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well, here's a re-type of my HM happenings n thoughts... Lord, dun let it get deleted this time round!!
Day 1
Should be Night 1 realli. Had fun walking arnd clementi central with gracie... shopping(again!!) Was late for the bus boarding thou... reached there at... wat?? 8?? Well, after tat prelogue... Start of journey to Kuantan. Lots happened. Sleep... sleep... and more sleep... hahaha. well, there was the extremely hardworking Malaysia customs, who must have thought tat we were terrorists by the way they checked our bags. then there was the hellrider bus uncles... who got us to Kuantan ONE AND A HALF HOURS before schedule. and surprising, not many pple realised it - the very comfortable beds tat were waiting for us at the hotel when we arrived, n got so snuggily into.
Day 2
Well, straight to the gym... thanx to the accidental wake-up call by elton(*grin). then it was to great lunch before gathering for the first time to know was Deacon has for the camp... and also a mini cg session. realli cherished tat time as it was one of the few cg moments i knew i would have. then it was on to back-up prac... with some more new songs to learn, n also realli, just soaking up God's presence which already was so evidently present. Just before svc, Jen shared abt serving... how it's not abt how skilful we are, but rather how our worshipful our hearts are to God... How we are offering watever we have to God, it being sufficient or not is by Him, n not by us. Realli touched me, thou i din tell him. :p In e end, a wonderful svc, got out of control a few times here n there. But most importantly, pple being touched n moved by the Holy Spirit. Praise God. :) After tat, we had a mini-karaoke session. hahaha. kidding. more of spending time with Deacon Chin, knowing his heart n person, n also more of those pple who stayed behind. Especially Jen. His rocker-self is still in him. i knew it. :) On top of all the fun n entertaining time we had, a realisation dawned on me. There are definitely many many more songs tat i need to listen n learn... Hills is definitely not enough. :) But well, God is my sufficiency. Amen.
Day 3
To breakfast we go!! Gotta thank Annie for her wake-up call. Good food again, gosh, how can i still stay e same weight with tis food?!?! then it's on to prac again... Marvellous practice n then svc, seeing God move again. Great msg as well. Afternoon was e time i enjoyed most with my cg. GAMES TIME!! no cheers, no fanciful coordination or group-works... but we just somehow gel-ed together and everyone just had fun n gave their best. We emerged victorious, by the grace of God. Best team with 2 Gold n 2 Silver in our bags... We were supposingly the most impossible team to win... with everyone coming from all walks of life, not knowing each as long as the other care groups... but hey, isn't tat the best situation to glorify God?? *grin Therefore we won, and feeling so good and blessed after tat. Love our victory sign, thought up by non-other than our dearest Gibs. :) Then the best part of the camp came - the Men's meeting. I had realli God-proportion hunger n expectation from the 2 "preachers" - Darren n Coach Louis. Darren has been my CGL for sometime n i know his words are always in season n encouraging, and Coach Louis has always been someone i wanted to glean from as i know abt his life story, from ah-beng to worship leader to full-time church worker. A route tat i personally hope tat i'll embark on as well. the Lord knows my desires n the secret petitions of my heart, and He will fulfill it. Wonderful time of worship n just growing in the Word... Hallelujah. And tat was not the end. Coach Louis prayed for me!! Praise God!! God din disappoint. :)
Day 4
K, maybe it's e hot sun e previous day, maybe it's e fact tat i wore THREE layers of clothes to sleep(not forgetting the blanket i was covering myself with...) i fell sick on Sat, the 4th day. Super sad... when everyone was absorbing the wonderous Word n soaking in the presence of God, i was stuck in bed. GRRR... So well, missed out on everything. even e shopping. SHOPPING. boohoohoo...
Day 5
Going home day. argh... can't camp never end... it's like back to real-life... back to the cruelity of reality... NOT!! hahaha, after e past few days, everyone was reluctant to leave HM behind(duh, 4 solid days of emersing yourself in the Word n Presence... WHO WANTS TO LEAVE?!?!?), but yet, everyone knows tat God will do something special for each n everyone of us when we get back to our lives, cause this time round, we are armed with the true Reality - Jesus, the Word, the Truth, the Way, and the Life. With Him on our side, wat's there to fear?? we walked on, knowing tat God is going to do signs n wonders following His Word. so EXPECTING!! the good things of God to manifest speedily n in accelerated form in our lives. amen?? :)
well, tat's all folks.
Ok, i'm kidding. tat was wat i experienced in HM, the things tat happened in the physical realm. Now, i'm gg into e spiritual side. ready to take e plunge?? Here we go!!
