did u know that life is best lived with a purpose. and purpose, like everything else in the whole of the universe, begins in the heart of God. whether you realise it or not, God has a direction for your life, a divine calling, a path that HE intends to lead you on. so... what you need to do is to welcome God into your heart and establish a genuine relationship with HIM. HE will then begin and will continue to lead you and make HIS purpose known to you.
each morning, as the sun rises from the east, we welcome a new day right.....one that is filled to the brim with oppurtunities, possibilities, etc etc and it is also with God as the centre of everything. as we contemplate God's blessings in our own lives, we should prayerfully seek HIS guidance for the day ahead.
u know.....discovering God's unfolding purpose in our lives is a daily journey, a journey guided by the teachings of God's Holy Word. as we reflect upon God's promises and upon the meaning that those promises hold for us, we need to ask God to lead us throughout the coming day. the most important thing is that we go to let go and let God direct our steps. we need to concentrate on what God wants us to do now and leave the future in hands that are far more capable that our own, and guess whose hands are those ? HIS Hands.
sometimes, God's intentions will be clear to us but sometimes HIS plan will seem uncertain, just to let you know....it's all the human mind that is playing games. so.....what we need to do when we bump into one of those difficult days where we are unsure of which way to turn, is that we must never lose sight of these over-riding facts: God created us for a reason; HE has important work for us to do; and HE's waiting patiently for us to do it. So why not begin today ? Good day to all of you and may be this a new and good beginning of great things to come....God Bless !!
Quote of the day:
"The born-again Christians sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful." by Billy Graham
Friday, April 13, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
God's priorities for your life
did u know that on ur daily to-do list, all items are not created equal: certain task are extremely important while other are not. therefore, it is imperative that we got to prioritize our daily activities and complete each task according to the order of importance.
the principle of doing first things first is simple in theory but more complicated when we put it into practise. u know lah, there are certain things that can come in our way unexpectedly, eg. family, friends, colleagues, etc etc. furthermore, each day has its own share of minor emergencies that tend to draw our attention away from the more important task we have. on paper, prioritizing is simple, but to act on it in the real world requires maturity, patience, determination and balance.
if we fail to do so, guess what ? life will automatically do the job for us. it is simple: either we prioritize or we are gonna be prioritized. it's a choice that will help determine the quality of our lives.
u know, if you are having trouble balancing the many demands of everyday living, maybe you've been trying to organise your life according to your own priorities and not God's. personally i encounter this b4 and trust me, without God in the picture. things can get a bit messy. a better strategy is to take our obligations and place them in the hands of the ONE who created us.
well....for it to happen, we must prioritize our day according to God's commandments, and we must seek HIS will and HIS wisdom in all matters. then...we can face our day with assurance that the same God who created the universe out of nothing will help us place first things first in our lives.
and so i am thinking....the next question that we should ask ourselves is whether we are all living a balance life that allows time for worship, for family, for work, for exercise and a little bit of personal time ourselves. i guess it is something that is not easy to accomplish coz i am sure a lot of people are feeling, overworked, under-appreciated, overwhelmed, underpaid, etc etc.
well....what i can say is, if we think that we are "maxed out" and our energy is on the wane, then i guess it is time to restore a sense of balance in our lives. what we can do is, to surrender our priorities to God prayerfully, earnestly and regularly. then we listen to God and see what HIS answer is or what HE has to say (something that a lot of busy ppl dun have time to do) and the next thing is.....TRUST the answers HE gives (something that a lot of us find hard coz our faith not big enuf)
our days are filled with obligations and task that we have to complete. but no priority is greater than our obligation to the ONE who created us. so we must make sure that we give HIM the time HE deserves, not only on Sundays, but also on everyday other day of the week.
what i can say is if we just spend that little bit of extra time with HIM waiting for HIS answers. no matter how busy our day, somehow or rather, all the busyness will shorten by itself and we will end up having the extra time and balance life that we want. trust me. God Bless.
