A Simple Thank You

I woke up this morning and knew that today,
the sun would not be shining and the clouds would be gray.
As I stepped outside, rain fell upon my head.
My car wouldn't start so I walked to college instead.

I forgot all of my assignments, I failed all of my tests.
I dropped my head in disgust and asked the Lord for one request:
"Lord, why is it that things won't go my way?"
He gently replied, "Dear child it is because you didn't thank me yesterday.

I woke you up and enabled you to see the sun again.
I gave you shelter, protected your family, and even let you make a new friend.

I blessed you far greater than I ever had before.
But you were too busy to thank me once more.
You didn't feel sick because I maintained your health.
You had money in your pocket because I maintained your wealth.
You had shoes on your feet and clothes to wear, too.
You had plenty of food to eat, and what did you do?

You ignored me and went about your tasks.
But when you wanted something you never hesitated to ask.
I was there when you needed me, and that wasn't too long ago.
But when things started going your way, it was me you did not know.

As if that weren't enough,
I provided your favorite luxuries.
This was something I didn't have to do,
they weren't even necessities.

And when it was time to get on your knees and show your gratitude,
you decided that after such a fulfilling day, you weren't in the mood.

So I decided to give you just a little test.
To show you how it would feel to stop being blessed."

I began to realize what the Lord was saying.
And when I got home, I fell to my knees and started praying.
He said, "My child, you have learned and you know I do forgive.
But remember to remember this day as long as you shall live.

I love filling your life with joy, and your pain I'll alleviate it.
But just a simple thank you would show how much you appreciate it."

CF! (23/6/10)

Guys!(and girls =) There is CF tomorrow! Same place, same time =)

See you there!

Bible Knowledge Quizes

SPM Bible Knowledge Oral Quiz and Bible Knowledge 2010 Quiz (give your names to Yen Ping 5A by 21st June 2010)

3 July 2010

Regional Quiz
For Form 4 & 5 only - work in pairs
SPM BK Part 1 Quiz held at Regional Centre (For Wilayah: SMK Wesley Methodist)
Time: 9 am – 11 am
50 objective questions in 40 min. (the whole of Luke and Acts of the Apostles)
Papers will be marked and marks announced the same day. Marks are added together for team, totals to be carried to Part 2.

Aug 14 2010

SPM BK Oral Quiz (Part 2 and Part 3)
Venue: SMJK Katholik, Petaling Jaya

All teams who have taken part in Part 1 enter Part 2 with Part 1 scores. (Maximum 100 marks)

Part 2: 10 short oral questions, answers to be written down, team members can confer. Maximum score is 40 marks.
Part 3 (Semifinals): The top 15 teams from Selangor, top 10 WPKL teams, top 8 teams from Ipoh
BK Quiz, and the top team from each of the other states take part – others are
eliminated.
Semifinals: 7 questions, 5 marks each. Maximum score is 35 marks.
Part 3 (Finals): Top 8 teams from Semifinals.
Begins with 3 speed round questions (Total:15 marks) and
ends with 1 context question (10 marks) where conferring is not allowed.
Maximum score for Finals is 15+10 = 25 marks.

Please read before you fill in and send us your registration forms.

BK 10 QUIZ

 Open to all students from F1 to F6; individual participation.
 Register by 22 July 2010, using BK 10 registration forms (RC2 or RS2)
 Takes place on Aug 14th 2010 in SMJK Katholik – no regionals.
 Students taking part in SPM BK Oral may not register for this quiz.
 All quiz day helpers are required to participate in the BK10 quiz.
 From Luke 1-14 and Chap 1-5 of The Acts of the Apostles.
 Format of quiz: 50 objective questions to be answered in 35 minutes.

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES:
SPM BK Oral Quiz BK 10 Quiz
 MCSC certificates for all participants
 Challenge trophy for State Champions and personal trophies for top 3 state teams.
 National champions also get MCKL scholarships.  MCSC certificates awarded to all participants.
 Trophies awarded to Top 10 Juniors (Forms 1 – 3); Top 10 Seniors (Forms 4 and 5); Top 3 veterans (F6 and college students)

confused? asked Yen Ping to explain..but that will mean you are definitely signing up =P

Meet up

To all CF members (and anyone else who wants to be bak gua):

please keep this saturday (19 June) free cos we'll be meeting up to pray and plan or CF combine!

pukul berapa? 8am
di mana? mamak maluri, centre row, next to the market (I think it's called KSM, not sure though..can't find, call yen ping/gerald ;)
berapa lama? depends how long you guys eat, plan and pray, if you're in a hurry you can always leave early..we are no slave drivers ;P

See u guys! :)

AWESOME!

So many cool things are happening around me.

God is so AWESOME! Am totally in awe with Him right now ;)

yenping

The Ant and the Contact Lens

Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was scared to death, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took a hold on the rope, and started up the face of that rock.
Well, she got to a ledge where she could take a breather. As she was hanging on there, the safety rope snapped against Brenda's eye and knocked out her contact lens.

Well, here she is on a rock ledge, with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet above her. Of course, she looked and looked and looked, hoping it had landed on the ledge, but it just wasn't there.

Here she was, far from home, her sight now blurry. She was desperate and began to get upset, so she prayed to the Lord to help her to find it.

When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no contact lens to be found. She sat down, despondent, with the rest of the party waiting for the rest of them to make it up the face of the cliff. She looked out across range after range of mountains, thinking of that Bible verse that says, "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth." She thought, "Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.

Finally, they walked down the trail to the bottom.

At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?"

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across the face of the rock, carrying it.

Brenda told me that her father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a picture of an ant lugging that contact lens with the words, "Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You."

At the risk of being accused of being fatalistic, I think it would probably do some of us good to occasionally say, "God, I don't know why you want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if you want me to carry it, I will."

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

by Karen Swaim

Share Your Time

A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.

"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?

"That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.

"If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?"

The father was furious. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning. How dare him ask such questions only to get some money.

After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep son?" he asked.

"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man. "It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.

"Why did you want more money if you already had some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"

Share some time with those who need you.
They need our time more then we will ever know.

A Gentle Thunder

Once there was a man who dared God to speak.

"Burn the bush like you did for Moses, God and I will follow.
Collapse the walls like you did for Joshua, God and I will fight.
Still the waves like you did on Galilee, God and I will listen."

And so the man went and sat by a bush, near a wall close to the sea and waited for God to speak.

And God heard the man , So God answered.
He sent fire, not for the bush, but for a church.
He brought down a wall, not of brick, but of sin.
He stilled a storm, not of the sea, but of a soul.

And God waited for the man to respond.
And he waited ...
And waited ...
And waited...

But because the man was looking at bushes, not hearts; bricks, not lives; seas and not souls, he decided that God had done nothing.
Finally he looked at God and asked, "Have you lost your power?"
And God looked at him and said, "Have you lost your hearing?"