The Ancients.
Reflections.
I learnt what it meant to have godly courage.
I realised how timid I am in the area of correcting others especially as a shepherd.
Even for 1 sheep I couldn't bring myself to rebuke her, just cos I was afraid our friendship would sour.
I was like, wah now got 3 sheeps how leh?
One, my original one, another my super duper close friend for 1 year+, another a hi-bye sms friend.
I prayed for more godly courage, not to fear men more than fearing God, cos if not I will end up like Eli in 1 Samuel.
Human strength is limited, but God's strength is complete.
New vision for y-hope: 180.
"God is not looking for capable people, but people who are faithful"
Also learnt about the importance of not having disunity in a caregroup.
when there is disunity, love will be lost, and a caregroup without love is just called group.
That's what the 'care' word is there for, cos we care for one another(:
as I was praying during one of the worships for what directions for eb2b, God put this picture in my head.
Standing at the door (actually there's no door, just a rectangular hole just nice for people to go in), of a small grey brick house with a small, squarish hole for a window overlooking grassland that had no ending.
the house was totally empty, no furnishings, carpets, whatsoever.
but in the middle of the house, there were 2 grey brick stands.
one stand had a 3D-ish red heart model on it.
The other stand had a 3D-ish hand-shaped model on it.
totally didn't understand what that meant at first and didn't continue praying about it.
however the next day, I had the urge to pray again over the meaning behind the picture.
what I got was:
the small grey brick house was our cg, simple, ordinary, no need for rainbow-coloured bricks, flowery wallpapers, chandeliers etc.
no door, because we'd be welcoming to anyone and not shut ourselves from the world.
the heart represented love, the hand represented helping hands.
the window was to reach out to give others a purpose for life, the endless grassland view was to look far ahead, how much more God could use us to go further, no boundaries.
sidetrack abit.
Go listen to the song No Boundaries by Kris Allen/Adam Lambhart (sp?), look at the lyrics, very inspiring woah.
yeah and leow's one was that many young teens would be joining us, with repeated problems previously faced by us, but even though we were young, we could grow so much more.
really looking forward to new shepherds rising up, not only in eb2 but also as a whole(:
p.s. siyao, I'm waiting for my grand-sheep(s) and yiching, I'm waiting for my grandniece-sheep(s) :D
hahaha lol.
(5:30 PM)
