02.02.2008 and 14. 02. 2008

The white roses that save our relationship..... miracle on 02. 02. 2008















My Valentine's day tulips and cute card! Dear and I went to open a joint account with citibank on 14. 02. 2008.












happy outside Fullerton Hotel....
dear was sick that day.....

Valentine's day... Miracles upon miracles

It has been an eventful short month February.
Love, miracles, joy and tears filled the air of February.
02. 02 is my anniversary day with dear.
04. 02 is my mom's promotion to heaven day.
07. 02 starts the chinese new year celebration.
14. 02 is Valentine's day.

Had an heartbreaking time with dear which leads to supposingly a "tragic" end to our 2 years relationship to a miracle bonding of this relationship.

When men look at situation and sighed, "It's impossible... hopeless"
God can turn things around and said to you, "My child, all things are possible with me."

This month is a faith building month for me too as I see miracles unfold day by day.. whether it's a small miracle or big ones... Miracles do happen.. and cherish them when you meet them.

We hurted each others deeply, we thought of giving up, God intervention, we reconciled, we hugged, we forgave, we loved.

Those white roses saved our relationship. First miracle.

God has been speaking to me.. all the times..
but I have neglected Him.. many times i know.
"Sorry Lord."

Met up with sis Jacqueline, she has been encouraging and God has been using her to encourage me this month.

Should I stayed on in English ministry? The service that I am so used to, the cell members who have been with me for 4 years, the lives I have imparted into, the prayer language that I am so used to...

vs.. going to the Chinese ministry... is it a calling from God? To do greater things for Him? to touch more lives? to become who God has called me to be?

When I know dear has been praying for me for the past 1 year, I am touched.
I know God is hearing and He is preparing me for this change.

I need courage and acceptance into the Chinese ministry.. most of all, I need God's confirmation.. His voice to call me into this ministry.

All for Jesus, I give my life.

I have found the greatest joy of all... that is to share God's love with a person.
I have been slacking in this area... but God is bringing me back.. (Thank God)
to live life with intent, with purpose.

Indeed life is fragile.
Attending funerals are common to me... but this time, I see it as an opportunity to share God's bountiful love with the family members of the deceased.

Just attended someone whom I do not know's funeral wake on Valentine's day. A young girl at the age of 23 diagnosed with brain cancer and suffered for 1 year before her promotion to Heaven. As I chatted with her sister, I know that she has no medical record of bad health. She has always been in the pink of health.

Just before going to this funeral, i have been reading "the 7 habits of highly effective people" again. In chapter 2, the author asked us to imagine going to a familiar person funeral... imagine.... when we came face to face to the person in the coffin, we come to reality.. that the person is us ourselves.

He continued to asked the reader to think and visualised what do you want to see your friends and family members talk about you on your funeral wake.
Will they see you as a person who love and prioritised family as very important in your life, someone who cares for people deeply... or perhaps someone who only works hard to bring the money home but never did spend time with your loved ones?

Habit 2 that says "Begin with the end in mind" is a wonderful habit that I want to master. It says that if at the end of my life, I want people to remember me as a loving and faithful person, then I work towards becoming that NOW. Many things are not under my control, so why worry about things that I can't control?
Some people can worry their own lives and come to realise that all these do not matter at all in the end. Chapter 1 talks about "Being proactive" (I will elabarated in future is possible) and also touch on focusing on our area of influence rather than on our area of concern.

Area of Concern: Unreasonable boss, quarrelsome wife, war, bad economy, problems at work, our health

Area of influence: Things within the area of concern that WE CAN DO SOMETHING about.
eg, exercise more, look within self to improve ourselves, work harder, become more loving, more forgiving.

Things that we have NO control over, we dont worry.
Focus in the area of infiluence. focus on "be" rather than "have"

Circle of concern: "If only I have a more patient husband"
"If only I have a better job"
"If I have more time to myself.."

Circle of influence: "I can be more patient"
"I can be loving"
Things that we have control over.

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ops.. didn;t know why I diverted to talking about habits 1 and 2...
Probably because I was talking on funerals.. that led me to urge all my friends and loved ones to really live our lives to the fullest, if i know I am going to die tomorrow, I wont worry so much on the trival stuffs that happen daily and is not within my control.. life is fragile yet very very precious...

back to topic................

So i focus on sharing Christ's love to the sister that day and thank God, she received Jesus into her life that day. She will see her sister one day in Heaven. What a great joy! =)

Miracle 2: On Friday, davy came into office and shouted that his laptop blacked out! and he is very devastated indeed. He need his laptop for work and appointments and everything is inside. He called up friends to try fixing his laptop and had tried all means to try to retrieve his laptop normal self and in vain. As I was about to leave, I thought what a great miracle it will be if I pray for his laptop to "recover" and it did! But frankly speaking, I think at that moment, I have little faith. I struggled for 1 sec, "my pride (if i pray and nothing happen.. very pai sey" or "God's glory if i pray, and God resurrect the laptop"

At the second, I chose 2: to pray.
Still without faith, (but using Jesus's faith) I prayed aloud over the laptop in the presence of Davy and his secretary.

I quickly turn over after I prayed and upon Davy calling me around to see if my prayers work, i turned around facing him and waited expectedly for the result!
My heart pound, "Lord, do it!"

Davy's eyes lit up and shouted "Shirley! It works! It works!

Praise the Lord! His laptop resurrected miraclously! =)

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Went for my interview to become an Associate Agency Manager.

It is God's vision 2 years ago, "Shirley, you will start your own agency in 2008" that encouraged me to go for this interview.

Never really consider this because I know there are alot of things that I have got to learn... and also being a manager in my line is really not easy.. I doubt i can handle it... seriously .. in my own strength.

but I walk by faith, not by sight.

I can just walk step by step with God who holds my future.

Amen! All glory to God!

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50 LIFE LESSONS ENCOURAGEMENT that can change your life if you let them!

50 LIFE LESSONS ENCOURAGEMENTthat can change your life if you let them!

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare and then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years will this matter?"
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time-time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
38. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
39. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
40. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
41. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
42. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
43. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
44. The best is yet to come.
45. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
46. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
47. If you don't ask, you don't get.
48. Yield.49. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.50. "A REAL FRIEND IS ONE WHO WALKS IN WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD WALKS OUT"Anonymous

Blessed Chinese new year!

Once again, it's the time of the year when families gather to celebrate together. This year, im not really excited to get new clothes, shoes and stuffs. Only till the last minute on the eve of new year 6 Feb that I manage to get 3 new dresses for my new year! Thank God! 3 dresses + a new cardigan.. all for the price of $100. =) Not bad right!

4 days of total rest.. not thinking of work at all!... Just read some investment articles/updates.. thats all. =)

One last day to play tomorrow! May God bless us all with good rest and play! =)
Blessed Chinese new year to all! =)