Just For today

Just for today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

Just for today, I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Just for today, I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

Just for today, I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it.

Just for today, I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to--just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it

Just for today, I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything and not try to improve or regulate anybody except myself.

Just for today, I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

Just for today, I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.

Just for today, I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.

From one of our cell members

when things dont seem to be going our way, how important it is to always know that God has got a plan for us. if everyone of us placed our utmost trust in Him, how great will the gifts we receive from Him be! each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined.we dont always know what God's plans are for us. we just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best, for we are but weak and insufficient. He is almighty and ever-knowing. well good grief! He had known us even before we were formed in our mothers' wombs! foolish would we be to think that we'd know ourselves better than He does dont you guys think?

hello all, i was reading through our past entries. and this one stuck me, as if i hadn't read it before. wow, its laden with meaning... can guess whose piece this is??

So yup, friday and sat was spent at the cjc. God blessed me with such a fun-loving bunch (that will be joanandrewmosesshaunclementdeniserandalljustin). the retreat sent me on a spirit high, with all the praise and worship and jumping. i also felt as if i was one of them participating in the camp. Sharing my experinces made me less concious of myself. Wa, their affirmation was so sweet, =)... hah. and they also gave me ice cream too, after justin forced me to confess i like ice cream.. haiyo.. oh man, and the telematch... my group was very sporting. i tried to 'help' them, haha but still never win.. though time wasn't on our side, my group bonded the best we could.

And yes it was so inspiring serving alongside u guys. Where can such euphoria come from except through the magnificence of God?? and memories of YI just had to flood back. i love u all so much.

lovelovelove,

Becky

"You are a chosen generation; a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light." - 1 Peter 2:9

Looks familiar???? Yes its our YISS' verse peeps!! and when i saw it screened on the big screen yesterday at CJ, its just brought back to me so many many great memories from our YI camp.. I really missed those times man and how we shared about our lives and how we each experienced that special special touch from the Holy Spirit!

I'm so thankful to the Lord for the friendship His blessed upon our group and thank you all so much for just being such wonderful and magnificent peeps! :)

Seeing so many of us facil-ing together at the same time yesterday just gives true testiment to that verse you know! We really are a chosen generation guys! God's own special people and we will proclaim His praises i'm sure for the rest of our lives!

Facil-ing at CJC for the first time was amazing and something i'll definitely have sketched in my memory for a long time! From the games to the sharings to just having small chit chats with my participants, i loved every single moment of it! It was just great! :)

The experience and joy of seeing how giving of yourself and sharing of your life to other people and seeing how much they appreciate it in giving back to you really just makes me feel so happy.. Haha..

For those who couldn't make it yesterday, I really hope you guys are doing great yea?! Lets all meet up again at pris' 21st! Looking forward to seeing everyone there! :)

Take loads of care and God bless..

Jem

"He IS a living God and He WILL rule forever! His kingdom WILL never be destroyed and his power WILL never come to an end. He saves and rescues and He performs wonders and miracles in the heavens and on the EARTH..." - Daniel 6:26

Hi guys,

Yes Paul here is my testimony haha, actually not much of one la just wanted to share some stuff with you guys. Sometimes as facils we think that the camp is only for the participants but in fact we too get touched by God in moments that we least expect. We sang the song 'Magnificent' on the 2nd day, and you know what the song really really spoke to me. It's interesting cause i never liked the song, just felt that it was abit tame, but yesterday when we sang it, memories of YISS Magnificent just came back, all the wacky times we shared, all the heart-warming moments we shared. I'm so grateful for the friendship that this beloved grp of ours offers, thank you all so so much.

To those who went for the retreat - it was really inspiring to see you guys doing God's work, sorry didnt get a chance to say a proper good bye, had to leave before mass, hope everything ended well though.
To those who couldnt go - hope life's been treating you guys well, we'll all meet at Priscilla's party ya?

God Bless,
Russell :)

i will BLOG about cj retreat! but i've to do my essay which is due tmr at 5pm.. so watch this space =)

love u all,
Becky

Dearest Magnificents,

Just came back from CJC Yr1 retreat and i wanna testify this ASAP haha ! It was a super spirit filled camp with tons of love and affirmations , breakthroughs after breakthroughs. God was so powerful in the place ! Its like everyone was so so open to each other and in many ways both big and small the blessings were amazing!

