yesterday was a full day! went to meet raye after church for budget-pastamania lunch and budget-shoe shopping. this meeting has been postponed week after week AFTER WEEK and i was really down about it, so i'm thankful that we finally got to spend some time together. we walked and talked alot and made fun of some live singers that were totally making my brains vibrate in my skull. it was irritating. some couldn't even sing and they were waving their hands about, you know, imitating real singers. i think it was some competition. anyway i determined to buy white shoes and got a pair at my current fav shoe shop. they basically sell low quality stuff that looks good at low prices. after paying i realized there was 20%off and rejoiced accordingly. i almost bought another pair, but i control okay. because the money i earn one mah, haha. oh yes, before that we shared a meal at pastamania. that's the great thing about being a girl. you don't have to eat alot. :D i taught raye some french too. funnyness lah.

after i came home i DISCOVERED that a family was coming to take a look at our school materials cause their kids are gonna do it too. they're nice people. haha. and that was how my evening went.

today's sermon was about, well i forgot the title. but the lesson i learned, which i think is absolutely forgotten amongst christians my age, is that we don't follow a set of do's and dont's. we love God, and that's all. all we do or abstain from should root from wanting to please God. we would go to any measure and put up with anything willingly and happily if we do all in love for God. we don't dress modestly, or listen to conservative music, or stay away from bad company, or not watch some movies because someone else said so or because we might get in trouble if we do. if those are our reasons, then we have lost our focus. if we really love God, we'd want more than anything to please Him by obeying Him. sometimes, areas seem gray. we should then determine what God would want us to do, factoring in all the principles he has given us. i realize this is why we in church do so many things people deem weird and over-conservative. our love-driven lifestyle if often misunderstood as too rigid, legalistic, full of rules. that really isn't the case. we're living in the footsteps of the one who saved us, doing all for the glory of the one who first loved us.

we all forget every now and then. that's why i think the sermon was a very encouraging one for me. it really reminded me.

cupcake collection! $6.00 for all, individually: $3.00 for the big one, $2.00 for the pop-ups.