Saturday, June 18, 2005

what's next???

woah woah.. this is one helluva block leave man.. and it has ran its course.. going to my new unit on monday.. i'm an armoured technician!!! haha.. whoopee.. hope i don't screw the tank tracks wrongly or cause something to explode.. i've a knack for that.. =p

youth camp was fun.. very very fun.. haha.. at first i felt so so lost.. kinda disconnected from my bros and sis after being away for so long.. haha.. but thank goodness i managed to fit in again.. God was real good during the camp.. taking things slowly with me and letting me learn and get back all that i've put on hold during bmt.. sure is a faithful and patient God.. many thanks! =)

went out with rey, david and pastor paul on mon after the camp.. brought paul to sentosa cause it's the first time he's visiting singapore.. it was a good day.. and conversing with him, i learnt alot about God from him.. and he even gave me a fresh revelation of the vision that God had impressed on me at Ignite.. it was then that i realised i had been over eager, that i had misinterpreted the vision and jumped into something that God had not meant for me.. haha.. i felt so relieved and grateful for this outing, and once again thank God for His perfect timing in revealing the plans He has for us.. =)

ooh.. love this day.. went out with august on a shopping spree.. it was madness. i got a zen micro 20gb, a sony digicam (dsc-w5) and he bought me a crumpler bag.. man.. the uncle at sim lim was shocked when we bought all those electronics from him.. haha.. should have seen his face man.. i spent about 1k that day.. but.. no regrets.. hahaha.. =p

soul revolution conference.. hmm.. this was a tiring tiring conference. not too sure why, but i was just very very drained.. skipped all the workshops but had a great time with God on my own (first workshop day) and fellowship with my bros (second workshop day which is the last day of the conference).. yeah.. somehow i feel that i don't have the compassion for the lost anymore.. it's like i've been serving so hard in church, that my heart has been hardened against the basics of our faith.. and that is, to go and make disciples of all nations, to spread the good news of Jesus.. maybe serving in church can also be used by the devil to restrict our walk with God.. makes us all so blinded.. so busy with our tasks that we miss out the most important thing.. spread God's love, and the salvation message.. oh God oh God.. what have i done??? i need your compassion and love for the lost again.. open up my heart and just fill me with it.. and stir up in me the desire to see lost pple come back to Jesus.. and give me the boldness to overcome the fear of man so that i can go forth and spread the good news.. in Jesus' name, amen amen amen. =)

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Oh God...

BMT's coming to an end.. haha.. the past few weeks that i didn't blog were pretty hectic.. field camp, road march, grenade live throw, etc etc.. lotsa stuff.. haha.. field camp was bad.. it poured every single day.. so we practically had to sleep in mud every night.. and the storm would come in the middle of the night and drench us all.. i was having a flu n sore throat and a terrible cough.. so the weather made me suffer so badly.. i was on the verge of breaking down man.. n was just about to start whining to God about why He did not hear my prayers for fine weather when He suddenly reminded me of what happened the last time i met a major obstacle.. it was that time when i fell ill after the encounter with the evil spirit when i denied God for not healing me and granting me the victory.. when the flashback came, i was reminded of how i had made a covenant with God on the day He delivered me, that i would never deny Him anymore.. i immediately prayed for forgiveness and asked for His strength to hang on through this trial.. and the moment i prayed, i felt this immense peace and calmness.. what's even more amazing was the weather cleared up and on the last day of camp, which was the day after i prayed that prayer, the weather was sunny and breezy and my gastric flu was gone too.. God was truly there with me.. haha.. thinking back, i can sincerely testify that throughout my whole BMT period, God was with me even though i did not read the bible that often.. His grace was upon me and i could sense Him supporting me through all the trainings and stuff.. I was even granted favour in the eyes of my commanders and that was good cause life was easier.. haha.. God even blessed me with a half day off for winning the marksman competition during the live firing, a night out (which recruits aren't supposed to get) for outstanding performance, and a day off for being part of the banner team which painted the winning banner (which the Sir said was the best he ever saw).. haha.. and on top of this, i got to fire the M16 in auto mode (which recruits aren't supposed to), and the SAW (section assault weapon).. haha.. it sure was a fun experience, and I thank God for how gracious He has been.. Praise be to Him, forever and ever and ever.. Amen.