Lord I Love You, My Soul Sings

To the one, who makes the clouds, the sea and sky
To the one, who makes all things new
To the one, who lifts me beyond what I can see
To the one, who carries me
To the one, who has always loved me
To the one, who has great plans for me
To the one, who always provides
To the one, who knows me through and through

I just want to say Thank You.

Jesus, I am so in love with You.

I'll sing your praises forever, deeper in love with You. Here in your courts where I'm close to Your throne, I've found where I belong :)

You Make All Things New

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.


What is your perception of love? So many people have warped perceptions of love. The thing is, God is Love. What more can we ask for, when we don't deserve this perfect and unconditional love? The love, which never fails us, the love, which casts out all fears, the love, which caused Him to send His son to give his life for us. All that because He first loved us. And yet some of us, don't love Him back, which is sad.

Love is patient. Love doesn't rush into things, because it's willing to wait. Love gives in, just because. Love gives people choices to make. Love respects. Love trusts.

My past thoughts on love, which still hold true.

So I throw my life upon all You are,
‘Cause I know You gave it all for me,
And when all else fades,
My soul will dance with You,
Where the love lasts forever.

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Off to Dubai, going to be at T1 at 11.30pm tomorrow. It's a seven hour flight, and I'll be back on the 26th, at 4.50pm, nine hour flight. Tailwinds, headwinds. Flying on Emirates, how apt. I'll try to make it as fun as it can get. But with the coolest people around, why not? My newly bought 2Gb SanDisk Memory Stick Pro Duo and my trusty camera will be around.

New experiences, new country, a fun time, here I come!
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The past few days, I've finally faced up to something I haven't dared to for the longest of times, and though it was really, really difficult, I'm glad I did. Because I am set free.

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Give to the world the best you know and the best will come back to you.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Layer One: On The Outside
Name: Janel
Birth Date: 020592
Current Status: Single, and loving it
Current Location: Singapore, Singapore.
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Righty or Lefty: Righty

Layer Two: On The Inside
Your Heritage: Chinese
Your Fears: Lizards. Disappointing others. Hurting others. Being alone.
Your Weaknesses: I procrastinate. I don't like studying. I am lazy.
Your Perfect Pizza: I grew up on Pepperoni Pizzas in Canada. Hawaiians are good too, with loads of Parmesan and Chilli Flakes.

Layer Three: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First Waking Up: I want to sleep.
Your Bedtime: 12am- 6am, or not sleeping at all on rare occassions.
Your Most Missed Memory: Childhood times where we were all so carefree. And the happier, most intimate moments with my close friends.

Layer Four: Your Pick
Pepsi Or Coke: I hate to pick between both since I don't really fancy carbonated drinks. But Coke.
McDonald’s or Burger King: I think McDonald's tastes like grub. But still, gonna vote them because they have delivery, $2 Breakfasts and quicker service.
Single or Group Dates: Single, I trust that the person that I'll go out with is interesting enough.
Adidas or Nike: I used to be a through-and-through Nike fan.
Tea or Nestea: None
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: What's the difference? I don't like any.

Layer Five: Do You……
Smoke: No. I think I'm allergic to second-hand smoke. I start hacking away when I breathe any in. So first-hand'll probably send me to the hospital.
Curse: Not really.
Have a crush: Nope, I don't like anyone, at least not now.
Think you’ve been in love: Hmmm, what love? Friends, family, God? :)
Go To School: Yup, VJC for the win.
Want to get married: OF COURSE!
Believe in yourself: Yes.
Think you’re a health freak: I'm health conscious, but not a health freak.

Layer Six: In The Past Month……
Have you…
Drank Alcohol: Nope.
Gone to the Mall: A lot of times.
Been on Stage: Yup.
Eaten sushi: I think my mum bought some for me.
Dyed your hair: Nope, never in my life.

Layer Seven: Have you ever……
Played a Stripping Game: No? That's so grossly indecent and so not me.
Changed who you were to fit in: I think probably not. I like who I am, and I don't think I'd change for the world, and even if I did, it would be minimal.

Layer Eight: You’re Hoping
To Be Married: Yeah!
For: Some of my friends to get saved.

