Sunday, October 30, 2005
12:57 AM
Mmm.. Sleepy.
Would've blogged earlier but just spent a good part of my night doing icons (waves a tired finger at LiveJournal).
My afternoon was also spent playing 3 hours worth of bridge and attempting to get a tan sitting outside Coffee Bean.
Blogging hasn't proved to be an activity I've been very inspired to engage myself in lately.
Oh well. =)
Sleep time.
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hello, i was browsing through google today to look for the lyrics to the song 'hosanna'. your website sprang up but i notice that you wrote that you don't have the full lyrics. after searching somemore, i found the lyrics and i thought you'd like them. not sure if you still use this blog coz the last post was in october but here goes:
hosanna
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All the nations come
They bow and sing
Your majesty forever
Every tongue confess that You are Lord
Every knee shall bow
Declare Your name
That You are Lord forever
High and lifted up we bless Your name
In Your holiness i find redemption's song
In Your Majesty i find where i belong
Hosanna, You are holy and exalted
Hosanna, You are high and lifted up
Hosanna, You are worthy of all praise
We worship You, we worship You
God bless.
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Saturday, October 29, 2005
11:47 AM
Its been a rather slow week.
Hm.
Many things don't have to be said in words. Expressed in the physical. There are some things you just know.
Am I happy?
If I have to ask myself that question everyday, something is seriously wrong.
I may question my love for myself, but there's never anything to question about God's love for me.
Went for Bible Study alone last night, not because of anything that happened in the afternoon, but I just felt like I needed time with God.
As usual, I wasn't particularly coherent throughout the entire service. But God has a knack of waking me up when He knows there's something I need to hear. (:
I just have to be His.
And I am!
I know some of you would think its hypocritical to want to spend time with God and go to church and sleep. But God really does know when to give me the rhema word that I need. There's nothing to worry about at all, because everytime I need it, he provides. So yes. Was just worshipping Him and telling Him that I know He loves me, but here in my all my weak humanity I wanted, I ached to feel his presence.
There actually isn't much to say, I just know He loves me. I don't need to feel it to know that He does. But when He embraces me, He really embraces me.
There's no doubt about it.
His love is mine, and nothing can take it away from me. Not even myself.
Its not that I'm reclusive or anti-social.
But its true, that sometimes you just want to have time alone with God. Its not that I don't appreciate my friends and the people who spice up my life. But I know that my trust is not in human flesh. But in my God who is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Chinese O's on Monday.
Grace grace.
Because I already know I cannot do it, there's is nothing I know better than the fact that in the physical my Chinese sucks.
But its a mountain I know my God has melted like wax.
Its already so terok, what else is there to lose?
In my weakness, then I am strong. For the strength of my magnificent God is made perfect in my weakness.
When I say 'I cannot', my Jesus says 'I can'.
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12:26 AM
He who clothed the lilies of the field and feed the birds of the air, how shall he not also freely give me all things?
For I am the one whom Jesus loves.
Wah very sleepy.
Ended up going town today since I didn't know how to go about booking tickets for Harry Potter. Turns out booking only opens on the 3rd, so I'd just use someone's credit card and do it online sometime next week. Yayy. Potter.
Went window shopping with Rene and took neoprints that are better off hidden within the confines of my wallet. Quote Rene: "Wah, good thing we're good at designing man."
Sleepy.
No condemnation in Christ. (:
The bigger your mistakes, the more undeserving we are, the more God blesses us. Because of GRACE. And its grace alone.
Nothing particularly interesting.
Lord.
Not holding on to my worries.
The blessings are ever flowing.
I let it all go to you.
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
11:40 PM
Chinese paper's on Monday. Ain't studying for it.
Anyway, Rene fed me some kind of unidentified burger for dinner that
diddidn't manage to kill me even with her dangerous warnings about it being banned in Singapore and yadda yadda. The whole thing just tasted like egg and chilli. Pleasant but I guess I wouldn't want to know what it was that I ate. Almost as dubious as the food that comes out of the Terminal 2's staff canteen.Hmm.
Charging Von's uber chio iPod Nano now. How come you never told us you got an iPod huh?!
