11:56 PM
No one is perfect in this world..Yeap... That's with exception of God and His only Son...
Always when I wanna blog about some good things which I blogged till halfway, when I wanna continue it, there is bound to have something at least to stop me from doing that...
Anyway, in this case, there is really a big negative happening around the bus community, but I shall NOT talk anything much about it... What I really wanna say is that in this world, we can't satisfy everyone's (and I mean ALL) expectations and agree with their thoughts etc... This world is really imperfect... Let alone bus community which is a good example.. People have their own reasons to "shoot" or say something unpleasant in a particular way, but not everyone sees the intention and the motive.. and even if they see it, they may not fully understand and treat it with a positive approach... Yes.. Some people maybe too sensitive about certain issues or even certain words, but well.........................
As what 1 of my bus enthusiast friends said to me... " 做好人真难啊！" (In English it means being a nice person is really hard)
Yes... I agree.. and sometimes it may be hard for me to forgive certain people and forget about their past mistakes (and sins as Christians put it this way). For me, I just wanna love the people but hate the sin... As believers of Christ, I believe that all of us are imperfect (me included), and at times, it is because of the various sins that they have, which makes people around them hate them, but in actual fact, I believe that the person itself is innocent, but not the sins that they have.
Sometimes it is really quite a sad thing for me to see such things happening around, when at times they don't wish to have it, and they are the victims when the sin (or rather the devil in Christian context), is the culprit.. Personally I have seen it (and perhaps experience it too?) quite a lot of times, and I pray, especially for my NS, that this kind of things will minimise.
Times when I have made grave mistakes to others, and vice-versa in this case, I find that it is really important for us to still be able to forgive others. Although it may be hard in this case, but these 3 verses from the Bible somehow encourages me, and I hope it encourages you too...
Colossians 3:12-14 (New Living Translation)
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
It is clearly stated already so I just emphasis it in bold and color...
Especially to the believers, let us do some reflection shall we?
- Victor
Labels: bus enthusiasts, prayers, thoughts
Victor Lim
Wednesday, December 31, 200810:10 AM
Bye 2008!As I am waiting for my FYP teammates in school library, I start to think and reflect back the things that I did and etc etc...
Indeed it's a fruitful yet challenging year for me because I faced lots of tough times, times where I feel like giving up, times where I had to suffer a lot..
Reflecting back on my school life, it's a very fruitful journey for me not just in Year 2008, but the whole of 3 years of RP life as it is coming to a end for me before I enter my next phase of my life.... which is N.S..
How I wish I can rewind myself to 3 years back and experience it again and again, but yea, once it has past, means it has past, and will never come back again... What I can do is just to treasure all my poly friends and spend more time with them especially to my closer ones..
Reflecting back on my life as a bus enthusiast, this year it has been a challenging one for me, especially after our 1st bus enthusiasts cell group is formed with some of the Christian bus enthusiasts. Conflicts and misunderstandings happening everywhere, from SGforums to MSN to face-to-face, all I have seen before (but thank God I don't have any conflicts with them, and I don't wish that to happen to me). Flame wars can be seen every month especially in SGforums and some of the bus enthusiasts starting to gang up together and deal with some other particular bus enthusiasts that they hate it to the core... All these things I have seen it all..
On the positive side, I have also helped in the organizing committee in organizing activities for the fellow bus enthusiasts to come and enjoy and at the same time, to foster stronger bondings among one another and to get to interact with more bus enthusiasts that they don't know. Things that I have helped out are activities such Amazing Race and the farewell tour for the various very old buses that are going to scrap in a few months' time. It's not easy to organize and make the activities a success..
Reflecting back on my Christian walk of life, I also faced lots of ups and downs, especially at the point of time when I told my parents that I have decided to be a Christian and to go for church service every Sunday morning and I just cried and cried at that night after I got scolded and threatened upside down...
But on the positive side, God has blessed me with lots of things, and I love my cell group (E447) so much because they really take care of me well, being the 2nd youngest (IIRC) member in my cell group.. In my spiritual walk, at times (I think is most of the time??) I negliect God so much that at times I don't treat Him seriously...
In Year 2009, I hope that things really start to change for the better, in all areas of my life...
