hope this story will be an encouragement to you all.. :) - keren

A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With no little bit of struggle, he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. He was a very small boy and the rock was very large.
When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox, however, he found that he couldn't roll it up and over the little wall. Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox.
The little boy grunted, struggled, pushed and shoved but his only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his chubby fingers. Finally he burst into tears of frustration.
All this time the boy's father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox.
It was the boy's father.
Gently but firmly he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had available?"
Defeated, the boy sobbed back, "But I did, daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!"
"No son," corrected the father kindly. "You didn't use all the strength you had. You didn't ask me." With that the father reached down, picked up the rock and removed it from the sandbox.
Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don't have what it takes to lift them? There is One who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need.
Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves. Sadly, many adults who have been Christians for years are trying to do everything themselves and only turning to God as a last resort. God wants to be your first resort. Let Him help you with your trials, tribulations and temperament. He loves you so much....all He wants you to do is ask Him to help.
When you are DOWN to nothing .... God is UP to something!!!

Lol..first entry must A.A abit.. A.A=attract attention :P
yoz~ my first entry :) hees..
our very own cell blog..tts very very very cool
haha~today's cell meeting n service is a very fruitful one :D
fear the lord for his fear cancels all the other fears .. yep !
prayed for the pple during altercall .. feel very xcited n happy after praying..
-serving the lord is wonderful
-jesus rox
-nana rox too ! dun worry kaes.. nana , we'll all be right here for u. MuacKS

haha.. no comments to post everyone? hmm... then i shall share about what i've been learning this week... hee.. :)

well.... this week, all i've been hearing is faith, faith and more faith... Firstly, last sat, the pastor's message was on faith.. then on sun in sol, it was also on faith.... then for the past few days, during my QT, i've been reading about faith and faith and faith..... haha.. i dunno why God keeps reminding me about faith, but perhaps there are certain areas in my life that i really need faith. Even that tiny bit of faith like a mustard seed, would be enough for me to move a mountain. Wow... how marvellous that promise is.. I'm just wondering if faith can be measured. But i remember pastor rachael saying that faith without deeds is not faith. hee.. :) well.. so for now, since my mind is filled with the word faith, I guess I should have faith in Him! I'm working towards that now..

hope everyone is having a great week... :) God bless you!

love all of you lots,
keren

hEy..my confession..i did not do quiet time for the past few days!!and i am going to spend time wif God tonight..no more excuses..=]since i already finished my PI draft 2..=]may God bless ya..=]-caleb=]=]=]

hello everyone.. this is a really nice blog right? hee.. :) how cum my name's not inside? and i dunno how to edit to put my name in.. :( hahaz...

yep.. so i hope that this blog really works and that we will share our love stories here.. :)

i think i shall begin doing that...

well... my love story is about God. How He has always been there for me and how He has affirm me even in times when I am down. Yesterday i experienced great joy during consolidation. :) haha.. to be honest, i didn't want to become a consolidator in the first place cause I feared what might be expected of me, and that is to pray for others openly. I'm not someone who is very experienced in prayer for others and I always dread doing that when asked to. However, sometimes i would feel an urge to pray for someone although I dunno what to pray for. But my usual reactions is to just ignore it and pretend that i felt nothing. So... when Serena asked me to do consolidation, I wanted so much to give excuses but fortunately, i cant find any. ok.. so i just went up to this woman and started talking nonsense(but it's supposed to be a prayer). haha... i dun even know what i was saying. To me, i felt like i was just repeating and repeating things over and over again. So it came as a surprise when she said what i prayed for was what her heart was troubled over. Ah.. i guess i felt stunned and amazed but that's how i know God is working in my life, and using me to touch others.. :)

yep.. i'm sure everyone has better stories to tell... yay! our cell blog... hee.. :)

love everyone here
-keren