Thanksgiving for 2013

01)Thank God for granting me good health. 

02)Thank God that my father was diagnosed with kidney failure. I can see that his hardened heart is slowing softening(God moved his heart to come to church once this year)

03)Thank God for pay increment and bonuses as it finances me to pay for part of my dad's medical expenses. Thank God also that I can claim from my dad's insurance monthly since his dialysis started.

04)Thank God for helping me to clear a hectic year of 7 modules which on hindsight, I don't know how I could did it without God's enabling. This was exceptionally amazing especially for the last semester where my last 2 weeks were packed with school activities. I was so bodily drained out that I really don't feel like studying but God gave me the strength and wisdom to study.

05)Thank God after 2 years of procrastinating and twice extension of my Provisional Driving License, God helped me to obtain the driving license.

06)Thank God for a caring mother who often cook nice meal for me and taking good care of the house chores.

07)Thank God for opportunity to listen to God's Word and His grace to keep me in the faith

08)Thank God for opportunity to serve Him in the music ministry and also to learn Violin.

09)Thank God for brethren who fetch me to and fro between church and home

10)Thank God for a great trip to Ipoh where I can meet up with brethren in the faith and also get to taste good food over there.

Thank God for a new Violin and bow

Finally, I got my new violin that I can truly call it mine. Beautiful and colourful tone. Can't wait for Wednesday lesson to let my teacher play an emo music piece for me to hear!

2012 Thanksgiving(Late again but never too late to thank God)

I had been procrastinating in posting something on my blog again. Finally bring myself to pen down something. Counting God's blessing in my life keeps me going. Here it goes, my top 13 thanksgiving for the year 2012.

01)God gave me grace and wisdom to study; I thought I would fail an exam in the 1st Semester!
02)God brought my good friend cum colleague back to Church
03)Able to have strength to conduct bible study even though I feel tired sometimes
04)My mum who can cook for me often
05)Brethren who offer to sent me to and fro to church
06)Friends that would pray for me in Singapore and even far back in Ipoh
07)Grace to wisdom to teach in school this year even though it is tough at times
08)神所赐的出人意外的平安Peace of God which passeth all understand even in the midst of my dad's illness
09)Wisdom, grace and perseverance to lead in church choir
10) The friends in Nepal of their hospitality and also being able to attend with me the BP church in Kathmandu, Nepal
11) Thank God for quite a few 1st time in my life; diving in clean & clear water, visit Nepal and many such and such.
12)Improvement in my violin playing, now in Grade 2.
13)Get the music appreciation module for 2013; I was trying to apply for 2 years but to no avail.

The most recent thanksgiving for 2013 is that I got to teach Music in school and also I got the timetable that I am please with.

Thank God for 2 things again

Thank God for being able to go for M&L retreat. I am reminded of holiness living in Christ.

Thank God for being able to attend my primary school classmate's funeral wake. Truly the bible is correct, "Ecclesiastes 7:2- It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart." The question that we often ask is why she die? (She died on her birthday, same age as me)

However, I think that question should be asked, "Why it is not me?". I was reminded why God still keeps me alive, what is my purpose on earth, why God puts me in the job that I am doing now, why God place these friends around me. These are the questions that we should be asking ourselves as often as we can. Oftentimes, we are so busy in what we are doing and we lose what is our real focus.

This is the answer:
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

There was an urgent need for the gospel. Lord give me the heart to love souls!

Thank God for Grade 2 in violin

Today I have 2 things to thank God for. One thing is that I am in violin grade 2 now. God's amazing grace enabling me to reach grade 2 in such a short time, only after 12 lessons! I had to remind myself to be humble. Without God, I am nothing.

Another thing is that I manage to do something that I had never done before. I walk with it for quite sometime, feeling weird, but I did it after all. The reward is to look at the surprise facial expression. Time to sleep, tomorrow is a tiring day. Give me grace to do my CMA tomorrow!

Violin Lesson

Thank God I had been through 11 violin lessons with Teacher Huang from China. He is an awesome teacher. He started to teach me Grade 2 techniques. Thank God for a buddy who is so supportive in my violin lesson, had arranged special rates with the teacher. Where to find a teacher that teach 4 lessons and give one lesson free? He will tell me stories that will inspire me to play better. I started to love and appreciate the instrument now!

The mediocre teacher tells.  

The good teacher explains.  

The superior teacher demonstrates.  

The great teacher inspires.  ~William Arthur Ward

Thank God for 2011(Late)

Time to revive this blog. They were old thanksgiving but never too late to thank God.

1) Score A in 2 modules and wisdom to study
2) Brethren who fetch me in their cars traveling places to places, home and churches.
3) Care and concern showered by brethren
4) Pay Increment and Bonuses
5) Mum managing the household well and cooking for me, what a blessing!
6) Parents & myself are relatively in good health
7) Able to attend prayer meeting which often encourages my heart
8) Complete my 2nd Marathon safely
9) God's grace to lead in Shomerim
10) Sisters-in-christ that uphold me in prayers
11) Able to go to Ipoh & Penang with my mum. She heard the gospel and testimony shared by aunty Meilan
12) Grace, patience and wisdom to help me teach difficult pupils
13) Wisdom and grace to help me serve as a pianist and ministry in Chinese congregation
14) God provides opportunity and make a way for my pupils to attend christian meetings and both of them accepted the Lord
15) Colleagues that were very nice to me.

2010 Thanksgiving (Late)

This is a late thanksgiving. Finally, I decided to revive this blog again. Here it is that I can remember:
1) Able to serve God in Kuching, Vietnam and Ipoh
2) Score As in 2 modules
3) Brethren bring me around to different places, home or churches
4) Care and concern shown by brethren
5) Pay increment
6) Mum that managed the household well and cooks for me
7) Parents and myself are in relatively good health
8) Attending prayer meeting which encourages me
9) Can complete the full Marathon and then after that still have the energy to go to Vietnam for mission trip
10) God’s grace for helping me to lead in Shomerim

Thank God that I had removed these DVDs

Last Tuesday, 7th Dec 2010, I finally removed those DVDs that I had purchased before I started working. It was a hard decision to make as I had not played some of the games before. It was a waste to throw them away. However, it is necessary so that I can remove these for Christ and testimony's sake. As I was approaching to the end of 2010. It is time to recall God's blessing again!

Thank God that He is always faithful

God is faithful and true. It is me who is unfaithful, at times putting up a false front and desperately wicked to sin. I just received my Grade 8 piano exam certificate. Only until I received the certificate in my hands then I believe that I passed my exam. Seriously, I do not have the confidence in passing the exams. I know that it is the Lord's mercy that I don't have to retake the exam. The Lord also knows that I don't have the time so I have already started my UniSIM studies.

Not to mentioned, God really make it possible that for me to slowly pursuing my dream. My dream is to complete Diploma in piano ans to purchase a baby grand piano one day. Compared to other people, I can consider spending the least amount of money and also the shortest time to obtain Grade 8. I acknowledge that it is not how good I am but how good God has been to me. My faith is so small that I can even imagine that the admin side of ABRSM may have made a mistake in reflecting my results online. I only 100% believe that I had passed when I receive the certificate. I didn't tell anyone about this. This shows how faithless that I am.

I failed Him so many times but He is always so faithful and true to me. I want to say a big THANK YOU to my Heavenly Father who is always so good to me. Help me not to fail thee so often, as I am really weak in overcoming my beseting sin. Help me LORD!