Joshua Harris - Saying Goodbye to Dating

I admit that I was looking forward to reading this book.

Took awhile to get to it because  had another book I wanted to finish..Darlene Zchech's Extravagant Worship. Also a very good read.

i guess its only fair that I introduce both books.

Being in the church choir, it can be abit hard to keep my mind on praising God and being in his rest..when you;re trying hard to remember the lyrics to the songs..and admittedly the human part of me thinks about the privilage of performing onstage too...which shudnt be the case...
I read that book and I learnt more than just keeping my mind together as a choir member..but what it means to be an extravagant worshipper...to give him praise in everything we do especially his worship ministry.
Because worship ministry people are always in the limelight..its important to keep our integrity as worship "leaders" because we minister to the masses too.
As christians...we are inevitable "on a smaller scale" worship leaders. When we face our daily tasks..a cheerful, peaceful christians gives God a better image than a depressed christian...
Darlene also pointed out many of her personal experieinces that register close to my heart too and the book really spoke to me...motivating me to change for the better.

Joshua Harris's book
I always thought I was the only one who had to go through numerous self persuading sessions to psycho myself not like this or that guy.
I may not have seemed like I was wavering but for certain people, my will was bending...
And it was these moments that made me wonder what God's take was on dating/relationships etc.
To be honest..I recently had so much difficulty getting over someone whose mannerisms made it even harder for me to do it.
This book gave me so much encouragement and clarity about what God wants for us..about how we should handle our relationships with other youth.
I got a renewed strength on how to prevent myself from getting into situations where things or people would cause my heart to sway...
Dont be mistaken..this book doesnt encourage christians to stay single..it does however mention that singlehood is a time for christian youth to prepare themselves for a longterm relationship.
Obviously...to go overseas for further studies or do missionary work..it isnt good to have a gf or bf waiting for you or have to suffer teh heartbreak if the relationship turns sour as you are overseas.
So God has his plan for all of us. He knows when is hte best time for us to be ready for a relationship.

I was very blessed by this book. And while I may face certain people now and still get the tightening of the heartstrings...or butterfly in the tummy...I know that I can depend on God to tell me when the time is right..and what to do to prevent myself from getting further into the mess if I already know that things wouldnt work out.

Aside from all this..life is good. I won't say any worse than that because I want to claim my blessings.
The power of the tongue is truly powerful. It can work for us or against us.

My mum went to church yesterday. :) She heard Pastor's preaching on sin having no dominion on us..and us living by grace instead of law. She also heard Pastor preach on Martha and Mary and how Martha worries about many things while Mary takes th chance to sit by Jesus feet to hear the word.
I know that spoke to me and I really hope she got the message too.
After so many years of living under the Ho family...she has so many worries that were earlier inflicted on her..but as the years go by..she is now the one who inflicts these worries on herself.
I hope that with God's word and her reading of teh bible...she will realize just how good God's love is. :)

Ive come to realize that theres soo many thigns i wanna do but all needs time and money. Im truly ashamed by the ears Ive wasted....doing things I shundt spend time on..and not doing things that I wish I had learnt by now...But I will put my faith on God for the restoration of years..the blessings to absorb skills faster.
I refuse to give up on my dreams..including songwriting...doing sound etc

K shall stop here. :) I admit i havnt been reading my bible....Just cleaned my table so I hope to use it again soon. :P Back to Jesus's feet... :) Afer a long day...

God BLess