Quote of the day :
"the most important business that I'm engaged in ought to be the Lord's business. If it ain't, I need to get off and classify myself and see whose side I'm on. " by Jerry Clower
the principle of doing first things first is simple in theory but more complicated when we put it into practise. u know lah, there are certain things that can come in our way unexpectedly, eg. family, friends, colleagues, etc etc. furthermore, each day has its own share of minor emergencies that tend to draw our attention away from the more important task we have. on paper, prioritizing is simple, but to act on it in the real world requires maturity, patience, determination and balance.
if we fail to do so, guess what ? life will automatically do the job for us. it is simple: either we prioritize or we are gonna be prioritized. it's a choice that will help determine the quality of our lives.
u know, if you are having trouble balancing the many demands of everyday living, maybe you've been trying to organise your life according to your own priorities and not God's. personally i encounter this b4 and trust me, without God in the picture. things can get a bit messy. a better strategy is to take our obligations and place them in the hands of the ONE who created us.
well....for it to happen, we must prioritize our day according to God's commandments, and we must seek HIS will and HIS wisdom in all matters. then...we can face our day with assurance that the same God who created the universe out of nothing will help us place first things first in our lives.
and so i am thinking....the next question that we should ask ourselves is whether we are all living a balance life that allows time for worship, for family, for work, for exercise and a little bit of personal time ourselves. i guess it is something that is not easy to accomplish coz i am sure a lot of people are feeling, overworked, under-appreciated, overwhelmed, underpaid, etc etc.
well....what i can say is, if we think that we are "maxed out" and our energy is on the wane, then i guess it is time to restore a sense of balance in our lives. what we can do is, to surrender our priorities to God prayerfully, earnestly and regularly. then we listen to God and see what HIS answer is or what HE has to say (something that a lot of busy ppl dun have time to do) and the next thing is.....TRUST the answers HE gives (something that a lot of us find hard coz our faith not big enuf)
our days are filled with obligations and task that we have to complete. but no priority is greater than our obligation to the ONE who created us. so we must make sure that we give HIM the time HE deserves, not only on Sundays, but also on everyday other day of the week.
what i can say is if we just spend that little bit of extra time with HIM waiting for HIS answers. no matter how busy our day, somehow or rather, all the busyness will shorten by itself and we will end up having the extra time and balance life that we want. trust me. God Bless.
Quote of the day :
"the most important business that I'm engaged in ought to be the Lord's business. If it ain't, I need to get off and classify myself and see whose side I'm on. " by Jerry Clower
Monday, April 9, 2007
got tagged by Becky
aiyah....all these young ppl with all these tag tag thing....so wat to do...reply lor...anyways...here are 5 things u never knew about me:
1) a lot of ppl doesn't know this, i used to stay with my family in Istana (Palace of Sabah) for 1-2 years when i was young. the palace guards would chaffeur us to school and back. we also have our meals with the Head of State everyday (since i was young, i get to call him grandpa even though he wasn't my real grandpa) on a very long table. and i even got lost once in the palace while playing hide and seek with the other kids.
2) i used to very naughty b4 in my uni days, there were a few times the police tried to catch me when i was racing illegally, by right, u shouldn't run away, but everytime i also speed as fast as i can and try to run away, and everytime i also managed to escape. there was one time where i had to drive into the jungle and hide for 2 hours.
3) me and my fren ever pretended to be fake police....u know lah...the CID police drive normal car and just put the magnet siren when they are chasing people one mah. so me and my fren bought a magnet siren and chased a few people b4. after they stop we would usually just drive away, but it was fun making ppl panic and think that the police was after them.
4) i ever went into a ladies toilet b4 to do big business in a hotel restaurant. that time i had stomach ache and the male toilet was full and i couldn't tahan. so i just sneaked in the ladies toilet and sneaked back out after i finished doing my big business.
5) when i was young, i used to sleep walk one...sometimes i wake up in the toilet, sometimes i wake up in the living room or kitchen. the worse was i ended up underneath my dad's car in the car porch, i also dunno how i managed to open the door and go out one.
now i wanna tagg:
Susuana
Rebecca Wong
Jonathan
Rebecca Cham
1) a lot of ppl doesn't know this, i used to stay with my family in Istana (Palace of Sabah) for 1-2 years when i was young. the palace guards would chaffeur us to school and back. we also have our meals with the Head of State everyday (since i was young, i get to call him grandpa even though he wasn't my real grandpa) on a very long table. and i even got lost once in the palace while playing hide and seek with the other kids.