Firstly, serving on stage realli is something. Something different. I expected it to be e same from below the pulpit, but it was realli different. Maybe it's due to the size of my eyes and my height, i din see it as clearly in HM4 as i did in HM5. Oh, short testimony. I asked God to let me be a back-up for HM5, n praise God, He did. HE DIN DISAPPOINT, HE WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW. amen?? :)
Anyway, wat i meant by seeing, is the way the Holy Spirit moves. In HM4, maybe becos i was surrounded by loads of pple, n also the fact tat i was slain half the time, i din see Him moving in the way i saw tis HM. He(Holy Spirit) is fast, bold, impactful. Yet at e same time, gentle, mild, soothing. Things tat i observed - everyone was touched, one way or another. Many ones were slain, crying... Many ones were smiling, at peace. Someone was even laughing, or giggling. I realised something - He works differently with everyone. Everyone is special in their own way... This is so true. Remember The Incredibles?? When that villian said when everyone is special, no one is?? Tat's like absolute crap. Look at the body of Christ. We are ALL special, with different emotion patterns, trains of thoughts, behaviour systems, physical appearances, spiritual maturity and gifts from the Lord. Yet who's to say we are not someone?? Remember how Pastor said we are the Davids of the Lord?? Hey!! tat's all of us!! We are called to be Davids, called to be more than conquerors, called to be displaying victory against the devil, cos He was victorious 2000 yrs ago on the Cross on Calvary!! Well, tat's wat we all are. Special. :)
Well, to continue on serving... This was the revelation i got while serving... think it's the morning session. For the first session, we din do as well as we wanted. We gotta admit tat. We din know how to handle the anointing. Reason?? We were concentrating too hard on getting it right, instead of concentrating on God. But when we did on the next day's morning?? Whoa, awesome worship, awesome presence, even among the singers n musicians. Crux of the story?? Concentrate on His grace n His sufficiency, and everything shall fall in place. Look at Mary. She just rested in God, n she did wat was realli needed, at the right time. :)
Well, STILL on serving, but in a different aspect. Coach Louis's 'sermon'. Coach preached abt serving... How serving was something tat was innate in us... Tat it is something tat we all want to do some point of our lives. We should start somewhere... be it in a ministry tat demands us to be humble or be in the limelight. Everything is abt Him. Everything is from rest - tat everything is completed n done on the cross, and i'm just serving Him out of an overflow. He also encouraged us to be caring for the things of God. Then of cos, since it being a Men's Meeting, he also talked abt how being single is the best time to serve God, cos once we are attached, our time has to be divided to e other half. So true. Lastly, he talked about 1st Sam 16:18. David is called a man of war. A man of WAR?? when did he fight in a battle?? Well, it's God's calling him before he was even developed into tat king. God saw him as a king, and was faithful to making him one. David still failed. But just because God called him to be a man of war, He made sure tat He fulfilled His promise.
Wat did God promise you?? Hold on to it. Cos it WILL come to pass. Say amen.
Lastly, i just wanted to talk a little about the 4th day when i was missing. Some pple were thinking tat i missed out on a lot, n i dun disagree. I'm sure the message n the anointing was strong in the service. but yet, i know i did receive my portion. On the morning, when i couldn't get up from bed, i was cursing n swearing. I was thinking to myself... Damn... I'm missing out!! I want to get to the service!! Yet, God spoke in a loving voice. "how many times have I touched you in tat little room of yours?? Alone??" After that, i just rested. Rested in His goodness. And you know wat?? At nite, when i just woke up for some apparent reason, i felt this coin drop into my heart. I din know wat it was, only tat it was something to do with my giftings. I couldn't help but tear n thank God, cos it was so Him. So Him to just do things extraordinarily for me. For ME. Tat's wat He is to me. Totally extraordinary. Totally outrageous in His manner of showing His love for me, n a total SHOW-OFF. And boy do i love it. :)
k, now it's realli the end... thanx for reading so far if you did... cos this is a realli realli realli long post. Anyway, just wanted to say this... God doesn't disappoint. He doesn't know how. He CAN and He WILL do all things good for you. For if He gave you His Son, trust Him to give you ALL good things. He has given you gifts, abilities to do things tat you can't even imagine. You got some stuff on the inside of you tat you dun even begin to know tat you've got in the inside of you. He knows your desires of your hearts. And He DOES give them to you. *grin
You do not need to maintain your weight. Duh. I'm still holding on to God's promise. haha.
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