Sunday, January 16, 2011
Preachy Mood
I think the time we got back from retreat, coupled by today being a Sunday caused the delay for the entries. Cause honestly, I was really filled with joy, and wanted to share it some more!!
This week for me was honestly quite inspired, God really spoke to me and revealed his way to me in scripture. One thing lead to another and I guess what I am finally left with is...
No one can come to the Father except through me.
Not me me, but you all know who. And I must really affirm everyone's openness as everyone really came to and through Jesus. Sharings were truely blessed.
Well, core did envision the retreat to turn out this way, but I guess we were quite disheartened when things didn't fall into place as nicely as it did. But I guess God had a plan.
He even had a plan when I wanted to scold tang for giving me this strange song. If you hear the youtube version, you are sure to go WTH... I would have rejected it immediately, but he was offline when i finally heard it. I ranted to soo, telling him I didnt want to find chords. But soo got them for me, so lanlan have to try.
I guess in many ways, God's plan has and is being revealed. I am just so glad that I am in God's plan for us.
Much Love,
Swee
i foresee a flurry of posts, mine not the last for sure.
however i cannot determine exactly who wrote the previous two posts. please sign off!
and so perhaps i do have something to share, next time perhaps when i share together with soo. i thought my rapunzel story would have been lame to share in a time of sharing so deep and so, i would say intense. but thinking about it today, it revealed to me a deeper underlying emotion of emptiness.
this is probably a prelude and i write it as i am experiencing it. i feed off something for my drive in life, excitement towards something, hope perhaps and so on. but when my world comes to a standstill, i start to question why i am doing so much for. i am particularly not someone that live in the present and so i struggle to appreciate it.
i look forward to another page of my life when i step down as YMC chairman. not just the work and ministry which has drained me quite a bit, it is a promise or pact I thought I formed with God. this too I shall share too but not here.
sorry for baiting everyone, but in this cold and still night, perhaps in contrast to the previous, only exacerbates the silence in my heart.
-mark
(hmm new layout does not sign off with user account already. oh well i need to sign off too!)
old school yo.
the bridge was actually in my head in the afternoon :O
-jes
log retreat
It’s been unnervingly still after something so momentous has happened. I keep checking the blogs and facebook for raves and gushes that come with the highs but there's hardly a murmur anywhere (except a post on the logblog). Perhaps each of us is basking in the afterglow. Reveling in the peace. Maybe. Or perhaps it's the little awkwardness and shyness that we feel after things so deep and profound have been uncovered. Or perhaps it was so surreal that it felt like a dream, memories of it dissipating as soon as we wake up today, leaving behind only gossamer.
I’d like to think of it as treading lightly. We tread lightly on sacred ground. We tread lightly when miracles happen. Because just for a moment, we caught a glimpse of God. And that deserves reverence.
I loathe to be the cause of the ripples, but things like these have to go on record.
Soo called it the deepest sharing he's ever experienced. I’d agree. But I think also perhaps what we shared went beyond the deep and the profound; what we shared resides in the realm of gnostic. Sure, what we shared were things about ourselves. But go deep enough, and we uncover the part of ourselves that God resides in. And that perhaps, was what we were sharing with each other last night. We were sharing God in us, with all of us.
We carry each other's hearts now, in all its fragility and brokenness. We carry them in our own hearts.
LoG retreat 2011
once again, praise god for the really awesome and deep sharings.
it really broke down the walls and although it's not about reciprocity, it made me feel like i was able to really share anything with you guys because we truly except each other for who we are, just as god does! LoG Love!
and I'll like to thanks the ex loglets for stepping up and opening up. You guys really injected some life in LoG and I can see that God has a really special plan for you and for your being in LoG.
and to core, good job planning! it was as envisioned but it got the job done. I now feel an obligation to keep up with everyone's lives.
Next up is anniversary (: (and the dating thing on saturday so go down and support the people sharing and the rest even if we're attached, single, pending, longing or priest-to-be.
keep praying!
cheers (:
-jes
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Worship
So a bit more lighthearted ministrish post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRhvALZl3Lo
Made to Worship
by Chris Tomlin
Note that I love the song. Listening to it makes me reflect and all. If you get to listen to the accoustic version by the choo brothers, you'll love it even more. But I remembered that when I showed it to jes, I got a totally different response.
Why would it be strange?? pause to think...
who is it about??
When it comes down to it, you'll realise that the song is actually about you and I. It is about us. Not God, Us. Imagine singing during worship, and coming to this song. We are singing about us? Strange? Maybe. But then again, sometimes we forget what we are singing, I too get lost in the music.
O wells, for songs I'd like to share...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Xww-ESIsI
Sing to the Lord - Hillsongs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNyDxfNhHU
Lord of All - Hillsongs London
-awesome rally song
Thoughts were a result of hearing about basic's spiritual prep.
here are the lyrics of made to worship...
