interesting

2 days in a row went to check my hand phone
 and saw on the screen , time  at

     11:11

is that a sign?

Shofar Callin': The Rosh Hashanah song

Parshat Emor

myrrh and trade route

Myrrh is the dried oleo gum resin of a number of Commiphora species of trees. Like frankincense, it is produced by the tree as a reaction to a purposeful wound through the bark and into the sapwood. The trees are bled in this way on a regular basis.

The princial species is Commiphora myrrha, which is native to Yemen, Somalia, and the eastern parts of Ethiopia. Another primary species is C. momol. The related Commiphora gileadensis, native to Israel/Palestine and Jordan, is the biblically referenced 'balm of gilead'.                                             

myrrh tree 

balm of Gilead (gĭl'ēəd), name for several plants belonging to different taxonomic families. The historic Old World balm of Gilead, or Mecca balsam, is a small evergreen tree (Commiphora gileadensis, also once called C. opobalsamum) of the family Burseraceae (incense-tree family) native to Africa and Asia and the source of the commercial balm of Gilead; it is referred to in the Bible in Jer. 8.22. The Ishmaelites from Gilead were bearing balm when they bought Joseph from his brothers. Balm of Gilead is still in high repute for healing in some countries.

 
The origins of myrrh and frankincense can be  traced to the Arabian Peninsula. The region which produces frankincense, myrrh, cassia and cinnamon,

The Magi, carrying myrrh, frankincense, and gold, came from the East: Arabia. The frankincense trade route, with transport by donkeys and later by camel caravans, reached Jerusalem and Egypt from the Dhofar region of what is today Oman, through Yemen, turning north to follow the Red Sea coast. It is likely that the same or similar species of the resin-bearing plants grew across the Red Sea in the area that is now Somalia and Ethiopia, while the collection of the gum resins was initiated in Arabia.      

We seek God to solve the issues related to material life. Saul was about to receive the greatest opportunity of his lifetime. He was about to be crowned as king of Israel. His life would never be the same. What was he concerned about? His donkeys. We don't have to be worried about the material things of life if we are about the things He's called us to do.
God called Saul to be the next king in order to free the people from the Philistines. God sent a messenger, the prophet Samuel, to inform him of his new career. The messenger also had to ease his mind about his donkeys. Donkeys often represent commerce in the Bible. They were the primary means of transporting goods; therefore, in essence, what was Samuel saying to Saul? He was saying, "You don't need to worry about your business if you respond to the call of God on your life. All the material things will take care of themselves."
When God calls us, it often involves making major adjustments in our lives. Saul went from one kind of business to another. He went from working for his father to being a king. 

had a dream was carrying a baby girl (my own girl)
she way small when i was carry her , i measure here with measuring tape she was 121cm
i spell her name in my dream (given by her mother??)
cannot remember when i woke up

this is 2nd time i dream of carry baby
what is it Lord ?

The 4 four traditional shofar blasts.Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah, Tekiah Gadolah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEhRo2V9CjI&NR=1

Shoah

				Shoah is a nine-hour film completed by Claude Lanzmann in 1985 about the Holocaust (or Shoah). Though Shoah is conventionally classified as a documentary film, watch @ National museum of singapore 12 June  2010 Fri, 7.30pm (11 Jun, Part 1) 13 Jun 2010 Sat, 10.30am (12 Jun, Part 2) Sat, 2.30pm (12 Jun, Part 3) some useful info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_%28film%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treblinka_extermination_camp

something new...

soak a cut off root portion of lemon grass in water for a few days
and root starts to apear follow by the shoot,  got some soil and plant  it in  a small plastic cup

7 weeks to sinai

My sister got me this free phone thru renewal of her mobile contract

Anxiety and stress are perhaps the No. 1 cause of muscle twitching, which is also known as benign fasciculation syndrome. Benign means the muscle twitching will not develop into anything serious. Fasciculation is the medical term for muscle twitching. Syndrome means that typically, a lot of muscle twitching is also accompanied by muscle cramps, muscle aches and some tingling. But these other symptoms come on after the person starts excessively worrying that the muscle twitching is a sign of a deadly disease.

We are genetically hardwired to physiologically react to a crisis situation. Our muscles are on standby to jump into action. But contemporary stress is different from ancient stress. Today, we don't need to be ready for the charging bison or hissing snake. But just the same, our bodies are under siege by other forms of anxiety: job stress, paying bills, foreclosure threats, protecting teens from drugs and sex, marital problems, traffic jams, business meetings, etc. It's no wonder that our muscles are always jumping.