2) i used to very naughty b4 in my uni days, there were a few times the police tried to catch me when i was racing illegally, by right, u shouldn't run away, but everytime i also speed as fast as i can and try to run away, and everytime i also managed to escape. there was one time where i had to drive into the jungle and hide for 2 hours.
3) me and my fren ever pretended to be fake police....u know lah...the CID police drive normal car and just put the magnet siren when they are chasing people one mah. so me and my fren bought a magnet siren and chased a few people b4. after they stop we would usually just drive away, but it was fun making ppl panic and think that the police was after them.
4) i ever went into a ladies toilet b4 to do big business in a hotel restaurant. that time i had stomach ache and the male toilet was full and i couldn't tahan. so i just sneaked in the ladies toilet and sneaked back out after i finished doing my big business.
5) when i was young, i used to sleep walk one...sometimes i wake up in the toilet, sometimes i wake up in the living room or kitchen. the worse was i ended up underneath my dad's car in the car porch, i also dunno how i managed to open the door and go out one.
now i wanna tagg:
Susuana
Rebecca Wong
Jonathan
Rebecca Cham
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Happy Easter
Happy Easter Everyone ! i hope all of you had an enjoyable easter this year.
the only thing i dun like about easter where i am staying is that it doesn't have a public holiday...something i really dun understand...coz we've got a public holiday for christmas but not easter...i wonder why ? maybe becoz christmas is more of a commercialized event and easter is a more religious one.
did u know that most of the western countries have extra public holidays for easter compared to christmas....even some casino's in western countries that never closes throughout the year will actually close half a day in respect of easter.
so actually i think that easter is really something important for the christians to remember and celebrate. afterall....if we really understand the meaning of easter...then the more we would be celebrating it.
so wat is easter ? to make it simple....easter is about remembering a series of events that happened in 3 days some 2000 years ago and why it happened. basically it is 3 simple things we need to know...CRUCIFICATION+DEATH, RESURRECTION & VICTORY. Jesus was given an unfair trial (well...u can say it is part of God's plan), given the death sentence (to be hung on the cross), went thru that path of suffering while being brutally beaten, eventually died and was laid in a tomb.
it all happened on FRIDAY....but nothing to worry....coz SUNDAY was on its way and Jesus rose from the dead...and the prophecy was fulfilled. so...in a short span of 3 days....Jesus from death came alive again. there are so many things to say about these 3 days....prophecy fulfilled, miracle happening (rising from the dead is definitely one big miracle man), our SINS were paid for (enabling us to enjoy eternal life with God), sorrows become joy, a testament that we truly serve a REAL GOD, victory of satan, etc etc.
but one thing i would like to mention b4 we move on is something about saturday. most preachers would tell you about friday (the death) and sunday (the resurrection), some does mention a bit about saturday and some dun. wat is usually mentioned about saturday was that it was a time of mourning for those who were close to Jesus: Mary, some of the disciples, so on and so forth.
but something else happened, did u know that b4 Christ died, he had amassed a huge amount of followers and believers. but when HE died on friday, MOST of HIS followers and believers had ran away or gone into hiding by saturday. this is something that is very sad and i think it somehow applies to certain christians in the modern era today. u see..we are usually on fire when we first accept Christ, knowing HE died for us, we were grateful to HIM. but somehow along the line when we suddenly dun see and feel Jesus anymore (it's like the saturday i am toking about, Jesus was gone) we kinda backslide and turn away from God. then we sort of rekindle our fire again when Jesus appears in our life again(sounds like Sunday when Jesus arose, right ?)
that's why i am saying sometimes i think that easter is a resemblance of our christian walk. we believe, we get lost a bit, and we come back victorious. God is really smart you know....HE planned for all this to happen in such a short span of time...just 3 days man. if it was any longer...i think more believers would have lost their way. what worries me though is that in the new era today....there are some christians who are still lost (just like those that fled on saturday and never came back to know about the resurrection) and haven't found their way back yet. i hope and pray that all of you will see that 3rd day(resurrection & victory) in your life again. for those of you out there reading this and u think you're lost, please do come back again, coz Jesus really loves you very much.
it is written in the bible that for every new salvation, Heaven celebrates...but i also believe that for every lost sheep, heaven mourns. so let's use this day of easter to remind ourselves that we need to continue our walk with HIM faithfully, never letting HIM out of our sight and trying our very best not to be lost. Happy Easter everyone !!!
