mennick

Saturday, May 28, 2005

As requested by a brother..

You're my Lord
You're my God
You're my everlasting song
I was lost but am found
All because You cared for me
For the love
For the cross
For the way You hold me close
Lord I give unto You
All You've given unto me

I want to be a light that shines Your Name
I want to tell the whole world of Your fame
I want the whole wide world to know
How You've given up Your all
Just to bring me back to You again
I don't care what the world may say of me
I only know that You have set me free
I know I'll never be alone
I am never on my own
I will strive to run this race always
Because You loved me


Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Cry On My Shoulder

You say you're falling apart
Reached the end of the line
Just looking for your place in an ordinary life
No one calls you friend
No one even knows your name
You just want to feel loved instead of all the pain
You no longer have to say
"No one's listening anyway "
Come here and cry on my shoulder
I'll hold you 'til its over
I'll rescue you tonight
Let my arms be your shelter
Your hiding place forever
I'll love you more than life
You're wearing a frown
Giving up on hope
My heart is reaching out more than you will ever know
Is your burden too much
Is it more than you can bear
I'll help carry the load if you're willing to share
You have had some hard times
Had thorns placed in your side
I know about what you've been going through
Tears of pain are falling down
It hurts so bad you're crying out
Your problems won't last forever
Let me put you back together
PS: We still love you...

Monday, May 23, 2005

God is good

Guess that by now many know tt I've been shortlisted for interview..really thank God and I think m y chances quite high. Keep me in prayer.

Once again- a place of abandonment. place of growing up. place of visiting back my past. place of crying like never before. place of strading away my strong front. place of acknowledgment. place of silent cries. place of agony. place where i can only express to myself. place where secrets are dealt with. place of prayer. place where GOD is.

Tear soaked pillow by night
Empty window by day
No one will tell
What lies behind
Questions flood my busy mind
Pain surface from my hurting heart
Will I be strong?
Will I hold on?

Stay tuned then

Saturday, May 14, 2005

what title?

Hi, went to play X-BOX today with the guys, Candice, Shuhui and Nick today after the seminar. It was really fun, did help in releasing some of the pressure I faced...had a good time "beating" Nick, Shuhui and Candice. And guess what, Candice, besides being gifted in playing mahjong, has also discovered her gifting in playing X-BOX!!!
I attended 2 seminars today, one on 'How to connect with Youths' and 'Secrets to True Romance'... the youth one was very enriching and refreshing, talking about being available to the youths. Being available means 1) spending time doing something that your youths enjoy and not what you like to do, 2) willingness to put aside what you are doing to give attention to your youth's phonecall. This was something that really challenged me as a youth worker. Many times ministry has become a task, doing something I have to do rather than something I can enjoy doing. I seem to have lost the joy of it as things have become a sort of demand, pressure, expectation and implementation, rather than real authenticated and genuine ministry that flows out of the heart. Lord, please help me. I am but someone you have chosen to display Your goodness and love.
I also met up with the leaders today to rough things out and it really did help me see their needs...all I can say is that I am challenged by them. My orayer to the Lord at the moment when I was meeting them, was that God would help me. I am approaching something that is unfamiliar and I felt that it was out of my abilities to complete and conquer. My spirit is not giving up but I do have fears too. Inadequacies surfaced once again...You know, its like you thought you have overcome this issue of inadequacy but it comes back again and you feel so so afraid to fail. All in all, I still know that the Lord will be with me...

Psalm 121 (NLT)
A song for the ascent to Jerusalem.

I look up to the mountains
does my help come from there?
My help comes from the LORD,

who made the heavens and the earth!
He will not let you stumble and fall;

the one who watches over you will not sleep.
Indeed, he who watches over Israel

never tires and never sleeps.
The LORD himself watches over you!

The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade.
The sun will not hurt you by day,

nor the moon at night.
The LORD keeps you from all evil

and preserves your life.
The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever.