wednesday.

“Tear down the walls see the world
Is there something we have missed
Turn from ourselves
Look beyond
There is so much more than this

And I don’t need to see it to believe it
I don’t need to see it to believe it
Cause I can’t shake this
Fire deep inside my heart

Look to the skies hope arise
See His majesty revealed
More than this life there is love
There is hope and this is real

Cause I don’t need to see it to believe it
I don’t need to see it to believe it
Cause I can’t shake this fire burning
Deep inside my heart

This life is Yours and hope is rising
As Your glory floods our hearts
Let love tear down these walls
That all creation would
Come back to You
It’s all for You

Your Name is glorious
Glorious
Your love is changing us
Calling us
To worship in spirit and in truth
As all creation returns to You

Oh for all the sons and daughters
Who are walking in the darkness
You are calling us to lead them back to You
We will see Your spirit rising
As the lost come out of hiding
Every heart will see this hope we have in You”- hillsongunited

“For Christ’s love compels us…” 2 Cor 5:14

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hope… it is so powerful. and that hope is only in Christ, apart from Him, there is nothing.. no-thing, nada.

today i heard a sad story about GKJ, her parents and ICU… her story from before she came, the long struggle already at such a young age… and how her parents seemed to have already lost all hope. i havent met them yet but while at KS tonight, i prayed for them, that God will continue to remind them of His love, His mercy and His love.

ICU= “I see you.”

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Praise points for today!
- my Reg shared that she also went to Uganda for her medical elective and would be happy to give some pointers! the both of them have been so kind to me over the last few days. im blessed
- my consultant ALSO knows someone who is a doctor based in Uganda who is Ugandan himself and is happy to pass along T’s contact details… we might also be even be able to bring ‘supplies’ over. how exciting!

- the wardround was fantastic! i actually contributed something more useful than a question!
- not only that, he also agreed to write a nice reference for me! praise God!!
- and i got to sit in on my very first GenMed Clinic ever

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new day tomorrow

my august thus far

“it’s important to write. so that you may know who you once were and what you’ve become.”-courtesy of a revamped-blogsite of a friend.

plus i realised that there is much to be said in my 6thyear2ndmonth here in Melbourne.

august1- the 5th anniversary of when my wallet got stolen from me right in front of me without me knowing… so this year i tried to be really careful and left the trustyol’brick as it is so affectionately called, at home. and it is safe

but, the ‘adventure’ does not just end there… between the morning session at beautifulwoman09 and the saturdaynightsession these took place:

- i went home and hung out with R, D and theyounger(note:not little)brother… sharing freely about the contents of pediatrichandtrauma
- R,D and i  tried to watch “rachel getting married” before D and i rushed off to my first ever formal tennis lesson
- had an ‘amazingrace’ adventure trying to find the venue, but the coach was a really nice easygoing guy
- RUSHED to get back to get ready and head off to the saturdaynight session… AND realised that my BIBLE was NOT with me… which set me off to a panic (not a good combo)..
- got reminded again why publictransportoperators in melbourne make the frontpagenews… the tram did NOT come, the train i was going to take got delayed (which added to the anxiety).. but eventually made it there in time.. to be told.. “you just mised out on…” (really now, who says that? hint: DONT say that to anyone, okay notnotnot take offense)
- anyway the night session was great.. and i came out to realised that my phone cracked (?someone jumped on it? could possibly be me even, anyway no bother)

so that was my august 1. so glad God carried me through it… i dun know how i could have done it otherwise.

Note on BW09: Amazing!amazingamazing! now really have to continue to put those things into practice- did once already when i ‘redeemed’ my Bible.. and yes happyending, i found it @ LostProperty along with my sessionnotes-praise GOD! (for everything else, refer to notes)

august2:
- had bubs throw up on me first time ever in 6 years! whatanexperience. i’m ok. (notetoself:gloveup!)
- had the first Sunday afternoon at home as far as i can remember.. was nice
- watched MarleyandMe… it was so unexpectantlyrefreshing. sighs.
-off to KKB for a drink with shopping/visittingBrisbanites, B and A.

“Cry in my heart”- Starfield

“Cry In My Heart”- Starfield

“There’s a cry in my heart
For Your glory to fall
For Your presence to fill up my senses
There’s a yearning again
A thirst for discipline
A hunger for things that are deeper

Could You take me beyond?
Could You carry me through?
If I open my heart?
Could I go there with You?
(For I’ve been here before
But I know there’s still more
Oh, Lord, I need to know You)

For what do I have
If I don’t have You, Jesus?
What in this life
Could mean any more?
You are my rock
You are my glory
You are the lifter
Of my head
Lifter of this head”

Stumbled upon this from a treasuredfriend’s blog. this is why i am thankful for racepartners(Low,2008 )

the grace of God (a never-ending lesson)

the grace of God comes through

‘ grace will light a candle in the darkest hour’- Charles Spurgeon

‘ glory is grace in full bloom’ -Charles Spurgeon

thanking God for the things He has set in place even BEFORE the event/circumstance (there’s no denying that He is eternal/timeless/not bound by time) :

• the holiday car
• the apartment we will move into for 2008
• the semi- preparation before hand
• the people to work with
• family 
• the children
• technology (emails, phone, sms)
• whereis.com, street-directory.com
• the ability to read maps
• the friends to journey with
• the coffee machine gift
• the flexibility of AMS

* i reckon they will all be very very instrumental in the next 10 days  or so

Jesus… You are my hero!

ohmygoodness ohmygoodness!

i had the craziest 45 mins of my life thus far

okay.. background: functions was going to give us NDH  for the next few weeks.. BUT they pulled out last minute this week and by the time i found out and tried to make a booking with the University, it was too late for UniRoomBookings to organise everything. SO for 45 mins we were left with NO venue. MURoomBookings just told us to have the meeting cancelled…. so i panicked (i wished i didn’t) but i did.. and i called JonC and TtheP… and we had thought of alternatives… but were met with “sorry, we’re all booked out…”

so in the midst of waiting and making phone calls, i started to really pray and focused.. and put some worship on.. and then a thought came -HolySpirit [rem. living by the Spirit] and i just started to remember the times that God came through for us and i told God that i believed He is more than able to come through for is this time round…

so the thought was to explore trinity college: i got the number off the website and called the conference booking management- praying that it was possible we use the EvanBurgeRoom. so i spoke to the guy and guess what?! We can use the EvanBurge Room- it has about 100-150 capacity and it is available this Friday from 5.30pm to 10.30pm and as i spoke to the building conference manager who is a Christian from a local church, we had a friendly chat about OCF and he asked me what church i was from and stuff.. and the flippin’ fantastic bonus was because we were a Christian Club, he gave us a DISCOUNT!!!!  it is way cheaper than a lecture hall.. and i think more condusive space AND IT IS ON CAMPUS.. and yeah he says it is even possible we booked it regularly.. PRAISE GOD PRAISEGOD!

i don’t know what else to say. i am in awe

i  look back and remember what i was singing during my QT this morning:

“My Jesus is able to calm the seas when they rage

My God is the answer in my weakness He reigns”

Amen

p.s my devotional today was 2 Corinthians 1: 1-11… talk about put-into-practice

8 We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,^{[ b]} about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again . We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. 11 And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety

p.s. reminder- live by the Spirit