Before the day
Before the light
Before the world revolved around the sun
God on high
Stepped down into time
And wrote the story of His love for everyone
He has filled our hearts with wonder
So that we always remember
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be
All we are
And all we have
Is all a gift from God that we receive
Brought to life
We open up our eyes
To see the majesty and glory of the King
He has filled our hearts with wonder
So that we always remember
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be
And even the rocks cry out
And even the Heavens shout
At the sound of His holy name
So let every voice sing out
And let every knee bow down
He is worthy of all our praise
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free, yeah
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see, you and I will see
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free, yeah
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be
Monday, January 10, 2011
Coming to the Cross
This thought just lingered in me, so since I finally can log into the account, I might as well share.
I guess in community I have always been taught that if we are not focused on Christ, we would crumble. In some sense, I have then always visualized us as coming to the cross. And the only way we are united if that if we are at the cross- all together as one. Sometimes, it boggles me how YM can be so united yet so fragmented. I'd like to say that Log is christ-centred, as for CS, Basic and all. But today, I just wonder are we.
If we are all gathered at this one place, is it really necessary for these divides of communities? Will there be a need for shopping for a community?
I remembered when there were thoughts floating about possible merger between CS and LoG. And my own personal objection to that is that we would lose our identity and history. But when I think back upon it, it was awfully selfish of me. It doesn't belong to me, it belongs solely to God.
I believe that if you cannot lose it, you do not have it. In parallel, "If you cannot die to yourself, you cannot truely live."
Things that you do or have then are not truely yours, but instead they become stuff which life forces down your throat.
O wells, rambling... back to the train...
I guess the called the Christ for me has always been about love. To give of oneself. To never count the crosses. I've always been a big advocate of it. I guess yesterday when I broke down, in all honestly I was sad and angry to see community saying it is impossible to love. In some sense, the younger ones had all the idealistic nature of loving. Nigel mentioning that we are all brothers and sisters bounded by something far greater than ourselves just struck a chord in me. And in some sense, it is because they are young that it all seems so clear.
Personally, I guess I've been scarred by things too. But maybe, just maybe, we could just ask for Faith like a Child and maybe someday, just someday, we'll be called into the Kingdom of God.
Swee
Preachy Mood
I think the time we got back from retreat, coupled by today being a Sunday caused the delay for the entries. Cause honestly, I was really filled with joy, and wanted to share it some more!!
This week for me was honestly quite inspired, God really spoke to me and revealed his way to me in scripture. One thing lead to another and I guess what I am finally left with is...
No one can come to the Father except through me.
Not me me, but you all know who. And I must really affirm everyone's openness as everyone really came to and through Jesus. Sharings were truely blessed.
Well, core did envision the retreat to turn out this way, but I guess we were quite disheartened when things didn't fall into place as nicely as it did. But I guess God had a plan.
He even had a plan when I wanted to scold tang for giving me this strange song. If you hear the youtube version, you are sure to go WTH... I would have rejected it immediately, but he was offline when i finally heard it. I ranted to soo, telling him I didnt want to find chords. But soo got them for me, so lanlan have to try.
I guess in many ways, God's plan has and is being revealed. I am just so glad that I am in God's plan for us.
Much Love,
Swee
1 Comments:
hahaha old school song! kay i fulfilled my wish of using it once, don't think i'll ever use it again :p
By 
mark.tang,
January 17, 2011 9:06 AM
i foresee a flurry of posts, mine not the last for sure.
however i cannot determine exactly who wrote the previous two posts. please sign off!
and so perhaps i do have something to share, next time perhaps when i share together with soo. i thought my rapunzel story would have been lame to share in a time of sharing so deep and so, i would say intense. but thinking about it today, it revealed to me a deeper underlying emotion of emptiness.
this is probably a prelude and i write it as i am experiencing it. i feed off something for my drive in life, excitement towards something, hope perhaps and so on. but when my world comes to a standstill, i start to question why i am doing so much for. i am particularly not someone that live in the present and so i struggle to appreciate it.
i look forward to another page of my life when i step down as YMC chairman. not just the work and ministry which has drained me quite a bit, it is a promise or pact I thought I formed with God. this too I shall share too but not here.
sorry for baiting everyone, but in this cold and still night, perhaps in contrast to the previous, only exacerbates the silence in my heart.
-mark
(hmm new layout does not sign off with user account already. oh well i need to sign off too!)
0 Comments:
______________________________________________old school yo.
the bridge was actually in my head in the afternoon :O
-jes
0 Comments:
______________________________________________log retreat
It’s been unnervingly still after something so momentous has happened. I keep checking the blogs and facebook for raves and gushes that come with the highs but there's hardly a murmur anywhere (except a post on the logblog). Perhaps each of us is basking in the afterglow. Reveling in the peace. Maybe. Or perhaps it's the little awkwardness and shyness that we feel after things so deep and profound have been uncovered. Or perhaps it was so surreal that it felt like a dream, memories of it dissipating as soon as we wake up today, leaving behind only gossamer.
