really glad that i went for the hillsong concert!!!! its was really packed and all of us (bear, stan, sylves, dom, doreen, ben, jean, gabriel, wendy, vivien, lynette, feng yi and myself) there had only one purpose and that was to worship the one and only living God! was initially quite skeptical about how it would turn out since i have my reservations about charismatic worship, but the energy that the hillsong team had, as well as the general response of the crowd really blew me away~ ... i found myself clapping and singing my heart out =) seeing the people jumping and waving their hands wildly ... hmmm i dunno .. but it kinda reminds me of a pop/rock concert. felt quite uncomfortable see all the people doing that but i kinda told myself, if thats how they wanna express their love for Him and if in their hearts, they truly love Him, why judge them? who am i to doubt their faith right ... anyway, the whole row of us didn't do much actions other then clapping =P haha i dunno but i guess this is one thing that really sets us apart from other religions .. communial/congrestional singing ... a collective voice singing and praising the Lord's name ...

there and then i closed my eyes,
a vision of a thousand lyre;
heavenly voices singing praise,
to Him who's name we all raise.
one purpose one heart one voice;
echos in heaven, jubilation, rejoice.
you're the one i love, the one i need,
in you i trust, my happiness complete.
you gave my hope when all was lost,
you gave me strength to carry on;
in desperation i reached for you, cried to you,
my beacon of light, my ray of hope;
my rock, my strength, my saviour,
Lord Jesus, i love you.

dunno why i started writing this also ... have never been much of a literary person ... but i just felt like praising the Lord i guess. what darlene said yesterday still rings in my head .... the Lord uses any and everyone is his own wonderful way ... people from all walks of life coming together to work for his greater glory ... people of all ages, all nationalities, all backgrounds. He doesn't care if you've been a hard-core criminal once, or if you've come from a broken or poverty-stricken family ... all that He's looking for is your heart .. a willing and obedient heart. i really hope that all of us can play an active role in church in future, be it in music ministery, AV, teaching or overseas missions and that all of us grow to be strong christians whom God will find pleasing =)