Random snaps

FREEDOM!!

Sem 1 is officially over and I'm so excited that I'm free! This has to be one of the most taxing, most stressful semesters ever, but on the plus side, it was fun and rewarding.

Glimpse of how I'm feeling now:

Don't you think it's cool? haha

And now to start my 40 days of winter break! Oh how exciting!

Interesting stuff I read while studying Psych

Because we cannot discover God's throne in the sky with a radio telescope..people assume that such ideas are "not true".... Modern man may assert that he can dispense with them, and he may bolster his opinion by insisting that there is no scientific evidence of their truth. But...why should we bother about evidence? Even if we did not know by reason our need for salt in our food, we should nonetheless profit from its use.... Why, then, should we deprive ourselves of views that would prove helpful in crises and would give a meaning to our existence?... Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.

(Jung, 1964, pp. 87-88)

This made me smile (:

Can't wait to upload the photos of the other pretty stuff that made me smile from ear to ear. I feel like a princess in my own rights. haha. And many many many thanks to my-really-cool-friends (:

And now, break time is over and time to force myself to study again. TWO MORE (horrid) PAPERS TILL FREEDOM!

Motivation

Exams are starting on Monday. I think this whole exam period I've been fighting with the feelings of being demoralised and I lose sight of why I'm doing all these for. And then I watched this video and everything started flooding back to me. I remembered my passion; I remembered why I'm doing what I'm doing.

These are the kind of things that break my heart. This is the kind of things that motivate me to do the best that I can.

Power of Your Name

Surely children weren't made for the streets

And fathers were not made to leave

Surely this isn't how it should be

Let Your Kingdom come

Surely nations were not made for war

Or the broken made to be ignored

Surely this just can't be what You saw

Let Your Kingdom come

Here in my heart

And I will live to carry Your compassion

To love a world that's broken

To be Your hands and feet

I will live with the life that I've been given

And go beyond religion to see the world be saved

By the Power of Your Name

Surely life wasn't made to regret

And the lost were not made to forget

Surely faith without action is dead

Let Your Kingdom come

Lord break this heart

Jesus Your Name is the shelter for the hurting

Your Name is the refugee for the weak

Only Your Name could redeem the undeserving

Your Name holds everything I need

Second Chance

I'm excited because despite the emotional roller coaster I was on for the past few weeks I think I've just entered a whole new realm with God. I think He has been empowering me with faith - faith that is allowing me to dare to believe that things can happen simply because HE is God.

And because my God is love.

You called my name

Reached out Your hand

Restored my life

And I was redeemed

The moment You entered my life

Amazing grace

Christ gave that day

My life was changed

When from my shoulders

Fell the weight of my sin

So it's with everything I am

I reach out for Your hand

The hope for change

The second chance I've gained

On You I throw my life

Casting all my fears aside

How could greater love than this

Ever possibly exist

Consume my thoughts

As I rest in You

I'm now in love

With a Saviour

Bearing the marks of His love

So I'll wait upon You now

With my hands released to You

Where a little faith's enough

To see mountains lift and move

And I'll wait upon You now

Dedicated to Your will

To this love that will remain

A love that never fails

Saying goodbye to yet another autumn

Relief from conquering my assignments + wanting a small break before studying = blog. haha.

It's been a while since I just let my mind wander and think random thoughts - can't wait to do more of that after exams. A blink of an eye and this month is drawing to an end; soon all the leaves will drop from the trees to mark the end of autumn and start of winter. Within days, exams will commence and I'll have to admit that I'm no longer a teenager (sighh). At the same time, there's the winter break to look forward to: sydney, no need to study and sleeping in!

Today my mum woke me up saying she made me breakfast and told me not to drive later in the evening if I was tired; that she and my dad would come pick me up and drive the car home. <3 On top of that, today I claimed a free cup of coffee and I found myself with a huge smile on my face despite the fact that I was exhausted, physically and mentally. A warm cup of coffee on a cold autumn day, that undoubtedly made me more alert, and a little hyper. The tiny things that really make my day (:

Love so amazing

He [God] is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

Job 36:16

One more month!!

Kinda can't wait for all these assignments/exams to be over so that I can go back to experimenting in the kitchen (cooking and baking), and play with my dear camera, Alexis, and slack and not feel guilty about it. I just need to endure for one more month!! But at the same time, I'm really grateful that my parents are here and that I don't have to worry about food prep when I'm all stressed out.

Oh all these post exam plans make me happy(: (: haha.

Faith

"When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."

Barbara Winter