memos
1. knowing is a process
2. itd be interesting to visit a cemetery as part of a birthday ritual
3. there was a point in time where she wanted to make a difference to her world, not like her film-studies friend who just wanted to be different. wishes that her parents would only broaden their view of success.. and dare to break through societal expectations
4. every sunday, we dont just look for a convenient time to do to church. we gather to remember and shape our lives in light of an event.. Jesus' resurrection. although his death accomplished much, it was the day he was resurrected that changed the way we see the world.
5. what is a mission worth living for? (you could also ask: what is a mission worth dying for?)
6. some people view a successful life as leading a satisfying life with little regret, no grudges, and having given a decent shot in pursuing happiness. some wanna make a name for themselves - but im guessing that's driven by the desire to be known and to know another in a real, tangible way (which may have little correlation with how famous you actually are). what's the kind of success you want for your life?
7. parents know it when it is their role to tell their son what to do. then there comes a point where the son no longer speaks to them as an instruction-taking son, but a parent-honouring, choice-making man. this is one of the first things i believe in for myself and i'm asking for your blessing.
8. attention to detail: getting up to get tissues for sue-lee in the middle of a bible study, getting a fork for me the moment i enter with a bowl of rice and chicken wings, water for gavin as he coughs away kinda unnoticed.
9. tell david i want to watch Robot and Frank, and The Perks of Being a Wall Flower
10. If i were to give you legs what would you use them for? If i were to give you good vision, what would you use them for? If i were to give you more time in a day, how would you spend it? If i were to extend your life by 5 years, what would you do? If i were to give you only 5 more years to live, how would you live?
11. the blind man who was healed didn't find salvation in Jesus, but the crippled man did, and responded in worship. ps 67 - pt's psalm
12. desperation gives you a certain openness
13. can't remember what uncertainty i expressed, but his response caught me by surprise "take your time.. he's there to guide you" 8/11/2012
14. "do you know there is body chocolate?" "i'm not going to pour chocolate on her????"
15. 28/10 "it looks like you have chosen." i feel like i have chosen but i dont dare to face the choice i have made. (and i struggle to remember what the choice was now. i dont think i want to remember what i was thinking then.)
16. note to self: check out erasing hell by francis chan - dunno if it's good.
17. if the bible is your diet then make sure what you read is lighting you up. if you don't have an idea lighting up your head every week then you haven't eaten.
18. you need a reason to stay alive. you don't need a reason to not die.
19. one night he told me that everything he studies is in his hair, that's why he doesn't cut his hair before his papers. and we ended up reading on samson, which was also the story that came up in the sermon the following day on 21/10. haha.
20. check out books by herve tullet. <3 p="p">21. people can be too logical to love well.
22. what is community development about? why do you do what you do? what theology backs up what you do?
23. Time tested strategies for screwing up the world
24. the Jewish idea of a "tree" is it being "the source"
25. May you build something genuinely good for humanity,
26. on 4/10/2012, she was clear that she doesn't want to meet social expectations. she hates being told what to do and finds it tiring walking within the fence.
27. She'd better not be a runner. yesterday he said to her "xx, dont drink when you're in a bad mood. it's like running away".
28. forgiving requires faith, as does receiving forgivness
29. girls like playing the victim
30. if you're bored, try something new
31. is that your true self or your scared self?
32. if you wanna be good at loving, practise praying
33. learn to make good steak
34. 2 chr 7:13. God is the one who sends natural disasters, and He is also the one who can heal a land from natural disasters. Yet whenever we think of disasters we don't naturally associate it with God. Do we believe that these are also brought by God? If we do, then we also do believe that he can take it away. 1. we take our land and safety for granted. 2. we don't believe that God has a part to play in nature and we think he is absent. 3. we have come to accept that these things just happen and we just have to suck it up. Change the way you think.
35. check out work of promise nkjv audio bible. and get venite by robert benson.
36. add to playlist: Forever Reign (Hillsong), Knows No End (Hillsong),
37. topics we can cover in 101: resurrection, end of the world, what is the church and what was it in Jesus' mind? how do we understand spirit (holy spirit, evil spirit, led by spirit..)? Trinity.