the only thing i dun like about easter where i am staying is that it doesn't have a public holiday...something i really dun understand...coz we've got a public holiday for christmas but not easter...i wonder why ? maybe becoz christmas is more of a commercialized event and easter is a more religious one.
did u know that most of the western countries have extra public holidays for easter compared to christmas....even some casino's in western countries that never closes throughout the year will actually close half a day in respect of easter.
so actually i think that easter is really something important for the christians to remember and celebrate. afterall....if we really understand the meaning of easter...then the more we would be celebrating it.
so wat is easter ? to make it simple....easter is about remembering a series of events that happened in 3 days some 2000 years ago and why it happened. basically it is 3 simple things we need to know...CRUCIFICATION+DEATH, RESURRECTION & VICTORY. Jesus was given an unfair trial (well...u can say it is part of God's plan), given the death sentence (to be hung on the cross), went thru that path of suffering while being brutally beaten, eventually died and was laid in a tomb.
it all happened on FRIDAY....but nothing to worry....coz SUNDAY was on its way and Jesus rose from the dead...and the prophecy was fulfilled. so...in a short span of 3 days....Jesus from death came alive again. there are so many things to say about these 3 days....prophecy fulfilled, miracle happening (rising from the dead is definitely one big miracle man), our SINS were paid for (enabling us to enjoy eternal life with God), sorrows become joy, a testament that we truly serve a REAL GOD, victory of satan, etc etc.
but one thing i would like to mention b4 we move on is something about saturday. most preachers would tell you about friday (the death) and sunday (the resurrection), some does mention a bit about saturday and some dun. wat is usually mentioned about saturday was that it was a time of mourning for those who were close to Jesus: Mary, some of the disciples, so on and so forth.
but something else happened, did u know that b4 Christ died, he had amassed a huge amount of followers and believers. but when HE died on friday, MOST of HIS followers and believers had ran away or gone into hiding by saturday. this is something that is very sad and i think it somehow applies to certain christians in the modern era today. u see..we are usually on fire when we first accept Christ, knowing HE died for us, we were grateful to HIM. but somehow along the line when we suddenly dun see and feel Jesus anymore (it's like the saturday i am toking about, Jesus was gone) we kinda backslide and turn away from God. then we sort of rekindle our fire again when Jesus appears in our life again(sounds like Sunday when Jesus arose, right ?)
that's why i am saying sometimes i think that easter is a resemblance of our christian walk. we believe, we get lost a bit, and we come back victorious. God is really smart you know....HE planned for all this to happen in such a short span of time...just 3 days man. if it was any longer...i think more believers would have lost their way. what worries me though is that in the new era today....there are some christians who are still lost (just like those that fled on saturday and never came back to know about the resurrection) and haven't found their way back yet. i hope and pray that all of you will see that 3rd day(resurrection & victory) in your life again. for those of you out there reading this and u think you're lost, please do come back again, coz Jesus really loves you very much.
it is written in the bible that for every new salvation, Heaven celebrates...but i also believe that for every lost sheep, heaven mourns. so let's use this day of easter to remind ourselves that we need to continue our walk with HIM faithfully, never letting HIM out of our sight and trying our very best not to be lost. Happy Easter everyone !!!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
a simple life
i wonder how many of us can actually live a simple life until the day we die(this excludes those who already >60 and retired, i am toking to the younger ones) . i for one find it difficult but over the last few years....there are certain things inside me that has begun to change and make me think otherwise. anyways....does anyone know the actual meaning of a simple life ? well....i think there are 2 aspects to this...physically simple life and spiritually simple life.
what a lot of people is doing right now is trying to balance between this 2...below is a few scenarios of what is happening in the real world:
A) physically complex life and spiritually simple life (i believe many of us fall in this category)
B) physically complex life and spiritually complex life (you got to be a robot to do this)
C) physically simple life and spiritually complex life (ah ha...how many of us wanna be here?)