Not that I'm particularly fond of how tiny the Nano is. Just that the colour screen is very 'OOooooooo.. ((insert sua ku voice here))'
*stares at gleaming white Nano and her darling Wasabi (fantabulously green iPod mini, for the uninformed)*
I still *hearts* Wasabi more. *strokes lovingly* :x
The back of Von's Nano is so fingerprinty. Shall polish it until its nicenice later. (Excuse my English tonight. I think Peppermint Freddo Frog made me high.) (WHEEE. I love love love Peppermint Freddo Frogs.)
Thats the thing about the Mini, you don't get evil fingerprints because you don't possess a mirror-like surface on the back of your iPod, just cool, green metal.
LAADIDOOO.
*prances around*
Oh yeah, by the time I came out of the airport today, sheets and sheets of rain were just happily streaming their way down to Earth.
Quote Rene's sms: Wah, we happy happy in the airport, outside like flood ah!
The lighting was bloody brilliant can?
Streaks and streaks of branching veins lighting up the sky. So much for Rene's daily proclamations of 'Lets go tanning tomorrow.'
Fweh.
Oh wells.
VERY busy schedule after the O's. Seems like I'd just have to go find something nice for prom on the weekend just after the papers end on the 18th. Since I'd (probably) go for AC band tune-in on the 21st, and I've requested to go for AC's TSD audition on the 24th. Not including the fact that Mrs Lim has blessed me with the opportunity to go for the year end SPH camp from the 22nd to the 24th as well. Prom's on 25th. Waaaah. Busy busy. So fun! Heard PAE application will be from 24th to 26th or something too.
And its off to Aussie on the 29th.
So exciting. Can't wait for O's to end. Can't wait for Christmas.
*big HE HE HE grin*
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12:26 AM
Went for Cincinnati Pops at the Esplanade. The pieces were good, of course. It was a decent, enjoyable performance. They'd be playing again tomorrow night, but I doubt I'd be able to find anyone to attend it with me at such late notice (since Sissy has dance tomorrow night and won't be able to go even if she wanted to).
Classics are good. My ears were well-fed tonight. Lol.
Weather's been brilliant lately, when it stops raining, that is. The cool, light breeze (especially at night) has been really nice. Very pleasant to walk in, if I had the chance to, of course.
Rene managed to make me buy a $59.90 Billabong bag. *insert audible sigh*
Felt like blogging originally but I'm not in the mood to do so anymore.
Oh yeah, came across this Relient K song on my iPod earlier that I hadn't really paid attention to before.
Its called What to Bury, Us or the Hatchet.
Heh. Go check out the lyrics if you ever have the time to.
Missed the last formal lesson I would've ever have had to attend today. History was supposed to be from 8 - 10, but by the time I woke up it was 11.30. Lol.
Gahh.
*stares placidly at blog*
Lord, I know I cannot. I know you can.
And you will.
Thank you Lord that all shall be well.
Because of your grace.
Not because of my works.
But because you first loved me...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:37 PM
Being able to find only one side of my pathetically drenched, orange Ripples slipper, I stalked out of my house fwumping in Sissy's slightly bigger, blue pair of (insert-brand-here) slippers hoping that Dad (who was poking around in the garden in case my slipper decided to visit the vegetation) would find it hidden somewhere among the flowerpots by the time I got home.
Unfortunately, when I stepped out of Mommy's car at 10.51PM tonight, said slipper was still Missing in Action.
And who else should arrive to save the day (and the slipper) but my dearest Sis, who daintily hopped her way out of the cab and into the house, calmly analyzing the situation amidst my wails for slipper-restoration and using logical deduction (why didn't lizzy think of that earlier? huh? huh?) deduced that since the footwear that was at Point A moved to Point B, orange Ripples slippers that were at point B out to be at... Point C (this is of course, you realize, a very sketchy picture I'm painting).
As it turns out, Sissy's 20second deduction turned out to be completely accurate, and the left side of Lizzy's precious Ripples slippers was retrived.
Yay!
(stoned silence)
Lol.
Oh well.
