Monday, June 29, 2009

Morning morning

I really love morning.
The tranquility.
The serenity.
The freshness.
The revelation You give me each morning.

Where to go next my dear Daddy God?
I got the yeses.
I got the doors open there.
Which door to choose next?
I can't help but to feel so excited yet again this morning.
I wasn't as excited. Until You showed me your promises again.

Your brought me here.
Bring me on.
Bring me on.

Vivvianne at 5:34 AM

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Friday, June 26, 2009

6 Lessons From Eagles

“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)

Have you ever wondered why Isaiah 40.31 is Written the way it is?

Why is the Eagle mentioned specifically?
What is so special about Eagles that they have a place in the Bible?
What is the linkage between waiting upon the Lord and renewal of strength?
Why is it that when you mount up with wings like eagles, you do not get tired?

Read on and you will find the answer.

The eagle is a creation of God. It is the most majestic of all birds and is mentioned many times in the Bible. In fact, the eagle is mentioned 38 times, much more than the dove or other birds. An eagle is around 90 cm tall and reaches over 2m between the wings. She builds her nest on the cliff or in a high tree. The nest is so large that a human can sleep in it. It can weigh700kg and is also comfortable. With the basis of God’s word, we shall see what the king of birds can show us
concerning truths about God, and also about Christians. May the practical lessous contained in here be of encouragement to you. God Bless.

Lesson 1: All Baby Eagles Must Learn To Fly

High in the mountains, a baby eagle is born. Like all other babies, there arc two things that baby eagles, known as eaglets, love to do: eat and sleep. The baby eagle would spend its initial life in the comfort of the nest. Everyday, mama eagle would find food and drop it directly into the open mouths of the hungry eaglet. With a satisfied stomach, the eaglet then goes to sleep and the cycle continues when it becomes hungry again. This goes on for a few weeks, until one day, mama eagle would just hover over the nest. This time, there is no food. After hovering a few rounds, mama eagle would make a dive into the nest and begins to shake it violently. She then takes one of her babies in her mouth and starts soaring into the skies. The baby eaglet begins to tremble, “Mama is mad! Mama is mad!” Suddenly, she drops the baby eaglet that starts to struggle.

Just before the eaglet smashes against the rocks, mama eagle would sweep down and pick it up. This goes on for about five to eight times. The eaglet starts to wonder why mama is doing this. Every time it is being dropped from the sky, the eaglet would struggle by flapping its wings. “Mama can fly. I want to fly like her too!” the eaglet says to itself. What beautiful picture! Mama is teaching her young to fly. At about the fourteenth to fifteenth try, the eaglet begins to fly.

Relevance:
Christians are like baby eagles, comfortable in the nest. They come to church once a week for food. They would wait for pastor to drop “spiritual” food into their mouths. When service is over, they would go home, “sleep” for a few days arid the cycle continues, until one day, something happens and they struggle. The nest gets shaken and they don’t know what to do. “It’s the devil! It’s the devil!” they exclaim. No, it’s not! It’s just our loving Father who allows our nest to be shaken because 1-Ic wants us to grow into maturity, so that we can fly. It’s no point being an eagle that cannot fly. The Word of God says in Exodus 19:4 that God bare the
children of Israel on eagles’ wings. Here we see the eagle symbolize God.

The way mama eagle treats her young shows us how God treats His children. Just when it seems like we’re going under ... SWISH ... mama eagle. God, comes and picks us up. In the world, they push people upward when they are going up.But God lets us fall down to get us up us up
Hard times come, but after a couple of times I start to pray a little bit more. I start to read God’s word a little bit more. And suddenly I realize that the answers to my prayers are coming. Hard times always come but I find am not helpless, no, I see that I can stand on God’s word. What has happened? I’ve learned to spread my wings! I’ve learned to fly. God carries us supernaturally through all our trials, even if we don’t feel it. Yet, who can see the wind? While mama eagle teaches her young to use their own wings, God teaches us to Believe His word and use our Faith.

Lesson 2: Eagles Are Made For The High Places

Unlike other birds that fly in the lowlands, eagles are made to fiy in the high places, out of sight of the naked human eye and out of range of the hunter’s rifle.

Relevance:
God made us to fly in the high places, free from the world’s control. A tourist to the Jurong Bird Park once commented that the eagles there looked very clean. In reply, the bird-keeper said: “When eagles are in freedom, they are the cleanest birds. But when they axe in captivity, they are the dirtiest”

God made us pure and holy to conform to the image of His Son. If Christians are in captivity, which is subjected to the ways of the world, we can be the “dirtiest” of all creatures. Unless we “fly” in the high places, out of the world’s control, and according to how God has made us, we’ll remain the dirtiest of creatures.

