pls pray 4 my mum

hey
to everyone who will read this:
pls pray for my mum's speedy recovery as she just had her gallbladder removed.
pray that she will have appetite again and the wound will heal quickly.
May God , the healer touch her right now and make her whole again.
AMEN!!

Take time to pray

Poem written by Regine Anne Baldomar

I got up early one morning,
And rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
I didn’t have time to pray.

Troubles just tumbled about me,
And heavier came each task.
"Why doesn’t God help me?" I wondered.

He answered, "You didn’t ask."

I tried to come into God’s presence;
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
"Why, child, you didn’t knock."

I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on gray and bleak.
I wondered why God didn’t show me.
He said, "You didn’t seek."

I woke up early this morning,
And paused before entering the day.
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray.

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I came across this poem in a newsletter email today. I remember reading this before years ago, and I remember that it encouraged me then.

As I read it again today, I feel encouraged once again. So many times, I find myself guilty of rushing through my day, not taking the time to pray in the morning before entering the day. I take it for granted that I can have everything under my control, as long as I plan it well. It isn't difficult to guess that "troubles just tumbled about me", and how "the day toiled on gray and bleak".

God is loving and merciful, yet He wants us to seek Him because He wants us to have a personal relationship with Him. The Bible tells us to Ask, Seek and Knock in Matthew 7:7-12.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

This short poem has reminded me that the best way to start my day is not to have the most satisfying breakfast nor the best cup of coffee. The best way to start my day is to seek the Lord by praying and reading His word, and committing the rest of the day into His loving hands.

For it is written, "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4

pics from UOB exhibition

Hi!
As promised, the pics have arrived! Novi and I went down to Jendela yesterday :)
Had a good time at the Jap restaurant after that. All was good.
god is good!
Thank God for a wonderful fellowship and time yesterday!
As I will doing my set-up for my exhibition which opens 19 july thurs, pray that all will be well. and set-up will be smooth-sailing. May God's presence be with me this thurs and pray for a successful show!

Thank God

hi friends!!!
it's me again.
god has been good. In the recent UOB Painting of the Year Competition, through God's grace, I have won not one but TWO awards. There are more than 1000 entries and 800 artists took part. It is really God's blessings that I got the certificate of distinction ( $1000 prize money) , there are only 4 in total in the whole competition, and a highly-commended work. I have been taking part faithfully every year since my last highly-commended work "BAMBOO" in 1999. Yes, that long ago.
8 years. haha
God knows and He hears my prayers . THank YOU so much!!
will update the pics soon!!!
for more info: http://www.uob.com.sg/pages/investor/news/newsreleases/2007/news_1jul2007.html

love & god bless ,
sy