What happen to the background!

Thanks Carine =) And you read our bloggie!! Hope we don't bore you heh.

Thank you Mr Lee for doing the necessary. But where is the brown?!.. Hmmm... Bring back my brown please?

---Comment by angel 9 March 2008---
Hi Carine dear! Thank you for your kind words =) Praise God for His inspirations. Miss you lots and keep watching this space... maybe if you watch it long enough.. it might turn brown!!!...(Mr Lee Bring back the BROWN!)

One's a designer the other's not.

In case if you're reading our blog and wondering how come the postings are very different in design e.g. how come 1 post has nice fonts and 1 post has big words and looks very messy. i.e Not uniformed

The nice one is Matt's. The messy one is mine. I tired to make it like his but when I went to see how he did it, all I saw was a lot of < / > : , everywhere. I believe thats what he calls HTML.

I call it giberish. Darn.

-- Edited by Matt on 28th Feb --
I finally got off my lazy butt and got something done. =)

As you can see the layout has been customised. CSS added, so if you want some nice text, just type and it will turn out correct. (Thanks Carine for the tip.) No need to use gibberish.

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Martha & Mary - Luke 10:40-45

"But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

Its been a long time since I led worship as a worship leader. Almost 2 years. Many reasons and many excuses. Its a dry period but I cannot agree more with Matt. He makes all things beautiful in his time.

Yesterday at Growth session I understood yet another of my failings. I was a Martha true and true. Esp in the area of worship leading. Making sure the music was as good as it can be, making sure everyone was in 'sync' and most important of all (or at least it was to me at that time) to carefully pick songs that would speak out to the people. I sometimes pride myself in picking "good" songs. And this song selection craze would sometimes engulf me during a talk by the speaker because I had to choose a closing song. I would "listen" and try to catch key words or phrases from the speaker and look for a song to reflect that theme. I'm sure if you're a worship leader starting out you'll understand.

I was busy. Very very busy. Busy catching tidbits from the speaker. But never allowing myself to just sit at the feet of Jesus and have my soul refreshed. No. Duty then was more important. The same duty that Martha thought she needed to fulfill as lady of the house. So too I felt as worship leader, I had a duty.

But yesterday I was Mary. I was not in a position of duty. So I found myself listening. And my soul understood that Lent is a revisit of the golden thread that binds us to Christ. That golden thread is the covenant/promise that Christ made with us, with me. Lent is a God-given time to really just bring your sins to Jesus and rising again with him. And there are many ways to do this, through self-denial, sacrifices, charity etc. Lent is an exercise of the soul so that we become more aware of Jesus in us. Like a wild horse that needs to be broken. And boy do I need to exercise my fat soul. Fat with complacency and indifference.

The speaker ended on a reflective and contemplative note. The usual practice was to close with a song. No doubt my Martha self would have done that. But as Mary yesterday, I understood that the closing prayer was enough. For then the message of the speaker would have rung loudly in the minds of the people than the clashing of drums and tambourines.

So this is what it means to let God lead. To just be at His disposal, for He is more than capable in helping us fulfill our duty. "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. " - Matt 6:33

Indeed dear Lord, as you've said so long ago, "Only one thing is needed." Thank you.

What is lent?

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time."I must confess: Today was the first time I actually read this verse from the good book. Thus I never noticed till now that after the whole chunk of 'a time for ____', verse 11 says "He has made everything beautiful in its time."

That, to me changes my entire understanding of Ecc 3. Now I understand what Solomon was trying to say: There WILL be times where we laugh, cry, jump for joy, curse and swear etc. Times when we just want to give up, times when we suffer hardships beyond our ability to bear.

But at the end, everything will be made perfect. Beautiful. That, to me is my first lesson this lent - a reminder that in every season of the soul, God will still be God.

Colossians 1:16-17

"For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible, thrones, ruling forces, sovereignities, powers-all things were created through him and for him. He exists before all things and in him all things hold together"

Some weeks back, I had a breakdown of sorts. Worries filled my thoughts and anxiety persued. It was a harrowing time for me and my loved ones. I am grateful to my family and matt for being so patient.

I was worried about my mortality i.e my health, my job, the future, the present, the sufferings to come etc.. it caused my heart to race, my head to spin and my stomach to turn.. For the first time I experienced truly.. Dread.. I don't know how it started but I know how it ended:

Yet in this dread, a quiet but firm prompting nudged me to find my anchor. I started learning how to meditate (not after much persuasion from my doc and dad). And I meditated upon Colossians 1:16-17. It slowly dawned on me that He is at my beginning, at my end and definitely with me in the in-betweens. An assurance and comfort filled me. My life is held together in Christ who is my Rock. While some days continue to be a struggle. I am comforted to know that there is a being greater than my fears, more powerful than my insecurities and this being loves me till the end of time.

Trumpet sound and drum roll please!

Yes. We have started a blog. Wow..
Of course Matt being a designer and all will have the honours of doing up the design of this page. Now a little about the title of our blog:

"Better two than one alone, since thus their work is really rewarding. If one should fall, the other helps him up; but what of the person with no one to help him up when he falls? Again: if two sleep together they keep warm, but how can anyone keep warm alone*? Where one alone would be overcome, two will put up resistance; and a threefoldcord is not quickly broken. "

In our little blog we reflect on how we encounter 4:9-12 as we go along this journey we call life. The rewards, the trials and of course ever so occassionally the quirky and bizzare!