I've been meaning to promote the likes of Jason Hahn, Neil Humprey, Stephen Clarke and my dear friend Gerald on my blog, but the inspiration has yet to hit me like a brick in the head to grab their books and write exerpts.
Not that Gerald has a book, but he has a brilliantly hilarious livejournal that I highly recommend for a good laugh.
The poor dude's stuck in NS and him, being a fashion diva and all, is throwing a fabulous show of hissy fits that never fail to make me grin from ear to ear every weekend.
Satrical humour!
The very best.
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3:46 PM
No anxiety, no fear shall grip my heart. For my trust is in His great love for me. For God has chosen the foolish things to put to shame the wisdom of this world.
For even His weakness is greater than all our strengths.
In my weakness, lies His strength.
In Him is my trust.
The beautiful song playing right now was gracefully bestowed to me by Adora, who has a knack for occasionally peppering my iTunes with God-inspired melodies such as this.
Lovely song, 'tis unfortunate that I can't seem to find the lyrics.
Every knee shall bow
Declare your name that you are God forever.
High and lifted up we bless Your name.
In your holiness, I find redemption
In your majesty, I find where I belong.
Hosanna
You are holy and exalted
Hosanna
You are high and lifted up
Hosanna
You are worthy of all praise,
We worship you.
We worship you...
Just reveling in his love. Its just so real. Even when the lying symptoms are present, I know I am not alone. Because His love is undeniable. And there's a reason why I sing.
For some who don't understand our purpose
And may not understand our praise
We, as the family in Jesus' name
Would like to tell you the reason why we sing
Someone asked the question
Why do we sing
When we lift our hands to Jesus
What do we really mean
Someone may be wondering
When we sing our song
At times we maybe crying
And nothing's even wrong
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
That's the reason why I sing
Glory, hallelujah
You're the reason why I sing
And when the song is over
We've all said, 'Amen'
In your heart just keep on singing
And the song will never end
And if somebody asks you
Was it just a show
Lift your hands and be a witness
And tell the whole world, no
And when we cross that river
To study war no more
We will sing our song to Jesus
The One whom we adore
- Kirk Franklin, Why I Sing
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12:14 PM
All the best to my dearest friends who are taking Chem prac now.
DO YOUR THANG! Whatever it is. Since I couldn't even read NO2 or whatever it was in the Chem Qualitative Analysis when I was with Rene last evening.
I'm surprisingly awake even though I slept at 5.00 in the morning. Was plugging some good fanfiction. Lol.
To the giver of my cactus, that 'spoilt' part is rotting. Its turned into a shrivelled little cusp and its not because I didn't water it or give it sunlight because I DO!
And just in case you think that cactuses 3 inches in height are harmless, try pulling the little thorns out of your index finger after you playfully tap your finger just a little too hard on its spiny, almost innocent looking top. Small lil' needles sticking out of your flesh = not fun.
Anyway.
Although Rene already spoilt the grand finale for me,
YAY NAIMA WON!!!!!! :D:D:D:D
Haha. I absolutely adore both Kahlen and Naima, and Kahlen definitely takes better photos. But on the catwalk, Naima utterly pwned.
And oh, DAD SAID I GREW A BIT TALLER!!!!!
BWAHAHA.
I say YES AND AMEN to that in Jesus name!
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Monday, October 24, 2005
11:58 PM
Lead me Lord I pray.
Take me, mould me, use me, fill me.
I give my life to the potter's hand.
Hold me, guide me, lead me, walk beside me...
Should I write a proper entry this clear, beautifully cool night?
Its just one of those nights where I'm feeling particularly reflective, or maybe its just the great worship songs that have been playing on iTunes shuffle.
Nothing that I do can make Him love me more.
And nothing that I've done will ever make him close the door.
Lord you are my shelter.
My shield.
My strength.
You are my tomorrow. My future is safe, its blessed in your hands.
Hmm.. After several months of having partially made the airport my second home, Rene and I have discovered something fantabulous called soya ice-cream.. *beams* Available at T1 Mr. Bean, it costs $1.50 and has to be the best thing since green tea was invented. And speaking of tea, I finally found something worth drinking in Coffee Bean. (TEA!)