God taught me something! We are all instruments, if we surrender to HIM in no matter what state we are in, HE's gonna use us to the max. Look... cherios to Rebecca, Russell, Priscilla, Jeremy and Nick. Who's first time facilitating at CJC and see how much they stand to testify to the goodness of God and His unending love! I'm so happy to see each of you grow and maybe apply what I've shared thru YISS at this camps and many more to come. Your availability has given me joy and happiness and you growth and dedication has taugh me to be faithful in service to our Almighty God. Soon you'll hear more testimonies from them RIGHT ? (Becky, Russ, Pris, Jem and Nic) haha.

My group was superly anointed ! 1 1/2 days is very little to gel and allow the group to open up and break the ice, but my God helped me so so much. The first sharing session a participant of mine shared and got emotional and cried , and the whole group we filled with empathy and realised that there is a need to be seeking God and to show team support and love to one another. Then i broke the ice by sharing my spiritual encounters (story telling haha by grandpa paul) and they were all hungry for God. So amazing.. the rest was history! God came in , moved and changed. My participants were so lovely , they wrote this collage of affirmation notes onto a hug piece of paper and their messages were so touching. They affirmed from their hearts and all shared that I helped them realise that there is a God and He longs to love us so so much . Upon reading all these i stopped to thank God and get over my emotions. I knew instantly i needed to share this with all of you to encourage you all in your christian walk. As this group reminded me so much of you all and the times we had at YISS'06.

Be open to God. Allow Him to use you in whatever ways big or small, be sure our God is a faithful God and a generous one also !


Lots of love,
Agape,

Paul

Hey guys and girls!

My gosh I was really innocent! I dont mean a birthday cake when I told Angele that "so nice! but no cake!" because you all were saying that we will go to a cafe so I thought we will be eating cakes...then in the end we went up to the rooftop, so I made that comment! Hehe I really didnt mean to ask for a cake. It was really a surprise! Thank you guys for creating this celebration and surprise for me!

Yes Van! We did have fun but it would be more fun with everybody was there, then I guess my face will be dirtier than the photos you saw! Anyway guess who did that to my pretty face? Some people who have the most decent looking and they are Jeremy and Ian.

Anyway I have my own blog http://www.footprintsofthelostlamb.blogspot.com/, so tag me when you all visit even though I rarely update! Hehe..

Yeah 3 cheers to all of you!
Take care my dears...
Look forward to see you all again!

Lynette

Hello all..

I had an awesome time celebrating Lynette's 20th!

going up to the rooftop terrace was fun, for one, i have never been there, and its quite cool..
yah, i agree with paul, lyn's really blur..
i was talking to her for so long, holding the cake.. and she said to me the moment we reached the rooftop "So nice, but there's no cake!!!" was stunned for a while. haha.. silly girl:)

glad u all liked the cake!! heee.. it was great to spend time together like this.. :) the guys trying to shove cake into lynette's face time and time again.. and in the end.. they succeeded! 'Miss Helium' had choc cake smeared all over her face!! haha.

anw.. have a great weekend. gotta go off to work.
some pictures for yr eyes only. the others are here

Ciao! See ya all very soon! :))

Angele

hey guys, scenes from last night.....
This was at the rooftop at the Esplanade.




The Chocolate Obsession

The backstage crew

Don't ask (I don't know either)

Birthday girl and her cake

Lynette (with her new haircut) blows her candles as Russell (with his new haircut) and Jason (with his not-so-new haircut) looks on.

Cutting the cake

So bones, glad that u had lotsa fun last night. We wish all his blessings upon you in the year ahead. Happy 20th girl!!!

Love ya,

Becky

Dear Magnificents ,

Heya wow , its been some time huh ? Okie i'll start on this more frequent i promise haha , ok to begin... Its amazing as in today , our little burst of celebration for Lynette aka Bones. She's tWeNtY already wow , young man haha , hmm. Well ,thats really relative right?

