I guess it has been such a long time ever since school started that i havent blogged already..i guess its because i didn't think anyone will actually read them. But i didn't know that actually people DO read them. And i was quite amazed that my simple minded posts can actually touch lives. I guess whoever that read this, i hope that it will also serve as an encouragement for you to continue praying, continue seeking, continue reaching, continue doing what you have been doing in the past but may have lost the fire because you thought no one reads or listens. I guess it is the same as prayers. Why pray if no one is listening? Why speak to anyone if you assume they just don't listen or day dream? I guess we will never know who listens, who is not and stuff. We just got to continue doing what we are supposed to do and hold with a hope and believe that the things that we write and say can actually impact lives. If we don't do so, we lose the opportunity to even touch anyone's life or help anyone in any way.
This whole week as Tiffany Tay (my roommate in hall), play a song on her ipod into the speakers named as "If we are the body" by casting crowns. It serves as an encouragement for me as the song kept on playing in my head reminding me about our task and purpose on earth. My mother was sharing with me about what her pastor said once, "when we are young, we work to earn money and enjoy life, when we are old, we use the money to try out best to extend our life."
Isn't it true?
But i guess at the end of the day reality will still strike every single one.
No one is an exception.
No matter how well you live your life, how much money you earn, how many As and how you have impacted your company, every one will need to face one thing. Death.
My mother continued sharing with me about the 5 things that people would want in their life.
1) life
2) wealth
3) health
4) dying peacefully
5) i forgot.
But i believe there is one more thing that should be included into it. That is eternal life. As the chinese temple quotes once said....i translate it into english ah, "heaven's gates got road you don't wanna walk, hell's gates are forbidden and yet you wanna push your way through."
Sometimes i just don't understand as to why people don't wanna believe in Jesus Christ when he is the only one that guarantees a ticket to heaven. I mean, why don't people want to get to heaven after death but choose to go to hell instead.
And i was reading the Bible and it states in romans that how will people have faith to believe in Jesus Christ as the way and the solution for people to be saved is through others. It must be shared through others if not how will people know of this God? And who is going to share it if YOU don't share it?
I guess many will have the mindset that "ai ya, someone else will go and share about it to him/her de. or, he/she heard it before ler..there is no need for me to repeat and share again."
As the song, "if we are the body" states very clearly that we are the body of Christ. And Christ is the head. He is the one that directs and we are the ones that do the work. We are the ones that use our hand to pray, use our feet to travel and kneel, use our mouth to speak, use our heart to show our sincerity and surrender our heart to Jesus, use our body to dance..etc. Before you even talk about "other people will do the work", look at yourself first. Are you doing what you are supposed to do? Are you trying your best? Or are you just too lazy to do it.
God should be our head.
Our head means, the brain, the one who does the thinking, and we just obey and follow. Who are we to question a God who creates the heavens, the galaxies and everything around us whether what he is doing is right or wrong? Who are we to doubt his works? In the Bible it states that nothing can ever resemble Him, not even the skies or animals can describe and represent God.
Think about a pail and a droplet of water in it. Guess what, we are the drop of water. Something like that. Thats our size!
The problem lies as to whether we are willing to obey? whether we are willing to listen? Or we think that our functions as other body parts like the hands and legs can actually replace the functions of the brain?
If a body chooses to move around and do whatever it wants, won't it be disastrous?
Always rmb that we are the body and God is the head.
Where are we placing ourselves again?
Can we replace God?
If your ans is no, what are we doing about it? Stonning?
What are you waiting for?
Go and reach out, touch lives, share testimonies, be a good influence to the people out there. Live your life like Jesus's.
Jia you!
God loves you
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Being able to understand and make a difference
It was the day that i had some "teachers compass ceremony" held at nanyang poly because NIE is being used for the YOG.
In case those who don't know, i am going to go into NIE which is part of NTU,for 4 years, taking a bond for 4 years because it is part of the agreement of scholarship and am going to take Chemistry and Math as my subjects. Its a degree but in education.
So basically, the ceremony ended and people were just heading out.
I met this guy who also wanted to join the "breakdance" cca in NTU and so we talked and so i made a new friend!
We went home in a group with people that i know since the past and people that i just made friends with on that day.
