Faith Noodles

This past month I felt like God really wanted me to learn to ask Him. For what? I'm still learning, but I've been praying for anything and everything that's been on my heart like my needs, needs of others, (less frequently) world issues (of course my heart is super flawed, so at the same time, I've been praying that He will align my heart's desires with His and He has been correcting and leading me). There have just been situations, things that people have said to me, devotions and bible studies that just seemed to have the same theme: learn to ask Me. Without going into detail, the coincidences were so frequent, I really felt that God was trying to get my attention. And I'm finding that as I learn to ask God more and more on a regular basis: - I am really learning to depend on Him (I am learning to ask as a result of the realisation of my own spiritual poverty - I am just completely incapable of doing anything right for God in my own strength and I need t...

From A New Name asking for help when you really don’t want to being still when you’re used to being busy gently challenging someone who lashes out, but refusing to back down prayerfully putting your loved ones in God’s hands, instead of carrying them anxiously telling a friend how much they mean to you talking about Jesus and not just God saying no to some things so you can say a proper yes to others asking a stranger for coffee/getting to know someone new standing by someone who keeps letting you down keeping going though it’s hard and you’ve not been able to do it in the past choosing to hope instead of despair trying instead of playing it safe doing things differently (sometimes) staying silent when you want to speak up and speaking up when you want to stay silent being vulnerable first admitting you don’t have the answers not doing it just because everyone else is believing what you can’t see, more than what you can feeling scared and still doing it looking weak when the world a...

My transition back to my normal routine has not been all smooth sailing. I’m blogging about these tiny mishaps now to remind myself to not take myself so seriously ;) Incident 1: My friend persuaded me to get a gel manicure. She said it looked way better than normal manicures (it costs more too). She was right, but I got the manicure without having any idea whatsoever that UV light was used to set the gel and how hard it would be to remove it. :( Since I was on holiday, I choose a slightly more outrageous colour and planned to remove it before I started my placement in three weeks. No big deal. I left the task of removing my gel manicure to the night before my work placement started. I was horrified when NOTHING came off after I rubbed my nails with a cotton wool dipped in acetone. It was then I realised that I may need to show up with bright green fingers on my first day of work. Pretty horrific stuff, I know. I consulted youtube and apparently, to remove gel manicures, y...

Just a quick post on my month-long break. Ah, if only I had more time! And so, I have been on a one-month holiday to visit family and friends. Totally unplanned, but surprisingly, everything just worked out somehow. I really felt a peace about this trip. Sometimes I feel really guilty when I take a holiday because I have a thesis etc to write but this time, I didn't entertain any feelings of guilt because I really felt that somehow, God wanted me to take this trip and have this holiday! I went into this last minute trip firmly intending to give out as much as I could.. and I feel like I've been given so much more than I have given out, loved on so much than I have tried to love, and I've had waaaay more fun than I had anticipated I would! It was as though each day, God was pouring His deluge of blessings over me. I also learnt that: 1. I must always ask Him (and not just keep quiet and "get on with life" as I often do), because He loves to guide and provi...

I just feel like I've messed up again, and made a couple of really dumb decisions. Sigh. And it would have been better if I were the only one "implicated", but when there's someone else affected.. If only I had better foresight in that moment. But what's done is done. What will beating myself up accomplish? Really, what do you do with days like this? When you feel like a complete, utter failure? When I am made aware of how icky and yuck my heart is, despite my best efforts to love God? I guess, it would be good to have more days like this, because on other days, the truth of the matter (about the real state of my heart) is ignorantly tucked away behind my conscience. I know that You endured so much suffering to not just restore our relationship with You, but also with one another. That is amazing. That You would actually like to have coffee with someone like me. That You would call someone like me Your friend. That You would die in the place of someo...

Dogs are such a big responsibility. You need to make sure they get enough exercise everyday, you need to brush a dog like mine almost every other day, prepare their meals, trim their nails every month, cut their hair every 3 weeks (saves a lot of money if you don't send them to the groomers), shower them every 2-3 weeks (if you have an indoor dog like mine), clean their eyes every morning, wipe their mouth after every meal, take them to the vet every year and whenever they fall ill, put the anti-flea stuff every month.. .. and now, I notice my dog has some plaque build-up on his teeth. So I also have to start buying a dog toothbrush and toothpaste to clean his teeth at least 3 times a week, and buy raw chicken neck regularly for him to clean his teeth. I have so much work to do, I can't be the only one doing this. Feels a bit overwhelming. Sigh. But Tintin you're so worth it.

By Matilda Betham-Edwards God make my life a little light, Within the world to glow, A tiny flame that burneth bright, Wherever I may go. God make my life a little flower, That giveth joy to all; Content to bloom in native bower Although its place be small. God make my life a little song, That comforteth the sad; That helpeth others to be strong, And makes the singer glad. God make my life a little staff Whereon the weak may rest, That so what health and strength I have May serve my neighbor best. God make my life a little hymn Of tenderness and praise, Of faith, that never waxeth dim, In all His wondrous ways.