Thanksgivings

God is good!

Guess what?

By God's grace, He has granted me the endurance to stick to my Bible Reading Plan for the month of January and I have completed the book of Joshua (24 chapters!)

However, I would need to revise to recollect what I have learnt and most crucially, to apply the spiritual truths and see that the Lord is at work in my life today as He was in the lives of the Israelites back then.

I particularly love how the book of Joshua ended.

"...ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that NOT ONE thing hath failed ALL of the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you: ALL are come to pass unto you and NOT ONE THING hath failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass that as ALL GOOD THINGS are upon you which the LORD your God promised you..." Joshua 23.14-15

Echoing the Old Testament, God's faithfulness and promises are "yea" and "amen" in Christ Jesus in the New Testament as well. So long God is leading and writing the Script of my life, all things will come to pass.

"... your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt, and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season... NOW therefore FEAR the LORD and serve Him in SINCERITY and in TRUTH: and PUT AWAY the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD. And it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, CHOOSE you this day whom ye will serve... ye cannot serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God..." Joshua 24. 7, 14,15 and 19

"NOW therefore put away, said He, the strange gods which are among you, and INCLINE YOUR HEART unto the LORD GOD of Israel" Joshua 24.23

God has given each a free will so we may choose. Serving the LORD and inclining my heart unto Him is a choice as well.

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Had a lovely meet-up with Sis Dolly after a year!

(Time is really ebbing away.)

We patronised the freshly-opened Clementi Mall and last evening marked our maiden trip to the shopping centre which opened in September last year.

Concluded the mall looks great- even better with the yummy food awaiting our stomachs!

After dinner, we had desserts at a Hong Kong Cafe on the basement level.

I LOVE DESSERTS....

especially those made-in-HK. ;)

The two bowls of paste were definitely a treat to our gastronomic juices.

ah bo lings in sesame paste

almond and sesame paste

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Dear Lord,

Life is fleeting on earth, help me to serve You in sincerity and in the light of Thy truth. Help me by Thy grace to put away the strange gods- tangible or intangible. "If any man serve Him (Christ), him will my Father honor." John 12.26. May you have the rightful place in my heart!