Basically melissa and i was heading towards jurong east and we are at yio chu kang.
There are 2 routes, the red line to jurong or changing mrts from the red line to the green line from the orchard side.
Looking at the number of stops, i was convinced that one straight red line is confirm going to be so much faster than changing mrts and going one big round.
But joel convinced melissa and i to take the latter because even though it looks like a big round, its faster.
I still wasn't convinced..
I asked him, " are you sure its faster?"
He said, "confirm faster, it takes 20 minute to go from yio chu kang to city hall and 20 minute from city hall to jurong. but it takes 45 to 50 minutes to take the red line to jurong."
I was still doubting despite the statistics.
Asking him again, "how you know?"
He said, "last time i always take the trains from yio chu kang area because my gf stays there."
Why am i telling you this normal boring convo that i had?
Because it reminded me of something.
That is the point of this post.
He is able to tell me the numbers so clearly because he used his experiences.
Experiences that everyone go through, including you, can mean alot alot in future..you will never know.
I believe that no one is able to understand another if that person is not able to stand in the other person's shoes and if the person has not experienced anything like it before.
How can you understand the feeling of sadness if one hasn't experienced it?
Or depression, heart brokeness.etc.
Talking about this, i was reminded of one of my close friend, joseph, while talking to me about his past struggles..there was one sentence that he said, "you will never understand, no one will ever understand the struggles that i had and the feeling of wanting to suicide even if i tell them."
There was once i asked joshua ng for help regarding a friend of mine who has gone through heart brokeness because of guy girl relationship.
I tried telling him the advices that i am going to tell her.
Trying very hard to feel what she feels and what it means to be heart broken is very difficult.
The only thing that josh said was, "do you even understand what it means to be heart broken? You have not gone through being heart broken before, how will you understand the pain?"
There was another incident that i was talking to my "ah gong", zhong han! sorry..he is my ah gong because he looks very old. But he is very nice=) not very old, and is my church friend.
I was at redhill market having lunch with him, talking to him about the problems that i face spiritually.
He said something after everything that he adviced me and we talked about.
He said, " i can advice you now because i have gone through it myself and found a solution, thats why i can give you advices as to what to do."
Every experience, be it big or small, bad or good, people learn, grow and understand causing them to be able to be put to good use in future.
It may be used as encouragements, advices for decisions made or even to save a life!
No one knows. but we just got to place everything in the hands of God, trusting that He will use it.
Even God Himself sent Jesus down to become a human being..
for what?
So that he can experience the pain that you and i go through,
The suffering, the happiness, the joy, the struggles, temptations, bonds, feelings..etc
He experienced being a human when he did not even have to do it.
For?
So that He can relate to both you and i
so that He can understand us and have a relationship with us..not just a God who rules and reigns!
But a God who is also a friend and listens.
This closeness that He wants to achieve with us, is what no other Gods will give.
His desire is to be your closest friend.
Will you let him be?
When you think that no one understands?
Think again=)
God loves you.
In case those who don't know, i am going to go into NIE which is part of NTU,for 4 years, taking a bond for 4 years because it is part of the agreement of scholarship and am going to take Chemistry and Math as my subjects. Its a degree but in education.
So basically, the ceremony ended and people were just heading out.
I met this guy who also wanted to join the "breakdance" cca in NTU and so we talked and so i made a new friend!
We went home in a group with people that i know since the past and people that i just made friends with on that day.
Basically melissa and i was heading towards jurong east and we are at yio chu kang.
There are 2 routes, the red line to jurong or changing mrts from the red line to the green line from the orchard side.
Looking at the number of stops, i was convinced that one straight red line is confirm going to be so much faster than changing mrts and going one big round.
But joel convinced melissa and i to take the latter because even though it looks like a big round, its faster.
I still wasn't convinced..
I asked him, " are you sure its faster?"
He said, "confirm faster, it takes 20 minute to go from yio chu kang to city hall and 20 minute from city hall to jurong. but it takes 45 to 50 minutes to take the red line to jurong."
I was still doubting despite the statistics.
Asking him again, "how you know?"
He said, "last time i always take the trains from yio chu kang area because my gf stays there."
Why am i telling you this normal boring convo that i had?
Because it reminded me of something.
