Life...

Wah... what a week... actually wanted to blog on several days.. but like so hard and always so tired.....

Well this week was busy despite it still being holidays... especially when there's a long slide show with music to prepare.. plus the photos are not electronic but in photo albums... well glad it came out in the end although i almost smashed my computer for hanging just at the right times to maximise the amount i had to redo (windows movie maker)... but thank God it turned out ok in the end...

I always believed that my choice not to work during the holidays is a right one... well i still think so... since its the-last-longest-holiday-of-my-life-before-retirement.... :) must say it has been great and purposeful and enjoyable...

Well today is the last sunday together with Clay zone.... its been a great few years with Clay... as it was in the past with COWS and PASSION... CYYAM history is already almost a decade long, since we started in december 1999.. or was that 98...? :) my memory is failing... I can say confidently that my journey into maturity and young adulthood was a journey walked with many people in CYYAM... u all take up such a big part of shaping the person i am... looking back, i can really see how God has moulded me thru all these different people and circumstances and the numerous breakthroughs in my own character and personality... God, the Master Potter doesnt make mistakes in moulding people... to Him be all the glory and praise for these wonderfully meaningful years...

Why did i suddenly recall the past.. well... actually we all went for dinner at xiaoling's house today... and then after that somehow the conversation turned towards the past and the things we did in CYYAM... the prize for best memory goes to Kai En, who can recall almost all the zone names and what they stand for...! =) hey Kai En... how about a blog post on CYYAM history..?

Haha.. ok... yah... so this is the very last week before the reshuffling... new challenges, new people, new hopes are coming soon... hope to do a nice round up of everything in Clay... As a side note, lets keep everyone in prayer and the whole ministry.. do u all realise how MANY of us are about to go through super big changes in our lives? not just ministry-wise but in our school, work, life in general... really need to support each other and depend 100% on God for strength and faithfulness to Him... the road ahead is tough but it will be a joyful one....

Lastly... just want to end off with this passage.. may it be our encouragement time and again when we need the strength.. and may CYYAM have a great many decades ahead fulfilling God's purpose and mission... only few more decades before we get to Heaven... about maximum 7?

(^_^)

2 Corinthians 4

Treasures in Jars of Clay

Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken."With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

May God use us to advance His kingdom more and more...