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Meekness

The word sounds like sheep's 'mbeek...' It sounds 'weak', quite literally. It doesn't give motivating effect. Neither do you find this word often in Bible. And to begin with.. do you know what it mean? Meekness indeed has kind of 'soft' and 'powerless' feel to it. But Jesus says this: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. And Jesus himself, is meek. True meekness.. is not powerless. True meekness.. is power under control. The meek are those who, despite having power to do certain things, decide not to do so. Why? out of humility, out patience, out of love. it's when you know how to shoot back at your enemy, or how to shoot him down, but you decide not to. So meekness is one thing that takes enormous strength to master. Neither would many people want to know about it. We are living in generation that feeds on feels-good words such as blessing, love, grace, authority, dominion, power, success, etc. But as grace find its meaning...

finally...

Three months passed. Here we are.. The last day of school.. And graduation tonite. The journey has not been always ideal.. Neither had I been role model of any sort in class. But I have been surrounded by so many salt and light. The last chapel's message was this; Perfect love casts out fear. Amazing truth that is never outdated.. That's why of the three: faith, hope and love.. Love is the greatest. Only perfect love will cast out fear. And thank God its not about our love (which can never be perfect), Its about God whose love is perfect from beginning to end. Even if I forget every other thing that I learned in these 3 mths, May I remember this simple truth. That embracing God's perfect love is all that I need. The more we learn, the more we understand that.. Its never about us geeting better, wiser, stronger, Its about us decreasing and God increasing more and more each day. Thank you Jesus.

Problem

life gets frustrating because we expect problem-free days. while the truth is, there will always be problem. though 80% of what we categorise as 'problem', are not really problems. like where to eat, what dress to wear, how to apply leave for holiday, and how to motivate ourselves to work. the '1st world country' problems, so to speak. now if we approach each day by expecting problems, maybe our heart will be better prepared, we won't sweat over at least 80% of problem that comes our way. well yes.. the remaining 20% will still cause us to sweat, and fear. but faith and fear have inevitable chemistry. at least that's what i humbly learn, eventually. our peace is not found in emptiness of mind and absence of noise. our peace is found in chaos of life and raging of storm. "be still, and know that I am God", thus said the Lord of Host.

wish list

The last gadget I wanted so much was PSP. My bro gave it to me. Too bad it has been under utilised but I think I'll get to use it more nxt year. Coz I think I will travel a lottt more nxt year ( not prophecy, just impression in heart ) And now.. I want ipad!!!! (3g if possible). Yeah.. nvr been a gadget guy but ipad is too interesting to resist. Nvr been crazy about iphone but then ipad... Gosh...

You know how near is near..

when this country's most important name is saying Ma ra na tha.. every night. ^^ through ways we can't understand, and some more skeptical people cry foul due to the "meditation" thingy... you know.. if we would just learn to focus on God rather than devil, if we would just learn to humbly realise that He can even work through us despite our wickedness.. yeap.. Romans 8:28, then we could all sincerely rejoice in this.. that with or without intention.. this great man is somewhat connecting to the greater than great, almighty God. let's pray for him.. and know that indeed.. Jesus is coming very very soon!! Ma ra na tha!!!! *you gotta read THIS !!