38. Faith is the understanding (sub-stance) of things hoped for
39. read psalm 107.
40. 7/11/2012 "i can't wait to send them to sunday school" "im so excited for you!" "Excited for what. my road trip next week ah??"
41. Jesus mindmap.. identity. image bearer. son. brother. body. belonging. where is home? who are my brothers and sisters and mother?
42. do you look for him just to get healed or for something larger? does Jesus fit into my purpose or do I fit into his?
43. you won't find if you don't search
44. in John 9, he doesn't even try to explain why the dude was blind. it was neither his parents nor himself. it is what it is, but God can use this for good and He does. his blindness was also an opportunity for God to show His Healer character, as much as it was an opportunity for the blind man to see God's goodness in his own life. He's interested in entering the situation, taking whatever is evil and bringing life back. do you believe in the son of man? Dan 7 imagery. 11/11/2012
45. these are the questions they asked: when we pray do we then expect money to drop from the sky? and if we pray, do we need to do it again? ..... so how much of this is what we understand to be true christianity and how much of what we do is liturgy?
ok that's all for now. too many notes to go through. i'll save the rest for some other time(s).
here are some quotes i read at an exhibition that elicit different responses from people (both agreement and disagreement)
1. we're all the same. we're all made of gold.
2. a healthy mind in a healthy body
3. my true identity is not the one you can see
4. i prefer animals to people
5. truth is better than a lie that gives false hope.
6. i belong to no one but the creator
7. failing is not falling down. it's staying down
8. i live everyday as if it was my last
9. you only live once, so....
10. one million doesn't make you happy
11. you love me?
12. life is a daily fight
13. i'd like to die ten minutes to see who cares about me
14. small and happy
15. nothing is more beautiful than a sad person's smile
16. i'd like to be with my whole family someday
17. the devil teases us and can buy us for nothing
18. here i stand to represent. not to have fun
19. dont let anything surprise you
20. use the magic words
21. a fight lasts until the last second.
22. say what you love before its too late
2. itd be interesting to visit a cemetery as part of a birthday ritual
3. there was a point in time where she wanted to make a difference to her world, not like her film-studies friend who just wanted to be different. wishes that her parents would only broaden their view of success.. and dare to break through societal expectations
4. every sunday, we dont just look for a convenient time to do to church. we gather to remember and shape our lives in light of an event.. Jesus' resurrection. although his death accomplished much, it was the day he was resurrected that changed the way we see the world.
5. what is a mission worth living for? (you could also ask: what is a mission worth dying for?)
6. some people view a successful life as leading a satisfying life with little regret, no grudges, and having given a decent shot in pursuing happiness. some wanna make a name for themselves - but im guessing that's driven by the desire to be known and to know another in a real, tangible way (which may have little correlation with how famous you actually are). what's the kind of success you want for your life?
7. parents know it when it is their role to tell their son what to do. then there comes a point where the son no longer speaks to them as an instruction-taking son, but a parent-honouring, choice-making man. this is one of the first things i believe in for myself and i'm asking for your blessing.
8. attention to detail: getting up to get tissues for sue-lee in the middle of a bible study, getting a fork for me the moment i enter with a bowl of rice and chicken wings, water for gavin as he coughs away kinda unnoticed.
9. tell david i want to watch Robot and Frank, and The Perks of Being a Wall Flower
10. If i were to give you legs what would you use them for? If i were to give you good vision, what would you use them for? If i were to give you more time in a day, how would you spend it? If i were to extend your life by 5 years, what would you do? If i were to give you only 5 more years to live, how would you live?
11. the blind man who was healed didn't find salvation in Jesus, but the crippled man did, and responded in worship. ps 67 - pt's psalm
12. desperation gives you a certain openness
13. can't remember what uncertainty i expressed, but his response caught me by surprise "take your time.. he's there to guide you" 8/11/2012
14. "do you know there is body chocolate?" "i'm not going to pour chocolate on her????"
