Sheena Chen

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Articulating Writer's Block

Recently, I haven't felt like writing. When I tried to write something, I felt stuck. I'd sit there in front of a blank screen, swivelling back and forth on my chair. I became quite well-acquainted with the backspace key, never satisfied with anything I created. The

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Camping Outdoors

I blinked my eyes and adjusted them to the darkness. Why was it so cold? The tent billowed against me on my right, the gust of wind causing it to curl up. I shivered, pulling my sleeping bag closer to my body and curling like a caterpillar. Although I had

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Devote Yourself to Prayer

As life gets busier and more stressful, I know how easy it is for time with the Lord to take a backseat. Everything else comes before it, even when it shouldn't. Through God's strength, would we persevere in making time for what our souls need more

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An Identity Change

Hello friends. I hope you are keeping warm in this cold weather and that you have not caught a cold, the flu or COVID-19. If you have, you will understand how bored one can get when sick at home. It isn't great, but your body needs time to

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Contending for Christ

Psalm 42 says, 1 As the deer pants for streams of water,    so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Let's drink deeply from the living water. Read Colossians 2 with me. Colossians 2 2 I want you

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Bearing Fruit

Can you believe that today is the first day of July?! Where did the last six months go? Time has definitely flown by very quickly. As the financial year comes to an end, it is the perfect time to reflect on how the past six months have been. For me,

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Let's Chat About Our Mental Health

This post is a continuation of the series 'Seen and Heard' which seeks to shed light on the lives of those who may not feel seen or heard by the people around them. When brainstorming what topics I wanted to touch on, mental health came to mind almost

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A Note From Me

It's been a while, hasn't it? Four weeks since you've heard from me...which is unheard of in the online space. First, you should know that I am alive and well. You should also know that I have not forgotten about this space. This

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A Mother's Perspective

Today's post is a special piece in light of Mother's Day. It forms part of this month's series 'Seen and Heard' which seeks to shed light on the lives of those who may not feel seen or heard by the people around

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The God Who Sees

There was a time when smiles no longer reached my eyes, when I kept a facade because I was worried people could see beyond. I thought I would crumble to pieces, unable to put myself back together again. All I wanted was to curl in a ball and hide away.

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Vowels and Consonants

It is the last post of this month, and I'm most excited about this one! Can we talk about 'words' without talking about wordle? We cannot. I was once clueless, just one of the many people who didn't understand the white, yellow and green

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Book of Esther

Words. Our words. Jesus the Word. And now, we look at God's word. There are quite a few different names for God's word in the Bible: decrees, precepts, statutes, commands, instructions and the Holy Scriptures. Whenever I think about God's word, the passage that

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Thinking About Holy Week

This month, the blog post each week will explore a different aspect of the topic 'words'. When I think about words, what comes to mind is how Jesus is often referred to as 'the Word'. This is what John 1 says about Jesus: > 1 In

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Book Reflection

When Words Matter Most

Today I am writing to you from a bookstore cafe in New Zealand. It is a quaint spot that I have been regularly frequenting to write. They sell all types of tea and the most amazing chocolate fudge brownie. So far, I've stuck with my usual jasmine green

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Finally Flying

28 November 2019. Two years, four months and four days since the last time I saw my grandparents. The next time I write, I will be with them in another country. Over the past couple of years, I have tried to see them multiple times. Somehow, the timing never worked

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Reading God's Book

At the beginning of this year, I committed to reading God's book, the Bible. (You can read about that here 'The Book That Keeps Giving [https://www.sheenawonders.com/the-book-that-keeps-giving/]' if you want to know how it all happened.) It's been almost four months

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When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn

What do you do when things don't go to plan? How do you respond? Well, I'll tell you how I respond. Once the realisation sinks in and the shock wears off, I start to get irritated. Did this have to happen now? Why couldn't

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo

I know this is a little different from my regular posts but I hope to include this as one of the features of this blog. I would love to share the wondrous world of books with you, reads that have been thought-provoking, enlightening and enjoyable to me. It will be

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The Book That Keeps Giving

As some of you may know, one of the hobbies I picked up again last year was reading. We were in lockdown. I was working, studying from home and spending way too much time on my phone and laptop. I needed something away from it all and reading was the

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It Begins With A Step of Faith

I've talked about my history with blogging (if you haven't already, make sure you hop on over and check out To Many More Firsts [https://www.sheenawonders.com/to-many-more-firsts/] before you read this post) but I wanted to share a little bit more about my thought

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To Many More Firsts

This isn't exactly my first blog but it is my first 'public' blog. Like any teenager in the 2000s, I had my own Bebo and Tumblr account in high school. I know those sites feel ancient now but back then, everyone was on them. My friends