In a few days' time, I am going to finish setting all my goals and resolution for Year 2009, and I really pray and hope that whatever new challenges that I am going to face it, I will overcome it with FAITH and not FEAR.... =)
Before ending this post, I wanna wish everyone here a Happy New Year 2009 and all the best in your future goals and dreams and every part in your life!! ^_^
Labels: BECG, bus enthusiasts, church, God, school, thoughts
Victor Lim
Monday, December 15, 200811:54 AM
Touched..Yesterday morning, while I was on 2nd Service 966 bus early in the morning on my way for morning service, and reflecting on the week that I have went through, indeed it's pretty busy and shag for me.. As I was reflecting back, I thought of the days that I neglect God so much that I did not spend my daily quiet time with Him, and being able to come back to Him once again, I felt so touched by His presense, and couldn't resist my emotions in a very public place (i.e. bus).. That one still nvm..
As I served in my zone (Charlie Terrace 03), I kept feeling so rushing and stress during Praise and the beginning part of Worship until I thought that I couldn't just concentrate Worshipping Him, and finally when my zone is about to be done settling on the number of empty seats, I just stand on 1 side along the pathway and just worship Him, and as I do so, this time I just couldn't resist my emotions any further, and I just broke down before Him.. As the worship was coming to a end before the preaching and etc, I just feel that the time that I spend with Him is too short, and really felt like worshipping Him even more...
As for the preaching/sermon part, the message also really describes the situation that I am facing right now, i.e., the bus farewell tour.. (more focus into the committee section). Later in the afternoon, I met Alan first after our service (since we from same church service but different cell only) and then we went to meet up with the rest of the bus farewell tour committee at Buangkok area... It was a very fruitful one down there, where the seniors gave chance to the organizer, each one of us who were present there, pointed out the mistakes and problems that is being done, and then came out with suggestions to the mistakes and problems so that mistakes will not repeat itself next time when we have such bus farewell tour again..
After that went to Jurong Point to meet up with my parents and brother (as my sister was still having her Xtreme Challenge (a kind of amazing race but doing all sorts of Xtreme sports), and for myself I managed to get my new year t-shirts from there.. After walking around the new extention, I still prefer the t-shirts from Spade, and 1 shot I bought 2 t-shirts, 1 with the attractive sliver thingy, and another with the cross.. Super nice... Their staffs (all youngsters) were all super friendly and they provide very great service to me! I even get the Spade membership card for free (as the total amount for the 2 t-shirt were $50 and above). Either during the chinese new year or new year end then I will start wearing it le...
After that have dinner first before taking train (as my parents wanted me to take train with them) back home, and guess what? The train that I took is the one without the seats in the middle section of every carriage.. (Carriage 059-060) Let the photos do the talking..
The carriage that we were in at Boon Lay MRT Station..
No sitting at the middle of the carriage..
No seats resulting people sitting in the middle of the 2 carriages..!! I was kind enough not to STOMP it.. xD
No seats! Please stand!!
Still sitting at the middle of the 2 carriages!!!
STOMP!!! Haha... (in the end I never STOMP). As what other STOMPers posted in STOMP website about people sitting at the floor.. Here you go!!
Yea.. Sit somemore!! (Later they also transferred to North South line train at Jurong East MRT Station)
Enjoy!~ ^_^
Labels: bus enthusiasts, God, photos, thoughts
Victor Lim
Saturday, December 13, 200812:37 AM
Updates..Okay... Time for me to do some updates too after reading some of my friends' blogs.. Will make it a short one because later on in the day I still have Amazing Race for Bus Enthusiasts..
Past few weeks (especially this week) is quite a hectic and busy period for me because I have to manage my time well especially with FYP and all the other serious meetings i.e. regarding bus enthusiasts stuffs.. Being part of the organizing committee for the farewell tour and Amazing Race is not easy, and lots of commitments and efforts need to be done..
Good thing is that these few weeks, I have been staying back in school after lesson for Badminton and Tennis sports game with Dreamers, which is physically very tired but worthwhile because it is a time when I get to relieve all my STRESSES away and spend time with all my great friends there! Sometimes I see all my non bus enthusiast friends (i.e. school friends, etc) everyday like so carefree (as in no need to worry super ultra much as compared to me), not much variety of commitments as compared to mine.. I still have to jagar (manage)
- Church (CG and Usher ministries)
- School (FYP)
- Bus Enthusiasts!!!! (70% of my stress comes from there... Long story man..)