Layer Nine: In a Guy/Girl
Best Eye + Best hair colour combination: Ash brown hair and greenish-blue eyes. I like Caucasians. (But then again, do looks matter that much?)
Short or long hair: Short, definitely. I like guys who look clean. A must!

Layer Ten: What were you doing
1 Min ago: Listening to Switchfoot
1 Hour ago: Reading.
4.5 Hours ago: Lying on my bed thinking about things
1 Month Ago: Stage duty at Perfect Fifth.
Year Ago: I have no idea.

Layer Eleven: Finish the Sentence
I Love: God, friends, cell, family, music, food, sleep, sports, quality time with friends
I Feel: great
I Hate: evil things, watching people suffering, seeing people being hard-hearted or just not caring at all, people being late
I Miss: some of the most wonderful people in my life, who might still be around, but not as close to me anymore. Being an innocent kid.
I Need: to eat good food. God more than anything :)

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Things are good. Got an iPod, had my wireless fixed. Thank you :)

Lord I will burn for You

PLast night, I was thinking. I thought about many things.

As I was thinking, this song that was playing on my phone caught my attention.

It's time for healing time to move on
It's time to fix what's been broken too long
Time make right what has been wrong
It's time to find my way to where I belong
There's a wave that's crashing over me
And all I can do is surrender

Whatever You're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos but somehow there's peace
It's hard to surrender to what I can't see
but I'm giving in to something Heavenly

Time for a milestone
Time to begin again
Reevaluate who I really am
Am I doing everything to follow Your will
Or just climbing aimlessly over these hills
So show me what it is You want from me
I give everything I surrender...
To...

Whatever You're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos but I believe
You're up to something bigger than me
Larger than life something Heavenly

Whatever You're Doing by Sanctus Real

It's so strange how I've had this song in my phone for so long, but yet I've never paid attention to the lyrics till last night. Anyway, I think that the time had come, for this whole season of renewal and reevaluation at the middle of last year. God's still not through with me yet, but I think this season's going to be over soon, because so many things are falling into place and God's beginning to reveal to me the bigger picture. I remember that I blogged before, that faith is trusting in God's heart and His character. And indeed, He's brought me through.

By faith I walk. Lord I will burn for You.

I also thought about certain important people in my life. I've come to a conclusion that many things these people do is in order to protect me, even though I don't know what from. There's a whole load of unsaid words from some of my close friends, I feel. Though I have no idea whether that's good or bad, and it sometimes sucks to try to guess what people wanna say, or are thinking, thank you.

And another thing. I realise that the real effects from camp have just kicked in today. Watch out! I'm going to do great things for God! On a random note, did you know that Rain Down by Delirious? is my favourite Christian song? Hope in my hands!

P.S. Guys are the most complicated creatures ever, I'm positively sure of that.

After Camp

Back from Leader's Camp.
It was held in a little Hotel by the name of Selesa in Pasir Gudung, Malaysia. Camp was good. In a sense, it was refreshing and it's gotten me refueled. Camp gave me time to rest, to be away from Singapore.

I've realised certain things during camp. Certain things, that I have to confront, and yet I don't have the full courage yet still, but I'm working on it. And affirmation of my calling, where God's asking me to cross over to. Prayer.

Response times have really put back that passion in me, something that I've wanted back, and yes, camp was great, because of the simple reason that I encountered God in a powerful way :)

One thing sad was that I lost my voice somewhere along the way and there were certain times during worship when I opened my mouth and no sound came out. But then again, it's the heart and intentions that count during worship right?

The Camp Comm did a fantastic job. The games were really interesting and fun and some things they thought about were really sweet.

I'm charged up spiritually and emotionally. There's an urgency in this hour. I'm ready, to go.

Three Days

Past Two Days

01 Pauline's midnight surprise (Cheesecake by Dory, Jolynn and I)
02 Supper at ECP and the sunrise
03 Geogteam strategy meeting @VJ
04 Pauline's surprise lunch @ Jack's Place
05 Lunch @ T3 with Grandparents
06 Haircut
07 Attempt at repairing computer

Pretty eventful.

Have You Ever

I love my life the way it is now. I'm content. Even though some things, I think could have gone better, I'm pretty satisfied and blessed.

But! I still think, I'm to dream bigger. Make A Difference, make my life count for Jesus.
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Now playing: August Rush (Motion Picture Soundtrack) - August's Rhapsody