That is the point of this post.
He is able to tell me the numbers so clearly because he used his experiences.
Experiences that everyone go through, including you, can mean alot alot in future..you will never know.
I believe that no one is able to understand another if that person is not able to stand in the other person's shoes and if the person has not experienced anything like it before.
How can you understand the feeling of sadness if one hasn't experienced it?
Or depression, heart brokeness.etc.
Talking about this, i was reminded of one of my close friend, joseph, while talking to me about his past struggles..there was one sentence that he said, "you will never understand, no one will ever understand the struggles that i had and the feeling of wanting to suicide even if i tell them."
There was once i asked joshua ng for help regarding a friend of mine who has gone through heart brokeness because of guy girl relationship.
I tried telling him the advices that i am going to tell her.
Trying very hard to feel what she feels and what it means to be heart broken is very difficult.
The only thing that josh said was, "do you even understand what it means to be heart broken? You have not gone through being heart broken before, how will you understand the pain?"
There was another incident that i was talking to my "ah gong", zhong han! sorry..he is my ah gong because he looks very old. But he is very nice=) not very old, and is my church friend.
I was at redhill market having lunch with him, talking to him about the problems that i face spiritually.
He said something after everything that he adviced me and we talked about.
He said, " i can advice you now because i have gone through it myself and found a solution, thats why i can give you advices as to what to do."
Every experience, be it big or small, bad or good, people learn, grow and understand causing them to be able to be put to good use in future.
It may be used as encouragements, advices for decisions made or even to save a life!
No one knows. but we just got to place everything in the hands of God, trusting that He will use it.
Even God Himself sent Jesus down to become a human being..
for what?
So that he can experience the pain that you and i go through,
The suffering, the happiness, the joy, the struggles, temptations, bonds, feelings..etc
He experienced being a human when he did not even have to do it.
For?
So that He can relate to both you and i
so that He can understand us and have a relationship with us..not just a God who rules and reigns!
But a God who is also a friend and listens.
This closeness that He wants to achieve with us, is what no other Gods will give.
His desire is to be your closest friend.
Will you let him be?
When you think that no one understands?
Think again=)
God loves you.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
A Simple Concept
It has been a long time since i ever written my blog..cause i abit lazy to type. heh.
But anws, i have been thinking about alot of things regarding Christianity. And one of the incidences that i truely remember and really be thankful about is what a friend actually did for me.
This friend, i guess some of you all know, is joshua ng zi ern.
It happened quite some time ago whereby our church organised an event called "live recording of the church album, more like you" and it was at 7pm if i am not wrong.
I remember vividly that i had church service in the morning, then we gave out food to the old folks to bless them and then i rushed to orchard to catch a movie "yi man" with my SAJC clique.
But the movie started at 3 plus and ended at 5 plus.
And due to my lack of ability to judge the actual amount of time that i have left, i queued up with my friends at astons until 6 oclock then i realised that i got to walk to the mrt station and take it all the way to gombak to meet another friend, joseph for dinner before the event.
so i chiong and ran, realising that i don't have time for dinner!
I didn't want to cause joseph who was there early to be late so i asked him to go for the event.
Why did i keep on talking about dinner?
Because i was starving, really starving.
For the whole day, i havent had breakfast, lunch was just a cold apple crumble that my SAJC friends bought from the cinema because i really cannot ta han. (i very grateful that i got like at least something to hold my stomach, thx friends!)
so basically, i was starving.
If people know me well, when it comes to food, i cannot not have it. I just love to eat!
But not having anything proper to eat for the whole day brought me to sianess, tiredness and even to tears.
I went for the event with my heavy heart and a very empty stomach.
Sat down alone, i didn't want to find my friends, just watching the live recording.
As i was walking into church, i met joshua who was urshering and passed by me..
It was very coincidental that i met him as i walked into the church building.
He talked to me awhile and asked me, "how come you look so tired and sian?"
I just gave a pass remark, i am hungry and walked away to the second level.
As i sat there alone, he came into the sanctuary and sat next to me, asking me how am i..
I was already tearing and i told him about the whole day i had not much food.
He insisted that i should go and eat and brought me downstairs giving me his urshering food.(actually not supposed to de)
At that point of time, i was really very touched.
