Kolb's learning cycle--the way i knew God

haha..today in my course i learnt abt Kolb's learning cycle..This is to help us understand how our students learnt in lesson time..haha..den as my instructor was exlaining..haha.. man..i felt like yeah..it's like the way i knew God..haha..why? let moi explain..

Kolb's learning cycle..(suppose to draw a circle, well try to imagine ba..)

active experimentation---> concrete experience---> reflective observation---> abstract conceptualisation

Let see, hop i give a good explanation..

for me, think i start from active experimentation den i move on to abstract conceptualisation..O, some person can start from anywhere and follow the process (in a sense next item), so reali depends on indiv..

haha..for moi.. think i active experimentation came when i was in sec 2, 14 yrs old..went to CHC to kinda see see look look..kinda wanted to search for God aft i was scared by the Jehovah witness pp who gave me mths of bs only to find out during CNY in 1997, from my auntie, uncle that they are a cult grp..scare me man..

That 1st time wen i went svc (think 5th Oct1997) at Hollywood..beside lion city (haha..retro memo memo), i rem Pst Kong gave the altar call asking whoever wants to be forgiven of their sins, lift up the hand and Jesus will forgive me of my sins.. man..right then i felt that i needed forgiveness for my life coz i felt sinful..so i responed and went down to the front (still rem i was sitting in the 1st row of balcony)..wheni prayed,i experience Christ's forgiveness over my sins..It's such great joy in my heart..haha..coz i always felt that i am a person who did a lot of wrong things and someone act accepted me and willing to forgive me..haha..it's great news man..Jesus forgives me..heee..

That time i was 14, when i was younger, i stole things as young as the age of 7..little small items that caught my eye, i will devise ways to put into my clothing and bring it home.. i'm a stealer man..i still rem when i was 8 yrs old, m cousin showed me her sticker book, it was so nice..that night i stayed at her house and guess what i did in the middle of the night?.. i woke up and stole her sticker book and put it inside my t-shirt, i had it secured with my rubberise shorts that kids wore..so thruout the night i just kept the sticker book with me..kinda awake thruout to guard my new possession to make sure i'm not caught..

den the next day when she found out that her sticker book was lost..i pretended that nothing hap and comforted her that someone or fairy or whoeva i cant rem might hav stolen her book.. but looking at her sad face..i felt guilty..the second night i think i stayed at her place again..den same thing, i woke up in the middle of the night, went to put her sticker book back..next morning when she woke up, kinda managed to get her to check her drawer..and there, was her sticker book again..happy that i returned her the book..guilty coz i'm a stealer..

Sorry, sidetrack..so wen i responded to altar call, i experience God's wonderful forgiveness but it's thru so many years,went thru many things that i have this Concrete experience .

One of this concrete experience is when i was having bs ( with bro daniel, my fren and moi) when i was a new believer (14), i was asked to read this verse..haha..it's the 1st verse that touched my heart so much.. when i flipped to the verse and read it b4 i was asked to read out, i teared..i teared coz i was so touched in my heart that God act knew me even b4 i was born..how incredible is His love for me?

Jer 1:4-5 NIV...
The word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before i formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

and of course thru wat i have reflected in my life, thru these yrs that i ciao church and came back, ciao again and now i'm back for good..i saw (observe) the goodness of God that happened too many times that i am sure that He is real and He is good..(look at my earlier entries you will have glimpes of God's goodness in my life..heee)

All these Reflective observation finally led to Abstract conceptualisation.. why i said abstract conceptualisation? haha..coz we cannot see God phy and so many people would think He is a concept or something..haha..but the fact is , we are the concept in His mind even b4 we were borned..cute right..it is abstract bcoz many pp find it difficlut to believ that there is a God who exist..to them, seeing is believing, so no see => not real?
i was sharing a bit with my colleague just now on my way back wat i wrote above..i said "that's why i always tel people, to know God, go find out and experience Him for youself. Coz only when you experience God, you will believ in Him, no one can tak that experience from you."

i think many of us experience God in some point in our life to draw the conclusion that He is real..but whether we know of His goodness and character, it is once again, an individual journey of discovery and walking with God..haha.. Exciting life man..

anyway coming back to kolb's learning cycle..some pp may be the reflective observation type where they are usu reserved but they are act reflecting and observing and learningden they have this abstract concept ( which i hop is revelation)..perhaps some people experience God this way..

haha..interesting..to think even on course also can have this kind of realisation..haha..so fun!!! haha..

man..so tempted to write more abt my past..think to be continued..haha..thanks friends if you have come to this point..you are a solid reader..haha..coz wen i blog..i simply just write ooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....haha..Thank you for being interested in my life..xin ku ni le..been reading hard..haha