:) LOVE ONE ANOTHER <3

Hi pple,

Juz some thoughts which i had after reading the newspaper about the 15 yr old korean badminton girl who died in Singapore yesterday. Suddenly it strikes me that no matter where you are, when God decided to take you or when Satan comes to destroy your life, it will happen. I felt so sorry for the teammates especially those who were with her when she died. They muz be thinking why didnt they stop her in time or y didnt they look after her while crossing the road. And no matter how hard they think, regrets will always be in their hearts.

Then it came across my mind the day i saw my ex cell member on the hospital bed with tubes and support system all over her. It was a motorbike accident and i know that i did not cause it. But i couldnt help feeling so guilty and helpless seeing her lying there with the entire church praying for her safety. I blame myself for not teaching her well and taking care of her well. Blame myself that i did not know her well enough or could have spent more time with her. Many things came to my mind. And that's where i finally knew that when a person you love or know is gone, there are many regrets that will surface. Life itself is not really within our control but in God's. Maybe you have not seen your friends or love ones, or maybe even those that you hate in pain and life is on the line, but then at the end of the day, pple will regret doing some of the things they did or said or not having done things or say things which needed to be done.

Life is really short. And i pray that all of us will live life to the fullest and in God's plan. Learning to love others is the most difficult thing to do. Some of us didnt even love ourselves or accept the way we are. But if we are of God, 1 Corinthians 13 and John 13:34-35, let us learn to love. I juz learnt that love is not juz a feeling that evolved or sprung out, it needs to be learned and pray for. Our verse for the cell is in 1 corinthians 13. Therefore i pray for the coming year, we will learn to love one another and those around us with proactiveness in our actions and speech, in our prayer and evangelism. Time waits for no man and give our best to God and wat He commands us to do before regrets consumes us..

Hope that this speaks to all of you. I will learn to love all of ya better with God's given strength, compassion and love coz it will break my heart like what happened to my ex cell member if anything happens to you all...Nikki, Jacinth, Candice, Vanessa, Cheryl, Gloria, Jacqueline, Michelle, Belicia, Zhiwai and Valerie.

Love ya all..
Stephanie