15. 28/10 "it looks like you have chosen." i feel like i have chosen but i dont dare to face the choice i have made. (and i struggle to remember what the choice was now. i dont think i want to remember what i was thinking then.)
16. note to self: check out erasing hell by francis chan - dunno if it's good.
17. if the bible is your diet then make sure what you read is lighting you up. if you don't have an idea lighting up your head every week then you haven't eaten.
18. you need a reason to stay alive. you don't need a reason to not die.
19. one night he told me that everything he studies is in his hair, that's why he doesn't cut his hair before his papers. and we ended up reading on samson, which was also the story that came up in the sermon the following day on 21/10. haha.
20. check out books by herve tullet. <3 p="p">21. people can be too logical to love well.
22. what is community development about? why do you do what you do? what theology backs up what you do?
23. Time tested strategies for screwing up the world
24. the Jewish idea of a "tree" is it being "the source"
25. May you build something genuinely good for humanity,
26. on 4/10/2012, she was clear that she doesn't want to meet social expectations. she hates being told what to do and finds it tiring walking within the fence.
27. She'd better not be a runner. yesterday he said to her "xx, dont drink when you're in a bad mood. it's like running away".
28. forgiving requires faith, as does receiving forgivness
29. girls like playing the victim
30. if you're bored, try something new
31. is that your true self or your scared self?
32. if you wanna be good at loving, practise praying
33. learn to make good steak
34. 2 chr 7:13. God is the one who sends natural disasters, and He is also the one who can heal a land from natural disasters. Yet whenever we think of disasters we don't naturally associate it with God. Do we believe that these are also brought by God? If we do, then we also do believe that he can take it away. 1. we take our land and safety for granted. 2. we don't believe that God has a part to play in nature and we think he is absent. 3. we have come to accept that these things just happen and we just have to suck it up. Change the way you think.
35. check out work of promise nkjv audio bible. and get venite by robert benson.
36. add to playlist: Forever Reign (Hillsong), Knows No End (Hillsong),
37. topics we can cover in 101: resurrection, end of the world, what is the church and what was it in Jesus' mind? how do we understand spirit (holy spirit, evil spirit, led by spirit..)? Trinity.
38. Faith is the understanding (sub-stance) of things hoped for
39. read psalm 107.
40. 7/11/2012 "i can't wait to send them to sunday school" "im so excited for you!" "Excited for what. my road trip next week ah??"
41. Jesus mindmap.. identity. image bearer. son. brother. body. belonging. where is home? who are my brothers and sisters and mother?
42. do you look for him just to get healed or for something larger? does Jesus fit into my purpose or do I fit into his?
43. you won't find if you don't search
44. in John 9, he doesn't even try to explain why the dude was blind. it was neither his parents nor himself. it is what it is, but God can use this for good and He does. his blindness was also an opportunity for God to show His Healer character, as much as it was an opportunity for the blind man to see God's goodness in his own life. He's interested in entering the situation, taking whatever is evil and bringing life back. do you believe in the son of man? Dan 7 imagery. 11/11/2012
45. these are the questions they asked: when we pray do we then expect money to drop from the sky? and if we pray, do we need to do it again? ..... so how much of this is what we understand to be true christianity and how much of what we do is liturgy?
ok that's all for now. too many notes to go through. i'll save the rest for some other time(s).
here are some quotes i read at an exhibition that elicit different responses from people (both agreement and disagreement)
1. we're all the same. we're all made of gold.
2. a healthy mind in a healthy body
3. my true identity is not the one you can see
4. i prefer animals to people
5. truth is better than a lie that gives false hope.
6. i belong to no one but the creator
7. failing is not falling down. it's staying down
8. i live everyday as if it was my last
9. you only live once, so....
10. one million doesn't make you happy
11. you love me?
12. life is a daily fight
13. i'd like to die ten minutes to see who cares about me
14. small and happy
15. nothing is more beautiful than a sad person's smile
16. i'd like to be with my whole family someday
17. the devil teases us and can buy us for nothing
18. here i stand to represent. not to have fun
19. dont let anything surprise you
20. use the magic words
21. a fight lasts until the last second.
22. say what you love before its too late
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