Hello people (: Just came back from Raffles place , whereby "Amplify in the city" was held. WOOHOO! it was such a blast haha. For those of you who dont know , it is an event organised by Amplify ( catholic youth organisation ) to worship and praise God , by gathering youths from all over Singapore.

Went with Nick and Zong to raffles.We took the MRT there , and we thought we were going to be late. Then saw Valerie at the Raffles MRT station. After tt proceeded to the venue , which is like after several mazes in the underground tunnel -.-

Then reached the place le. OMG sia , that place is so freaking grand and stylo. The praise and worship session took place inside an auditorium.Sang lots of AWESOME worship songs , and me , zong and nick were freaking high tonite. haha. In between the worship , the emcee , Mr Leonard Koh , one of the leaders of Amplify sort of discussed about a chapter in the bible.

It is super duper meaningful. The chapter is about Lord Jesus going all the way to Samaria to find this samaritan woman , to cure her of her problems.( her inner secrets , shame and sins)

He also said something which struck a chord within me.Ever wondered why shows of super heroes are getting more and more popular? Shows like Ironman , Batman and stuff. Actually , deep within us , we want to be extraordinary people. Seen , heard , and recognised by the others. We want our lives to be so much more than what we think we can do , which are to a limited extent.We have this emptiness within us sometimes. The feeling of lost , despair and "emo". These are the things which haunted me for sooooo long.

Let me tell you a short stoy here. In the icy regions of the world , do you know how do Eskimos ( those living in igloos ) hunt for food? They take a knife , dipped the knife in a dead animal's blood , and dry it.The process is being repeated over and over and over again , until the knife is totally coated in dried blood. The Eskimo then place the knife on the ground (Ice) , with the blade facing up into the sky. A wolf would be attracted to the knife , due to its animal instinct. It will continue to lick the knife , and as it does so , its bloodlust increases. It then begins to lick even more , until gradually , the coating of dried blood is gone , and the real blade reveals.The wolf dont realise that , the blood that its licking , is acutally its own. Eventually , the wolf died.

This is very real in our lives. When we are in despair , we will indulge in other meaningless things to find satisfaction. But the story of Jesus finding the Samaritan woman shows tt God is the only way whereby your "thirst" can be fully quench. Other means of finding satisfaction will eventually lead you to even more thirst , and eventually , more broken up. This is the same concept depicted in the story of the Eskimo and the wolf.

I've learnt that we have to run TOWARDS God , NOT AWAY. We dont have to have the fear of being afraid that God would be angry , because He is forgiving and loving.it is our perception , that he is angry with our sins , that often turn us away from God , who wants us to approach him instead.

After all , God is our father , someone for us to seek forgiveness with. The fountain of life , the water that will truly quench our "thirst". (craving for the thing you want deep within oneself eg. love )

SoLO