i think i figured out why people find it extremely easy to make fun of me and say mean things to me. i finally figured out why they don't hesitate to let out their frustrations or anger on me, and why they expect me to help them all the time. it's because i don't retaliate. because they know that i'll just take it and not get mad at them. because ( Read more... )

 Title: Picture Perfect (someone else came up with thit title because i didnt have one)

I have a friend who has the perfect life. Maybe not perfect, but she comes close with the loving and supportive Christian family, caring friends, Godly boyfriend, her growing ministry and top-notch education. I am happy for her, but needless to say, there ( Read more... )

seems like i havent updated this thing in a while. hello.

after coming back to school, i've been learning a lot of lessons i guess. one challenge that God has given me is to really support and encourage my brothers as a sister in Christ. i used to do this a lot, but then i stopped doing so frequently because i wanted to avoid drama. but i think i've ( Read more... )

lyrics to some chinese praise song that i was recently reminded of:

耶穌的愛像春風吹來
把冰冷的新打開
耶穌的愛像汪洋大海
任我逍遙自在
我不在乎人生孤獨
我有耶穌愛我耶穌與我同住
我不在乎人生辛苦
我有耶穌愛我耶穌做我主

how do i use my every breath to glorify the King?

all i can say is praise God. i haven't felt stressed out until this past week. a lot of people have been asking me whether i felt stressed, but it wasn't until these past few days actually that i became nervous. the spiritual warfare was so intense last night--i haven't gotten so angry, depressed, and discouraged in a long time. i felt like i was ( Read more... )

sooooooooo i've been doing some research on international/american schools in china. i think within the next 5 years, i'll be in one of these places ( Read more... )

i was studying for my spled 400 (special education) class, and came across this passage:

"Mental retardation is not a disease. You can't catch mental retardation from anyone."

now why would people think that MR is contagious?

quote that i read on the worldvision.org website:

"She is not necessarily a heroine or an organizer, a globetrotter or a speech maker, a politician or a leader. But she is a woman with a willingness to have her heart broken by the things that break the heart of God..." -Dale Hanson Bourke

"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him..."-John 6:44
this verse is so true. i stumbled across it recently while reading the gospel of john (i wanted to reexamine jesus' life), and was immediately humbled by it. there is nothing that i can do in my own power to entice people to believe jesus. it is only by God's beauty and ( Read more... )

recently, God's been challenging me to read more books and articles. if i'm living in a world with ppl whom God loves, how can i be unaware and apathetic on what is going around me? the more i read about modern slavery, the more i see the world through His eyes. and the more i see God's heart for people, the less i value my own wants and needs. ( Read more... )