It was like food from heaven!
Even though it was just fried rice, i tasted so so good.
Amazing.
Joshua was like my savior then.
Just felt that it was a divine intervention..that of all people, i met him downstairs and because of his character, i believe God knows that he will come and look for me, wanting to encourage me.
Thinking about this, i realised one point and a simple concept.
It was only up to the point of hunger and starvation, can i know what does it mean to be filled.
Benny Ho once said, no one can ever experienced getting healed by God if we were not once broken.
Just like you will never know what is light until you have seen darkness,
you will never know what is heat and warmth until you have experienced the cold.
you will not know what is good until you have seen what is bad.
Human beings will never know that they need God until they have truely nothing in the world to depend on.
Human beings will never know that they need for forgiveness from God until they truely know that they are sinners.
There is a story that i want to share.
There was once 2 brothers fighting.
They are like children.
Then the father came along and grab their hands and ask them to apologise to each other.
They didn't want to do so, so they kept quiet and looked at each other with dagger eyes.
the father asked again.
Again, they didn't do so.
The father insisted the last time, and they mumbled the words.
"Louder" the father said.
They say it with an unwilling heart, "i am sorry!"
Just like 2 brothers who fought, they didn't want to say sorry is because deep in their heart they do not believe that they are in the wrong.
So they didn't want to apologise because they do not see the need to do so.
Its just like, why bother repenting when i am not in the wrong in the first place?
Why must i even ask for forgiveness?
Do you realise why people build relationships and get so close together?
The one factor is that in brokenness, they find that people still cared for them and love them.
Thats the X factor to the build up of friendships. To be there to lend a helping hand in times of need.
God Bless you guys!
But anws, i have been thinking about alot of things regarding Christianity. And one of the incidences that i truely remember and really be thankful about is what a friend actually did for me.
This friend, i guess some of you all know, is joshua ng zi ern.
It happened quite some time ago whereby our church organised an event called "live recording of the church album, more like you" and it was at 7pm if i am not wrong.
I remember vividly that i had church service in the morning, then we gave out food to the old folks to bless them and then i rushed to orchard to catch a movie "yi man" with my SAJC clique.
But the movie started at 3 plus and ended at 5 plus.
And due to my lack of ability to judge the actual amount of time that i have left, i queued up with my friends at astons until 6 oclock then i realised that i got to walk to the mrt station and take it all the way to gombak to meet another friend, joseph for dinner before the event.
so i chiong and ran, realising that i don't have time for dinner!
I didn't want to cause joseph who was there early to be late so i asked him to go for the event.
Why did i keep on talking about dinner?
Because i was starving, really starving.
For the whole day, i havent had breakfast, lunch was just a cold apple crumble that my SAJC friends bought from the cinema because i really cannot ta han. (i very grateful that i got like at least something to hold my stomach, thx friends!)
so basically, i was starving.
If people know me well, when it comes to food, i cannot not have it. I just love to eat!
But not having anything proper to eat for the whole day brought me to sianess, tiredness and even to tears.
I went for the event with my heavy heart and a very empty stomach.
Sat down alone, i didn't want to find my friends, just watching the live recording.
As i was walking into church, i met joshua who was urshering and passed by me..
It was very coincidental that i met him as i walked into the church building.
He talked to me awhile and asked me, "how come you look so tired and sian?"
I just gave a pass remark, i am hungry and walked away to the second level.
As i sat there alone, he came into the sanctuary and sat next to me, asking me how am i..
I was already tearing and i told him about the whole day i had not much food.
He insisted that i should go and eat and brought me downstairs giving me his urshering food.(actually not supposed to de)
At that point of time, i was really very touched.
It was like food from heaven!
Even though it was just fried rice, i tasted so so good.
Amazing.
Joshua was like my savior then.
Just felt that it was a divine intervention..that of all people, i met him downstairs and because of his character, i believe God knows that he will come and look for me, wanting to encourage me.
Thinking about this, i realised one point and a simple concept.
It was only up to the point of hunger and starvation, can i know what does it mean to be filled.
Benny Ho once said, no one can ever experienced getting healed by God if we were not once broken.
Just like you will never know what is light until you have seen darkness,
you will never know what is heat and warmth until you have experienced the cold.
you will not know what is good until you have seen what is bad.
