~JcZw

Christmas again. This weekend has been spent quite fruitfully, relative to others actually... church activities on both saturday and sunday.

Youth group on saturday consisted of us splitting into a few groups, buying little gifts, wrapping them then going to give them to people on the streets. My group had me, Chee Keen, Shirley, Felicia and her friend, and Eng Keat... Bought pockeys n sweets from Funan then went Citylink.

There's something about my face or my clothes which the public didn't like. While my group mates all gave out their presents on their first attempts, I took 8 attempts before my gift was accepted!!! Gave to this really cute little girl with big scary eyes (not unlike soo yee's cousin). Yup... relief relief.

The message shared by Auntie Hwee Kiaw could be summed up in a song we used to sing in our old church. The theme: Giving.

The Father gave the Son
God sent Jesus to us 2000++ years ago

The Son gave the Spirit
When Jesus died and rose, he left us the Holy Spirit with us

The Spirit gives us life
Similarly the Holy Spirit is what enables us to live a Christian life (since its not possible to do it on our own, given that we are human). This is done through the power, presence and passion given by the Sprit.

So we can give this gift of love
Our own task is to spread this love to other people, and more importantly, to love God with everything we have... Giving him Place in our life, Priority and to Praise him with our all.

And the gift goes on
And the gift goes on
And the gift goes on
And the gift goes on and on and on
Auntie Hwee Kiaw then concluded with the statement "When this happens, giving to others will become natural!"

Don't you love to get a present
Wrapped up in a Christmas bow
God gave each of us a present
On that night so long ago
It's a Gift that keeps on giving
If our spirits can receive
It's the secret joy of living
If our hearts can just believe
Behind all the commercial business of Christmas, there really is a deeper meaning to that... When the TV people interviewed passers-by on the street, not many, if any at all, mentioned God. As Dr Khoo, my pastor, said, although its all well and good to exchange presents, to get together with the family, at the end of the day, Christmas is for God.

And the gift goes on (and the Father gave the Son)
And the gift goes on (the Son gave the Spirit)
And the gift goes on (the Spirit gives us life)
And the gift goes on and on and on / so we can give this gift of love

When your life is full of Christmas
Then your life is full of love
You can give away the present
That began with God above
Just like ripples in the water
The circles of our love extend
What was started with the Father
Is a Gift that has no end
Can I add on that, that is only applicable for when your life is full of the true meaning of Christmas. And so giving sincerely, and only sincerely, will also be a form of love.

And the gift goes on (and the Father gave the Son)
And the gift goes on (the Son gave the Spirit)
And the gift goes on (the Spirit gives us life)
And the gift goes on and on and on / so we can give this gift of love
-The Gift Goes On

Nice simple song... Actually I was intending to put it on my blog, but couldn't find a nice midi for it...

Yup, that kinda sums up the Christmas services... After service had lunch in church... talked a lot to other people etcetc... learned just a little bit more about goalkeeping =Pp Talking to Larry makes me feel like a really inadaequate goalkeeper... But then again, he was in a professional school team and I'm purely PURELY recreational =D Fencing and soccer are feng ma niu bu xiang ji =DD

Okay... one more thing... for all the times I've referred to on my blog about "my" DSTA jacket, its actually my sister's which she earned with her blood tears and sweat during her attachment when she was in VJ... yup... so its actually "hers-which-was-borrowed-by-me" DSTA jacket. Anyway I'm not using it anymore cos I've got a really thick furry one now... haha... So, just for clarification yeah..

Merry Christmas then!