I’d like to think of it as treading lightly. We tread lightly on sacred ground. We tread lightly when miracles happen. Because just for a moment, we caught a glimpse of God. And that deserves reverence.
I loathe to be the cause of the ripples, but things like these have to go on record.
Soo called it the deepest sharing he's ever experienced. I’d agree. But I think also perhaps what we shared went beyond the deep and the profound; what we shared resides in the realm of gnostic. Sure, what we shared were things about ourselves. But go deep enough, and we uncover the part of ourselves that God resides in. And that perhaps, was what we were sharing with each other last night. We were sharing God in us, with all of us.
We carry each other's hearts now, in all its fragility and brokenness. We carry them in our own hearts.
2 Comments:
ah sry i wrote this! as in. mel.
By LoG,
January 16, 2011 10:39 PM
i knew it was mel when i read the first few sentences. and then, there was 'gossamer' and my head went 'confirm is melmel!' LOL
By 
von.,
January 17, 2011 10:36 PM
LoG retreat 2011
once again, praise god for the really awesome and deep sharings.
it really broke down the walls and although it's not about reciprocity, it made me feel like i was able to really share anything with you guys because we truly except each other for who we are, just as god does! LoG Love!
and I'll like to thanks the ex loglets for stepping up and opening up. You guys really injected some life in LoG and I can see that God has a really special plan for you and for your being in LoG.
and to core, good job planning! it was as envisioned but it got the job done. I now feel an obligation to keep up with everyone's lives.
Next up is anniversary (: (and the dating thing on saturday so go down and support the people sharing and the rest even if we're attached, single, pending, longing or priest-to-be.
keep praying!
cheers (:
-jes
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Worship
So a bit more lighthearted ministrish post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRhvALZl3Lo
Made to Worship
by Chris Tomlin
Note that I love the song. Listening to it makes me reflect and all. If you get to listen to the accoustic version by the choo brothers, you'll love it even more. But I remembered that when I showed it to jes, I got a totally different response.
Why would it be strange?? pause to think...
who is it about??
When it comes down to it, you'll realise that the song is actually about you and I. It is about us. Not God, Us. Imagine singing during worship, and coming to this song. We are singing about us? Strange? Maybe. But then again, sometimes we forget what we are singing, I too get lost in the music.
O wells, for songs I'd like to share...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Xww-ESIsI
Sing to the Lord - Hillsongs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNyDxfNhHU
Lord of All - Hillsongs London
-awesome rally song
Thoughts were a result of hearing about basic's spiritual prep.
here are the lyrics of made to worship...
Before the day
Before the light
Before the world revolved around the sun
God on high
Stepped down into time
And wrote the story of His love for everyone
He has filled our hearts with wonder
So that we always remember
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be
All we are
And all we have
Is all a gift from God that we receive
Brought to life
We open up our eyes
To see the majesty and glory of the King
He has filled our hearts with wonder
So that we always remember
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be
And even the rocks cry out
And even the Heavens shout
At the sound of His holy name
So let every voice sing out
And let every knee bow down
He is worthy of all our praise
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free, yeah
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see, you and I will see
You and I were made to worship
You and I are called to love
You and I are forgiven and free, yeah
You and I embrace surrender
You and I choose to believe
You and I will see who we were meant to be
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Monday, January 10, 2011
Coming to the Cross
This thought just lingered in me, so since I finally can log into the account, I might as well share.
I guess in community I have always been taught that if we are not focused on Christ, we would crumble. In some sense, I have then always visualized us as coming to the cross. And the only way we are united if that if we are at the cross- all together as one. Sometimes, it boggles me how YM can be so united yet so fragmented. I'd like to say that Log is christ-centred, as for CS, Basic and all. But today, I just wonder are we.
If we are all gathered at this one place, is it really necessary for these divides of communities? Will there be a need for shopping for a community?
I remembered when there were thoughts floating about possible merger between CS and LoG. And my own personal objection to that is that we would lose our identity and history. But when I think back upon it, it was awfully selfish of me. It doesn't belong to me, it belongs solely to God.
I believe that if you cannot lose it, you do not have it. In parallel, "If you cannot die to yourself, you cannot truely live."
Things that you do or have then are not truely yours, but instead they become stuff which life forces down your throat.
O wells, rambling... back to the train...
I guess the called the Christ for me has always been about love. To give of oneself. To never count the crosses. I've always been a big advocate of it. I guess yesterday when I broke down, in all honestly I was sad and angry to see community saying it is impossible to love. In some sense, the younger ones had all the idealistic nature of loving. Nigel mentioning that we are all brothers and sisters bounded by something far greater than ourselves just struck a chord in me. And in some sense, it is because they are young that it all seems so clear.
Personally, I guess I've been scarred by things too. But maybe, just maybe, we could just ask for Faith like a Child and maybe someday, just someday, we'll be called into the Kingdom of God.
Swee
1 Comments:
I like that comment by nigel too. really brought me back. praise god.
-jes