Nothing is a coincidence..

Taken from my blog. Thought i would share it with you guys.

As I was lying down relaxing on my bed, this song came to mind:

You did not wait for me
To draw near to you
But you clothed yourself with frail humanity
You did not wait for me
To cry out to you
But you let me hear
Your voice calling me.

It's pretty amazing how the Lord did not wait for me to chase after Him and seek Him. I mean, after all, he is God. He could have just sat there and laughed thinking how dumb I was not to know that he is God. He could have just sat there and waited for people to find him.That's probably the most common picture of a king who awaits people to serve him. Well, in my case, trully he was the one who chased after me instead of the other way around. He planned a whole future for me and as I look back at the years that passed, I'm forever grateful to him. If it wasnt for him, I would be some girl living her life in pubs and mixing with the wrong crowd for all you know.

It all started at the tender age of 9 i suppose. During the years of PTS or express class they call it. If it wasnt for my mum, i would have never passed that test and ultimately skip stardard 4 to 5. At stardard 6, i switched schools to an all girls school, SBS. I must be honest in saying i did not really like the idea of an all girls school and adapting to a whole new environment to begin with. Anyway, i managed to get myself automatically into a particular secondary school without much trouble although it was the last year for SBS to be sending their students to SBU, my secondary school. So you see, if i had not passed PTS and skipped standard 4 by God's grace, i would not have gotten myself into SBU for it will already be too late. I would have missed by one year and i wouldnt be in SBU. Anyway, moving on...the only reason why i am who i am this day and a stronger Christian than i ever was back then was because of the Christian Union Society in that school. I learned about God and grew in him. I had friends who backed me up in any situation and walked along side me in the Lord. And because of them, i took Bible Knowledge classes in upper secondary and as an additional subject in the national SPM examination which made me grow even more in the Lord.

So it all links together to form a particular chain that if you look back, that was what made the difference in determining my life's path and how i lived my life as a Christian. Without the Christian Union society, i would have only been a cover and a Christian only by name.

And you call that a coincidence?

Im pretty sure it's not. No one's life is a coincidence if you ask me. God had it all planned out.

Hugs and kisses, Joanna.

let's talk about the sea.

yeah,let's talk about the sea.the wide and vast blue sea (may be black somewhere) that goes far beyond our reach.mysterious,scary and yet amazing.you may say it's JUST another creation of God,but it's one truly amazing creation of God.

we're a bit like that,aren't we? God stretches us if we allow Him to,far beyond where we think we can go.it's weird isn't it?that God would think we can do it,when we ourselves,so real on this earth,perhaps fresh from past experiences,don't think we can.it's hard to grasp and understand His infinite powers,and it's just so easy to think lowly of ourselves.

back from RBS,we enter our own world again,after having experienced something great and eye-opening for the past 5 weeks.it's easy to get back to our own ways (probably most of us already have),i know i already have.but i also know that what i learnt in the 5 weeks,i will hold on dearly,albeit the many distractions and side tracks i may make.

thanks to God for giving me much patience and understanding =D or else you people would've seen the real wolvey tsuey.haha,but admist the frusfrations,i had my share of good times and from each and everyone of Kirton-ians,i did learn something.i thank God for that!

missing you guys lots,
sway sin


p/s:in case you're wondering why 'sea',i'm missing teluk chempedak okay.no sea in ipoh.

No greater love(Steven Curtis Chapman)

[Jn. 15:13-17; Jn. 10:11]

Man of courage with your message of peace
What is that look in your eyes?
Why have you come to this faraway place?
What is this story you would lay down your life to tell?
What kind of love can this be?

[Chorus]
There is no greater love than this
There is no greater gift that can ever be given
To be willing to die so another might live
There is no greater love than this

Broken hearted from all you have lost
How can you sing through your tears?
What is this music that can bear such a cost?
What is this fire that grows stronger against the wind?
What kind of flame can this be?

[Bridge]
This is the love that God showed the world
When He gave us His Son
So we could know His love forever
Beyond the gates of splendor

Hugs and kisses, Joanna