Yesterday (Friday), it is indeed a very tired and rushing day.. Morning went for the 4 hours Medical Checkup for NS early in the morning (8am need to reach there at CMPB), then went for lunch and take bus to Bt Batok to get back my Canon S5IS camera from Christopher and went back to school for UT and NAPFA, and supposingly, I need to be at Riverwalk by 8pm for Manhood Conference by my church, but because I didn't expect NAPFA to start and end so late (delay due to don't know what reasons!), we finished everything at about 7:50pm, and after that dinner at Lobster House (at RP Sports Complex) with some of the Dreamers before we all went to play Tennis till the lights switched off at 10pm, then we slowly made our way back home..
Okay I feel so tired right now and all I need is SLEEP! Will update again when I am free and wish to post... Nitez to everyone..
Labels: bus enthusiasts, school, thoughts
Victor Lim
Thursday, December 11, 200811:05 PM
Thoughts once again..I'm about to sleep (because I need to wake up very early for NS checkup tml morning) but I sense that God wants me to write up a blog post about certain things that are happening around for the negative parts..
1st of all, I wanna thank God for the open heart of 2 of my friends, Terence and Fang Sheng, for being able to give the organizer of last Saturday's Nissan Diesel U31RCN (bus) farewell tour a 2nd (and last?) chance.. For those who went there last week (bus enthusiasts), especially the committee members (including myself), we would know how screwed up the tour was. I won't explain much because most of the story has been explained in Fang Sheng's and Terence's blog (links on the left).. I can see how other committee members and even advisors (except Terence and Fang Sheng AFAIK) express not only their unhappiness but also their unforgiveness attitude towards the organizer..
This really makes me remind of my fellow bus enthusiasts within this unique interest group here.. Although the flaming's activity in the forum has somewhat decrease a bit, but still I wonder when will be the time where this kind of flaming activities which is caused by misunderstandings or conflicts end.. Probably by the time I go up to heaven to see my heavenly Father (aka Daddy God) face to face, all these things will be still happening around? Well, only my Daddy God knows..
Seeing all these bad things happening around really makes me feel so heartpain, especially when it's within the interest/hobby group whereby all the more we should be more friendly, caring, showing our care and concern, learning how to forgive one another... Speaking of which, God spoke to me these 2 verses, Galatians 5:22-23. I shall put these 2 verses in The Message version:
But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
I especially highlighted the main points that I wish to say out here in red.. I wonder how many of my fellow bus enthusiast friends have these kind of characteristics in them... Okay... Shall not say anything much... Must make you all think (bus enthusiasts) also... I need to sleep because tomorrow will be a long + rushing day for me.. God bless everyone and take care, all my friends and readers.. Nitez everyone!
Labels: bus enthusiasts, God, thoughts
Victor Lim
Monday, November 24, 20081:42 PM
Busy weeks..Hello all! It's me again... Long time no update cos I was super busy for the past few weeks, especially last week for Asia Conference 2008...
RP
- Things has been going quite well for me except for FYP..
- Pon 2-3 lessons with Dreamers for outings (except 1 time for FYP and other stuffs)..
- Went off 1-2 times during 2nd breakout/3rd meeting to rush off to settle some stuffs..
- Daily grades oso got ups and downs..
- UT1 grades worst (1 B, 1 C, 1 D, 1 D+)
- FYP weekly log haven touch yet.. Minutes of Meetings only submitted 2 to FYP portal..
- NAPFA test choose to postpone due to rushing off to collect refund (for IC) + parent's marriage anniversary dinner..
- Think it's just like that as far as I can remember ba..
CHC (E447) (CG - Cell Group)
- Chiong-ed 1 day for doing most of the part for CG blog..
- More busy (and stress?) thanks to Jia Yun who arrowed me to take over her as Birthday I/C for CG..
- Very soon I will arrow another person in CG to take over me as Song Sheet I/C liao.. Cannot 1 shot take too many roles because in Usher Ministry I still got some other roles..
- Other than that it's as usual..
CHC (Usher Ministry)
- Reshuffling of groups --> Re-allocation of groups.
- Previous group: G4S5-C
- Current group: G4S1-A
- Asia Conference, served for Wednesday night, Saturday afternoon & evening, Sunday morning.. Super tired after every night (when serving).. Really need to pray for strength man..
- Because of reshuffling of groups, therefore Welfare I/Cs part also somehow affected..
- New/additional roles to play within this new group of Welfare I/Cs dept = More responsibilities..
- Think that's all for now ba..
Bus Enthusiasts
- As usual problems keep happening..
- Some sensitive/private issues which are not convenient to say it out here..
