You are the joy of my life!

“Wanna play with me?”

“Every road in Christmas lead to home”

“I’ll walk along side you”

It is time for Christmas again…my fav. season of the year! YEAH~~

I personally believe, 2010 Christmas will be far more exciting since everything in 2010 goes the extreme way unapologetically. ^_~

As usual, I am preparing invitation card for Christmas celebration and designing card is always very personal to me. It usually reflecting what I felt, what I experience and it must contain the message I intent to share with others. So, here you see 3 cards under a big theme “Being the hope & joy of my life” to be send out to friends according to their flavor.

Our world today is getting colder, cruel, materialistic and realistic – everywhere peoples are complaining and cursing as the newspaper telling only partial truth. People stop being nice to one another due fear of being exploit. Human becoming selfish – disaster and tragedy happens in your life has nothing to do with me so long it doesn’t happened in my front yard. The disappointment is so great we couldn’t bear to put much hope to this country and the people. Everything is turning gray and cold…

Yet, in the other hand…there are people like the light and salt of the world.…they walk the land, they lent their hand, they provide food to the poor and needy, they use their own hand to lift the heavy burden, they share their heart fearlessly – like the red heart beating unapologetic in this gray gray world. They work with no interest to be richer, to get recognition or bring more comfort to self, but it is the overwhelming love of Jesus Christ that is so overflowing in them – they leave “love marks” in peoples live.

I am very privilege to be able to experience these peoples and served along side with them. So, I dedicated these series of design for those served with love…”the joy of my life” for a good closure together.

I hope you love this series of design* as well. ^_~

Disclaimer*: No, I did not draw all the ink paining above. Instead, it was “taken” from Ira’s Peripheral Visions. Do check them out for the wonderful collection of card for the wonderful season of Christmas.

Checking in with you today!

Day 23 of NECF 40 Days Prayer and Fasting….it never get any easier, rather more challenging as days goes by due to many reasons. Nobody say it is going to be easy. And, because it is not easy…and many would fail, that is why it is valuable in the sight of God if you manage to lift up your spirit man and suppress your physical needs, habits and desires.

This intentional prayer and fasting is to tell God – I mean business!

Beside, on personal basis, it is too a very good time to pick up the habit of daily prayer…to pray everyday, knowing that many is praying the same prayer as you, letting go of their self interest and pray for others, pray for Malaysia as a community.

Prayer – is the only way of building relationship and communicate with our Heavenly Father. The more we pray….the more we engage our spirit man with God. Through prayer, many experience love, forgiveness, affirmation and security of who we are. As long as we continue to stay close with Him….we will know

God is Good
God is Able
God is True

If you always give excuse of dunno how to pray, no time to pray…read the story below and be inspired.

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A minister passing through his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle.
Frowning as he saw the
Man hadn’t shaved in quite a while.

His shirt was kinda shabby
And his coat was worn and frayed.
The man knelt and bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this chap.
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap..

Well, the minister’s suspicions grew,
With robbery a main fear.
He decided to stop the man and ask,
‘What are you doing here?’

The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time to,
For receiving strength and finding power.

‘I stay only moments, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kinda what I say:

‘I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP
AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.
DON’T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY,
BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM, CHECKING IN WITH YOU TODAY.’

The minister feeling foolish,
Told Jim, that it was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray at anytime.

Time to go, Jim smiled, said ‘Thanks.’
He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar,
Like he’d never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim’s prayer:

‘I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP
AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.
I DON’T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY,
BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN WITH YOU TODAY.’

Past noon one day, the minister noticed
That old Jim hadn’t come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.

The hospital staff was worried,
But he’d given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward.
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, was his reward.

The head nurse couldn’t understand
Why Jim was always so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse’s concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
‘the nurse is wrong, she couldn’t know,
That He’s in here all the while

Everyday at noon He’s here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:

‘I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP,
AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM,
THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN WITH YOU TODAY.’

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Prayer, don’t have to be long
Prayer, don’t have to be fancy in words

Because, God’s know what you need before you pray
Because, God seek your heart not your mind