here is the definition of simple and complex:
simple means you live a nice, peaceful and quiet life. everything is down to the very basic needs for you to survive and you're happy staying that way for the rest of your life
complex means you live an exciting life that is ever changing, ever improving, always wanting something more, never satisfied with what you have etc etc ( you know what i mean lah)
i started my early christian life in category B, i was young, plenty of energy and i thought i could have the best of both worlds. before u know it, i fell and went into category A. now that i come back stronger in God and begin to walk closer than ever b4 with HIM, i find myself slowly shifting towards category C (for those of you out there, this doesn't mean i am getting old, ok ? i'm still young and i will stay like that for a very long time)
does this mean that i becoming a saint ? nope...it is just a shift of perspective as God begins to work in my life. i still have bad habits where i always like to buy new stuff (especially gadgets) but my other big dreams for myself is now beginning to shift towards God. i used to dream big, i want big house, big car, big this, big that. now i want big things for God, big ministry, big harvest field etc etc. i still have my urges of rewarding myself every now & then with things i like but i am only human and that is a weakness i will slowly have to work on, but things are definitely changing and God has really changed my perspective of life.
you know....if you look at during the bible days, people were just living normal & simple lives, it was only the christians that were living extra-ordinary lives (coz they were so busy preaching and spreading the gospel in POWER). that's why during those times, people either like you or hate you..simple. they like you, they believe you; they hate you, they stone you. in our times now, people invent and find tons of ways to like you or hate you. even after they like you....it can turn sour and if they hate you...it can turn good. isn't this world getting crazier ?
life is so complicated now, education's getting tougher, everyone wants to compete, every wanna be the best, everyone wanna have the best for THEMSELVES. but wat about God ? wat about the church of God ? what about the lost ? i leave it to you to think and ponder about this.
one thing i know for sure, i am working towards achieving a physically simple life and spiritually complex life now on earth coz i know when i go heaven one day everything will become simple, plain simple and that's where i being to live a simple life. Good day all !!
what a lot of people is doing right now is trying to balance between this 2...below is a few scenarios of what is happening in the real world:
A) physically complex life and spiritually simple life (i believe many of us fall in this category)
B) physically complex life and spiritually complex life (you got to be a robot to do this)
C) physically simple life and spiritually complex life (ah ha...how many of us wanna be here?)
here is the definition of simple and complex:
simple means you live a nice, peaceful and quiet life. everything is down to the very basic needs for you to survive and you're happy staying that way for the rest of your life
complex means you live an exciting life that is ever changing, ever improving, always wanting something more, never satisfied with what you have etc etc ( you know what i mean lah)
i started my early christian life in category B, i was young, plenty of energy and i thought i could have the best of both worlds. before u know it, i fell and went into category A. now that i come back stronger in God and begin to walk closer than ever b4 with HIM, i find myself slowly shifting towards category C (for those of you out there, this doesn't mean i am getting old, ok ? i'm still young and i will stay like that for a very long time)
does this mean that i becoming a saint ? nope...it is just a shift of perspective as God begins to work in my life. i still have bad habits where i always like to buy new stuff (especially gadgets) but my other big dreams for myself is now beginning to shift towards God. i used to dream big, i want big house, big car, big this, big that. now i want big things for God, big ministry, big harvest field etc etc. i still have my urges of rewarding myself every now & then with things i like but i am only human and that is a weakness i will slowly have to work on, but things are definitely changing and God has really changed my perspective of life.
you know....if you look at during the bible days, people were just living normal & simple lives, it was only the christians that were living extra-ordinary lives (coz they were so busy preaching and spreading the gospel in POWER). that's why during those times, people either like you or hate you..simple. they like you, they believe you; they hate you, they stone you. in our times now, people invent and find tons of ways to like you or hate you. even after they like you....it can turn sour and if they hate you...it can turn good. isn't this world getting crazier ?
life is so complicated now, education's getting tougher, everyone wants to compete, every wanna be the best, everyone wanna have the best for THEMSELVES. but wat about God ? wat about the church of God ? what about the lost ? i leave it to you to think and ponder about this.
one thing i know for sure, i am working towards achieving a physically simple life and spiritually complex life now on earth coz i know when i go heaven one day everything will become simple, plain simple and that's where i being to live a simple life. Good day all !!