- But it's not everything problems here and there, as there are still bound to have a bit of good things happening..
- Quite disappointed for BECG (West side).. Don't wish to say anything further here..
Other things which I wanna thank God for.. (for the past few weeks)
- A kind soul found back all my lost cards (when I lost my wallet about 3 weeks back) which includes the most important thing - IC.
- Because of IC found close to the end of the 2 weeks grace period (from the day I go ICA to pay $100 for new IC), I get my $100 refund!!
- 1 of my bus enthusiast friends whose has a open heart for Christ.. But whether he chooses to commit to which church (whether mine or Roderick's one), it's all up to him because we respect his decision and not to forcefully drag him in as we want to be fair to everyone..
- Asia Conference 2008 to be a anointing and impacting one as I learnt something great out from the sessions and in terms of ushering, having a great time too..
For the last 2 days after the night session, I don't know is it God's blessing or what, kena the only Service 24 bus with Asia Conference ad (ah I still haven snap that shot SBS8238E, with SBS8042C from Service 24 and 2 other buses from Service 128 with the crossovers to Service 265 and 269). More than just that, it's the various sessions that really impacted me a lot especially the opening session on Wednesday night and Sunday morning's session..
I think I will update till here first.. Got time I will post more... Lolx..
Some super overdue photos below.. Lolx..
JT's birthday:
Irvin's birthday:
Labels: BECG, birthday, bus enthusiasts, church, outings, school
Victor Lim
Friday, September 19, 200811:28 AM
4 years back..4 years back, when I was still not a avid bus enthusiast yet, ....................................
Right now, when I am a avid bus enthusiast (but not as crazy as some of them), .............................
Throughout these 4 years, it affected my life really a lot, and it somehow changed the way people think about me as a person... And in terms of my lifestyle, I find that it has somehow changed a lot too..
4 years back, I lead a normal life like what my school friends do... Right now, I find that I have somehow being drifted away from the reality teenage world... I don't want to end up in a world of buses only.. What I really desire is to lead a normal happy life like what my classmates have... I want to strike a balance in my life, and I really don't want to waste my school life just like that... Haiz..
I guess my group of bus enthusiast friends have much more problems and conflicts and misunderstandings among themselves as compared to my other group of friends such as classmates/schoolmates.. Sometimes, it makes me ponder over it and I really feel sad about it...
At times, how I wish that the time machine can bring me back to Year 2004 and restart my life from there once again... But... What's over means over liao... In reality world, there is no such thing called the time machine... And no matter what, I still have to live on... Yeah..
Okay... Time for me to get back to work (school). Shall blog again when I am free...
Labels: bus enthusiasts, school, thoughts
Victor Lim
Monday, September 08, 20082:14 AM
Some thoughts.. (Bus Enthusiasts)Time now is 2:13am, and I just can't leave my thoughts aside and go to sleep.. In a 6 more hours and I have to report to school for lesson.. A bus enthusiast (i am not going to name that person) called me and chat about certain things just now for 1 hour 43 minutes and 7 seconds.. Right now, instead of feeling very tired, I feel otherwise, and the Lord has prompted me to blog about it..
As what my nick says, "Broken world... Broken people.. The lack of love .. The lack of something in their life."
Everytime when my CG meeting or church service talks about love in the sermon, it really makes me feeling quite down.. It's like I see a broken world out there, with broken people that lack of something in their life.. Whenever I compare my church/cell group friends with other friends of mine, I can see the significant difference in them..
Something which really burdens me a lot in the bus enthusiasts community, is the friendship among one another, the way they treated one another... Sometimes I am thinking, that how I ever wish if everyone in this community will be like me, having my type of character, and having peace both in the cyber world (forums and MSN) and in the real world out there, showing unfailing love among one another... But... Right now, with all these things happening on in this broken world, it's really very hard to salvage it.. More and more chaotic stuffs have been happening around, and at the rate that it's going, it's going to get worst each moment..
Sometimes when I think back of the times when I am still a very novice (or noob which some of you may called it as) bus enthusiasts in Year 2005, I find that this world is really super duper ultra ultimate unfair, and it's very true in this very cruel world.. Back then, I also do commit mistakes and offend other bus enthusiasts in the forum at times, but I received numerous chances and forgiveness from the seniors especially. It is even to the extent that some people in z8 private forum almost wanted to kick me out.. Through all these years, I find that I have changed really a lot especially in terms of my character, really thankful for that...
