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Life song

Casting Crowns - Lifesong

Empty hands held high
Such small sacrifice
If not joined with my life
I sing in vain tonight

May the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You

Let my lifesong sing to You
Let my lifesong sing to You
I want to sign Your name to the end of this day
Knowing that my heart was true
Let my lifesong sing to You

Lord I give my life
A living sacrifice
To reach a world in need
To be Your hands and feet

So may the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Let my lifesong sing to You

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Was deciding between P.O.D, Building 429, Mercy Me and Casting Crowns and somehow I decided to grab Casting Crowns to the cashier.

Tore open the plastic wrapping this morning after much effort.
I'm so glad I settled on Casting Crowns!

There is a foreword before the lyrics of every song, and the foreword for Lifesong says:

".....My life purpose is to give God glory through everything I do.
If my life does not worship Him, my songs don't either."


This line hit me.

It's not about how high we jump or how happy our faces look during praise and worship.
It's not about the number of times we shout Hallelujah.
It's not about the beautiful words of praise in the songs.

Let my praises rise up to You as a sweet aroma from the frankincense
I don't just wanna say words that are sweet..For honey is sweet but produces a foul smell when burnt.

I come before You.... with nothing in my hands.
Dirty, and ugly, like the frankincense
I give You all I am,

let the Spirit come and burn me on once again so that my life can produce a sweet aroma unto You.

Galatians 2:20

"It is no longer I who live, but Christ that lives in me. And the life which I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me."

WOOOOHOOOOOO

Took some time to make this blogskin right.. HAHA. Finally.

Presenting myheartremainswithyou skin v1 in my favourite RED, BLACK and CHECKERED DESIGN.

MY BABYBABY BASS DRUM IS BACK!!!!!

Its beeeeeen approximately 816 hours since I last saw it, almost 40 days since I laid my foot on that bouncy pedal and probably 2 months since I played the full drumkit.

Wheeee its jamming time again!!!
Bassists, guitarists, bring ur kit, come on down to blk 63 to party.

hahaha. Ok.

- end of enthusiasm -

Went for Mosaic Festival yesterday. It was fantabulous.
Latino and Afrocuban. Opened my eyes to see beyond the usual 4/4 rhythms.
These guys really have the groove within man..go wit tha flo

I wanna be so creative when I play too man.

Anyway. I was just surfin. and I found this.

sesquipedalian

ses·qui·pe·da·lian (sĕs'kwĭ-pĭ-dāl'yən)

n. Defn: A long word.

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?!!! right.
so... I guess to form a sentence with this word it could be
"Sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian ."

Does this make sense? HAHAH.

Rock Climbing

I went rock climbing today with Liting, Rallen, Brina.
I expected it an entire day of sweltering climb under the burning sun... hence before I left the house I smeared furiously blobs of sunblock on my already chao-tah-ed arms and face.

I found myself in dismay when I stepped into the air-conditioned ClimbAdventure in Tanjong Pagar, located amidst the high-rise office towers.

For goodness sake, it was not what I pictured at all.
No sweaty, smelly bodies in action, no glaring sunlight, NOPE.

A bunch of kindergarten kids were having fun cheering their peers and teachers who were on the ropes, climbing.

For $2.50, it was indeed a great place to hang out, literally.

I managed to complete 3 climbs... I think. Other than that, I tried a few more, but unsuccessful attempts. The fingers were really aching after each attempt.

Salute to Liting, she completed her humour 5! She completed that wall using 5 pieces, despite the problematic last piece, which was way out of reach. But she kept trying....I would have given up.
Enjoyed climbing! =)


Was reading my good friend's blog and I came across one of her latest post...

"It's okay. Try again."

It's the most reassuring thing Jesus can say to me right now. I was reading Max Lucado and he was using an example of rock climbing. How we climb the wall of life towards our upward call and sometimes, we get intimidated by the height, or we get distracted and we slip and fall. We will never crash all the way to the floor cos' there will always be the guide or the instructor or my Jesus holding us up, urging us to try again.