Monday, April 2, 2007
why must people be so revengeful ?
i was driving along jln kuching today and noticed a small incident in front of me...something that caused me to write about today's topic
u see, there was this motorist in front of me that was basically riding in his motor lah...then the road was connected to another incoming junction and a car was trying to cut into our lane...so there we were...the car, the motor and me(in my car) ...hahahaha....the road was sort of clear for the car to cut in with the exception that the motor was quite near the blind spot of this car....however, from what i see...it was actually quite safe for the car to cut in (me & the motor wasn't driving that fast anyways)
so the car cut in lah, lo and behold....the motor din really slow down to let the car cut in when he could have done so becoz any blind man would have seen that car cutting in. so the motor ended up in the blind spot of that car and the fella had to swerve a bit on the road...no accidents though.
next thing u know is....the motor was trying to chase the car and he gave a stare to the driver when he managed to do so...to end it off...he also spitted at the car and they both went seperate ways eventually.
after witnessing this whole event.....i was telling myself....y so revengeful lah .....it's not like an accident happen, furthermore you could have slowed down coz we all saw the car cutting in anyways....some more wanna spit at peoples car (like it makes any difference at all to the exterior of the car, it's not like ur spit got poison that can harm the car anyways)
so why are humans so revengeful ? is it in our nature to be revengeful ? maybe it is...otherwise the bible wouldn't have talked about it in both OT & NT. naturally...when anyone comes under any threat at any time...he/she would first want to self defend...in the event harm is caused...he/she would naturally want to revenge. there are many ways of revenge....it can be physical where you take your own actions, it can be reported, it can be prayed about, etc etc.
the spirit of revenge is noted and can be seen in people as young as toddlers.....example: bro disturbs sis...what does sis do ? either the sis will take her own revenge or sis will tell parents and wait for parents to scold or punish. this type of attitude is carried thru our adulthood and we end up inventing more ways of revenge than ever. some might say i am using the word revenge too strongly...but u know wat ? revenge is revenge...there is no such thing as soft revenge or hard revenge...as long as it is getting equality out of a situation...it is a form of revenge.
the bible in the OT has time & time again asked us not to revenge....stating that vengeance is in God's Hands. Let God take care of it. in the NT, Christ was telling us to be patient & loving...give the right cheek when the left is slapped.
i personally find it difficult and it is only through the strength of God that i can be so forgiving...but i am still not perfect though....i still dun like it when i am put into a disadvantage position....but most of the time nowadays...i would just complain and nag about it through words rather than thru action...something i learned thru the years by the grace of God.
so wat i am trying to say is....all of us out there....if we wanna be more Christ-like in our christian walk....one of the attributes would be patient and being UNrevengeful (is there such an english word?)......i believe it is one hard thing to learn...it is all part of love and let us all learn it together through HIM Who gives us strength. God Bless
u see, there was this motorist in front of me that was basically riding in his motor lah...then the road was connected to another incoming junction and a car was trying to cut into our lane...so there we were...the car, the motor and me(in my car) ...hahahaha....the road was sort of clear for the car to cut in with the exception that the motor was quite near the blind spot of this car....however, from what i see...it was actually quite safe for the car to cut in (me & the motor wasn't driving that fast anyways)
so the car cut in lah, lo and behold....the motor din really slow down to let the car cut in when he could have done so becoz any blind man would have seen that car cutting in. so the motor ended up in the blind spot of that car and the fella had to swerve a bit on the road...no accidents though.
next thing u know is....the motor was trying to chase the car and he gave a stare to the driver when he managed to do so...to end it off...he also spitted at the car and they both went seperate ways eventually.
after witnessing this whole event.....i was telling myself....y so revengeful lah .....it's not like an accident happen, furthermore you could have slowed down coz we all saw the car cutting in anyways....some more wanna spit at peoples car (like it makes any difference at all to the exterior of the car, it's not like ur spit got poison that can harm the car anyways)
so why are humans so revengeful ? is it in our nature to be revengeful ? maybe it is...otherwise the bible wouldn't have talked about it in both OT & NT. naturally...when anyone comes under any threat at any time...he/she would first want to self defend...in the event harm is caused...he/she would naturally want to revenge. there are many ways of revenge....it can be physical where you take your own actions, it can be reported, it can be prayed about, etc etc.
the spirit of revenge is noted and can be seen in people as young as toddlers.....example: bro disturbs sis...what does sis do ? either the sis will take her own revenge or sis will tell parents and wait for parents to scold or punish. this type of attitude is carried thru our adulthood and we end up inventing more ways of revenge than ever. some might say i am using the word revenge too strongly...but u know wat ? revenge is revenge...there is no such thing as soft revenge or hard revenge...as long as it is getting equality out of a situation...it is a form of revenge.