Coming back to the present (currently), I really see a great change between the different generations within this community here.. Although age gap between the different generations may not be significant, but the conficts, misunderstanding, broken friendships, chaos.... has been happening around.. It's as good as saying that this is a broken community.. Sometimes, I just think that how I wish if I can just don't give a damn about it and let the situation carry on like this forever... But.. the HS somehow spoke to me, that I should share/carry the burden that is happening around currently, and doing my best to change the situation around and eventually experience a great revival in this community here..
For now... I shall see how the situation goes for the next few weeks or months, and I will share my thoughts from there again...
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)
Labels: bus enthusiasts, thoughts
Victor Lim
Sunday, August 10, 20087:47 PM
Festival of Praise 2008Hey all! Long time no update... These few days I have been busying with my own stuff, mainly school and church stuff, and with things going on especially for weekends which packed my day..
Last Friday to Sunday (1st - 3rd August 2008), I went for FOP (Festival of Praise) with my bus enthusiast and my E447 cell group friends.. This year, we have Reuben Morgan from Hillsong Australia and Parachute Band from New Zealand who led us for praise & worship, and Pastor Mark Conner from CityLife Church who led us for sermon..
First night of FOP 2008, I went with 2 of my bus enthusiast friends (Reuben and XY) and 2 of my E447 cell group friends (Quanhan and Ben). KP was invited by his friend, Ming Wei, for the 1st night of FOP 2008.. Everything was great there, especially the sermon part which really impact my heart a lot. The sermon is about building a strong spiritual atmosphere and there are 4 ingredients that are important for creating an atmosphere of power and growth which consist of "Peace", "Encouragement", "Comfort" and "Fear of the Lord". Won't elaborate it here ba, probably in my spiritual blog I will talk more about it.. After the whole service finished, XY went home while Reuben and myself went to Plaza Singapura for late night dinner cum supper inside MacDonald.. Took SBS1936U (crossover from Service 506) of Niteowl 3N back home after that.. Super chiongster like Singapore version of Tokyo Drift..
Second night of FOP 2008, I went with 3 of my bus enthusiast friends (Reuben, Wilcent and Isaac) and some of my E447 cell group friends after cell group meeting.. Inside there, Wilcent sat right beside my E447 cell group leader (Quanhan), and he was quite shocked at first when he saw my cell group leader using laptop during sermon to take down sermon notes.. Lolx.. Sermon was about growing old or growing up.. Also won't elaborate much down here... After the whole service finished, I went with my bus enthusiast friends to the MacDonald at Plaza Singapura for late night dinner cum supper again.. After that rush out to the bus stop at Dohby Ghaut MRT Station there to wait for our night buses back home.. Praise the LORD!! The main entrance door wasn't lock unlike the previous night when Reuben and myself had to walk a big round via Carrefour there to the bus stop, hence after that, we stop rushing and take our time to walk to the bus stop and waited.. Wilcent took Niteowl 4N (At after 1am when his bus came and I have finished bathing at home liao..), Reuben and myself took Niteowl 3N (SBS2607M, Service 506 crossover also but this time never chiong as there were a lot of cars along the way), and Isaac went to the bus stop further down towards MacDonald's house and took the 2nd last Service 65 bus back home (which is around 12:25am, lucky him that the last bus from Harbourfront bus interchange is 12am).
Third day of FOP 2008, instead of joining my friends for the whole service, I was serving in Zone A2 along the North Sector instead.. Helped Reuben and Wilcent to book seats for them also, and I supposed that they can see how stressed and worried I am at the point of time of serving (usher), especially after offering and sermon, during the praise and worship after that, when I was already broke down but I managed to resist my tears until I reached back home and doing my quiet time before I slept.. Felt so discouraged and shag especially when the gates inside towards the stage area were opened and I saw a lot of youngster who were very on fire with the LORD when it comes to praise.. (More about that can be found on my spiritual blog..) Btw, the sermon was about "Living in the Light of Eternity" which I will also elaborate more in my spiritual blog as well.. Went home after service immediately because next day I still got lesson, and really I wanna thank God for the SMB1H (bus enthusiasts you should know what is this bus) on Service 190 when I transferred to it from Service 14, which managed to cheer my mood up at least by a bit..
