Report + presentation done! (: Synergy of a great team! joycelyn, jingyi, sam and me (: I feel a sense of accomplishment after we've filed our report and put the report cover sheet. feel very shiok!haha.Even though we didn't follow our timeline, i just want to thank God for giving us the wisdom to come up with ideas, how our presentation is different from others.
yours truly presenting =]
After our presentation, we had a talk with vivian to find out how we did and all. By looking at sam's and joyce's expression, i'm sure you know how we did! (:
a group shot to conclude our project! One more project to go! YAY! :DPersonaly, I've always like what pst tan talks about each time he stands on stage to talk. Even though it may be a heavy message, there is a lot to be learned and applied in it. Life changing message i would say.
What pst tan talked about today, about the new way of living. In our lives, we all have this altar where we place our sacrifices in order to get protection, acceptance, good fortune etc etc.. For example, not wanting to get out of an abusive relationship because your partner is very rich (sacrificing your body). Another illustration : burying yourself in work because you want to earn more (sacrificing your time). And in this old way of living, no matter how much sacrifices we place at our individual 'altars', it's NEVER enough. We will end up putting even more sacrifices on this altar and not getting what we want. Because we don't have control over the unpredictable things in our lives, the old way of living is sacrificing ourselves to please God but God is the one who will provide a sacrifice for us, to enter into a new way of living.
We enter this new way of living by faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen. In this new way of living, which is always called the church/ the heavenly places. A place where it's above the world and we can have an elevated view of our lives/problems. This is the part that hits me most. Many a time we feel that we have such a BIG problem in our life but when we see our problems with an elevated view, our problems seem much less insignificant. Moreover, in this new way of living, we are of one body and we can get help from others as well. So, it's not just solving problems all by ourselves but to strengthen each other as we helped one another.
Just want to add one more part about talent that came to my mind. As long as we are willing to try, even though we may have failed again and again, we will succeed in the end. What i really like is that we don't have to be the best in order to try something that we have never tried before. For example, you don't have to be the best guitarist to play in the worship team for zone meetings. I'm not saying that skils doesn't matter, what i'm saying is that there is this opportunity for others to try. The true meaning of new people doing new things, is that even though they may not be the best, they are given opportunities to unleash their gifts and talents.
Our life journey is the continual discovery, continual development and continual use of our talents for the maximum benefit of others.
