Officially Spring!
- Craving for Soybean Ice-Cream but I can't get it here.
- The last of Winter ended on a sad note but the rejection and struggles saw me closer to the Lord.
- A new season brings joy and happiness to my heart.

I need to be reminded that:

The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?

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I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.

On a separate note, here's a really cute 'Know Your Coffees' poster that I stumbled upon and for those who often mix up the different methods of having coffee, THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR YOU!

Because Le Cordon Bleu recently introduced a new Diploma in Wine Management Program + yesterday I rode past Le Cordon Bleu Sydney and met two Korean boys enrolled in Diploma in Culinary Arts Program, It got me dreaming of the future (again)...

2010/ 2011/ 2012 Business of Bachelor Degree in International Hotel Management | Australia
2012/ 2013 Home Sweet Home | Singapore
2013 Diploma in Culinary Arts | London
2014 Diploma in Wine Management | Paris

I'm so excited!

Everything happens in life for a reason, and a great part of that reason is to help us grow in our faith.

We must trust that He is in control -- especially when life seems to be out of control.

The things that could destroy you can become building blocks on the journey of faith as you look for the hand of God in all circumstances. "This is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith!" (1 John 5:4)

Reminders to self and friends. Adapted from Joseph: Overcoming Life's Challenges

A Worry List
July 1, 2010
by Anne Cetas

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Matthew 6:25-34 (New International Version)

Do Not Worry

 25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?

 28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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I was worrying about a few things as I sat in my car under a shade tree at lunchtime. Then a robin, with a fat worm dangling from its mouth, landed near my door and looked up at me. The robin was a vivid reminder to me of Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:25-26, “Do not worry about your life . . . . Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”

Years ago, in an article in the Denver Seminary magazine Focal Point, Paul Borden gave some helpful suggestions for worriers:

Start a worry list. Write down what you’re worried about. The bills. Your job. Your children or grandchildren. Your health. The future.

Turn your worry list into a prayer list. Ask the Lord to work in those situations you’re concerned about. Pray specifically for your needs and depend on Him.

Turn your prayer list into an action list. If you have any insight that there’s something you can do about your cares, do it. As we turn our worries into prayer and action, Borden says, “Paralyzing anxiety can be replaced by concern for the responsibilities of life.”

Why not start your list right now?

Don’t fret about the future
Or be consumed by cares;
Instead take all your worries
And turn them into prayers. --Sper

What you have made a matter of prayer should cease to be a matter of care.

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This week, I found myself worrying excessively over where to go for my first Industry Placement but yesterday, I was reminded that God is ALWAYS in control (if I allow him to be). I need to stop worrying about things that are beyond my control, and let God take control.

Simply put... 'Let go, and let God'

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Tomorrow marks my first month as a student in LCB. Time sure flies! Soon, I'll be just a week away from returning to ~Sunny Singapore~; stuffing myself with peking duck wraps, kimchi pancakes, sashimi, tuna, hotate, asari soup, black sesame and matcha ice cream, tenpura udon, vongole, pigeon soup, home-cooked dishes and soup, fried carrot cake, fried oyster omelette, satay and ketupat, sliced fish porridge, prawn mee, thin-crust pizzas and buffalo wings, caaaaaaaakes, ... I am starved. Haha I sound like I miss food > family and friends x)

The Bell Jar, pg 56: If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed