💌 Dear Adam,
After more than 2 years, I finally gathered enough strength to go back to our favourite place. I thought I was ready until we arrived there and I couldn’t even open the door to step my foot down from the car. As I peeped around from the car window, our whole memory together rolled back and hit me like a wave of tsunami. I quickly looked at Mr Dad’s face and thank God he understood my signal right away. He took the kids down and left me alone in the car.
There I was, at our favourite place, stuck in the car, my legs felt like jelly, my hands were icy cold in the late summer heat, my heart was pumping hard, my whole body was trembling like a volcanic mountain ready to vomit its lava…couldn’t make a move, couldn’t say a word! And not long after the kids disappeared from my sight…my tears ran down like a heavy rain. I cried and cried and cried.
After almost 2 hours, the kids walked back to the car with wide smiles on each of their faces. I was stunned looking at them. I spotted a sign of strength in them. Yes, they are stronger than me. They were so happy. They missed the place so much. They talked about our memories together. They took a walk down the memory lane walking back the trail that we last took together when you were here. And they already planned to come back again soon to create more memories at our favourite place.
And I’m glad. Relief. I found my strength back in them. I know this time I failed to get myself out there. But at least I’ve made the first move. InshaAllah next time I believe that I will be stronger to step down and be ready to create more memories with the kids at our favourite place. We will definitely be talking about you and how much we are still loving you…
Missing you,
Mrs Mom - @adamdidam’s second sister
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Day TWO of quarantine and we are already bored and missing being outside!! Today we started counting taxis on the highway 🤣
Luckily we got some cute flowers arrangement delivered to us ❤️ it’s good to have a breathe of freshness @thefloristryhk
For those who asked me on DM where we are staying, check my stories and how this place has been so far!
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already missing this place 在 Milton Goh Blog and Sermon Notes Facebook 的最佳解答
Possess God’s Peace
“Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field. The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.” (Isaiah 32:15-17 WEB)
This prophecy declared by the prophet Isaiah is in the process of partial fulfillment. The Spirit has been poured out on us from on high ever since the Day of Pentecost when Jesus first sent His Spirit to baptize the disciples in Jerusalem.
The wilderness represents Israel which has become a fruitful field (the place where salvation starts spreading from), and will eventually become full of life as a forest, during the future Millennial reign of Christ.
Through Jesus’ work of righteousness at the cross, we already have peace with God.
Since we have become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, we have an everlasting quietness and confidence in our spirit.
There is no need to struggle or strive to justify ourselves before God or anyone else. We know that the payment has been completed and that God has fully accepted us.
Born-again believers ought to be the most peaceful and quietly-confident people on earth, exuding the kind of regality that Jesus has. This confidence comes from knowing that you are God’s child, lacking nothing and having everything.
This shalom is your portion. Possess this inheritance that the world cannot give. No amount of pills, therapy, or chemicals can produce the peace that is freely ours in Christ.
Today, declare and believe: “I am full of shalom peace, for I was re-created in the image of the Prince of Peace. I possess the peace of God right now, and allow it to flood my soul, body, and life; setting everything right, perfectly integrated with nothing lacking or missing. I receive this in Jesus’ name, Amen!”
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already missing this place 在 pennyccw Youtube 的最讚貼文
Even while winding up a five-game road trip, the Denver Nuggets were able to muster enough defensive intensity to stay in the Western Conference playoff hunt.
Allen Iverson had 26 points and seven assists, while Carmelo Anthony finished with 23 points and nine rebounds as the Nuggets used a big second half to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 120-106 on Monday night.
"We wanted to end this road trip the right way," said Marcus Camby, who had 15 rebounds. "In the first half, we didn't play particularly well. ... We knew eventually if we picked up our level of defense, we had enough scoring to put a lot of points on the board.
"I think our defense really won the game in the second half."
Denver, fighting for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference, trails Golden State by one game and seventh-place Dallas by 1½. Golden State was playing the Lakers late Monday night.
The Nuggets face Dallas and Golden State at home Thursday and Saturday respectively.
J.R. Smith led the Nuggets, scoring 25 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, as Denver stretched the lead to as many as 22 in winning its third straight. Smith was 8-of-10 in the period, including seven outside the arc.
"Amazing," said Kenyon Martin, who missed only one of his eight shots while recording 14 points and 10 rebounds.
"You've just got to take one shot at a time," Smith said of the streak after shooting 1-of-5 before intermission. "In the first half, it was awful, so I came out early at halftime and tried to get my rhythm back."
Rudy Gay led Memphis with 30 points, while Hakim Warrick finished with a season-high 29. Mike Miller added 19 and Javaris Crittenton 14.
"[The Nuggets] just picked it up a notch in the third quarter and came out with a lot of steam," Memphis coach Marc Iavaroni said. "They [caused] a couple of turnovers, and we had a couple of missed open shots and a layup. That is just a little to much for us."
Memphis led at halftime, but the Nuggets outscored the Grizzlies 37-22 in the third period to build their lead to 14. Memphis was unable to overcome the deficit, particularly after Smith scored 16 points, including 13 straight for Denver, by the midway point of the fourth. At that point, Denver held a 109-95 lead, matching its biggest margin of the night at that point.
The loss snapped Memphis' two-game winning streak.
Memphis, which had won three of its previous four, had no answer for the Nuggets after halftime as Denver connected on 24 of 40 shots. The Nuggets already had built the lead in the third quarter, and then it was as if the Grizzlies couldn't find Smith. He had open looks outside the arc and helped Denver continue to extend the lead.
"I thought the tempo of the game got faster," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "We created a lot of the tempo with turnovers and got our defensive hands active."
Memphis overcame early defensive lapses to erase a Denver lead and carry a 57-51 advantage into the break.
The Nuggets were getting to the rim in the first quarter on dunks by Martin and assists by Iverson leading to inside baskets. Memphis didn't get back on defense several times, leading to easy scores as the Nuggets shot 55 percent early and held a 14-4 advantage in the paint.
But Memphis scored in a variety of ways from dunks by Gay to Warrick hitting jumpers from 15 to 20 feet. That allowed Memphis to erase the early Nuggets advantage, and lead by as many as nine in the second quarter.
Denver's defense to open the second half included blocked shots and pressure that led to Memphis turnovers. Martin, whose only miss was an airball on a baseline jumper, still was getting loose for dunks, and the Nuggets shot better from the outside. Meanwhile, Memphis was missing seven of it first eight shots in the period.
"They just hit the shots, some big shots. Shots that didn't fall for them in the first half," Warrick said. "I think they did a good job of protecting the rim. Made some good blocks."
And that was enough intensity and defensive pressure for the Nuggets to overcome a sluggish first half.
"The last game of a road trip, usually fatigue comes in," Camby said. "But we have a lot of veterans on this team, and they know the importance of every ballgame, especially down the stretch"
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Just as Kobe Bryant said they would, the Los Angeles Lakers have dealt the Philadelphia 76ers the injury they could not overcome. They cut their heart out.
The Lakers moved within one win of repeating as NBA champions with a convincing 100-86 victory over the 76ers, whose once-proud pulse can barely be heard.
Shaquille O'Neal mauled his way to 34 points and 14 rebounds and a suffocating defense -- often obscured by glamour and glitz -- made sure there was no comeback by the Sixers, who again went down early and played uphill virtually the entire game.
"I'm on a mission," O'Neal said. "I'm very focused."
"He makes the game very simple," Bryant said.
As Bryant left the First Union Center after Sunday's Game Three win, he told an onlooker, "We're going to cut their hearts out." The Philadelphia native did his share of slashing, mostly with drives through the defense, and finished with 19 points.
Bryant also added 10 rebounds and nine assists in an outstanding all-around game. He has been the key in this series as the Lakers have won whenever he has played well.
No one stuck in the dagger deeper than the reserves for the Lakers, who played perfectly off O'Neal with a flurry of 3-pointers in the second and fourth quarters. Robert Horry, Brian Shaw, Ron Harper and Tyronn Lue all struck at least once from the arc. Los Angeles was 10-of-19 from long range.
"The second unit that came in the form of Horry and Shaw and Tyronn really saw the game to the end," Jackson said.
"I think our bench gets motivated by people saying we don't have a bench," Bryant said. "They come in and do an excellent job for us."
O'Neal took his forceful game right to Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo, who finally appeared to back down a bit. O'Neal made 13-of-25 shots and had five dunks, including one that stopped another inevitable fourth-quarter surge by the Sixers.
"Nobody ever said that Mutombo's gonna step on the floor and Shaq is not gonna get his dunk," Mutombo said. "The way he's playing, he's going to get his dunk."
After a pair of dunks in the first quarter, O'Neal shot a glance at his father in the stands.
"He taught me everything I know," O'Neal said. "He taught me my ferocity. He taught me how to play the game. He taught me what to do tonight. He's like my Sega joystick up there."
"He was very aggressive," Jackson said. "I thought that he played hard."
The 7-1, 330-pound O'Neal also played smart, collecting five assists and staying out of foul trouble.
"I think you've heard me for three games," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "The guy's the best. He's playing against a hell of a player in Dikembe. But he's phenomenal."
"Whole lot of Shaquille O'Neal," Sixers superstar Allen Iverson said. "That's all it was, a whole lot of Shaquille O'Neal. ... You got somebody that big sitting in the middle of the lane, I mean, what can you do?" There has been plenty of talk about the heart of the Sixers but they would have served themselves better by playing with their heads. With poor shot selection and botched fast breaks, they made dozens of poor decisions, many by superstar Allen Iverson.
Iverson scored 35 points but made just 12-of-30 shots. For the first time in the playoffs, the NBA Most Valuable Player could not carry Philadelphia to victory in a must-win game.
"It's been a long, tough year," said Iverson, whose defiance wavered for the first time in this series.
After losing the opener at home, the Lakers have outclassed the Sixers three straight times and are one win from completing the best postseason run in NBA history. They can do it in Game Five on Friday.
"I know this is going to be an animated place on Friday night," Jackson said. "The game won't be anything like it was tonight. It will be a totally different ballgame."
"I'm not gonna give up and I don't expect my team will give up," Brown said.
That may not matter anymore. LA improved to 7-0 on the road in the playoffs, tying the single-season mark for consecutive road wins set by the 1995 Houston Rockets.
"It's remarkable that we've won as many games that we've won in the playoff situation on the road this year," Jackson said. "I think it says something about the character of this team."
Derek Fisher chipped in 10 points for the Lakers, who shot 50 percent (36-of-72), held a 43-37 edge on the glass and led by as many as 22 points.
Mutombo had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Sixers, who shot 43 percent (33-of-77), including 1-of-6 from the arc.
Bryant's three-point play and breakaway dunk gave the Lakers their largest lead at 70-48 with 3:34 left in the third period. The Sixers still trailed by 20 points until Tyrone Hill closed the quarter with a layup.
That triggered a 13-0 burst that had the First Union Center crowd rocking for the first time. Aaron McKie's free throw cut it to 77-70 with just under nine minutes to go as Jackson -- who already had called one timeout -- refused to call another.
"It gives them a sense of being able to survive tough situations," Jackson said. "I like my teams to have a head about themselves on the floor, a collective head. We can cover a lot of things. We can jerk things around. Ultimately, they have to make the decisions on the court."
"He's not gonna call a timeout," O'Neal said. "We're just gonna have to work through that. We've been working through that all year. Phil's a great coach in that sense."
The Lakers responded like champions. O'Neal's final dunk was followed by 3-pointers by Shaw, Lue and Horry, rebuilding the lead to 88-71 with 6:40 to play. The crowd was heading for the exits shortly thereafter.
"We dig such deep holes for ourselves and we always find ourselves in the situation where you've got to fight back so long and so hard that it takes so much out of you," said McKie, who scored just five points on 1-of-9 shooting.
It could have been a lot worse as the Lakers played the opening of the first two quarters in a fog. In both periods, it took them nearly four minutes to make a basket.
However, once they got going, there was little stopping them. O'Neal hammered consecutive dunks over Mutombo and Fisher went in alone for a steal, capping an 11-0 surge that made it 14-6 with 4:21 left in the first quarter.
Sixers forward George Lynch made his first appearance of the series less than 30 seconds later and was entirely ineffective on his broken left foot. When Bryant followed in a miss by O'Neal with 1:42 to go, the Sixers were down 10 -- 20-10 -- for the fourth straight game.
Philadelphia went to a trap at the outset of the second quarter and pulled within 26-22 before LA regrouped. Harper had five straight Lakers points before 3-pointers by Horry, Harper and Lue made it 46-29 with 3:31 remaining before halftime.
At the worst possible time, the Sixers played their worst half of the series. They trailed 51-37 after shooting 34 percent (12-of-35), missing six free throws and getting pounded on the boards, 26-15.
"I don't think the first half we played too intelligently," Brown said. "They had a lot to do with that."
The frustration continued in the third quarter. Philadelphia began with a turnover and could not score out of its set offense as Los Angeles cut off passing lanes and blocked shots. Iverson was hit with a technical foul with 8:23 to go.