I fell of God's standard... Today's sermon was about the power of our tongue. God has bestowed upon us the gift of the tongue but the choice to use it to bless or to curse is still up to us. And as a teacher, how I use my tongue is of course very important because it can either either help or destroy a child. To ah yap and liyi....as i was in church hearing the sermon today, I was thinking of you all. I pray and hope that you will love your students even though some of them may be really horrendous. I know some sec sch students really have a bad attitude and behavior and they will make you want to give up on them. But don't give up because you all really have a great influence on them whether it seems like it a not. And I pray that you will also forgive them because they are after all still young and perhaps they don't even know how hurtful their actions are. Everyone needs love and concern and when you give them that, it really does make a world of a difference. May God Bless you all in your walk as teachers because you all are really really important. This choral song reminded me of the days when Iwas in choir and the lovely sound of choral music. I still love singing but I doubt I will have a chance to sing in a choir again. But whatever it is, I still thank God for giving me lovely memories of choir. Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, your pardon Lord; Where there is doubt, let there be faith; Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace, Where there is despair, let me bring hope; Where there is darkness, let there be light; Where there is sadness, let there be joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love; Oh...Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace where there's despair, let me bring hope where there's hatred, let me sow love For it is in giving that we receive; And it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying [to self] that we are born to eternal life; to eternal life Amen. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 4:54 PM | 0 footprints
As you know, I am teaching a class of 7 year olds and their child talk can send me laughing my head off at times. It's just child like innocence at its best. Gal: (Exclaims) What?! You got this wrong?! This is RIDICULOUS! Boy: (Finger in his mouth, looks a bit angry) orh...hoh... You use the R-word! Teacher, she say the R word! And there you go.....I have all sorts of words now...the A word, the C word, the S word, the T word..... so many many words that I don't even know what they stand for! MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 12:46 AM | 0 footprints
It's been ages since I last met up with HFG (my secondary sch sisters) and I miss them dearly! And so I was really glad to be able to see them last saturday. (Attendance was 66.67%) We ate at delifrance bistro in causeway point and had a great time just talking and looking at passer -bys outside the window. With the three of us being teachers, our topic was mostly on students. I was sharing abt my small tots and they were sharing abt their big boys and girls (haha). I hope Huisi being the only chemist in our group didn't feel too left out by our conversation though. :P On the whole, we had great food and great company and enjoyed ourselves immensely! =) Me and Li Yi (She is not opening her mouth because there are stuff inside.) :P  ah yap and Huisi  We didn't take any pictures of the food because we were too hungry and gobbled everything up. By the time we remembered, the food was either half eaten or in our stomachs already, haha! Hope to meet up with you girls again soon! =) MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 4:17 PM | 0 footprints
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