Had my very first meeting today with the greatest, creative-est and funnest grp of people! I am glad they availed themselves to this project! we shall be the thermostats!! =)
although we deviate alot and went far from on track, throwing alot of random ideas around, bring up MiFIA, GodFather, terrorists, wardrobe was in the picture too, suddenly it was like as if we are planning for some Hollywood movie! hahaha, I felt that this session also kinda open us up and at least we try to be crazy and get to know one another. I wanna be people-oriented and not task-driven. the task still has to be done, but people first! =)
I am truly impressed with my team and I thank God for putting them on the list!
yes please.... a thousand order of prayers would be really nice =)
Sash commented that it's impressive how early we started our first meeting. Well... Thermostats! and Christmas 08 here we come!! =)
What did I do now....
or rather.... what did I NOT do last time...
I really wanna scream ....
*SOBZ...*
I am not EMO... I am just filled with emotions. maybe becoz I knw that I will have the car tmr and I wont get a chance to sit and stare outta the window. *hides from those who always take PT and and going to beat me up*
NO... not becoz of that I am filled with emotions. like duhz... I hv no idea why I am so emotional these few days...
today, on the way to church, again I sat and stare outta the window and looked at those trees... started to stir some emotions in me and I marveled at God's creation... ytd, I was toking abt his creation of the different animals... even trees, flowers, bushes... He created them outta nothing... even us, humans, are created so differently from one and another and guess wad!? He created us! like... from... NOTHING... there isnt like some books of "recipes" that He has in one of His cupboards which He pull out and "duplicate" from it. He used His creativity! And I am sure it was darn easy for Him! and we?!? there's only so much we can come up with... WAD EXACTLY ARE WE DOING...?!?! suddenly... I feel so ashamed of not being able to be who I am to be... sometimes I feel so stuck with coming up with ideas for work, sch or church... sometimes I feel that there is only so much I can come up with... sometimes I will get ideas from somewhere else... and I feel so ashamed becoz I hv such a creative God rite here for me to tap on and I failed to use/see it... SHAME ON ME!! SHAME on US!!
yeap... and tears filled my eyes...
and some other stuff that was discussed during the week...
If this entire event is only going to save ONE soul... are you still going to do it?
Special is the word I choose to use for today's Radi8 service. SPECIAL.....
Btw... U did really great! rem wad I said! It's just the beginning! more of that to come I am sure =) LOVE YAH!! and am so proud of ya! ;)
I am on course for today and tomorrow at SSTI (Social Service Teaching Institute) doing "Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" =) Yeap! Have done abit of that in my course of study in Psychology but Director of Programs had something else to attend to and so he gave mean opportunity to go, to replace him. Anyway, it's located at Ulu Pandan Community Club. Already sound very ULU rite? a little help from the world wide web identified that it's next to Ghim Moh Bus Terminal and alil help from SBS transit suggested that I take NEL to Dougby Gaut Mrt and take the loop service of 111 to Ghim Moh Bus Terminal.
I made my way there with nobody's help and got there in time! YAY! so proud of myself. after the course, I had to take the bus then NEL to go to church coz got music practice. =) and I intended to take the NEL back from church after music prac too!
my point is... it was actually very refreshing to take the bus and MRT for once in a long while. other than the waking up earlier than usual.... which is very important to me actually coz i value my beauty sleep!! hehehe It was actually quite relaxing to just stop and stare at everything else that the bus passes by. for once, I just stared at the surroundings and relax and not think abt the next traffic light, check if there are cars so that I can filter and the what nots. I felt kinda GREAT if I may put it that way =) I think those who rely public transport alot who love to kill me rite now... =P
but it was "Freshness" to me. something that was outta the norm for once... I value this kind of freshness in my life. I hate to be too stuck in routine stuff... same for church... I am trained in doing things outta the norm, looking at things from a different perspective... like....
do we really have to repeat the last line 3 times to end a song ALL THE TIME?
or do we have to always link from song to song from back to front? can we link from chorus to bridge?
or a sermon must always be delivered in the same way? sometimes video can also enhance and brings freshness to the dynamics of the message
or does a cell lesson always have to be from the notes provided? and follow the guidelines? can we come up with our own mind maps to aid understanding?
or do we always have to start the service praying in the Spirit and speaking in tongues like as if we need something from Him? can we enter his gates with simply THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE and JOYFUL NOISE?
or do we always have to end a worship set with prayer? can we end with JOYFUL PRAISE?
or do we always have to do a particular song "the standard/usual/normal way?" can we use the intro of one song but link it to the actual song that we wanna do?
or do we always do the same old Easter and Christmas service the same way as the previous 25 years? can we do something different and gets the congregation to go "WOW... I haven never seen Easter and Christmas in that perspective before"
sometimes I think I have a mind of my own... sometimes I think I flow better with the vision of the other.... sometimes I think I am planted wrongly...
BLOOM AT WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
before I continue... let me make it clear that I DID NOT say that doing what we always/normally do is wrong. It is PERFECTLY okie...
but my question is .... why do we need to do things in the same way when we have such a creative God? we are God's creation, we have a creative God... and we can tap on His creativity! HIS CREATIVITY... not the creativity of the secular world... not the creativity of the professionals... not the creativity of other churches... but HIS CREATIVITY. We can tap on His creativity ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. The creative God that made giraffes out of His own imagination. LIKE WOAH!! there wasnt any encyclopedia for Him to refer to, there was no one else to tell Him how does a giraffe should look like, there was no giraffe that was previously made for Him to make reference from. He just created it. WOAH! I am amazed by just that! not just the giraffe... there's the elephant.. lion.... monkey... tiger... leopard.. PANDA!! the entire animal kingdom! nobody told Him how they look like. Since we have such a creative God... what happened to His people? when will it come a time... when the church (not limited to the four walls) stand and be the influence to the world? when will we triumph and claim that creativity back and say that it is from our God. that we, the children of God are the one who influence the secular world? WHEN....?
BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANNA SEE.... fight and fight and fight.... I will be behind you =)
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