the bible in the OT has time & time again asked us not to revenge....stating that vengeance is in God's Hands. Let God take care of it. in the NT, Christ was telling us to be patient & loving...give the right cheek when the left is slapped.
i personally find it difficult and it is only through the strength of God that i can be so forgiving...but i am still not perfect though....i still dun like it when i am put into a disadvantage position....but most of the time nowadays...i would just complain and nag about it through words rather than thru action...something i learned thru the years by the grace of God.
so wat i am trying to say is....all of us out there....if we wanna be more Christ-like in our christian walk....one of the attributes would be patient and being UNrevengeful (is there such an english word?)......i believe it is one hard thing to learn...it is all part of love and let us all learn it together through HIM Who gives us strength. God Bless
Sunday, April 1, 2007
good girls like bad boys...so does God
there's this saying that bad boys usually attract good girls (good can mean a lot of things: good character, good looks, good attitude, as long as good lah) and i tend to agree to a certain extent...i think it depends on the age range you are in, the background you were brought up in, the environment around you and also religion.
you know...i came from a funny history where i wasn't brought up in the best of environment during my much younger days...then everything was ok...suddenly it wasn't so good, then good, then bad....u know the routine lah....it's like a roller coaster ride man
and so all these events shaped me to what i am today...i didn't know Christ till i was 12....now i am 19+10= 19yrs old (like i said in my earlier post, i hate maths) but it wasn't all smooth sailing...i had a few dark years of my life that wasn't so interesting...but now that i think of it ....maybe God put me thru it. (now, why am i talking about my self, oh ya...i'm supposed to tok about the good girl bad boy thing)
this good girl bad boy thing i am toking about, it is very much true during my dark years. i realised that good girls had something within them that they dare not reveal in fear that they might lose control and turn really really bad. while boys dun really use their brains when they are younger and therefore would let this dark side come out of them. sometimes we can control it...but sometimes we totally lose control...and only the power of God could help
i let the dark side rule for a few years....and thanks to my deep rooted foundation of God's word during my much younger years....i managed to come out of it....but many is still stuck and many has yet to try. i think i will know what to say to those who are stuck...but i'm not too sure about those who has yet to try. i think it all depends on ur personal character.
anyways....back to the good girl thing....there was plenty of good girls around me during my dark years and i come to realise the reason they liked to hang around me was becoz i reflected their dark side that was in them (u know lah...young ppl just wanna have some fun b4 they grow too old). the other reason was becoz they are totally bored of good ppl around them coz some how or rather in the society of young ppl, we tend to find charming, attractive, naturally funny guys & girls in the darker side of the world...and those in the good side tends to be slightly more serious (boooooring)
but you know wat ? God is also attracted to these ppl from the dark side (why you think he sent HIS SON to die for our sins) becoz if u turn someone from the dark side to the good side, not only does heaven rejoice....but the church has one more weapon of preaching the Gospel (TESTIMONY)...it is actually testimonies of real life ppl that touches others....on top of that ....experience from the dark side is an added advantage in helping to find prevention or solutions.
let me give u a scenario: trying to tok someone out of maybe let's say smoking
Scenario A
Dark side ppl : u dun even know how it feels, who r u to tell me to quit
good ppl : i may not know the feeling...i just know it kills....pls stop
dark side ppl : nvm....u won't understand anyways...can we tok about something else
u see....u lose their attention to listen to u
Scenario B
dark side ppl : u dun even know how it feels, who r u to tell me to quit
ex-dark side : who says i dunno ?
dark side : u know meh ?
ex-dark side : of course i know...i did it b4 but i managed to quit
dark side : sure or not ?
ex-dark side : yeh man, y would i lie...i could even make circles thru my puffs
dark side : walau eh....chun one or not wat u say ?
and it continues...
so u see....this is why former bad people can be very useful
now, by saying these stuff here....i am not trying to tell all of you to go and be bad, let God turn you around, and then be a powerful testimony...NO NO NO !!! dun be silly (pastor would come after me if i asked all of u to do this)
what i am saying is....God has HIS purpose for everyone, some people are meant to be good all the way, some are meant to stray off and come back but none is meant to be loss. coz Christ died for everyone and i mean EVERYONE whether you are good, not so good, quite bad, bad or very bad.