אני אוהבת אותך ואנו צריכה אותך

Tzedek, tzedek tirdof (צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדּף): "Justice, Justice you shall purse" (Deut. 16:20)

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
(Rev 18:4)
 

 

today at 1 john service matthew ch 5
after service song "renew my life Lord Jesus" was sang and alter call was made
i went forward  Ps fuman prayed for me and tears came rolling down

An interesting dream today

..... I was walking on a railway  and came to a container the officer inside was filling fuel into a machine
(is that a train stopped run out of fuel?)  i contd to walk reach a small town with residential house .. a gathering of people outside, I ask  a man he told me that i must go to a certain place to buy fuel  and walk into a house
unsure i ask a young girl, she said it is very rural place takes a day to travel to and fro. then i was pacing around with to empty plastic container (for Fuel)  not knowing how to get there and without handphone to call for transport. so i walk into the house to look for the first man i talk to and saw a lot of people inside the house.....
 I woke up feeling the tension from the dream..................

God in the Rock

Psalm 105:41
He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert. NIV
That’s a picture of God’s provision for His people, Israel. In the forty years of their wandering through the wilderness, a dry and barren land where there were no pools, no rivers, no streams, where water was almost non-existent. God provided water for them in abundance. He provided it in a most unlikely way. He provided it out of a rock.
When you look at a rock in the desert as I’ve looked at it countless times, it seems so hard, so unyielding, so little good could come out of it. But in the disguise of the rock we understand that God Himself was with the people. God Himself was the rock and out of Himself there came His provision for His people in abundance.
It was important that Israel knew how to approach the rock. At one time Moses was commanded to strike it. At another time he was commanded to speak to it, and when he approached the rock in faith and obedience, out of that seemingly hard and unyielding rock there came an abundance of water that flowed like a river in the desert.
It’s often so in our lives, where in a time of barrenness when provision seems lacking, but God is there. He’s there in the form of a rock. He’s there in a form of something that seems hard and unyielding, something that we could complain about. But when we recognize God in it and approach Him in faith and obedience, then the rock becomes the source of our provision. - Derek Prince

1 day trip to JB 24/2/2010

lunch@   五福城的北京楼 next to sutera mall with my x-colleague
 website :  http://www.pekin.com.my/


head back to city square to watch  锦衣卫 
Cantonese version 
RM11 per head  around S$4.5   WOW

 

JP painting together our future

God provides for whom he sends

1King 17
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came to him, ..........
Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."


Behold the Lord God is our provider

Every Day Is A Good Day

Let me share with you a strategy I use to avoid being flooded with feelings of  gloom,  depression and fear.

Every day is a good day.
But when I'm experiencing a day full of frustrations,
I don't call it a bad day, I call it an "interesting" day.
This habit keeps me From being overwhelmed With negative emotions.

Why does this work?
Repetitive thoughts and words create feelings.
Those feelings create a positive or Negative behavior pattern.

If I tell myself it's a bad day, I began to feel defeated and exhausted.
If my day has one issue after another, If I tell myself it's an "interesting" day.
This keeps me open to gratitude, hope, solutions, Resiliency,and sometimes even a sense of humour.

I try to monitor my words when I'm feeling in a slump so I can avoid those
"knot in your stomach - stressful - anxious - Sickening - I'm losing it" feelings.

I had one of those "interesting" days recently
And reminded myself to stop,Do some deep breathing and re-group.

If you're having an "interesting" day,
Let these words minister to you. Sometimes the children are screaming,
The boss is irritating, The traffic is slow and The bill collectors won't go.

Sometimes you feel strong and confident.
Sometimes you're full of regrets and wonder where all the time went.

Sometimes you feel like you want to give up.
Sometimes you're too tired to move 'cause you have so much to do.

Sometimes you're lonely and wonder if love will ever come.

Sometimes you're glad to be alone to think your own thoughts.

Sometimes life is easy and sometimes hard.

Today be grateful that you've come this far.
Breathe in peace, faith and hope.

All the answers...I do not know.But I'm here to say,
count your blessings. Don't give up. You can make it.

Little miracles happen each day.
Don't miss them because you're focusing On your pain, frustrations and fears.

Constantly work on the five main things you need to live in peace and harmony

1) faith,
2) family and friends,
3) finances,
4) good health    and
5) your life purpose.

Without these in your life... Life can drive you crazy.

completion of mending of spalling concrete 

with painting over the green 

with Nippon carnation white

repainting the yellow today 

(satelite speaker hanging while the paint dries)