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another meet-the-in-laws session

Published
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DavidLee
on August 6, 2008
in General and Love
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My parents are in town for a wedding dinner on Sunday night, so Liz’s parents invited us over for dinner yesterday night. My parents were thinking of having a birthday dinner for me yesterday night, and was thinking of inviting her parents over .. so it works out.

It was a scrumptuous dinner, with leg of lamb, pork and yeah .. western dinner. It was awesome! I’ll let the pictures below do the talking on behalf of the food.



After dinner, and some drinks .. our parents sat down and had a little chat about the wedding plans .. dinner and all and it went smoothly .. until ..

.. later that night when I got a call saying that May 23rd would not be good for some of the family members.

Sigh. Guess .. there’s a need for double confirmation before ANY decision is made that involves family members. I’ve gotten that double confirmation treatment from my dad, but from now on .. I’ll double confirm on everything.

Yup, that’s getting to know your in-laws all right.

I think…

Published
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elizabeth
on July 23, 2008
in Love
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I think… It’s finally really sunk in…
I’m getting married!! God has answered my prayer! I’m getting married… to the love of my life!

I

am

so

unbelievably

happy,

words

cannot

describe.

you got a friend, Liz

Published
by
DavidLee
on April 18, 2008
in Love and Songs
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Heard this song over my iTunes, and it made me think of you.

Listen to it:

When you’re down and troubled
And you need some love and care,
Nothing, nothing is going right.
Mmmmmmm close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest night

If you just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin to see you again.
Winter, spring summer or fall,
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there
You’ve gotta friend.

Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
People can be so cold, yeah
They’ll hurt you and desert you,
Take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don’t you let them

020408 passed

Published
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DavidLee
on April 3, 2008
in Finances and Love
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Hmm .. my initial plan to propose to 020408 (nifty, aye?) but .. tak jadi.

March was a rough month for me. In the beginning of the year, I purposed to save RM10,000 this year .. so that I can use it for our wedding, but somehow .. circumstances has not allowed that to happen .. thus far. It’s only April, yes I know but if you’ve not been able to save even a little by the 1st quarter of the year (about RM2,500) .. then the budget’s off by that amount.

Not that my plans for marriage depends on how much money I have .. but somehow .. there’s this invisible pressure to hold a nice wedding reception and dinner that I foresee will come when engagement happens. It’s tough to be engaged .. when you are in no position to be married. Well, financially .. that is. I just know that my dad will have objections, because he knows I’ve bought the ring .. (albeit finding it out from my mother) and we spoke about it and his response to that was,”Yeah, work hard earn money, wait a couple of years .. then see.”

It’s so tough.

I’ve just read an article .. and I quote:

If you believe that you are called to be married, and you believe you have found the person you want to marry, then get married. The logistics will never be perfect. Marriage is something that will last the rest of one of your lives. It will be central and controlling over whatever ministry either of you has. Adjust things like school, jobs, money, distance (in other words, logistics) to accommodate getting married. Don’t adjust the purpose and timing of marriage for a significant amount of time to accommodate the caprice of logistics or other earthly circumstances.

In other words, it’s unwise — and probably in sinful violation of some of the other principles we’ve discussed — to have a three-year engagement or an inappropriate relationship because the logistics of getting married aren’t perfect. If the logistics are so bad (or so important to you) that you feel you just can’t get married in the near future, then take a hard look at whether you should be in a relationship.

Discernment here is also important, but I feel it’s true that .. circumstances will never be perfect.

BUT IT’S SO TOUGH!

:|

When will my ring see the light of day ..

sorry.

Published
by
DavidLee
on March 25, 2008
in Love
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sry.jpg

Yesterday, you asked me a series of very tough questions, which I had to answer very honestly to the point that I have to stand by what I said. Those questions were ones that used to grip me in fear, even till today … they still do haunt me once a while.

I’m sorry that I’m not the guy that every girl would like to have as their husband, pure and blameless as Christ is, for His church. But I live on God’s grace and mercy, new every morning and cleansed by His blood, covered by His righteousness.

I’m trying.

And I thank you for understanding. Thank you for keeping close to God, because in doing so, you are used by God to help me grow. They were very good questions, that I somehow right now .. know that God wants to deal in my life. If I don’t deal with them now, it’ll affect the future, and I don’t want to bring it into the marriage.

I hope that I can be that to you too. Close to God and be used by God so that He can shape you to be that woman of God that He has destined you to be.

You’re awesome. Love you.

affirmation

Published
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DavidLee
on January 8, 2008
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Affirmation has never been something natural to me. Maybe it’s because of my upbringing but the other day over dinner, Liz pointed out to me that I’ve been more caring and sensitive towards her. It was really affirming, to hear it from her.

Then I began to realize that I have been spending more time with her, often affirming her with gestures and physical actions. I guess it’s also in her nature that she loves being held and hugged.

God’s changing me, not only my love towards her but also towards others. I suppose .. apart from moving on with ministries and life, I guess my mannerisms, perceptions and mindsets are also moving on. I’m beginning to see needs of those who are around me, and somehow there’s a desire to help them fulfill those needs, or lead them to God who will ultimately be their source of hope and living water. Somehow, I feel like I’m almost automatically relating to their current situation and then feel compelled to reach out to them.

I’ve been learning much about love and care from my relationship with Liz. It’s somehow .. subtle, but the effects are popping up here and there.

And I can only thank God.