Wednesday, December 29, 2004
christmas this year was wonderful really. made even more wonderful because of my special someone. but it's heartwrenching knowing that elsewhere in the world people are suffering, they're broken and they're crying and they've no happy christmas to speak of. and when i read all the personal accounts, when i see how the disasters have impacted each life individually, it's just. damn sad. for lack of better word. damn damn sad. and when i see photos and videoclips of crying parents and of rows of corpses of children who drowned in the tsunamis, it just tears at my heart. and guilt sets in when i think of how blessed singaporeans are, how often we whinge and bitch about the littlest things and we don't count our blessings half as often as we should. sickened by all the spoilt brats here and sickened by the deaths of thousands of little ones in the stricken countries, children who had their lives cut short so suddenly and terribly. it's hard to understand why God works in the way He does in the midst of all this. but i'll pray in faith hope and love, and trust that He'll make things beautiful in His own time.
"More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of."
char 12/29/2004 01:10:00 AM
Saturday, December 25, 2004
jayne drew a picture of my present! and (after some editing and much copying and pasting and why doesn't mac have paint!) it's right here!
damn cute!
Saturday, December 25, 2004
jayne drew a picture of my present! and (after some editing and much copying and pasting and why doesn't mac have paint!) it's right here!
damn cute!
char 12/25/2004 03:11:00 AM
and in the process of making my christmas presents, i remembered the story of Christmas...
matthew 2:9,10 ...and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
matthew 2:11 ..they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshipped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
luke 2:8-14 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
"For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
...And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, good will toward men!"
luke 2:15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another,"Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."
luke 2:16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.
luke 2:20 then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
remember Jesus this day! merry merry christmas :)
and in the process of making my christmas presents, i remembered the story of Christmas...
matthew 2:9,10 ...and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
matthew 2:11 ..they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshipped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
luke 2:8-14 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
"For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
...And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, good will toward men!"
luke 2:15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another,"Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."
luke 2:16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.
luke 2:20 then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
remember Jesus this day! merry merry christmas :)