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wow it’s been almost a year since i last wrote

20/11/20

The lame could walk and the blind could see — and Jesus healed them because they wanted to be healed.

However, not every lame, sick and blind person was healed, because they denied did not want to be healed by Jesus.

We will always fall time and time again, it’s totally normal and a part of life. But at the end of the day, do we want God to pick us up, or are we still in denial that we can stand up on our feet again all by our own strength? Do we want God to walk us through the amazing plans He has for us, or do we want to live our lives completely on our own, without God’s hands on it?

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20/11/20

The lame could walk and the blind could see — and Jesus healed them because they wanted to be healed.

However, not every lame, sick and blind person was healed, because they denied did not want to be healed by Jesus.

We will always fall time and time again, it’s totally normal and a part of life. But at the end of the day, do we want God to pick us up, or are we still in denial that we can stand up on our feet again all by our own strength? Do we want God to walk us through the amazing plans He has for us, or do we want to live our lives completely on our own, without God’s hands on it?

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@thornspoetry 

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Always approach people who don’t know Jesus with love in the forefront of your mind. What good is “adding to the Kingdom of God” if that person does not walk away from their conversation with you knowing Jesus loves them? Love is the reason we share the Good News in the first place. You can’t save people. People are not check marks on your list of “people to convert.” Jesus does the saving—you are just the vessel which He chooses to share His love and truth. Be humbled knowing Christ is the One doing the work, and be loving in how you share Him with others.

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“The prettier the garden, the dirtier the hands of the gardener.”

— B. E. Barnes, Put in work. Tend yourself. (via yesdarlingido)

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25/12/2019

CHRISTMAS 2019! Last Christmas of this decade.

Another decade is coming to an end in a few days, and I’ll be spending the last few days in Korea so I don’t think I’ll be able to post or write much, so this post is more than a Christmas post, but it is a post to wrap up my entire 2019.

2019, wow you were hectic. I’ve never felt a year pass by so fast in a flash before (I mean it gets faster and faster every year as we are growing older for some reason). In this year, I’ve experienced the worst of the worst, but yet also the best of the best. I’ve gone through seasons that really broke and tore me apart, but yet through all these I’ve grown so much as well. I’ve lost but yet also gained. I watched people walk away from God and their destinies, but yet I’ve also seen people encounter God and are one step closer to their destinies. I’ve studied my ass off (ok maybe not that much but it’s the hardest I’ve ever did) and I’ve learnt that sometimes all you need is to simply have faith in whatever God is going to do. I’ve drawn closer to a few older people and I have learnt so much from the wisdoms they have. Someone once said that at a certain age, your values and character stay pretty permanent throughout your whole life. Which means that the best time for me to grow, make mistakes and learn from them is now. And through drawing closer to them, I have a picture of the kind of person I want to be for the rest of my life, the kind of values I want to uphold and the character I wish to grow into having. I’ve felt anger and helplessness, but I’ve also felt love and belief. All in all, I’m thankful for every single thing. My friends, leaders, Pastors, CG, Half Step Cafe, HOGC.

Dear 2019, you’ve had me lost at words but also had me full of thoughts that I can’t put into words.

2020 - ready for ya.

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Sometimes God will use problems to bring us together with other believers. Don’t assume that you can do everything on your own.

It’s not weak to say you need someone else. Let go of your pride and reach out.

Reaching out to others should always be one of the steps we take when solving problems. God made us for community.

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Words by Charles Spurgeon

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15/10/2019

I’m writing this at like 455AM after studying for the past 3-4 hours (yup my body clock is pretty messed up) so pardon any grammatical or spelling errors made in this post. (honestly who else reads posts other than me hahaha).

Ok, have been wanting to type down my a lot of my thoughts about some things that happened recently. There are a few, but I’ll just talk about one of it in this post. I’ve been a bit busy studying for Os therefore I haven’t been writing much or whenever I want TT. It’s been a week since operations for IM Cafe had come to a stop and is going through a revamp to become Half Step Cafe. Honestly, me being me didn’t feel very excited about it at first because I’m not someone who likes change. I am someone who is very easily emotionally attached to people and that’s not something very good hahaha. But I have definitely gotten over it and am so excited for the relaunch of our new cafe because there’s really going to be a lot of exciting things coming in!

To really close this chapter of our (or my) lives, I just want to write a few things down here.

To RG, thank you for all that you’ve done to grow us whether it is the skills or the heart. You were the one who personally taught me so many things and made me do all I needed to do to grow. I know I’ve mentioned it once in one of my posts, but I am going to say it again. I’m really very thankful that you were my boss. Thank you for really looking out for me this year as I’m taking my major exams and for always joking around, making the clear line of a boss and employee almost invisible. I’m going to miss you catching all my illegal acts of not tying my hair, not wearing collared shirt and having painted nails LOL and you scolding me in Korean. I’m going to miss calling you boss :( But I know and hope that 10, 20, 50 years down the road, I’m still going to see you around, still going to jokingly call you 老板.

To my 3 amazing (older) friends, I’m so glad and thankful that I’ve met yall through IM Cafe. Thank you for being so real, encouraging and fun all in one! I really am very grateful beyond words that through this job I get to form a friendship with yall even if there’s an age gap.

Thank you IM Cafe, for being part of the best years of my life. You were my favourite place to hide in when I just wanted to be alone or to do work, away from my noisy CG (still love yall hehe). Through this place, I got to meet people that I’ve never regret meeting and I got to grow into the Gene I am now. From only wanting to heat up the food to being able to confidently serve people and use the snail-loading POS cashier, to one step closer to becoming a barista, thank you for all that you had to offer to me. That night when we were packing up, there was just so much feeling and sentiment. I expected your time here to end soon but I didn’t know that it was SO soon even though I kinda predicted it when boss asked the whole cafe to meet last Sunday. It was expected but yet I had so much to feel as well. I really don’t know how to put my thoughts into words, but I’m simply just very glad that you existed in my life, in my youth. I will never forget you and the memories I’ve made here.

Here’s to the next chapter, a new season in our life.

Here’s to the exciting opening of Half Step Cafe ✨

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“The gospel is not just good news. It is the greatest news that you will ever hear.”

— Steven Lawson