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Some encouragement
Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 6:24 AM
Hey C2, it's Michelle here.
(not surprisingly, I forgot my pass to this blog/ but now i've got it figured out)

I reckon half of C2 don't even know me, but that's okay. I'm just here to offer some encouragement as well as some passing thoughts. Afterall, I'm like everyone else, confined to my room with nothing much to do.

It's been a year since I stopped regularly attending cell/service in megalife. On every occassion that I go back to visit, I see new members in our cell, new leaders, new believers; yes, things change. In just this span of a year, our cell has grown - physically, and spiritually - and I fervently believe, will continue to do so. More significantly, amidst all these changes, I recognise something that doesn't change, and that is our cell's burning desire to seek God and to engage in a deeper relationship with him. Everytime I step into cell, it's just a different feeling. For lack of a better way to put it, it feels as though i need to step up a notch in my spiritual life to be on par with the spiritual maturity of all of you. And I, for one, never like to feel inferior in any way.

But, that's my awesome C2 for you. You guys have that insatiable hunger for more, something i hope to experience one day as well. This is also why, I feel, that this entire episode starring quarantines and hospitals will not deter us. What we have to do is to stand firm in the Lord and trust in the bigger plans that he has for us, while not forgetting to pray and entertain those bored ones who're complaining about lousy hospital food and hoping to lose weight in the process. (Jong!)

I will be honest here. I did not mentally or spiritually prepare myself for this camp. In other words, I did not come with an expectant heart. I went with the mindset that 'whatever you have for me, God, I'll take it'. It certainly does not fulfil the camp's objective, much less do the least bit justice to the camp committee, after all that hardwork they've put in. I know that to have this attitude, is to miss the entire point. However, I can sense that God is using this period of quarantine to make me turn my attention back to Him so that I'll be refreshed in the spirit once again. I can't help but marvel at God's creativity - don't you think quarantine's the best way to help us advance our relationship with God? He confines us to our room, no external distractions; just us and Him - it's undisputely the perfect environment for us focus our attention on God. Let's just put things in perspective and see the good in things -we should really treasure this period of time.

I don't know about you guys, but I have always wondered about why God wants to put us through such trying times. I mean, I know God has no evil-intent whatsoever, but even so, why subject your humble servants to suffering, especially when they're underserving of it? Such things never cease to befuddle me, but in my attempt to seek answers, I've come to realise that religion is based solely on faith. And in faith, we don't have to question or to find all the answers. We just trust God. Similarly in this current situation, we don't have to question all our happenings around us. We don't have to doubt ourselves or review what we did to deserve this.

Afterall, all that we need to know is that God is love, and that God makes all things beautiful.

God Bless.

(sorry if i sounded overly pensive :x this is the very reason why I've stopped blogging.)