WOW...eventful weekend. Very busy, hehe. So where do I start? hehe. Saturday morning, wake up and go to the volleyball tournament. It was so bad this year. We just weren't playing well at all. And what made it worse...the ref's weren't that good just like every year. I wish they had a referee screening process. Teams should get to pick their refs and both teams need to agree on a ref. It was just a frustrating time. Our team was one of the best ones out there...we just didn't play well at all. As a team or individually. I think I did pretty well...but even I wasn't doing great. It's alright...we'll just have to be more prepared next year, even though we say that every year. So bad. I don't think I've ever been so pissed off either. It took every ounce of my strength not to start swearing. I almost did a few times. Later on...after the tournament, we all went home to shower and in the shower...I repented to the Lord about it. It was a petty thing to get mad about and it just made my performance on the court worse. Of course...the other teams didn't help either. Speaking Chinese thinking that just cause we speak english and are born in the states (some of us) that we don't understand any Chinese. Our whole team understands Chinese so we were talked down about in Chinese. God gave me a heart for Chinese people and I love Chinese people. I love being Chinese, but sometimes I just really hate Chinese people. Who do we think we are anyway? What makes us so much better than everyone else? Too dang prideful. It only hurts us...that's all I gotta say. I just thought it was interesting because the teams that were talking down about us, I later on had to ref their games. But I was fair...I rose above everything and just called the game as fair as possible. They started complaining on a few things so I let more slide. It only hurt each team whatever it was they complained about. I just think that's funny and ironic, hehe. Oh...and what more...the things that I, as the captain of our team, argued about with the ref's....the team I was arguing about...would later on argue about the same thing with other teams. I'm like...what the hell? Because someone younger than you argued about fairness first...and since it went against you...you didn't do anything..but now...NOW that it's against your "precious" little team...you argue it? That was pretty frustrating to hear. There were a few times where I spoke out loud and said...now you know how we felt in our game...and tacked on some choice words after that. I repented.
However...God blessed the rest of the day. Went home, showered, played a few games to relax. Then left for a potluck at our friend's Tony and Nai's home. They lived out in Erie. That's about a 40 minute drive even from Golden. The drive was well worth it though. We had a great time of food and fellowship. Homemade boba...mmMMmm...thanks for bringing that Tom and Lin. Dave and Alice brough vegetable pizzas or something like that...wow...those were sooo good. *drool*. Tony had some Korean bbq...then there was Tivo and I....KFC!!! hahahaha. We didn't have time to cook and even though we can cook....we aren't good enough cooks to make something to bring to a potluck, hehe. We ended up just letting Tony and Nai keep the leftover food we got. Really bless them. That's like...a week's worth of lunch for the both of them. =) During dinner, we watched some football on TV. It was the Broncos vs. the 49ers. Not a bad game. We started just having great conversation about football, then cartoons and some other things. Fun times, fun times. After dinner...we played a long game of Guesstures. It was so awesome. Everyone was really into it and just had a good time. We all made "fools" of ourselves, but overall it was a great and fun experience. We started out with the easy cards and by the end of the night...we were all drawing from the really hard cards and just having a great time. Lots of fun. There's was competition, but it was all in good fun. It was just a great time in the Lord and I thank God for the awesome experience with my brothers and sisters. =) Thanks everyone for making it a night to remember even if it was kinda short. It's not about the time, it's about who you spend it with and what you do. ^_^ Wouldn't have traded that night for anything else.
I just want to take little bit of time to thank the One responsible for everything in my life. That's Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour. Lord over all. If it weren't for His magnificent love, I wouldn't be blessed with the friends I have. I wouldn't be blessed with the knowledge and wisdom I've attained. I wouldn't be blessed with the awesome pastor and church I attend. I wouldn't be blessed with a great family, even if they aren't Christian yet. But most of all....things that are happening now...I've been waiting for quite a while to come to pass. Things that are happening recently...God promised to me a while back and seeing it happen just brings more faith, hope, trust and love towards my God. How convenient that the song "Always Have, Always Will" by Avalon just came on. Thank you Jesus...I love you so much and I'm sorry for all I've done that didn't please you. I thank you for Your forgiving love. I pray Lord that you continue to make me more like yourself. Draw me closer to you and I pray that I continue to keep that fire buring inside. I pray that I continue to seek you just like I used to, but with more passion and love now. There's so much for us to be thankful for....and it's so encouraging when your brothers and sisters realize that. Thank You Lord.
