Cell group- what it really really means...

Sigh...yet another cell group outing on Sunday morning which I am unable to attend.....
And then, we get a mail from a dear sister exhorting us to meet up to share and pray....how wonderful! Someone with spiritual insight - finally!!
Been thinking about this cell group that i have been in for the past 1 year ... it has been very different from my Uni cell group....guess as one starts working, different things take priority, eg. family, children, work, etc.... I know, i know...it's part of growing up......
But, cell group is not just about us meeting up to study the Word of God....as far as I can understand, most of my CG members are really grounded in the Word....and hence, we start nit picking at all the Scriptures, coz we think that that is what we are supposed to do in the CG instruction manual!
Food for thought - why is a CG called a CELL group? not care group or some other name? Coz it's supposed to be a dynamic structure which grows and multiplies.....and that can only happen if the cell is healthy.... but when a cell is only concerned for itself, it fails to grow and achieve what it was intended to be....and hence, the whole body suffers........
well, as far as i can understand - it says in the Bible that we are blessed so that we can go and bless others....not so that we can be comfortable and grow fat and lazy?!? God blessed Abraham so that he could be a blessing to the nations!!

of waffles and spaghetti?!?

my pastor made an interesting comment during his sermon yesterday...

" Men and women are created differently with very different though processes- men are like waffle whilst women are like spaghetti" ?!?

and for better visual effect...take a look at this:

MEN

WOMEN

Now...what do you make of that?!?

Siblings....and family...

It's been great being on holiday...ok, mebbe not the studying for exams bit! But the thought of not having to worry about work and what the events of the days will bring is just great....no thoughts of ' will any patient die on me today?" , 'will i have to resus any one today?" or even the ' i hope i dun screw up today' ...... sigh...

But better than that is the fact that my sis is in town... ;) hehehe....

Been soooo long that I have spent any time with her under one roof...come to think about it, I have been staying away from my family since the age of 18...gasp...that's like almost 9 years now!! Argh...

Always amazes me how similar we are in some ways...yet so different in others....

Like the time when i bought my 1st mobile phone in Australia....still remember it vividly, the turquoise coloured ericsson phone (T10)...and to my surprise, my sis had the exact same model and colour in UK! Talk about telepathy! Over the years, we've developed similar taste in movies, books, music, clothes....( as for clothes, no thanks to our dear mum - all 3 of us always pick the same stuff off the clothes rack during shopping!!)....it is uncanny....yet fun to know that there is a part of us that will remain the same no matter what life brings!

Well...though we have taken different paths in life.....and entering different phases of our lives, it is comforting to know that some things don't change - for better or worse. ;)

Here's to family kinship!

AMAZING GRACE

Watched this over the weekend with my mum and sister....was a pretty good show....despite the misconceptions that I had about it....we (i.e my sister and I) thought that it was the story behind the famous hymn 'Amazing Grace' - which would likely be the story of John Newton....

Well, we were pleasantly surprised at the story line.. which featured the life and contributions of William Wilberforce in the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom.

Excellent acting from the cast....and yes, John Newton was featured in this movie too - played by Albert Finney.

How humbling and amazing it was to find out how difficult the struggle for the abolition of slavery was in those days.

Another word of praise- excellent use of makeup in this movie. You must watch it to believe in the utilisation of make-up to depict the various possible looks of one person at different stages of life - youth, sickness, old age.....

and here are the words of the great hymn we know so well...

The Lyrics of the Song
Amazing Grace (How sweet the sound) That sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.'

Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears reliev'd; How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believ'd!

Thro' many dangers, toils and snare, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me. His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures.

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease; I shall profess, within the vail, A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who call'd me here below, Will be for ever mine.

Wow!

John Newton - played by Albert Finney