Sometimes, all we need is for someone to believe in us.

I'm glad God believes in me. What credentials do I have? Nothing. Yet God says that He only think good thoughts towards me, thoughts of hope and a future for me. And even if we failed the 293093284th time, He will not unwaver in His faith towards us. Amazing right?

This. Is. Love.
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Yup.
There are some pieces on the wall that we come across on the wall that might be too hard to get to... and at this point thoughts of giving up would appear to distract you..but we need to keep persevering in order to get to the next level. Knowing that whatever the next step might lead us to, Jesus is still there, holding on to us.

beeeautiful.

Gymed with Ling ling in the afternoon and played bball with Kenneth, Darryl, Michael, Peggie, Mich, Ian, Cheryl, Jenn, Cheexiang at night! Wooh, just nice to play full court.

Glad that so many of them could make it today and the whole game I was just laughing non-stop. Can't remember what I was laughing about though.. but it was fun!



Really wanna maximise the time I have this short holiday..

Get my priorities straight.
Practise drumming.
Love my family, spend time with them.
Get to know my cell members and SF members better.
SERVE!

-Countdown: 6 days to getting back my bass drum-

Changes

the rustling of the leaves
the humid air blows
these greens are no more,
wilting to become golden brown crisps
they keep falling
the trees are balding

in this beaming sunlight
it would have been perfect for photosynthesis
in this rainlessness
the trees are stripped of their crowning glory

the scorching heat
has caused grumbles many
still, let's take some time to admire the beauty

Appreciate.

the beauty of Changes
the beauty of seasons
the beauty of His creations

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Ok. I feel so dumb now. WHAT DID I just write?!

hahaa..I was just thinking about the hideous sea of brown leaves scattered all over the fitness station near my block when I was walking home just now. And then I looked up and saw the trees. I went like, "aww" in my heart. and then I decided it was quite a pretty sight too. YES, ok that was very dumb!

ok anyway, i hope that what I wrote made sense.

Yups, Changes are the only constant in life. So no matter what changes or tough times we go through, it is just a season that is gearing us up for the next season! Seasons come, seasons go, simply hold on, and your favourite season will come along, take your pick, Winter, Summer, Spring or Autumn!

It's an emo generation

I don't wanna keep falling...
into this abyss so deep
Nobody sees nobody hears
the lie that I'm living in
it's hard. so hard.
Lord would you please show me
Lord would you please enlighten me
hide me from the hurting truth
that i may live ONLY for Your glory once more
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I misssssssssss my bassss drummmm!!!!!!! I wannna kicccckkcickkickcickckicck.
-Countdown: 12 days to getting back my bass drum-

"Promise"

What would you say if I asked you not to go
To forget everyone, forget everything and start over with me
Would you take my hand and never let me go
Promise me you'll never let me go

And now the stars aren't out tonight,
But neither are we to look up at them
Why does hello feel like goodbye?
These memories can't replace,
These wishes I wished and dreams I chased
Take this broken heart and make it right

I feel like I lost everything when you're gone
Left remembering what it's like to have you here with me
I thought you should know,
You're not making this easy

I never thought I'd be the one to say
Please don't, well please don't leave me

I feel like I lost everything when you're gone
Left remembering what it's like to have you here with me
I thought you should know,
You're not making this easy

You're not making this easy (easy, easy, easy...)

Take my hand and never let me go,
Take my hand and never let me go,
Promise me...
You'll never let go
You'll never let go
You'll never let go
You'll never let go
Make this last forever

I feel like I lost everything when you're gone
Left remembering what it's like to have you here with me
I thought you should know,
You're not making this easy

You're not making this easy
You're not making this easy
You're not making this easy
You're not making this easy

I'll fall asleep tonight, 'cause that brings me closer to you