We had steamboat at Bugis and it was a clean and nicely place together one, amazing time of filling up, and helping Bones put on some weight. Also nice fellowship, catching up and juz chilling out. After which , we had a good time burning out food by walking to Esplanade for a "surprise cake", which Lyn ,happily asked Angele , " How come today no cake one?" when Angele was like carrying the boxed shape thingie in a plastic bag , was seems very clear to be a cake in there !!! hmm. BOnes , shreek shreek.! Is a funny and cute incident which i'll remember for a while haha. I guess it was a good time to be together and juz spend time together, out of the busy schedule of each of us. Mostly from our studies and NS , i believe it was a refreshing time and God was really present strongly.

I was just thinking bout it on the way back after leaving the train (and Russ and Jason) how time really flies , four months plus and we're still going strong haha . I do hope this friendship with each and everyone of you , Magnificents and your other halves haha, would grow stronger and brighter. Its indeed like a family ! I know that with God in the centre of our friendship, all things would work onto good !


So long and take care , and pls pls pls blog blog blog , when u're free, when u're stress or when u think of us ! Keep this communication open man ! haha



Cheerios for Becky , once again organising such a fruitful event ! ( Arrow ---> Events IC )


Agape,
Love you all ,

Paul

Hello Everyone!

Woah just got back from Tuesday group, so thought I'd share with you guys how Tuesday group has been for me so far. I've only been to 2 sessions, the first one was a talk on Our Father's love, and today was on testimonies. For me the greatest gain is not one of tangible nature, but rather of spiritual self worth. Personally, the sense of peace i get everytime i leave Tuesday group is overwhelming. And yes the speaker/s are pretty engaging, so don't worry you won't fall asleep. heh. Perhaps if you guys are free the next time, do drop by. It's really beneficial.

Anyway the real point of this entry is 'ARE WE MEETING THIS FRIDAY LYNETTE?' Haha, yup to celebrate your birthday! Do update and keep us posted k...

Here's something to put a smile on your face, got it via email and i thought it was super hilarious...

Dear Husband,
I'm writing you this letter to tell you that I'm leaving you for good. I've been a good woman to you for seven years and I have nothing to show for it. These last two weeks have been hell. Your boss called to tell me that you had quit your job today and that was the last straw. Last week, you came home and didn't notice that I had gotten my hair and nails done, cooked your favorite meal and even wore a brand new negligee. You came home and ate in two minutes, and went straight to sleep after watching the game. You don't tell me you love meanymore, you don't touch me or anything. Either you're cheating or you don't love me anymore, whatever the case is, I'm gone.

Signed Your Ex-Wife
P.S. If you're trying to find me, don't. Your brother and I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life!

Dear Ex-Wife:
Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It's true that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good woman is a far cry from what you've been. I watch sports so much to try to drown out your constant nagging. Too bad that doesn't work. I did notice when you cut off all of your hair last week, the first thing that came to mind was "You look just like a man!" My mother raised me not to say anything if you can't say anything nice. When you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY BROTHER, because I stopped eating pork seven years ago. I went to sleep on you when you had on that new negligee be cause the price tag was still on it. I prayed that it was a coincidence that my brother had just borrowed fifty dollars from me that morning and your negligee was $49.99. After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out. So when I discovered that I had hit the lotto for ten million dollars, I quit my job and bought us two tickets to Jamaica . But when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason I guess. I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said with your letter that you wrote, you won't get a dime from me. So take care.

Signed
Rich as Hell and Free
P.S. I don't know if I ever told you this but Carl, my brother, was born Carla. I hope that's not a problem.

God Bless!
Russ :)

Hi All!!

Hmmm it has been so long since I last met up with you guys...hope you all are doing fine! Well for me, I am pretty busy in school and church. I am actually using my school computer to type this because my internet a bit mad, so.... sorry for those who always look out for me on msn. Haha!! Yeah school does not sucks but sucks big time...joke joke...just busy with all the assignments and assessments. My holidays will come in November, so those who want to ask me out take note!! Hehe...

Oh good news! I am elected to be the vice president for my group! Keep me in your prayers because I do not have much confidence but I believe in God's choice.

I have missed the Tuesday outing, so shall we have a gathering again? YES! On my birthday? I mean before my birthday? like 11 or 13 of October? we go zouk? However I am not sure on the 11 but 13 definately can! Hmmmm birthday present....can i choose? hehe! so thick skinned...
okie got to go for mass soon. Do reply about the dates okie? Everybody hang on there! All the best and take care!! ciao...

Lynette