Human beings will never know that they need God until they have truely nothing in the world to depend on.
Human beings will never know that they need for forgiveness from God until they truely know that they are sinners.
There is a story that i want to share.
There was once 2 brothers fighting.
They are like children.
Then the father came along and grab their hands and ask them to apologise to each other.
They didn't want to do so, so they kept quiet and looked at each other with dagger eyes.
the father asked again.
Again, they didn't do so.
The father insisted the last time, and they mumbled the words.
"Louder" the father said.
They say it with an unwilling heart, "i am sorry!"
Just like 2 brothers who fought, they didn't want to say sorry is because deep in their heart they do not believe that they are in the wrong.
So they didn't want to apologise because they do not see the need to do so.
Its just like, why bother repenting when i am not in the wrong in the first place?
Why must i even ask for forgiveness?
Do you realise why people build relationships and get so close together?
The one factor is that in brokenness, they find that people still cared for them and love them.
Thats the X factor to the build up of friendships. To be there to lend a helping hand in times of need.
God Bless you guys!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Man's best friend?
Many will say that Dogs are the man's best friend.
I was just lying on my bed and got reminded of my sister's hamster who died previously and how much she loved it and thus cry her heart out when the hamster died.
I guess the best consolation that one can give to somebody who is very attached to an animal is that "don't worry, i am sure ______ is going to heaven and meet you, it is in the hands of God."
But are they like human beings? being able to enter into the spiritual realms of heaven and hell?
Some say that animals have a soul but do not have a spirit.
This means that they are not able to have any feelings but are able to do the daily routines.
Others may argue that animals do have feelings. Evidences of dog's crying and many others do show.
So that means they have a spirit?
I guess we wouldn't really know..but it got me thinking about dogs.
Why are dogs called man's best friend?
what is so special about them as compared to other animals? other pets?
What is so distinct about them that some people choose to have dogs instead of children?
The one reason is, dogs obey instructions and are more obedient as compared to a child.
Obedience is a big quality.
I got reminded that God desires obedience not sacrifice.
Just like any human being desiring for someone that will obey and listen, God desires it too.
If dogs can be man's best friend due to obedience?
Can man be God's best friend because of obedience?
God loves man.
I was just lying on my bed and got reminded of my sister's hamster who died previously and how much she loved it and thus cry her heart out when the hamster died.
I guess the best consolation that one can give to somebody who is very attached to an animal is that "don't worry, i am sure ______ is going to heaven and meet you, it is in the hands of God."
But are they like human beings? being able to enter into the spiritual realms of heaven and hell?
Some say that animals have a soul but do not have a spirit.
This means that they are not able to have any feelings but are able to do the daily routines.
Others may argue that animals do have feelings. Evidences of dog's crying and many others do show.
So that means they have a spirit?
I guess we wouldn't really know..but it got me thinking about dogs.
Why are dogs called man's best friend?
what is so special about them as compared to other animals? other pets?
What is so distinct about them that some people choose to have dogs instead of children?
The one reason is, dogs obey instructions and are more obedient as compared to a child.
Obedience is a big quality.
I got reminded that God desires obedience not sacrifice.
Just like any human being desiring for someone that will obey and listen, God desires it too.
If dogs can be man's best friend due to obedience?
Can man be God's best friend because of obedience?
God loves man.
Friday, July 23, 2010
True love?
Hey hey! I went to watch the free movie, "bounty hunter" on the mon at the cathay's 75th anniversary and there is like free popcorn and drink!
Anws, there is this sentence that caught my attention in the movie.
One of the old couple who owned the honey moon place told the divorse couple who ended up at their honey moon place once again, they remembered them even after a few years with many other couples spending their honey moons in that place.
The divorsed couple were very suprised that they actually rmbed them and the old couple said, " we rmbed you because you two were the sweetest and most in loved couple we have ever seen. One thing that we have ever learnt from you two is that you taught us that true love is when both parties are willing to love and accept even the flaws and imperfections that both have, thats what will keep the relationship going."
I guess these words touched me, and i really think that true love should be this way.
Be it in any kind of relationship, friends or family members, it is when we all are able to accept and love the person despite their flaws can we say that we love the person.
