Follow - up

Jayna is well! She's a miracle baby! Yeah! I'm so happy. Jayna means God's gracious gift. Thank goodness, her mother did not listen to me and did not name her Evangeline! Haha! God is good!

The things we often take for granted..

Less than a week ago, one of my good friends gave birth to a baby girl. Her name is Jayna (God's gracious gift). A very lovely name and a very lovely baby. But she's born with the blood vessels in her heart inverted. On the very day she was born, she stopped breathing for long enough to nearly lose her life. But thankfully her breathing came back on time.

Today, I went to KK hospital to visit baby Jayna. She can open her eyes and her hands can move. Put together, she looked like she was stretching. Very cute. At the same time, there were these tubes sticking out of her nose to help her to breathe. And another tube out of her mouth to presumably feed her? I don't know.

There are many technicalities I do not comprehend. But I look at baby Jayna and my heart was weeping though only a tear or two came through the eyes. Honestly, if I could I would take her place. At least at my age, I would have experienced love, joy, peace and hope. But baby Jayna, since birth, has had more bad than good experiences.

Before I left the hospital, I prayed for baby Jayna, I prayed that just as God can part the red sea and can stop the sun in the sky, God can also heal baby Jayna and make her whole again. I'm really praying that she will be a miracle baby.

To the rest of us, let's not take our health for granted. Eyes to see, ears to hear, a heart that beats regularly, even the air that passes through our nose. There are really a million and one things to be thankful for...

STAND TALL

Genesis: In my moment of sedation... On MC.
Origin of title: Brudder.

STAND TALL

Many days of my life
Are filled with strife
A million things to do
And I just lose my cool
The worries that I bring
To my stubborn ways I cling
In humanity I go on with my tasks
For the help of God I often forget to ask
Until I pause and look at me
Is this the one He wants to see?

There were many times I wanted to quit
The journey's long and it's just not worth it
In times of trouble
When I get uncomfortable
He said the narrow path is the way to go
Jesus His son He sent the way to show
When storms cause us to fall
We can still stand tall
Because He'll always pick us up
Through it all

Late at night before I fall asleep
The failures of the day in my mind so deep
Hey God is it possible?
To make tomorrow short and bearable?
All I wanna be is that beacon of light
To point the lost to the way that's right
I'm hopeless as can be
Without Your Spirit guiding me

Teach Me to Love

Genesis: Showering in the Bathroom.
Style: Country-ish?
Instrument: Guitar

TEACH ME TO LOVE

Just the other day
I sat down and prayed
I asked the Lord to help me
To love them in His way
It didn't take a moment for me to break down and cry
For there were many times I knew
I didn't even care to try

I asked the Lord to help me
Melt this heart of stone
Many times I've wondered
If I'm stuck in this alone
Dear Lord Jesus fill me
With your mercy and your grace
Give me a heart that's big enough
To always love with Your embrace

Teach me (us) to love
Teach me (us) to love
Don't wanna be a resounding gong
Or an instrument gone wrong
Teach me (us) to love
Teach me (us) to love
I (We) wanna be like Jesus
Loving His children in my arms

And as time went by
It became easier to cry
And catch a glimpse of the Father's love
For those He sent His son to die
So many people hurting
If you only cared to see
To bring to them the Father's love
That angel would you be?

i KID you not

I don't wanna grow up.... I'm a toys 'r' us kid.....

Actually it's ok even if I'm not a toys 'r' us kid as long as I'm a kid.

Cos being a kid means that people around you have to constantly take care of you and watch out for you. You are thereby protected by a superior being without having to be concerned about your own interests.

Being a kid also means that you're fully entitled to do the stoopidest things in the world and say the dumbest things and the worse thing that can possibly happen is appearing with Bill Crosby on 'Kids say the Darnest Things'.

I loved being a kid cos it meant that I can sleep for hours and hours every day. There's simply nothing else to do.

I wanna be a kid cos people do not assume that you know better. You're just too young to know in most instances.

I would love to be a kid because generally kids are cute. Kids are the highlight of Chinese New Year, basically the attention grabbers at all family functions.

The ultimate best thing about being a kid is that you start on a clean slate of health, a heart that's not been hurt or battered by life's storms. You're free to eat all the cholesterol laden foods and you're open to embrace any friendship or relationship without fear.

Bottomline: I don't wanna be an adult. Bleah.