So yes, soya ice-cream. (: However, I strongly, strongly recommend that you do not eat any of the pancakes that stare innocently at you from the display at Mr. Bean, for they taste, simply put, awful. Though Rene seems to have the (warped) impression that they're actually marginally edible, Lizzy begs to differ, and suggests that good pancakes and tau huay should be bought at Pin Le outlets, the best of which being the Suntec branch, which is conveniently located next to a shop selling the yummiest cookies, brownies and according to Mom, coffee. :D
(Cookie Boy or something like that. Its downstairs next to what used to be good soup at Cedele Depot, which has since deteriorated.)
Having seen the likes of Suntec for an average of twice a week per annum for the past.. 6, 7 years, Lizzy almost feels like a sage in assessing the large variety of eateries that grace its landings.
Suntec has also recently turned into an ice-cream paradise, with almost every imaginable brand available within walking distance from each other.
To begin with, Carrefour's outer eating court offers Marigold (Lizzy thinks), but why anyone would want to eat Marigold ice-cream when Bravissimo is less than 10 metres away from it is beyond me. Further down next to Coffee Bean and OCBC (Or is that DBS?) bank, is the highly recommended Ben & Jerry's unit, which seriously, needs more chairs and a wider variety of less supermarket commercially available flavours. Grab the 3 scoop mix and match while its still going for $7.50. (:
Down the escalator on this side of Suntec, you will find New Zealand Natural, and on the McDonald's end, Yami youghurt and Olio Bites. If you count the ice-cream offered at McDonalds, Burger King (that pathetic thing available in cheap plastic cups), KFC and Delifrance, that makes ten.
This is not forgetting Swensens just a lil' further down the circular perimeter of the fountain and NYDC. Come to think of it, you could get ice-cream anywhere and everywhere in Suntec now.
For what to eat in Suntec (Lizzy doesn't even know why she's talking about food at 12.11 in the morning but she supposes she just needs to ramble for a bit, so there.) and what not to eat, do consult the following... (remind me again why I've suddenly become a food critic?)
Must try:
Chong Qing Hotpot: Best ala carte steamboat buffet ever.
Crystal Jade La Mian: 'nuff said.
Tonkichi: Best Japanese food available in Suntec.
The roti-prata from the convention centre side of the mall. (Whatever that place may be called.)
The peanut pancake from Pin Le. Hoho.
Triple-decker chocolate cookie from Cookie Boy.
And oh, how could I forget Marche? (: Thats always good.
...
I'm sure there's more but its just a lil' difficult to remember them offhand right now. Lol.
There's more, of course. Like Carl's Jr at Marina which you just have to try. It has the best burgers and the best onion rings ever. Burger King should be ashamed. And the drinks are free flow.
Fins at Marina also serves very succulent fish and chips - juicy, moist flesh wrapped in a jacket of crisp flour.. :D Salmon is not recommended. Just eat Cod and Chips. *nods*
With all my expertise in the area I should consider dedicating an entire month to blogging 'A Guide to Eating, Shopping and Spending Quality Time in Suntec City'.
But since this is Singapore, even the vast expanse of Suntec could probably be thoroughly dissected within a week full of well-summarized blog entries.
Still, I've grown pretty fond of the place. It'd be a pity when the church moves to the Expo. Shall miss what has grown to be more than half a decade of Sundays (and the semi-regular Friday/Saturdays) attending service in the Rock.
Mm.. moving on,
I'm so glad I have Jesus.
I'm so glad that even when I don't feel all charged up and rah rah, He's still there.
His presence in my life isn't based on my performance, isn't based on how 'close' I feel to Him.
Because He's always here.