I know of one person that loves me despite my imperfections and flaws and the best thing is that the person is perfect and there is no reason for him to tolerate my sins because he is not like me in any way because the contrast is just too big, cannot even be measured.
That person is Jesus.
This my friend, is true love.
Have a great day!
God loves people who are dirty^^Don't you think its beautiful?
Anws, there is this sentence that caught my attention in the movie.
One of the old couple who owned the honey moon place told the divorse couple who ended up at their honey moon place once again, they remembered them even after a few years with many other couples spending their honey moons in that place.
The divorsed couple were very suprised that they actually rmbed them and the old couple said, " we rmbed you because you two were the sweetest and most in loved couple we have ever seen. One thing that we have ever learnt from you two is that you taught us that true love is when both parties are willing to love and accept even the flaws and imperfections that both have, thats what will keep the relationship going."
I guess these words touched me, and i really think that true love should be this way.
Be it in any kind of relationship, friends or family members, it is when we all are able to accept and love the person despite their flaws can we say that we love the person.
I know of one person that loves me despite my imperfections and flaws and the best thing is that the person is perfect and there is no reason for him to tolerate my sins because he is not like me in any way because the contrast is just too big, cannot even be measured.
That person is Jesus.
This my friend, is true love.
Have a great day!
God loves people who are dirty^^Don't you think its beautiful?
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Position
I was talking to Kun Jie the other day, and he shared with me something that i thought was rather interesting and i thought maybe i should share it with anyone who is reading this.
We were talking about alot of things, from saying grace to how to listen to God to cells and RLs..etc.
One of the things he said was, alot of people can say and pray, "Oh God, people touch me and speak to me, mould me to be more like you and let me experience you." like everytime, or maybe every sun during service or while singing the worship songs..but many do not do anything about it.
Alot of times we only give lip service to God but we never POSITION ourselves to let God use us.
The word here is POSITION.
To help people to visualise, lets just say your friend was supposed to meet you and was calling you from behind you can choose to turn behind and get a clearer view and hear your friend more clearly, or you can choose to walk further away, facing away from your friend.
Even though this may sound very childish but this is the point i am trying to make.
Your friend is God and many of times, we fail to put ourselves in places where God can use us and we can experience God's power.
Some may say, "oh, but God is everywhere what, not only in church or cells ma..so i also can experience God anywhere i go."
I would say, "Yes true."
But i believe in every relationship it is two way.
You got to put in effort and God will too.
And it is only in church whereby you can find people who will pray for you..it is a place where people who wants to invite God's presence to be there, it is a place of fellowship.
All these are so unlike what you can find from the world.
By coming to church, one is positioning themself to want to meet and experience God together with others. where testimonies are shared and people edify each other.
Along with just coming to church which not really of much effort and sacrifice, there is also a need to serve if one is serious about experiencing God.
Serving helps us to position ourselves to meet God.
Through serving, i believe firstly, God is pleased that you are willing to sacrifice your time and effort to sow the seeds.
Secondly, there will be obstacles and struggles or even brokeness, causing God to aveil and work through you.
Thirdly, it is for the kingdom of God! Why wouldn't God work through those who are willing to serve him for the sake of his children right?
But of course one must do it with a willing heart. If you do it unwillingly, then you are not even letting yourself to be used by God but to do things for the sake of doing things.
For those who are not serving (which includes myself), why not try stepping into the will of God and see how God can show himself to you?
For those who are serving, lets do it because you want to experience God and do it with a willing heart ya!
Joey's blog once said, "we plant the seeds, not pluck the fruits."
If you really want to experience God today, stop living in self pity and discouragement, but to stand up and fight for what you want! don't sit there and do nothing!
God loves you.
We were talking about alot of things, from saying grace to how to listen to God to cells and RLs..etc.
One of the things he said was, alot of people can say and pray, "Oh God, people touch me and speak to me, mould me to be more like you and let me experience you." like everytime, or maybe every sun during service or while singing the worship songs..but many do not do anything about it.
Alot of times we only give lip service to God but we never POSITION ourselves to let God use us.
The word here is POSITION.
To help people to visualise, lets just say your friend was supposed to meet you and was calling you from behind you can choose to turn behind and get a clearer view and hear your friend more clearly, or you can choose to walk further away, facing away from your friend.