Continuing with that...church on Sunday was awesome-o. Wow...such an awesome message by my pastor yet again. There were a few things that really jumped out at me. I'm not going to post on here what they were because they are things that I hold close to my heart. Experiences with God that I've had that are between Him and I. I'm not saying I won't share if I'm asked, but I'm not going to post out of respect of my relationship with God. There was one thing the pastor said that I will post about. He was talking about the voice of God and saying how as men, we need to be hearing the voice so we know how to raise our kids. So we know what their talents are and how God wants us to develop that. As well as how to lead our family in living a Christ centered lifestyle even at home. Then he started talking about women and hearing the voice of God. "Coincidentally" he talked about women finding the right man. Talking about how when women find that "perfect" guy that's a non-Christian.
Woman: oh God...Your speaking through him. I know he's not Christian, but I know you're going to make everything just great.
God: *whispers* run away
Woman: Oh, but God. He's so great. He does all the right things. Tells me what I want and need to hear.
God: *whispers* run away
Woman: Oh, but God. I've waited so patiently and he has many of the traits that I want in a man
God: *whispers* run away
Woman: Oh, but God. I've been single my whole life, and we have expressed an interest in each other. I really want to go out with him.
God: *whispers* run away
Women aren't the only ones that do that of course. It just happens more with women because they are more emotional than men. The interesting thing is...God gives us the same answer on certain things. I know I've been the same way with some things and I know my friends have also. I just think it was a coincidence that pastor talked about women finding the right man because that's what's been on my mind for a while now. It just makes me mad how girls will pick the guys who treat them like crap and kick aside the guys that treat them very well. The guys that may not even have an interest in the girl, but is there to be her brother and her friend. Those guys too get kicked aside. It's frustrating too as a Christian when you are trying to do the right thing...the way God would do things and people who claim to be Christian's don't listen when you are trying to help them out. People who are too prideful to listen to correction. God warns us all to not be that way because we aren't perfect and there are things that others have gone through in which they are able to help you out when you are going through them. When I'm going through a tough time...of course I turn to God for help and guidance...but you also have to seek a mature Christian that has been through it successfully and ask them how they got through it. That way you understand more what God has in store for you. I'm not saying that the reason you're going through it is the same as someone else's, but at least you gain some insight on how to overcome and what not.
After church, I went shopping for new shoes. Bought a pair of nice casual dress shoes as well as a new pair of tennis shoes. Although it was pretty expensive for only 2 pairs, I thank God that I was able to make the purchase. I really like my new shoes. Thank you Lord. After shopping, I met up with some friends from church and played some CS. I did alright...I kept getting stuck on the nub team and had play against my friends who are better than me. I'm not as good as they are, hehe. Although when I was able to play with them instead of against them, it was a lot of fun cause we just ended up owning anyone that came in. And yes, we as in I'm included. I'm not that bad, hehe. Later on that night...I went to Best Buy and bought a new ethernet cable and power supply for the computer I'm building. It's frustrating cause it still doesn't work. I really hope all that's wrong is the power supply isn't strong enough. Here's hoping, hehe. If not..I'm going to bring it in to get it looked at professionally. I really hope it gets fixed soon. I love my laptop, but I want a PC. Mostly for gaming, but for other things as well. It'll be fixed soon.
At night we finished up the Korean drama series we were watching. Aww...such an awesome ending...I wanna watch the ending again and again. It's so great. I just pray no one ruins the series. Done with series for a while now, hehe. Don't really have the time start another one now, hehe. Anyway. Take care you all. God Bless.
Wayne Hsu and Holy Spirit 
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