so... it is not just good girls that like bad boys after all....coz God loves them too and HE wants to use them all. i am not proud of once being bad....but i am glad that God took me out of it and is using my experiences from the past to help those in need now. i hope u find your purpose in God too. God Bless
p/s - anyone of you out there who needs help or advise regarding BGR, Drugs, Alcohol, Gambling...pls do not hesitate to contact me or the necessary bodies that can help u out. come out b4 it is too late.
you know...i came from a funny history where i wasn't brought up in the best of environment during my much younger days...then everything was ok...suddenly it wasn't so good, then good, then bad....u know the routine lah....it's like a roller coaster ride man
and so all these events shaped me to what i am today...i didn't know Christ till i was 12....now i am 19+10= 19yrs old (like i said in my earlier post, i hate maths) but it wasn't all smooth sailing...i had a few dark years of my life that wasn't so interesting...but now that i think of it ....maybe God put me thru it. (now, why am i talking about my self, oh ya...i'm supposed to tok about the good girl bad boy thing)
this good girl bad boy thing i am toking about, it is very much true during my dark years. i realised that good girls had something within them that they dare not reveal in fear that they might lose control and turn really really bad. while boys dun really use their brains when they are younger and therefore would let this dark side come out of them. sometimes we can control it...but sometimes we totally lose control...and only the power of God could help
i let the dark side rule for a few years....and thanks to my deep rooted foundation of God's word during my much younger years....i managed to come out of it....but many is still stuck and many has yet to try. i think i will know what to say to those who are stuck...but i'm not too sure about those who has yet to try. i think it all depends on ur personal character.
anyways....back to the good girl thing....there was plenty of good girls around me during my dark years and i come to realise the reason they liked to hang around me was becoz i reflected their dark side that was in them (u know lah...young ppl just wanna have some fun b4 they grow too old). the other reason was becoz they are totally bored of good ppl around them coz some how or rather in the society of young ppl, we tend to find charming, attractive, naturally funny guys & girls in the darker side of the world...and those in the good side tends to be slightly more serious (boooooring)
but you know wat ? God is also attracted to these ppl from the dark side (why you think he sent HIS SON to die for our sins) becoz if u turn someone from the dark side to the good side, not only does heaven rejoice....but the church has one more weapon of preaching the Gospel (TESTIMONY)...it is actually testimonies of real life ppl that touches others....on top of that ....experience from the dark side is an added advantage in helping to find prevention or solutions.
let me give u a scenario: trying to tok someone out of maybe let's say smoking
Scenario A
Dark side ppl : u dun even know how it feels, who r u to tell me to quit
good ppl : i may not know the feeling...i just know it kills....pls stop
dark side ppl : nvm....u won't understand anyways...can we tok about something else
u see....u lose their attention to listen to u
Scenario B
dark side ppl : u dun even know how it feels, who r u to tell me to quit
ex-dark side : who says i dunno ?
dark side : u know meh ?
ex-dark side : of course i know...i did it b4 but i managed to quit
dark side : sure or not ?
ex-dark side : yeh man, y would i lie...i could even make circles thru my puffs
dark side : walau eh....chun one or not wat u say ?
and it continues...
so u see....this is why former bad people can be very useful
now, by saying these stuff here....i am not trying to tell all of you to go and be bad, let God turn you around, and then be a powerful testimony...NO NO NO !!! dun be silly (pastor would come after me if i asked all of u to do this)
what i am saying is....God has HIS purpose for everyone, some people are meant to be good all the way, some are meant to stray off and come back but none is meant to be loss. coz Christ died for everyone and i mean EVERYONE whether you are good, not so good, quite bad, bad or very bad.
so... it is not just good girls that like bad boys after all....coz God loves them too and HE wants to use them all. i am not proud of once being bad....but i am glad that God took me out of it and is using my experiences from the past to help those in need now. i hope u find your purpose in God too. God Bless
p/s - anyone of you out there who needs help or advise regarding BGR, Drugs, Alcohol, Gambling...pls do not hesitate to contact me or the necessary bodies that can help u out. come out b4 it is too late.
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