Matters of the HEART

I once wrote an entry on my blog with regards to the heart issue back in 2007. (Refer to: http://edsoh.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-heart-that-really-matters.html) In that moment in time, I was really targeting my own heart issues with my Heavenly Father. For this entry, my target of attention is falling on everyone of us, including my family and loved ones. Hence, if you are reading this entry thinking if I have found my Proverbs 31 girl, the answer is negative.

Ok, matters of the heart. What’s up with the heart? The reason is very simple. It is because THOU has said that, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Therefore, I have to indeed make sure that my heart is always with Jesus so that I can boldly proclaim to everyone around me that my greatest treasure in this life is I have a relationship with Jesus.

These days I am telling Jesus that I love Him in my prayers. No longer am I only praying for things to my own benefit but I feel that I should really express my love for Him. It’s like telling your girlfriend how pretty she is, how beautiful is her latest hairdo, her perfume smell and many things about her. I am beginning to sense that He needs my attention and my expression of love towards Him for His inexhaustible Grace towards me daily and of how He is constantly watching over me.

Rom 8:32 is a magnificent verse. Mediating on that verse has made me realize that He is the one in control of my love life. If it is truly according to His will that I will stay on being single all my life, I have to give thanks to Him because He is the ONE who knows what is good for me. All I need to do is to surrender my will to Him. It is at this very moment that I am sinning against Him if I stay on being infatuated with a non-Christian girl. I truly need to wake up from this infatuation. As I looked back, if I really desire to go into a relationship, I would have courted the girl whom I met then back during my poly days and today I think she won’t be engaged to be married to another guy in Feb 2009. I guess that at least I have the capability to fight for the beauty whom I desire. However, I became a Christian along the way and knowing the importance of NOT going into an unequally yoked relationship, I gave up pursuing her totally. (Refer to: http://edsoh.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post_116990609623656287.html)

Sorry, found that I side-tracked as I was mentioning on focusing my heart on Jesus. Throughout close to seven years of my Christian life, I observed that for those who have set their hearts on searching for the ONE TRUE GOD, they always managed to find Jesus. I am not sure how did Jesus do it but true enough, it has happened many times as I journey with Him all these years. Brother Yun from China is a great example. He even published a book on his salvation story and how he ministered to many people around him.

In conclusion, I encourage all those of you out there to pursue the true meaning of your life, asking what is that one thing which motivates you to go to work everyday, what is that very thing which is missing in your life and so on so forth. Go out and search for the answers. Ask your own heart sincerely if you are really interested to discover if there is really a God in this world. If you are, I am pretty sure that you will find Jesus. This is because He has provided us with His Wonderful Counselor whom has been knocking at the door of your heart all this while, waiting just for you to open it and coming in to have meals with you (Rev 3:20). Are you ready to meet Him? If you are, I am sure that we will spend eternity together with Him! Cheers…

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Who is a Proverbs 31 girl?

According to Proverbs, the ideal wife is:
A woman who is virtuous
10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
A woman who is trustworthy
11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
A woman who is loving
12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
A woman who is industrious
13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
A woman who is resourceful
14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
A woman who is responsible
15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.
A woman who is entrepreneurial
16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
A woman who is healthy
17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
A woman who is financially astute
18 She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.
A woman who is skilled
19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
A woman who is charitable
20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
A woman who is prudent
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
A woman who is fashionable
22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
A woman who is married to a respectable husband
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
A woman who is productive
24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.
A woman who is self-confident
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
A woman who is wise
26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
A woman who is managerial
27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
A woman who is praiseworthy as a wife and mother
28-29 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."
A woman who is reverent
30-31 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Above text is adapted from: http://www.proverbs31-woman.com/

cs: I wonder if such a woman ever exist but I think for the time being, this will be my specification limits and nothing less. Father, I pray that this will not be like a 100% yield wafer thing though. So...

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Proverbs 31

Sayings of King Lemuel
The sayings of King Lemuel—an oracle his mother taught him:
"O my son, O son of my womb,
O son of my vows,
do not spend your strength on women,
your vigor on those who ruin kings.
"It is not for kings, O Lemuel—
not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,
lest they drink and forget what the law decrees,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
Give beer to those who are perishing,
wine to those who are in anguish;
let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy."

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
She gets up while it is still dark;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls.
She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
"Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all."
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

It’s my BIRTHDAY!

I thank God for my shift colleagues celebrating my birthday after our shift hours. The cake was a nice OREO chocolate cake with an impressive “Happy Birthday to Chee Seng” on it. Wow! ~haha~

No candles to reveal my age but actually everyone knows it. And we celebrated it at my desk in the office. My housemate topped it up with a sexy bum pic. HAHA…

Thank God and my fun-loving shift colleagues.
YOU ALL are the BEST!

p/s: Oops, sorry for missing out someone on the cake though...