ID:JC
We're from a crazyyyy and loving group named, ID:JC! Here, the sembawang and the woodlands come together as one, with only one purpose - to know God and make God known. :)
We love God wholeheartedly. Our identity can only be found in Christ alone.
We're all growing to be more and more like Jesus each day! :D
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
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Hello fellow young and old residents of ID:JC, it's your father monkey here once again to write a short post after disappearing online for few days! :D
In any case, today was supposed to be one of the 'mundane' or also known as boring day of my week. Reason being is simple, while everyone of your are enjoying a holiday that you don't even deserve (teacher's day- tell me what have you done to get this day? to make scream at you?!) i had to work. Worse of all, I have to be working in the morning shift and this means I can't even go down to SBW or Woodlands to find any soul.
However, a day that was supposed to be gloomy was turned around by three unexpected people in my life. They simply made my day ^^ (I learnt this from one of them) Instead of the :) or (: which i don't see why many of you like to use the latter instead of the first. Maybe because i'm lazy. :D
The three person that made my day are none of than
CLEMENT KAM ^^
Clement was the one that inspired me to use this smiley ^^ because it seems to bring a delightful spirit or even better than being happy to me. It's like over the moon kind! :D
Alright, Clement! I just want to say that I'm really proud of you that you did your quiet time even before i reminded you. Something that I still never understand is how on earth you can do quiet time for 3o minutes?! Even I can't do it when i was your age. To me, 5 minutes was considered extremely good already! But Clement, I knew you could do many other things like yu usually do - watch TV, play computer games and all. But you choose to do quiet time not even close to your bed time! I tell you, when I read that you have done your quiet time, I was like so proud of you! It's not because you must read but i'm so happy for you that you are spending time with God! Clement, if you ever remembered the other time we played car park catching, i was very worried for you that you might be influenced by others to compromise on your faith (though at times i still do worry, because you are precious in God's and my sight). But overtime, i somehow seen that you have become stronger. You begin to treasure your walk with God. Indeed, you have gone through many things but you choose to take it from the perspective of God. You are really one strong boy! Proud of you! :) More than that, i'm still worried about the coming volleyball camp this Friday to Sunday. Actually, the thing I worried also care most is each and everyone of your relationship with God. I know camp would be tiring and the environment you will be in is not one that will encourage you to grow closer to God. But i told you the challenge to do quiet time even though you are in camp. Honestly i was simply expecting a 'okay' but you told me maybe you guys could do it together. Friend, trust me it's going to be difficult. Because i went through it before, and i had to read it under my blanket with my torch light! :/ Don't believe ask Crystal, how hard it is to maintain her quiet time in her secondary two camp.
Clement Kam, KennethTan and Bryan Gui (not sure Paul :( and HW :( ) I want to encourage you guys not to be ashamed of Jesus because he was never ashamed of you. Even when people may not agree with you doing quiet time, you must stand firm. I know quiet time is a small thing, but friends small thing goes a long way. :) How strong you will be is not by what big things you do, but it's started with the small things that laid your foundations. :)
Clement, I'm really thankful to God that you made my day. Far more than that, you were concerned by asking me few questions. Though I did not really give you an answer but trust me someday I will. But my life is very easy to know as well, just ask my sheep. They hear everything and anything. :)
Clement, I heart you! (Jun Jie, didn't you say this on your post that we must dare to do this?)
Sian Tah ^^
Hey, the one who like to call me not very handsome and the ma lau (kenneth tan) will laugh about it. Sian Tah, I honestly never expected you to call me over the phone to chit chat with me today! I was pleasantly surprised! Thanks for taking the initiative to call me and chit chat because that really made me felt very appreciated by you. Honestly, sometimes I do feel quiet distant from you because I seldom get to see or talk to you. But the very effort you made to dial 91793243 and wanted to chat with me really really blow me off to MONKEY LAND. Though you called me I conference Kenneth and your call together! I can't seem to remember what exactly we talked about but I know you made fun of me and the kenneth just laugh along (tell me what kind of sheep is this? LOL) But throughout the entire conversation, I remember that you asked Kenneth why he wasn't there for LG though he came when you left. Sian Tah, it made me felt that you appreciate your life group member. From a I come for just what i want, you actually start to learn to care for people. But what really made me ^^ was the SMS you send me without me asking. You did quiet time in the toilet so that your parents will not find out! And when you did that you perspired! Because of this, you had to bathe again! My goodness, my heart melted right there and then by what you did! ^^ Sian Tah, you could just don't bother about spending time with God and do your own things but you made the effort too even when you have to perspired.
Sian Tah, I heart you too! ^^ thanks for making my day with ^^
Kenneth Tan ^^ (I know you like this colour)
Sheep oh sheep. :) Guess you would know how exciting this past God knows how many weeks have been when we became shepherd and sheep. Never once have I regretted shepherding you even though at times both of us want to puke blood at each other. Simply because when I look at your life, I know that God's not done with you. He brought you through so many events over this few months to show you who he really is and always try to bring you back despite you flaws. Alright, I'm not here to say about what has happened for the past few weeks (and i'm looking forward to our next week shepherding).
Kenneth Tan, I know you could choose not to do your quiet time because it was very late. It was past midnight but what took me by surprise was that I received a message from you at 1250am saying you have just done your quiet time and you are going to sleep and asking me not to reply because you are going to off your phone. Knowing you for the past few weeks, i'm very sure that you would want to go and sleep after using computer and play game. At best, you may just pray but your very action today moved my heart. :) You choose to spend time with God despite you could have your own reasons. As i've said before, it's not because you must read bible but we need to take effort to unload and reload in our relationship with God. We got to take time to build this friendship with God and we do that through quiet time. Sheep, be honest with you kay? I actually thought you might hack the quiet time especially when it was drawing closer to 12. But remember the message i send you saying nights because i think you will sleep before me? I was very tempted to remind you to do quiet time. But at then, God/Holy spirit prompted me to trust you that you will do. So I did and now i know that you can be trusted. Because sheep, I know you don't like it when people don't trust you. Thanks for making my night so wonderful to know that you are making effort to build this friendship with God ^^
Kenneth, I heart you too ^^ Finally, just want to say it out loud for what I text you last night. Thanks for allowing me to step into your vulnerable life and do it with God together. :) Thanks sheep. Don't lazy lah, time to write some stuff for people whom you truly matter to you. It comes naturally. :)
Dear God,
Just when my entire day was about to collapse, I prayed to you in that black sofa sit. I felt helpless because my strength could only bring a distance but I knew you could change the hearts of man. Thank You for blessing me with this three wonderful people that never thought that had the ability to brighten my day! God, you also know that in my heart I'm still praying for the other two who also mean a lot to me. God, please bring them back to you love. Help them understand that the path that they are going may seem fun for a moment but it will never sustain them. I do hope, they don't turn to sec8b chapt 154. Sigh. But if i only sigh, i guess you sigh even louder than me. So lao ba, please change their hearts. Because everyone really do matter. God ah, i also want to ask of you to continue to spread your love through this awesome bunch of ID:JC people in our schools and wherever we land our foot on.
ID:JC