He's always here.
when the tears stream from my face,
the place i run to is your embrace.
when i feel i can't go on,
you're the reason i sing my song.
when love feels like its far away,
i know you give me brighter days,
and when the rain is falling down,
in you i know i will be found,
for there is no other who loves me like you do,
and nothing compares with what i mean to you...
jesus you're my all in all
in your arms i'd never fall
found in you my heart i'd give
your death so that i might live
take me now and draw me near
for naught is left for me to fear
raise me up and hold me high
for your promises never lie
where i am is where'd you be
for never will you forsake me
by the blood of christ i stand
for i am safest in your hands
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12:45 PM
I don't know how to say exactly how I feel
And I can't begin to tell you what your love has meant
I'm lost for words
Is there a way to show the passion in my heart
Can I express how truly great I think you are
My dearest friend
Lord, this is my desire
To pour my love on You
Like oil upon your feet
Like wine for you to drink
Like water from my heart
I pour my love on you
If praise is like perfume
I'll lavish mine on you
Till every drop is gone
I'll pour my love on you
Is there a way to show the passion in my heart
Can I express how truly great I think you are
My dearest friend
Lord, this is my desire
To pour my love on you
Like oil upon your feet
Like wine for you to drink
Like water from my heart
I pour my love on you
If praise is like perfume
I'll lavish mine on you
Till every drop is gone
I'll pour my love on you
Pour my love on you
Yeah
Lord, you are bigger than all my worries.
Your love is greater than anything I can ever give to you. You love me with an everlasting love. And I just want to rest in your open arms that are always there to embrace me.
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12:23 PM
A good night's sleep.
(:
It feels so utterly good to wake up at 11.00AM. If any of my fellow peers and perhaps, teachers are reading this, please do not feel aghast that I am spending my study leave sleeping. Because to be able to rest well is a blessed gift granted to us by God.
No fear, no worry shall plague my heart, because my rest is in Him.
And He is the one who will see me through my O' levels.
My Jesus is taking care of his precious, his beloved one. (:
There must be so many things I want to blog about.
The new books I've bought. My great love for satrical humour. ACJC open house. Pastor Mark's uplifting preaching on Sunday.. *grins lazily*
Yet everytime I look upon this lil' box and the cursor blinking at me from Blogger's 'Create Post' page, all the words that constantly do their excitable dances in my head fail to transcribe themselves off my fingertips into the realm of visibility.
Perhaps its due to the lack of necessity to announce to the world how I'm feeling today. Or yesterday. Or what occured the day before last.
*blinks owlishly*
I dreamt of JCs last night, of all things.
And I feel not like blogging any longer.
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Friday, October 21, 2005
9:22 PM
Can't be much of a pleasure. I wonder where the vascular bundles are, even. *idly stirs soup*
Ten minutes later Lizzy is back at her keyboard, armed with a Kinder Happy Hippo - her newly christened favourite chocolate of unbearable sweetness. Yum yum. (:
Attended MJC's open house today. It was surprisingly lacklustre, after the vibrancy offered by VJ and TJ last week. Still, I only went back to see my beloved Soo Kun. Buehehe. Why anyone would favour the alto over the tenor I will never know. *misses her Selmer hubby*
Though I suppose that I shall have to resign to the fact that my saxophonist days are over.
I already miss band dearly.
But I know that I will not be contented spending the next two years staring at more black and white pages filled with incomprehensible taugeh.
Its time for change! And change will come. (:
So well, we (basically Rene and I, though Jane and Krin were there as well) decided to totter down to Tampines Mall (so definitely not my turf) after spending about half an hour on campus. Being, of course, totally unfamiliar with the area, we (Rene and Liz) decided to play smart and take the bus down to TM instead of the MRT. Which of course, resulted in us taking a 35 minute bus ride through practically every suburb and neighbourhood in the Pasir Ris/Tampines district before we finally even caught sight of the aformentioned building.
Anyway I digress for a moment to mention something very important.
Thank God for good, clean water at home!
After the horrors that come bubbling out of the school water coolers, its such a blessing to come home and have precious, filtered tap water to drink..
So yes. Rene and I fumbled our way to TM, with Liz's goal in mind to find a new pencil case (hers is currently on the verge of exploding and showering all present with spews of ink and various stationary) (although Lizzy is eternally grateful to the giver of the bee-yew-ti-ful pencil case and attached dangly aka Flossy) and found to a very marginal degree of disappointment that there was no pencil case present that appealed to Lizzy's 'BUY ME!' hormones.
