Last sUnday morning, I went to the most traditional church anyone ever, the building was a brick building, somewhat like an Historical Preservation Site... It was located in the centre of Sydney. A baptist church. I went there to accompany one of my friends, who's a presbyterian... ok.

So God spoke to me, even through the most unexpected traditional church that I did not expect... and you know, that's God... In the start, the pastor's wife came up with 2 plastic cups of jelly... That represented 2 kinds of hearts. One of them, when she stuck her finger inside, and pulled it out, the hole naturally covered. It represented a heart was whole again. However, the other, when she stuck her finger inside, "Oh what a hole was left behind" she exclaimed... it was because the 2nd heart one was frozen.

Well, that's the 2 kinds of hearts that we can have...
One leaves ugly scars... the other heals and closes up quickly... *unforgiveness
One is hard to be affected... the soft heart can be moulded easily... *teachablity
One is cold... the soft heart is warmer *compassion

Well, the church service was like this: All rise => Sing a hymn => all take a seat => Pastor says something =>all rise to sing a hymn => all takes a seat => Pastor says somethings... so offering, there's a hymn for that... for benediction, a hymn for that... for praise and worship, a contemporary hymn... well, guess what? I worshipped God right there and then... there was this hymn...

From the ends of the earth  (From the ends of the earth)
From the depths of the sea  (From the depths of the sea)
From the heights of the heavens  (From the heights of the heavens)
Your name be praised

From the hearts of the weak  (From the hearts of the weak)
From the shouts of the strong  (From the shouts of the strong)
From the lips of all people  (From the lips of all people)
This song we raise, Lord

Throughout the endless ages
You will be crowned with praises,  Lord Most High
Exalted in every nation
Sovereign of all creation
Lord Most High, Be magnified

That song, when the congregation sang it, powerful man! It was so cool, like a Choir of people singing, and worshipping God together... a very different kind of worship experience... it was as if the song was a performance by the entire congregation, that was sung to God. Well, even in a very formal setting, yea, the worship was cool man... very different, yet so powerful... I love some hymns, cos it speaks so much about God's greatness... Many hymns were written by christian warriors that have gone before us... people who were persecuted and yet, praised God with their everything.

You know, when school starts, you get busy knowing new friends, start to spend less time with God... and but there was this hymn also, that had a stanza "bring me across the Jordan"... this reminded me so much of God's promise.

and the pastor's sermon was about Jonah! I learnt more about Jonah than I ever did before... so just very briefly, God's purpose for sending Jonah to Nineveh was 1) to show His love for the Nations of the world too, 2) a foreshadow of the coming of the Messiah ("For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Matthew 12:40), 3) to awaken Israel who had been rejecting God...

So after that, we headed down to hillsong church... I was more comfortable there anw... haha cos it was less formal. This coming Sunday, Hillsongs Live Recording at the Acer's Arena (Olympic Park) in Australia => there's gonna be many new songs, and I heard some during their services... it was very nice songs :)


well anw, i remember last week, on wednesday and thursday, I atteneded a chinese healing conference with my Landlord (it costs 125 AUD per Person, Mr Wu paid for me...) yea. So i learnt so much from there... the speaker was Liang Mu Shi (I wonder if she met Pastor Song before, cos what she teaches so similar to Pastor Song...) anw, you know? Mr Wu ( my landlord) is a person who really inspired me... just by talking to him...

YOu knOw, he's actually got 30 people working under him, owns a driving school in sydney, and so rich... but yet, when I talk to him, he's seems like such a humble, simple person... generous, and very kind hearted. I see his faith in God, its child-like faith man! I mean, when adults grow up, their hearts harden, but his was different... You know when I told him that I'd only attend one session of the conference, (costs $30), he said, it's okay, its expensive to bring the speaker in from overseas, so he paid the full fee... and talking to him, I remember some quotes that he said, "somtimes you give, you lose some... but God bless.. you know..." in broken english (cos he's a cantonese, from Hong Kong)... and another time he said, "... pray to God, you know... give me a soft heart... so I can cry." These words are really amazing...

I read Jeremiah... a person who was called by God... well, he had a soft heart! You know why? He wept, and wept, and wept for his people... he had a heart for God, and a heart for his people... that's why God used him... I pray that my heart doesn't grow hard admist all the studying and pursuing of a Career, a promise, a dream.


*break my heart for what breaks yours... keep your heart soft always*especially when you are growing up!



school has started, and oh man, starting to become so busy... and gotta shop for groceries once in a while, gotta find food to eat, gotta clean my room, gotta do the laundry, gotta do homework... really such a different lifestyle from JC/Secondary school, where I didn't have to bother about all those things. Well, I'm growing up... that's why I wear a Watch... haha. anw, yea, gotta balance out my time, and leave much time for God too... read the bible, pray everyday.


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