From the inside out...

3 more weeks

2007-07-17T12:28:00.000-07:00

May and June consisted of summer school and fun in the sun. July...well, I'm just waiting for August so I can get out of London. Here I come, France!! Travelling without a tour guide actually requires a lot of research to ensure a successful trip. Even though I'm not working and not in school, I seem to be occupied most of the time, doing random things around the house, preparing things for church, catching up with friends, being frusterated w/ UWO registrar, etc.

Some friends who went to Campus Challenge asked me if I still keep in touch with my small group. I'm happy to say, "yes, I do". Praise the Lord for giving me "UNITY", that even though I only met for 3 days, we still send out emails to the entire group with updates. In fact, we are doing the book of Romans together starting this week, and hoping to plan a reunion =) It's so cool it wasn't just "Hello, small group, nice to meet you, but chances are, we won't speak until the next CC. Talk to you next year!" It does take effort to keep in touch w/ ppl you don't see. Thanks to my small group leaders April and Calvin for keeping us united =)

But for now, its 3 more weeks till Paris~!

PS. rebecca, can I borrow Blue Like Jazz when you're done?

crazy weekend

2007-04-03T19:22:00.000-07:00

ACF Banquet + LCAC Grad Din + Baptism = one hectic weekend. It was all worth it tho =)

Congrats to Wayne who took a huge step in his walk with Christ. It was such a blessing to see him and his family so happy.

A picture is worth a thousand words....3 pictures here....u do the math...

Wayne's Baptism

ACF Banquet

LCAC Grad Din

exams approach once more

2007-03-08T16:11:00.000-08:00

cell bio = death
genetics = death

cell bio & genetics = death^2

me = not motivated

Kiwi Kidnapping...

2007-02-17T15:00:00.000-08:00

Kiwis are so cute....I want one....a pink one. But even if they're not pink, I'd still love it ^_^
*Gasp! It's missing a head!

...hm....thats better.....

broken & healed

2007-02-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

"In realms of nature, shadows of darkness are the places of greatest growth. The starry beauty of the sky cannot be seen at its peak until the shadows of night slip over the sky."

- Streams in the Desert

Very often, I find that God takes us in the darkness, where fears lie...but in the midst of it, we are prompted to turn to Him. Its like, even if the world seems to fall on us, we just end up stronger in the Lord. We must be broken before we can be healed.

So it's finally starting to feel like winter. I think I liked it more when it felt like Fall in the middle of December (all thanks to global warming).

PS. YAY, B.Wong is back!!!!!!!!!~!~!~!~!~!

Chapter 7 & ACF retreat

2007-01-22T17:24:00.000-08:00

I finished reading "Captivating" for the 2nd time about a week ago, and reread Chp 7 over and over again. Every time I read it, God says something different to me.

You know how we say God is always waiting for us, arms wide open for us to jump into? Well....it's occured to me that it is not true. He isnt just passively sitting there whispering softly to tell us to come to Him. He is actively pursuing us, chasing after us, digging deep into our hearts. When we want to get someone's attention, we do things to try to captivate their hearts. God does the same thing. He calls out to us, and even gives us tangible gifts that quicken our hearts, for He knows the beauty that will captivate us.

"God's version of flowers and chocolates and candlelight dinners comes in the form of sunsets and falling stars, moonlight on lakes and cricket symphonies; warm wind, swaying trees, lush gardens, and fierce devotion."
- Captivating

Wait....God wants us? God wants me? Why? What could be so fabulous about me that would prompt the Lord of all creation to pursue MY heart? Nothing really, except...He created us out of love...and He just wants us to love Him back.

"He wants the same thing that you want. He wants to be loved. He wants intimacy with you."
- Captivating

Heres something else....

Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wlal her in so that she cannot find her way.
She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
she will look for them but not find them.
- Hosea 2:6-7

God often takes aside all source of comfort so that He can have our heart's attention....blocking our way from everything else so that we turn to Him.

See? He does so many things to draw us close to Him. Why don't we see how fiercely devoted He is to have intimacy with us? Sometimes, we're so blinded by earthly things that we can't hear Him calling out to us, and we can't feel His hands reaching out for us. Just sit down and relax...even in a literal sense....like...at ACF retreat, I did a little star-gazing one night. It was so beautiful. It was definitely a gift from God to me....something to remind me that He loves me...He created all these things for me. Wow...for me? ALL of this for me? You want me so much that You made this beauty just to capture me? What an incredible gift ^_^...thanks!

"I am meant to fill a place int he heart of God no one and nothing else can fill. He longs for me. Just as I long for Him."
- Captivating

Our Heavenly Father loves us...loves me. Like shepherd to sheep, master to servant, Father to daughter, groom to bride.

I have loved you with an everlasting love.
- Jeremiah 31:3

=== ACF Retreat ===

So I got back from retreat feeling mentally fatigue. Not a good feeling. Strangely, I felt kind of out of touch with everything during retreat. The messages from Pastor Phil were great, the small group time was great, the fellowship was great, the worship was great. But something, somehow, put me off a little. Maybe its just too much at once, not having enough time to absorb everything. Or maybe it was something else....I dunno.

Something that caught my attention was BALANCE. I need balance between conservative & charismatic. Balance between feeling what I am really feeling and what I think I am suppose to feel. Knowing all that, I just spent the past 1.5 hrs praying...so now, I'm gonna let God do His thing.

Veggie Tales

2007-01-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

Rebecca came over to cook last night. We made chocolate souffle, berry smoothie, and grilled vegetables. But they were misbehaving so we yelled at them...not on purpose though. They wouldn't stop oxidizing and wouldn't flip properly on the grill! They also kept on going overboard when Bec was cooking them =P

We played with the camera (as usual) and took strange pictures (as usual). We made roses, but resorted to making green one cuz I ran out of red paper XD

Bec, bring ur build-a-bear next time so my build-a-bear can make friends with it =)

Went skating on wednesday...SO MUCH FUN! but Joe wouldnt stop asking "are you done yet???"XP Went to syposium, had a drink...then went to bbt, played euchre. Wanna go skating again, but its r-a-i-n-i-n-g =(

"Rain, rain, go away...lalalalala..."

2007

2007-01-01T13:02:00.000-08:00

YAY! Pretty blog!

I had so much fun this holiday...don't want it to endddddddd!! Thanks so much for taking me around in t.o, guys...i ate so much i think i'm going to fast for a week XP Other than that, i'm definitely gonna miss the holidays, sleeping in, relaxing with friends, and no stressssss!!!

i'm still dreamin' of a white Christmas....the only time i want snow, i don't get it...how sad =(

== Stephanie