Lesson 3: Eagles Do Not Fly - They Soar

Eagles do not fly like other birds, flapping their wings profusely and using their own strength. Instead, eagles SOAR majestically, making use of tire wind current s to gain height. What makes the eagle special is that she sits on the rock and reads the wind and when the time is perfect she takes off and soars upward with her great wings. There is a special up going wind where the eagle rides the wind and circle higher and higher toward the sky, without effort. She just spreads her wings.

Relevance: The wind is referred many times in the Bible as the Holy
Spirit. We can learn to cooperate with the Holy Spirit and let Him lift us closer to Jesus. The eagle in this case is the Christian who is being lifted by the Holy Spirit up and closer to Jesus.
Like eagles, we should learn to ride on the current of the Holy Spirit, instead of relying on our own strength. Only then can we “gain height” to “fly’1 in the high places. Isaiah 40:3 1 talks about growing in Christ, that happens when we have fellowship with Him in the Spirit.

Lesson 4: Eagles Go Through Specific Periods Of Renewal

When they are about 60 years old, eagles go through a period of renewal. An eagle would find a secret place up in the mountains. It would start to claw at its face and tear out the feathers that have been damaged over the years. As a result, it would bleed badly. The eagle would then wait patiently for the rays of the sun to heal it. Through this, the eagle renews its strength by getting rid of the unnecessary things otherwise it would not be able to live till 120 years that it normally does.

Relevance:
Like eagles, Christians need to go through a renewal period sometime in our lives, to rid ourselves of unnecessary things and to wait upon the Lord. Renewal is a divine principle where God cuts off the unfruitful things in us so as to bring out the fruitful.

Lesson 5: Eagles Get Sick, Just Like Humans

When an eagle gets sick, it does not go to the doctor. It simply finds a favorite spot in the mountains and awaits the rays of the sun to heal it. The sun plays a major role in the life of an eagle and as such, is a major source of healing too.

Relevance:
When we get sick, besides going to the doctor, do we also look to the Lord who plays a major role in our lives as our source of healing?

Lesson 6: Every Eagle Has To Die

When an eagle is about to die, it will fly to its favorite spot in the mountains, wraps its wings round itself; looks at the sun’s rays and dies.


Relevance:
Ideally, all Christians should die looking towards Jesus as our source of hope and comfort.


Copyright 1999 Gibson Productions
Extracted from: http://www.wingscf.com/OCR0001.htm


Beautiful.
Answers to my questions.
Answers to my prayers.
Beautiful eagle.
Beautiful God.

Vivvianne at 12:26 AM

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Monday, June 15, 2009

My thoughts. My heart. You know.

My thoughts,
my heart.
You know it all.

The questions marks,
the knots so tangled,
You know it all.

Thank you Daddy God for knowing my heart. The questions I have, the knots I have, the obstacles I face unknowingly, you know them all. And you know my heart so well that you answered them all yesterday. I'm so glad I went for service. I know you love me very very much. That's why you don't want me to stay the way I am. I know that this is a moulding, training, fine-tuning process like how you've previously revealed to me. Thank You Daddy! It's never easy. There're fine-tuning pains. But Daddy God, I've gone through so many phase. Bring the rest of the phases on. I know that only good things from you. Bad things from the evil one will have a flipside because you turn bad to good. You said so much to me through pastor yesterday. I know I can't but you can. I know that my weaknesses are made complete in you.

I see your promises at the end of these. I see it Lord. I can feel it, smell it, and almost touch it. I know it's something really lovely, really lovely, really lovely. And I know you're preparing me for come what may. I can't wait to meet that lovely journey ahead.

Vivvianne at 11:20 AM

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

What a joy!

After working for 7 straight days, I am exhausted but really happy. I'm satisfied at work. Though I still make silly mistakes, I'm glad these are learning experience. Previously, I used to take it quite hard when I make silly mistakes. I might be little miss perfectionist sometimes. But I've learnt that I'm not all that perfect and strong. I'm weak and I've imperfections. But it's made complete and made perfect when God steps into the picture. I'm also very blessed to have very understanding, loving and caring nurse managers who really support us and guide us. I'm really blessed to be where I am. :)

I pray over my patients each day when I go on shift. As I prepare their medications, I pray that the medications will not be just like any other medications. I pray and asked God to annoint these medication and bless them. I pray for strength as I study about my patients' cases. And I didn't have to pray for joy because it's given to me naturally from God.

