then sings my soul, how great Thou art!

Friday, September 02, 2005

ok, just wanted to blog about this.

I think God really spoke to me today, through Mr Chua's devotion, of all things! Recently, I'd already been thinking: what am I studying for? What am I slogging the rest of my life for? I'm just going to die in the end. Why don't I just die now and I can go to heaven and meet my Maker? And yesterday at the airport, Jiahui made a comment, she said," Hm, wonder what the foreigners think of Singaporean youths when they arrive in here, immediately faced with the whole of Burger King studying." Seriously, 95% of the tables were students studying. So we were saying Singaporean students only knew how to study and mug their way through life. Then what about lessons that we can learn while living? It can't be all about studies. So that's what i was pondering over. And I realised that I've had had this mentality since last year...whenever I got back a test of exam with dismal results, I'd just brush it off, sniffing, "Aiyah, it's just a test/exam, not say Olevels right?" So by yesterday I was already all, "What am I doing all this for?"

Then came today's devotion. I was actually listening quite intently (sometimes I don't - guilty as charged!), and Mr Chua was saying something about it's not the destination that is important, but the journey. So it dawned on me that I'd always been thinking about the End, and never about what I could learn on the way to it. Mr Chua was also saying something like it's what you learn in your journey of life that you're here on Earth for. He even asked my question: Why live on Earth here for 70-80 years, wasting your time, when you're just going to die and meet God in the end? So I just suddenly realised eveything that I'd been missing.

So even though I don't even know him personally and he's porbably never gonna read this, I just wanna say THANKS, Mr Chua! Hehe. I just sincerely hope the daily devotions we have do touch the girls' hearts, especially the unbelievers. I really hope they will come to know Jesus as their personal Saviour.

Ok that's it. Louisa, eveytime I say, "Aiyah, prelims only lah!", remind me of this! ;)
9/02/2005 11:59:00 PM