Even though this may sound very childish but this is the point i am trying to make.
Your friend is God and many of times, we fail to put ourselves in places where God can use us and we can experience God's power.
Some may say, "oh, but God is everywhere what, not only in church or cells ma..so i also can experience God anywhere i go."
I would say, "Yes true."
But i believe in every relationship it is two way.
You got to put in effort and God will too.
And it is only in church whereby you can find people who will pray for you..it is a place where people who wants to invite God's presence to be there, it is a place of fellowship.
All these are so unlike what you can find from the world.
By coming to church, one is positioning themself to want to meet and experience God together with others. where testimonies are shared and people edify each other.
Along with just coming to church which not really of much effort and sacrifice, there is also a need to serve if one is serious about experiencing God.
Serving helps us to position ourselves to meet God.
Through serving, i believe firstly, God is pleased that you are willing to sacrifice your time and effort to sow the seeds.
Secondly, there will be obstacles and struggles or even brokeness, causing God to aveil and work through you.
Thirdly, it is for the kingdom of God! Why wouldn't God work through those who are willing to serve him for the sake of his children right?
But of course one must do it with a willing heart. If you do it unwillingly, then you are not even letting yourself to be used by God but to do things for the sake of doing things.
For those who are not serving (which includes myself), why not try stepping into the will of God and see how God can show himself to you?
For those who are serving, lets do it because you want to experience God and do it with a willing heart ya!
Joey's blog once said, "we plant the seeds, not pluck the fruits."
If you really want to experience God today, stop living in self pity and discouragement, but to stand up and fight for what you want! don't sit there and do nothing!
God loves you.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Predators--->Fear--->Death
Yesterday i went to watch predators with kun jie and bradley!!
It was a very interesting and scary show i feel...like cause it is M18, it has alot of bloodshed and violence.
I was basically covering half of my face with my jacket half of the time because there were alot of anticipation.
The show had 8 people in some unknown island away from earth at first.
At every attack and experience, someone will die in different ways.
I shan't tell you all the whole story..but it is a show worth to watch..so go watch it~
One thing that the show showed me was something very practical and got me thinking over one question.
The question is "when you face the risk of death and fear, will one still care for others or just care about themselves?"
Perhaps you cannot picture the seriousness of this question because most of us have not experienced before.
The show helped me catch a glimpse of it.
When there were only 6 people left, the people who cared for themselves more and the people who will risk their life to save people showed very clearly.
The only major difference between the predators and human beings, not counting the size and the looks is that human beings have a heart. They have feelings.
And the predators see it as a weakness, attacking their weakness.
They used human being(one of the 8) that are dying as bait to attract the other human beings to rescue them and get into their trap.
They used booby traps to make one of the 8 not being able to walk so as to pull the team down.
Only because the predators understood the crux of the weakness, human beings have feelings and will try their best to save people who are still alive, not to watch them or leave them to die.
There were 2 most distinct scenes, the scene whereby the doctor (one of the 8) got lost from the rest and was panicking and scared.
Because the predators were able to turn invisible, he had to keep throwing smoke sticks to see whether there were any predator around.
When he finally located the rest, they were seperated by a metal door that was slightly torn open.
So he screamed for help!
the rest didn't bother saving him because they may get killed.
But when he was going to get killed, one of the guys, a russian came and shoot the alien. saving him but directed the alien's attention to him instead.
At the end, when he was injured, looking at the doctor for help, the doctor decided to run away, leaving him behind.
At the end, after the alien's knife pierced through his body, he managed to defuse a bomb on himself and killed the alien with it.
The next scene was when the doctor had his leg trapped in a booby trap and he couldn't walk.
The remaining people could have just let him there.
one wanted to go, the other wanted to stay and help him.
The conversation between the girl and guy was, the guy said, "we have got to move, this wasn't meant to kill him, it was meant to injure him so as to slow us down because they know that we will do the very humanly thing, to have feelings." the girl just said, "then what are you?'
Alot of times, we live in peace and comfort, we may not get to experience being in danger, maybe forsaking and risking your life for someone else, maybe just running away to protect yourself and prevent yourself from losing your life.
