This is the only time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn. Try to remember how lucky you are every day.
Ben Jones
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I have to admit that only recently had I fully understood what a privilege it is to just learn, and thirst for knowledge. This mental capacity is something given to me, and I should steward it well. I should be thankful for the opportunity to study in NUS, to sharpen my thought processes and expand my paradigms, as there are so many people out there that are yearning for the slightest chance to go to school. Some children have to walk miles and miles, barefeet, in order to get to their school compound.
Many a times, we whinge and complain about the loads of school work to complete, and we settle for mediocrity when it comes to our academia. But I believe that I have to pursue excellence for God, for he has enabled me to make progress in my academic career. I need to honour Him with my time, by making my studies one of my priorities, as I have been called to be a student in this season of my life.
My God is also a lover of knowledge, as He had created the tree of knowledge and good and evil. The Bible also needs to be interpreted with wisdom and discernment, which speaks about the importance of cultivating one’s mind.
May I live each day, knowing in my head and heart, that I am blessed beyond measure; so that i will never take my studies for granted.
It’s just so amazing to see worship pastors rising up to take their place - seeing them invest in people and develop their gifts; seeing them invest in the arts in their own communities. I happen to know that it’s not all that easy to avail yourself and pour everything you’ve learned or have to others.
It just reminds me that we are all apart of this vast body of Christ, where there should be no titles or jostling for prestige. We all have a part to play - be it the leg or the hand or the feet - in extending His Kingdom.
eta: I felt God just from watching this video. Amazing stuff.
8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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I really hope that one day i’ll be able to do this, to do something larger than myself, whereby my life should not be about taking (like in materialism), but about the giving of myself and my gifts/talents. I believe that the purpose of possessing influence is to speak up for those without influence.
I’m gonna turn 22 this year, and it seems that relationships - the falling in and out of it - seems to be on the lips of every person around me these days. One topic that will always come up will be love, and the notions of it.
After weaving and out of these talks, i’ve come to realise, more fully, that one really needs to come fully into himself, before committing to a long term relationship. One thing i do not not stand for are relationships made out of fun, flings and fantasies, because hearts are real, and it is not all that easy to mend them.
In life, one really needs to learn about his strengths and his weaknesses, his special qualities (the things that make you who you are) and what he’s made of. The most crucial part is one working on and settling his/her achilles’ heel. I believe that everyone has a major flaw that haunts him/her for pretty much his/her entire life - it could be unforgiveness in the past that still creeps into the present often enough, huge emotional dependency issues, pride that cripples one’s vision, etc. In Christianity, this is the very piece of ourselves that the devil attacks, especially since therein lies our calling.
If we do not deal with our achilles’ heel/s, whereby we do not learn how to manage it properly, we will bring such baggage into our relationships, and everybody then suffers for it.
Yes, we’re supposed to share weal and woe, and grow in this journey that is life, but i firmly believe that one truly needs to learn about oneself, and what it truly means to be single, before one is ready to learn how to hold someone else’s hand.
“I want to commit to you, to never lose sight of my saviour Jesus. I will not compromise my time, or my energy or passion by placing anything ahead of knowing God more forward… …I don’t need you. Amanda, I hope you see strength in that statement. I need Christ… But I choose you. Because God loved me, I have a choice. And because he gave me his wisdom, I chose absolutely, flawlessly. I am imperfect… but I am committed to the process of learning how to be a better husband by God’s spirit.” - Jacob
“Jacob, today is the day I’ve waited for my entire life. And I want to thank you, for pursuing the heart of God in order to find me. You’re worth the wait.” - Amanda
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Thank you for posting this, Am! Her singing at the end, just sealed an already perfect wedding man.