You know, I'm beginning to think that nursing is for me. It just bring me this joy as I nurse the patients. No doubt, there're problemetic situtations and people to handle. But I am not affected buy their displeasure or nasty attitude. They can't rob the joy I have with the nasty things they try to do to you. Praise God! :)

Recently, I've been nursing this particular patient. He's been sleeping and sleeping. Not exactly sleeping. But he's been knocked out by sepsis other than his existing cardiac problems. Nonresponsive and very ill looking. Doctor did investigations for him and said that he might not wake up and he might not be able to converse. But what a joy! I saw him waking up and smiling back at me! And when a few of the other nurses came to see him and we asked.. Uncle, ni hao ma? He said.. HAOOOO! :) Praise God! It's these little moments that rekindle the sparks you have about life. I can't help but to smile and smile as I nurse my other patients. :)

The only minus point in nursing, in my opinion, is the number of paperwork you need to complete. I have so many forms and reports to complete. Not only do I have to complete it in paper but on the computer as well. And it really robs my time away from my patient. No doubt that documentations are important. But it really deprive me my interaction with my patients. Often, you'll see me (and many other nurses) trying to quickly finish up the paperwork. But it's never ending. Nonetheless, I know this paperwork system will soon be demolished. We'll be computerised and it better make the life of nurses easier! :)

Finally, I'm having an off day after 7 fulfilling working days. I'm going to do what I love most. To revitalise myself at service later. And to spend time with my family. :)

What a joy I have in Jesus! You better have that true joy too! :)

Vivvianne at 11:43 AM

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Sunday, June 07, 2009

I am tired of it all, Daddy Lord.
I want to get it all over and done with.
Why do the variables appear from the corners. Hidden corners.
Why is this other variable coming to me? How many are there coming?
For answers? For what?
Why is she appearing online and offline in my life?
I feel like telling him see what you've done!
Oh God, teach me to love love love.
Love and forgive?
Is this my training? Father and child training?
I am tired.
I am seriously frustrated of all of this.
I am not as patient about this as before.
I just wanna rest from it all.
I want back the true joy I have in my heart that you've given me.
Not this.
I want to rest in you Lord.
At the feet of Jesus.
At the foot of the cross.
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You brought me home
Your name oh Lord endures forever
Your fame oh Lord for all time
Your praises Lord Will leave me never
Your love oh lord is all mine

To Him my wisdom made the heavens
And His mercy ever lasting
To the One who gives salvation
I lift up my soul to you

Jesus, Savior, holy lord
I know that you’ll never forsake me or leave me alone
My Redeemer, Jesus Christ
You sacrificed yourself on the cross to bring me home
You brought me home

Your name oh Lord endures forever
Your fame oh Lord for all time
Your praises Lord Will leave me never
Your love oh lord is all mine

To Him my wisdom made the heavens
And His mercy ever lasting
To the One who gives salvation
I lift up my soul to you

Jesus, Savior, holy lord
I know that you’ll never forsake me or leave me alone
My Redeemer, Jesus Christ
You sacrificed yourself on the cross to bring me home
You brought me home

Jesus, Savior, holy lord
I know that you’ll never forsake me or leave me alone
My Redeemer, Jesus Christ
You sacrificed yourself on the cross to bring me home
You brought me home



Hugs Jesus. Big big hugs.

Vivvianne at 11:06 AM

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Monday, June 01, 2009

I love love love...

I love how I am a child of God. So dearly loved and protected.
I love how God loves me.
I love how He just speak to me in many different forms.
I love how He leads me and guides me!
I love how leads me to this exciting journey of my life on earth!
I love how blessed me with people who're truly blessings to me.
I love how refreshing it is when I start my day with Him in prayer and in His word.
I love how He meant every word He says.
I love how He tells me that I'm the apple of His eyes.
I love how He share His beautiful creations with me.
I love how He allay my fears and my worries with just simply showing me the way.
I love how He knows what I'm thinking and how I feel. I don't even need to say a thing.
I love how He just tells me to rest in Him.
I love how true He is. More true than anything else you see and think.
I love how real He's been in my life.
I love how I can sing to Him in the broken note or tune and He still listens to me attentively.
I love how I can run and run and run and pray and pray and pray with Him.
I love how He gave me tears.
I love how He made me smile.
I love how He fills His presence in my life.
I love how He loves me despite all my sins, all my flaws, all my imperfections and my everything.
I love how He readily and have already forgiven all my sins.
I love how He tells me outrightly that I'm righteous in Him.
I love how He blessed me with endless and neverending love, joy and grace.
I love how He loves to love.
I love how He is so much more than what've said.
I love how I can continue writing about His love on and on.
I love how He is love.
I love how only through His love, we can have true joy.
I love the words love and joy because these are brought to you by and exclusively from Him.
I love you Daddy God!

Vivvianne at 6:58 PM

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