The thought fear of death and pain is so tremendous that selfishness may take root.
It got me thinking about the Christians in other countries, or even in the end times when martedum (i think i spell wrongly), which means getting killed because they stood up for Christ, Getting killed and tortured just because they are Christians.
I think it is every human being's nature or you can say every creation's nature to protect and
care for themselves.
Its not wrong.
But what makes us not be selfish is because we got a heart. We've got feelings and love.
Thats whats so special and it is the key to unlocking human selfishness, to care for others rather than themselves.
I just think it is amazing and worth to be learnt as to how much people love God, with such intimate relationship with Him that they don't even mind dying, giving up their life for the sake of the name of Christ.
One example is Paul in the Bible..he once said, "To live is Christ, to die is gain"
Lets work for this degree of love for Christ that death will not be of any fear, but of a joy.
Its not easy at all..i don't think i can do it.
But lets give it a shot!
God bless you=)
It was a very interesting and scary show i feel...like cause it is M18, it has alot of bloodshed and violence.
I was basically covering half of my face with my jacket half of the time because there were alot of anticipation.
The show had 8 people in some unknown island away from earth at first.
At every attack and experience, someone will die in different ways.
I shan't tell you all the whole story..but it is a show worth to watch..so go watch it~
One thing that the show showed me was something very practical and got me thinking over one question.
The question is "when you face the risk of death and fear, will one still care for others or just care about themselves?"
Perhaps you cannot picture the seriousness of this question because most of us have not experienced before.
The show helped me catch a glimpse of it.
When there were only 6 people left, the people who cared for themselves more and the people who will risk their life to save people showed very clearly.
The only major difference between the predators and human beings, not counting the size and the looks is that human beings have a heart. They have feelings.
And the predators see it as a weakness, attacking their weakness.
They used human being(one of the 8) that are dying as bait to attract the other human beings to rescue them and get into their trap.
They used booby traps to make one of the 8 not being able to walk so as to pull the team down.
Only because the predators understood the crux of the weakness, human beings have feelings and will try their best to save people who are still alive, not to watch them or leave them to die.
There were 2 most distinct scenes, the scene whereby the doctor (one of the 8) got lost from the rest and was panicking and scared.
Because the predators were able to turn invisible, he had to keep throwing smoke sticks to see whether there were any predator around.
When he finally located the rest, they were seperated by a metal door that was slightly torn open.
So he screamed for help!
the rest didn't bother saving him because they may get killed.
But when he was going to get killed, one of the guys, a russian came and shoot the alien. saving him but directed the alien's attention to him instead.
At the end, when he was injured, looking at the doctor for help, the doctor decided to run away, leaving him behind.
At the end, after the alien's knife pierced through his body, he managed to defuse a bomb on himself and killed the alien with it.
The next scene was when the doctor had his leg trapped in a booby trap and he couldn't walk.
The remaining people could have just let him there.
one wanted to go, the other wanted to stay and help him.
The conversation between the girl and guy was, the guy said, "we have got to move, this wasn't meant to kill him, it was meant to injure him so as to slow us down because they know that we will do the very humanly thing, to have feelings." the girl just said, "then what are you?'
Alot of times, we live in peace and comfort, we may not get to experience being in danger, maybe forsaking and risking your life for someone else, maybe just running away to protect yourself and prevent yourself from losing your life.
The thought fear of death and pain is so tremendous that selfishness may take root.
It got me thinking about the Christians in other countries, or even in the end times when martedum (i think i spell wrongly), which means getting killed because they stood up for Christ, Getting killed and tortured just because they are Christians.
I think it is every human being's nature or you can say every creation's nature to protect and
care for themselves.
Its not wrong.
But what makes us not be selfish is because we got a heart. We've got feelings and love.
Thats whats so special and it is the key to unlocking human selfishness, to care for others rather than themselves.
I just think it is amazing and worth to be learnt as to how much people love God, with such intimate relationship with Him that they don't even mind dying, giving up their life for the sake of the name of Christ.
One example is Paul in the Bible..he once said, "To live is Christ, to die is gain"
Lets work for this degree of love for Christ that death will not be of any fear, but of a joy.
Its not easy at all..i don't think i can do it.
But lets give it a shot!
God bless you=)
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