I remembered that I 1st stepped into church atmosphere during last year's FOP (Year 2007) when Raymond (1 of my E447 cell group friends) invited and brought me over, and I accepted Christ in 1 month++ after that in September 2007.. Hence I was so looking forward to this year's FOP and for once, my burning passion for the LORD became stronger and stronger.. (Except the third day when I was serving in my allocated zone). It's from this point of time last year that I experienced my turning point of life to a better one.. I realised that my life really changed a lot from the point of time when I accepted Christ as my LORD and saviour... Till now, I never regret my decision to believe in Christianity despite the numerous setbacks and difficulties that I have faced. In fact, it is through all these setbacks and difficulties that increase my faith level over time..
I will stop blogging here for now, and I will blog about the rest of it (such as national day and etc etc probably after a few days when my semester break starts..) God bless everyone! Take care!
2 more days to my 3 weeks (only) semester break...
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Night 1: Myself, Reuben, XY
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Night 2: Isaac, Reuben, Wilcent, myself
Night 2: Reuben, Isaac, Wilcent, myself
Night 2: Reuben, myself, Isaac, Wilcent
Night 2: Reuben, Isaac, Wilcent, myself
Night 2: Reuben, myself, Wilcent, Isaac
Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.
- Hebrews 13:1 (NLT)
Labels: bus enthusiasts, church, FOP, God, photos
Victor Lim
Wednesday, July 09, 200810:21 AM
Psalm 23:4If anyone of you asked whether I am living by which verse (or similiar questions like that) right now, I would say that it's Psalm 23:4... Let me share with you this verse over here..
"Yes, even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of anything, because You are with me. You have a walking stick with which to guide and one with which to help. These comfort me. "
- Psalm 23:4 (New Life Version)
I have put it up in this NLV version, which is easier to understand it.. What I mean by "the valley of the shadow of death", to put into our modern context, is about all our tough times in our life, all the obstacles, difficulties or troubles that we faced in our life.
Speaking of which, God reminded me about all of us here living in a broken world..
"We live in a broken world which has never been healthier, wealthier or bizarrely, free of conflict, but some 500 kilometers south of here they die of want, ... It's not only intellectually absurd, but also morally repulsive."
-Bob geldof
This quote really describes this world very well.. Especially the one about "free of conflicts".
And this reminded me back of my friends, especially bus enthusiast friends.. Every night when i view through sgforums, a very well known bus forum in Singapore, I see bus enthusiasts "shooting" one another, sometimes in a very unpleasant way.. It kinda makes me feel very heartbroken, that it really defeats the purpose of having this forum. Although I am not 1 of the moderators in this forum, but what I wish to say is that a forums is a place that is meant for friendly discussion, and sharing of knowledge to other bus enthusiasts or any other forumers. This is especially for the newcomers of this forum. They may not know whether they have offended other bus enthusiasts in any way, and unwillingly, they are the ones who are been "shoot off" by the more senior bus enthusiasts.
What I personally feel is that they should not deserve this kind of treatment here, and they should be given equal opportunity to learn from their mistakes, even it's a repetitive one, because some bus enthusiasts just need more time to change themselves. We have to be patient at times, and to be able to tolerate all these things..
Okay, coming back to Psalm 23:4, all these unpleasant things that we are currently facing/going through in our own life, we shouldn't be afraid of it. Especially for Christians here, we know that God sees through all the things in every single one of us here, and God is with us all the time, hence we can just pray (and speak) to God for help, and God would be there for us.. This is when the "walking stick" in this verse came in, whereby the "walking stick" is the aid which God gives to us, and comfort us in a special way..
Sometimes over here, you just feel that the more you afraid of a particular things that you are going through in your life, the more you will feel that things are getting worst, and feeling even more afraid in a sense..
For me, as some of you here may have known about it, that my grandma is still hospitalised in NUH, and last week, my parents told me that "for now, we just wait for the time to end" in chinese. Upon hearing it, instead of being very depressed and keep worrying and crying, I had decided to tell God about it, and cast out all my worries and burdens to God, and let God decides everything for me... No point crying over it just because it has/going to happen..
All these things that happened in my life, God knows about it, and for me, God wants me to go through it, and to be able to overcome it. Thank God for allowing me to go through and testify my faith and trust, and once the crisis is over, that I would grow spiritually stronger in Christ..
Hmmm... I hope this entry here will inspires and encourages all of you here, especially those who are going through tough times right now, and hope it really impact your life a lot...
Cheers to all and God bless.. ^_^
Labels: bus enthusiasts, God, thoughts
Victor Lim