wisdom

proverbs 9:10-11

'Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom,

Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgement,

Wisdom will multiply your days,

and add years to your life'

the book proverbs in the bible is truly words of wisdom of god.. teaching His people what to seek after in life... and in proverbs.. wisdom is emphasis throughout the whole book... this definitely shows how important wisdom is in our lives... instead of seeking for all the riches of the world, the Lord reminds us time after time... that wisdom is the one that will prolong our lives.. and they KEY to it is in the very 1st few words itself... Fear of the Lord... not goin to go too deep into it... just wanna share what the Lord has been speaking to me this few weeks...

have been working on the graduation song for form 6 students... the winners will have their song as the graduation song... i have been receiving different different responses from ppl, frenz, and some that are more well off in music... and it is actually a choice whether of not to listen to their opinion, requires much wisdom to know which opinion to take into account or just get blown away by all the negative comments... i guess there is where it comes where the knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgement...

i received comments like the song was boring, noob chord progression, noob melody, can sleep la... not interesting enough... well, what can i say... although i know music... but this is the 1st time im officially writing a song and i have only learned my guitar for a year? may not be as talented as some ppl out there but i felt i did try my best to write a song that will motivate the 6th formers, that was our theme... but i thank god for frenz that were kind enuf to say it in a nice way and gave constructive advice.. thanks Eugene, May Jet, Sam, Say Lin, Gavin and Sin Mun for the support...

Eugene, what u said in a way just lifted me up a lil that day... ' ask those fellows to write la if they think its so easy.. i bet you have put in effort to write the song ' haha... and May JEt, thanks for your creative ideas... now working on improving it... =) Gavin, i must say the lyrics are good la.. just that im not that good yet in writing melodies... honestly this is my 1st attempt and it has been quite awhile that i m so nt confident... =(

just thinking bout what has happen these few days... i was wondering how was i able to do the things i can do today is because there were people who was there to support and encourage, not to rebuke and condemn... the old fashion way is to scold the fellow for making mistakes.. and i think 1 mistake many many leaders make is that they always expect people under them to give the same results... its totally WRONG! the reason one is placed above another is to lead that someone, hoping that one day he or she can be as good as u... it is then u have done ur job well...

i just wanna give thanks to my youth leaders, especially A. Esther, and Unc Cheow Leong, my dad and CF teacher Mr Khong... i remember those times when i 1st started doin certain stuffs like... being game master of youth camps, choreographing body and hand mimes, lead worship, play guitar, conducting photo taking sessions, leading the Cf and so many more experiences.. if not for this ppls love to care for me and give me support i think i would not have been able to achieve so much til now... i was as uncertain as i was when writing this song during those 1st time experiences.. and from this i actually learn something really important...

there will be a handful of ppl that are able to persevere on, try thousands of times and still do well... but most ppl.. i mean most ppl.. would not have the confidence to try certain things... and when ppl around encourage them little by little, giving advice how to improve... u'll be surprise that the person could actually grow to become someone that is good in that something he once was so noob in... bt if the person was condemn since the 1st attempt, not given any room for mistakes.. i wonder how many can actually stand up and do better the next round... mayb there are ppl out there that i dunno about.. as for me.. i know im not that type... and i owe it to those ppl, during times when ppl see this ming sheng as someone not likeable, cant do anything... because of their faith in me, and love they poured because of Jesus, i am who i am today...