Thereafter, Lizzy in all her glorious sleepiness, was dragged around the entire mall by her beloved lil' llama at least n times. Which is to say, uncountable. Found many amusing things in TM. Like bad para-para dancers (Liz was no better, in her days) and this shop, I think it was the one that sold adorable Precious Moments things, that stocks an array of sickeningly sweet 'I love you' cards.
Rene and I must've spent at least half an hour in the shop gagging, yet kept curiously spellbound by the shelves of mushy 'I want to spend forever with you. Your eyes are like the yadda yadda..' that was strewn before our eyes, which unfortunately, lapped hungrily at those words despite the fact that getting to the end of every 'I love you' confession sent goosebumps soaring up our little toesie woesies to the neck.
And oh yes! There's also this other shop, where Rene proudly proclaims they bought my birthday present at last year (her proof is a picture of a Nicci sheep that she took in that very same shop on the 3rd of February 2004) which sells, of course, the most adorable Nicci products.
I am in utter love with the sheep plushie. I think it has a name but I never really found out. The only disturbing fact was that it too, came in gaudy shades of blue and pink. :S
But anyway, yes, sheep. The white one is so utterly endearingly. *awww*
AHHHHHH. *squishes*
Its just so.. eesodinfdffsqueeee adorable.
By the end of the day, Lizzy was mostly exhausted, from having been dragged by the wrist up and down the escalators. She sits here right now, quite ready to collapse into bed and lull herself into deep, salivatingly powerful sleep if not for the fact that it is a mere 10.15PM and she has never known herself to have ever fallen asleep before the clock strikes 11.00PM. (And normally, much more)
Of course, in situations where boredom is a factor, neoprints play an important role in keeping us entertained for about fifteen minutes. Such activity traditionally results in both parties (Rene and I) agreeing to a complete extent that we should just stick to taking neos with other people. For two people in a large, empty neoprint machine, does not offer much space for er.. variety. *nods*
And with that Lizzy ends the recount of her posssibly un-interesting day. And bids thee all goodnight as she stumbles off for a lil.. nap. G'night.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
8:21 PM
May He bless you richly and drench you in His perfect love, that you may come to know that He is the one true God.
For in all things,
I am still the righteousness of God in Christ.
Nothing will change where I stand with God.
Nothing will change the fact that HE IS MY REFUGE. HE IS MY SAVIOUR.
And in Him I will trust.
No circumstances, no worries can change the fact that I will reign in life because I have Christ.
Nothing you can do or say can ever touch me, because MY GOD IS FOR ME. Who can be against me?
And Lord, I am but human. Anger, sadness, grief. Being undeniably pissed off.
But I know Lord, that I am made in your image. And I am yours. As much it it hurts I look first to you. And in you and you alone I can say that I can forgive. Not of my own flesh. For on my own I know I cannot Lord. But in you, Jesus, I look to you. And I know Lord, that I can stand here not in my own glory, but in your glory, your finished work.
This life is no longer about me. This life is yours.
I forgive you.
But in all things, whatever you do cannot touch me. Because I am victorious in Christ.
In Jesus name. I know it matters not what you think of me.
Because I know that my God is all knowing, all powerful. And He will not let me be put to shame. He will not let me lead an unhappy life.
He will raise me above my circumstances.
In all things I will prosper, in all things I have favour. In every situation I emerge triumphant.
Because I'm smart? No.
Because I'm capable? No.
Because I have GOD.
And He is more than enough for me.
My future is bright. My future is blessed.
My JC years will be full of good days and beautiful memories.
I seek first the mercy of my Father. And I know that all these things. All the material things, will be added unto me.
z00t.
Have been really, really blessed by Pastor Mark's preaching. Even though his English is really 'o_O', the annointing shines through. Indeed, God uses the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise.
Here's a clip from his message, it kinda ends a lil' abruptly cause its the last track on the first CD. Be blessed! If you so choose to listen to it of course. =)
To live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Who else could I be living for other than him?
What is there to fear from the world? For I am in Christ. And He is my tomorrow. He is my future.
My rest is in Him, and there is no guilt, no shame, in my life.
Only his righteousness. Only for Him do I live. Not for the approval of the ones who would be here today and gone tomorrow, but for the one who has never left me and has never forsaken me. (: