God's work
God said that he made us all equal. It's true. He did not say that we will be equal in our fame, in our wealth, in anything material. Its about the way he created us. The real us. The one he made us to be before we are even born. The sinless us. And so he gave you natural talents. And after you became a believer, you are given spiritual gifts.
Everyone will have more than one spiritual gift, and NO ONE will EVER have all! Don't think that we are not the same. Let God shape you. Trust me, and he will make you, the real YOU and make you YOURSELF. He is not gonna make u to another person. God is going to make you who he designed you to be. To let God do that, you must be WILLING and commit yourself HUNDRED percent to God and let him shape you.
It's natural for us to be doubtful about God's work, because by human nature, we are only totally sure of things that are in our hands. And what's more, you are commiting your LIFE.
But don't be doubtful. Just commit 100% to him. Allow God to change you. And most of all, read God's word, and make an effort to be changed. What i mean is follow his ways. Have a desire for him. There is a difference. God changes you in the inside. He gives you the STRENGTH and the ABILITY to work against the devices of the devil, and to work God's ways. What's the use, and what God can do, if you don't want to follow his ways, and make no effort in that? What's the use of drinking 3 cans of premium red bull, when you are not even using that energy given from it? God gave us a free will. If you want to follow him, you will overcome. If you don't want, God cannot do anything, because he gave us the promise of free will. We have to pay for our actions.
If you are willing to, God will mould you to a person that you can ever dare dream of. Remember that God matures you. The amount of energy and power and perseverance God gives you, along with abilities is too immense for a person to dare dream of.
40 days of purpose today
today's sermon is really good. It taught me a great load of stuff.
Forgive. Troubles that come by, trespasses, temptations. God is using all of these to sharpen us, like a knife which needs to go through painful sharpenings to be sharp and powerful. That is really right and true. The bible is a mirror. You have no choice but to accept it. It shows you your flaws.
I really want to thank God, my church, pastor Alvin for this sermon. This night, I felt him heavily. Praise God. I learnt another purpose. And so I understood. To be a christian is a moment PLUS a LIFETIME
These are truly people who I don't know what to say.
XIANYYU, PEARLEEN.
I don't know you both well. We are just regular church friends. You are tianyong's friends too. But what made me really look up to u 2 is the friendship you forged with tianyong. When tianyong told you about his sin, your attitude towards him did not change at all. These are the words from tianyong. And It is NOT EASY for a girl to not change her attitude towards that. I really totally respect that. And i don't know what to say and how to say about that utmost utmost utmost respect.
ZEE, JAKAL, TIANYONG.
u 3 oso like two of them. Actually, in the world, it is not easy to find friends like these. There are plenty of friends that will share with you their experiences. But these 3 are my friends, who i know are very rare, who share our sadness, joy, suffering, and... SINS together. I am not trying to say that we are competiting on who sin more, but we tell each other of our weak points. This is the strongest friendship bonds that i had in my life. And its so great to have these friends, because, they can just stick to the LORD. We can all stand each other, the absence of fights is not the case, but its the tolerance when one is troubled, and its the acceptance and love that we all have for each other. This is the fellowship. So tight that satan needs death to "pull" us apart. (get back together in heaven).
It had went to such a level that it is not a fellowship based on hapiness, experience, care.
But it is love, joy, patience, sins, flaws, shortcomings, acceptance, understanding, sympathy.
Indeed, we do belong. That's fellowship. How great is it to be involved in something like this!!!!
A friendship based on hapiness, surface, experience cannot last. Because a simple gossip, a simple remark about that person can just do the relationship apart. And God told us to love one another no matter who he or she is. The fact that people are leaving one another because of all these things, make them hypocrites.
Everyone on earth is a hypocrite, because we all sin. But just because the world isn't perfect, you must never think of comparing your standards to the world. THE WORLD IS SHALLOW.
Foiled .357 attempt
By the bank,Where I stand.No more hope,Take the dope.No more regrets,I'm not sad.I desired this,It's my bliss.But I am so despaired,Cuz' no one actually cared.So what's the big deal,When one's outta the field?But I am a solitary,Cuz' love is not mandatory?The end of the story,Tell my parents I'm sorry.But at a distance I sighted you,You came and told me to cool.But who am I you must care,I'm one in 6 billion out there!You pleaded me and told me hope,But I so stubborn for the dope.But why did I see you suddenly,Snatching the dope from me so violently?For you to sacrifice?For you to die?I stand in awe,You've done it all.You gave me company,I am never solitary.You looked from above.With unfanthomable love.You took them all,Without a fall.Who am I that you must care?There are 6 billion out there?No scribe can write.No pen can describe.
Ninety-nine
I guess this is enough to tell you my meaning:
99 percent subsidy,
A glad patient.
99 percent clean,
Still can't see any difference.
99 percent white,
The black spot is on the underside.
Too insignificance to tell, right?
99 percent filled,
After all, still works as a bottle of medicine.
99 percent score,
Just by an inch.
99 percent finished project,
But still presentable.
99 percent effort,
still the same result.
99 percent commitment to God,
Its not your heart at all.
99 percent effort for God,
Its not even effort.
99 percent commited mission for God,
Your mission is a failure.
And the screen flashes
"Mission failed.
Press X to do a new mission,
Press O to do a new mission,
Press 'square' to do a new mission,
Press 'triangle' to do a new mission."
You cannot do that mission again.
First band jammin
From 6 to 8.
We tried walk away and sweetness. Sweetness is done. But we need to polish up the songs. It aint perfected yet.
While the others are so familiar with walk away, i had totally no idea of when the chorus starts, when do we explode. And what's more i am the drummer. =.=
Praise God. This is very fun. I still got to polish up my drums. There are things that i thought would be easy like rapid drumming. But there are some things that i thought would be hard to do on a drumset are actually easy to do. Somehow i got a collection of tranistions.
And one thing is that my band complained that i played the drums too loud. The lead guitarist couldn't hear his own stuff. They complained of my cymbals. I juz crash them. Don care. That's a bad thing. The singer cant even hear what he sings. Juz gotta improve on it man.
Some of my drums go off beat. But most are on. Praise God for this session. This is the first time i seriously play drums. And i think i did alright. Thank God for givin me this chance, and somehow improvement, even though i didnt drum seriously before.
My band's ppl are made up of ppl who just started. Only the singer is pro. I am dam noob.
But i want to do it for God. So let God guide me!
Voyage in sea.
Voyage in sea,
You are always there.
Calm seas, beautiful sunshine.
I feel you in the sun,
Feeling like a feather-lightness,
Always I long for this.
Thank you.
Where do the sun go now?
You told me you are here.
But when I look round and round.
I couldn't find my dear.
Where are you?
Told me you are true,
Through the greens and blues.
You told me you were always here,
Through lightning and thunder,
Through the enormous and mere,
Through cheers and jeers.
Where are you?
But Always,
Through the storm,
Always, you are here.
All my fears,
All my resentment,
All my disappointment,
On your back you took them,
And you never vent.
As I reached the end,
The destination land,
It is you, father,
Who truly steered the rudder.
You manned the sails,
And snaked the trail.
What am I?
To you I only abide.
Only you deserve mention,
I am only your creation.
Religion is flawed.
Before you come to conclusion, please read all of this post.
Religion is flawed. I agree. Through all the years, thousands of years, the major beliefs in the world, it is flawed. The rules keep changing. The customs keep changing. Rituals change. They keep changing. Mediums change, ways and teachings keep changing.
Catholics and protestants. Mostly the same. Very largely. But let me tell you this, although I am not a catholic, I know that catholic is NOT the worship of Mary. They juz respect her. Catholics and protestants break to these because of inagreeable interpretations of the bible.
Christianity is not flawed. Why? Because religion is flawed. And I said christianity, not religion. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Its a relationship with God. If christianity is juz a religion without a father-son, partner-friend relationship, it will be flawed. Anything overbased just on rules will tumble.
Of course christianity is based on some rules, like what God gave us, the ten commandments. The holy bible. Had the bible changed? No.
If you want to ask me what part of christianity had changed, we should not ask God. Ask men. We are ever changing, with time, techonology, and circumstances. Developments, environments, culture. God is never changing. The change of these things are because of man. Not that never-changing ever-loving God. The ten commandments were the same at Moses' time, Jesus' time, and today. They are not changed. Perhaps what had changed is man. The sinfulness of man. You can't help but agree that the sin of man had increased. Look at the outrage of sexual immorality, of money-mindedness, of political scandals. Look at the ever increasing crime rates. It is us who want to change that. But that's not what i am talking about. What i am tryin to say is that, if man, were to look at christianity just by the "rules", bad stuff.
But Christianity aint a religion. That's the point. It ain't flawed. The same today, as 2000 years ago. Because a father-son relationship, is built, not flawed. How can your relation with your friend or father be flawed over the years, addin on to the fact that, u had been always in contact with him?
It's a relationship, that's why it ain't flawed. He is the only living God. That's how the realtionship is possible, when Jesus died for you, and for me, for him and her.
Thank God for all these.
Firstly, jackhammers. I cannot do a lot, I only can get three down, but I got the concept. That's the important part.
Secondly, style. I got my sets down. Although they arent polished up, but it is important to get them down. I must dance with rubber shoes. Today I danced with my "slippery" shoe. Partly contributing to bad sliding. I got a few very important tips from my friend, Xinfu. Thanks seksay. Now working on them. Spiritual downrock just rocks.
Thirdly, hollows. Just got better control of it. Can control the downward movement of this freeze.
Fourthly, mills. This is the second biggest thing I got from 3 days of 5 hours per day bboying, prior to style. I know how to continue. I can continue, but there is a small lag time. It's minimizing. Juz need to practice more. Thank God that when I am continueing my mills, my legs are as bent as how they are when I am rollin on my back.
Fifth, cartwheels. Thank God for my friends, Edmund and Zoey, who taught me how to do cartwheel, when I am trying aerial cartwheels so long ago! But thank God for them, for the knowledge of cartwheels speed up my leg movement, and diagnosed several problems.
Sixth, for the crappy 90's. Probably God is tryin to tell me, to WORK ON IT. Because last time I got my 90's without even practicing.
Seventh, transitions. Although they are out of shape, but I know that those in my head needed to be practiced for a month.
Eighth, for fast-learning and multi-tasking. I am concentrating on style, jackhammers, mills, aerial cartwheels, transitions, airchairs, hollows at the same time. I don't think it's me, but God enabled me to handle all these at the same time and yet come out with results for all of them.
I MUST thank God for it. Because it just brings a smile on his face. He simply deserves it man. How can we, who asked so much from God, be ingrates.
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I love Zee
Everytime I luk at stars I whale ting off her.
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Don't end up like this in front of God.
One day, u are gonna die, or, get raptured(more likely for youths), and you are gonna appear right in front of God, in fr0nt of his throne of glory.
And he is gonna ask you these:
"What had u done with my son, Jesus Christ",
and
"What had u done will all that I gave you?"
These questions are easy. Because the answer is either "yes, i did well with it", or "no". The rest are the descriptions. But yet, many could miss these. How could smart people, like Einstein, and philosophers like Bertrand Russell, John Locke, miss these questions?
Because, firstly, they look at things too self centered, and, they are too busy. The second reason is more like it.
One day u and I will be in front of God. And amidst that mass of people, there will be some crying out in despair. It is not totally because they hadnt recieved Christ. Because some christians are also crying out in despair. They are the people who had EACH wasted an average of 25,550 days on earth, doing NOTHING. They would be reaching for their ears, to find no ring, they will be feeling their thighs, to find no pockets, they would feeling their wrists, to find no bracelet. And at their memory, to find all was lost.
All that they had toiled for, scholarships, big companies, monopolies, all was lost. All the wealth had gone down the drain. They did it for themselves. They lost it for themselves. All they toiled for is lost with them. They had wasted an average of 25,550 days per person. WASTED. That's a lot of time. They will ask themselves "what is the use?", "why am i so foolish?", "Why had i wasted so much time, chasing my dreams, and losing all that had achieved, with my dreams, NO MORE?"
Don't wait for this day to come. You will suffer in great agony. Because firstly, u wasted too much time, and what you bring with you to heaven is character. Just that. If you wasted all your time, you cannot get it back, what is done, is done. There is no reliving of the days on earth, because your body is a tent of your spirit, and heaven is the house of your spirit.
Don't neglect these days. I aint askin u to give up your dreams that aren't "Godly", like setting up a company, like being the best tennis player in your school. But what you should do is that to focus all your energies on your goals. But do it for the Lord. To glorify him. To worship him. SIMPLY FOR HIM. Then you will not waste your days. Because, at least, you are living up to his purposes he put you on earth for, your days would not be wasted, and you will stand in front of God, smiling at him, and him, smiling back at you, and you shall answer " Yes, I Love it, and Treasured it, and did many things with it, for You, God! I accepted Jesus."
This is how you should end up. Because this simple 2-question test, God NEVER wants anyone to fail the test. He wants you to pass with flying colours. You aim for that day to come. Your eternity is far greater. Don't fail the test, nor pass by the margin. Pass it with flying colours. The Lord is rejoycing, so excitedly, when even ONE person passes his test!
Aim for that time to come.
Christianity aint a religion.
Its not about man coming to God through good works. Its not just a BELIEF (although it partly is), it is not using God to fufill our daily needs. Its not about just one life. Its not about a merry go round, that just doesnt end. Its not about us babbling our requests again and again so that "God" can hear it. Its not about ANY rituals, any consent forms. Its not about what you look like. Its not just about church.
It's from your heart. It's from the way you act to everyone. It is about GOD COMING TO US, and saving us by his love and grace. It is about US YIEDLING TO HIM and serving his needs. It is a RELATIONSHIP with God. There is no end to that. It is not about believing in one set of stuff that completes you as a "good" christian.
IT IS A RELATIONSHIP!!!!!
This is why it is not a religion. Don't mix up. There are no rituals. There are no compulsory offering, compulsory consent forms, no compulsory statement form. God sees u from your heart. Baptism does not signify that you are a christian from then on. THATS WHERE MANY PEOPLE MIXED UP!
BAPTISM DOES NOT MAKE U A CHRISTIAN.
It comes from your heart. It comes from your heart to believe. To yield to God. It is your heart that makes u a christian. It is from your heart, your soul, that determines your christianity. Going to church does not make u a christian. Being baptized does not make a christian.
There is NO PROCEEDINGS, NO RITUAL that makes u a christian. Because its a RELATIONSHIP that comes from your heart, with God, so that makes u a christian. The "i believe in" should be added with "i belong to", "i have a relationship with"
Christianity is a realtionship, aint a religion!
Walkin with God
Sometimes, when things happen to you, and you have no idea on how it happened. Something unfortunate, like you fractured your arm, lost all your finance, did badly in the exams, or just something unfortunate.
"why me?"
Some would ask.
But why not ask "Why not me?" There is something unfortunate got to happen to someone. Sorry, if u are the one. For christians, God arranged this. Don't question him. He can do anything he wants. But because our God is good, he will do it, for the good of us.
Don't question God. Bad things happen to us all the time. One day you are rejoycing, another day, you are in deep hurt. Why? Because God planned it all! You have a choice whether to follow him or not. Remember that if u walk with God, the road is never easy. Looking at the other option to walk by yourself, it is attractive in the short term, because you don't need to follow his ways, don't need to follow his commandments, don't need to go through all the problems. But i assure you one thing. Your life WILL screw up. It can be very very screwed up. And i am not joking with you.
There are two people who always agitate my Godsis, by cursing her, by swearing at her. They said ungodly stuff about her and her best friend. Let me ask you. Is this Godly? No. Then I pointed out their mistake. They made an excuse that "you don't walk against God, but you only don't walk with God". Let me tell you, they are excusing the sin. Because my Godsis, through this experience got much closer to the Lord, the group of people told her not to misuse the name of the Lord to "defend herself". What hypocrites! Aren't they the ones who are doing it? They had not sinned against man, but against God, by MISUSING his name. They abused his name, and merely used it as a shield to defend themselves against our questioning of their faith.
Who wins is not the point. The point is whether they are following the commandments.
Do you know, that by not walking with God, you are walking against him? You are not following his commandments, you do not acknowledge them. Shame on you if you do. It says in revalation, " So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to
spit you
out of my
mouth." Rev. 3:16
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers." 1 John 3.16
Have you done that? Its only pride which keeps you from admitting that you sinned. They had sinned against the Lord. They HATED my godsis, and yet accused us for misusing the Lord's name in our defence. They are misusing God's name in their defence.
Had God taught you to HATE? Had God told you to SWEAR? SAY VULGARITIES? Had God told you to SIN AGAINST HIM? By not walking his ways, you are SINNING. And God HATES sin. If you are not walking with him. You are, essentially, walking AGAINST him. Of course we are all sinful. Even those who walk with God are sinners. But if you follow his ways, you are making an effort not to sin. If you are not, you literally don't even care. And thats a BIG difference from caring to keep yourself clean before the Lord. Its not just "one more sin" but it is a BIG DEAL. Because you are not even caring about your ways, you are, in other words, not even caring about whether Christ died for you or not. Because he died for your sins. Its like u telling christ "i don't need to follow your ways, whether you die or not is not my problem". It may not be what you are thinkin of. But let me tell you. Christ did die for everyone. Thats' because he wants to reconnect man with God again. Because he so loved the world. Because he wants to take the punishment, for us. And HERE ARE YOU, TELLING HIM THAT YOU DON'T EVEN CARE!
You may think that God forgave you, no matter wad sin you committed, whether you asked him for forgiveness or not, so u can keep sining and sinning and sinning. Thats a MYTH. Whats right is that There is no sin too hard for God to forgive, IF A PERSON REPENTS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
If God were to forgive everything, even without our repentence, why did he, in the book of acts strike the man down after he sinned against God? Why did God even teach us the good ways in the first place?
Think about it. God created u for a purpose. God doesn't want you to sin. It is our very sins that killed God's son. Walk with God. Just because u don't walk with him, does not just mean that. It is, walking against him.
All we need. Forever.
[Could I Ever] -- Planetshakers album: All that i wantCould i ever thank you for?What you did at calvary,When you laid and died for me?Could i ever turn away?knowing that you paid the price,that i can never pay?
Oppulence, Flush with material
Hit by the falls of rocks in midst of waterfall,
Lost with all material,
Strong body, wounded heart.
One more day its' not the same,
All that lasted through the boom,
Suddenly stopped.
All that is made in Vegas.
Suddenly scorched away.
What's the use?
The very thing that stole his material,
is the very illness is suffers.
But out of that,
A streak of light pierced in,
like a double-edged sword.
Investigation caused the everlasting.
It's discovered.
He's finished.
It is the start of a single step in thousand miles.
What warmth!
What love!
What difference!
What care!
Like a tree in the desert,
Like a blazer in an empty closet.
He is all we need.
From everlasting to everlasting,
Tip of the iceberg.
You won't understand his warth.
It is the high in depression.
What that minds, what is love.
When is the last time u broke up a friendship with your friend because there is something, or some habit that he or she possess, which irks you? When is the last time you shun a friend, because there is something that u don't like about him or her, after he or she tells you in a friendship?
Think about it. No man is perfect. Jesus died for every single soul of us.
Love is what that mends all faults, melts all hatred. Don't break up a friendship, just because your friend is a lesbian, or just because he is gay, or smoker, drug addict. These are somethings you don't know about your friend, until u came to this stage of friendship. Of course being a gay, smoker, drug addict, drinker, IS a BIG deal, but that does not give you the passport to abandon that friendship bond you have, to break any relations with him or her.
You job as a friend, is to help him. Pull him out of that bondage, and get him out of the troubles that he is facing now. Your job is not to make that guy feel less loved! You have to love that person, and help him in his problems. How could you discard that love, which is formed, because of something that you found out? I am talking about friendship. Do you know if you call that guy "hopeless", you are saying indirectly that God isn't powerful enough to change him?
As a friend, christians, love them. Help them outa their problems. Look at yourself, what you used to be. Christ still died for you as he died for them! Every single one of them he died for and he loves every one of us just as we are, unconditionally, no matter what we did, no matter what we do, what we have done, regardless of out culture, background, color, tongue, sex, habits. He still love them the same as the magnitude of love he has for you. Show God's love. Trust God. I remind you, DON'T TAKE THINGS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS. It has a very high chance to screw up, and i can testify that. Commit them to God, trust God. If you do, the battle is won.
Trust God. Ask him for that wisdom, and ask him to show you how to help that guy. He WILL show you. For what reason did he not want that guy to change? For every reason he wants him to! Face that trouble with determination, to fight for Christ. To change that guy, to set him free from that problem. Imagine that everlasting gratefulness he will have for you and God!
Aggrandizement, Prodigal, Rich, Lavish, Opulent. Where?
Aggrandizement of the new supreme court,
600 million.
Prodigal annual coutdown carnival for one week,
12 million.
Gold plated palatial bought by Rockefeller,
30 million.
Walking bank in Las Vegas,
1.2 billion.
Investment for development of MOAB (mother of all bombs),
3 billion.
M1A2 Abrahams in US,
9000
Sailing airports used by the policeman,
12, reaching 13.
Tsunami.
Where is the court?
Heat wave.
Where is the walking bank?
Fire.
Where is the 8-plex?
February.
Where is the carnival?
Lack of sponsors,
No bomb.
Hole,
Mayday! Sunk.
No support,
Tanks useless.
Whats the use?
All gone,
like a wind, that comes and passes.
Like us,
who are here and are gone.
Don't forsake the temporary for the eternal. Its a real bad mistake if u do so man. Most will just fade away, to the depths of time.
Newcomer
They say we are like them,
They say they love us.
Because we are the same!
Why do they not talk,
Why do they not mingle,
But why with them, themselves?
But only with friends from selected groups.
How can they say they love?
Why do they attempt to bleach their cloth,
To polish their shoes?
Liars.
Is it because I am gray?
Maybe because i am not shiny enough.
Or maybe, lovely enough.
Perhaps, the dust of my feet that sticks to the tiles,
of an air-conditioned auditorium, its shiny floor.
I am only a sitting duck
I am poor.
So maybe its because.......
Hey love your newcomers. Don't judge them. THIS is the way they feel if you don't really care of their existence. Love them.
Thanks. You made a difference.
I feel I should do it. You all have done so much difference in my life. I seldom give dedication posts, but in my heart, i am thanking you all so much. It may be the slightest thing that you think i don't realise. But i thanked you all, because the way God even sees the slightest good deed i may do, i feel that i should follow God's great example. You all made a difference in my life. You all are God's answered prayer for me. You all had been great friends, who are by me all the time, and through trials and sharpening, we became stronger in our friendship.
Hey Zoey, talking about you, my Godsis. Last time, I thought you are not goin to make a big deal in my life, i thought you are just a normal friend in "my friend's condo". I AM WRONG. You may think you have troubled me. YOU ARE WRONG. Million times no man... I know you will emerge strong. And it is a sure thing after you go out of these trials. You had moulded me as a christian. I know this is a difficult time in your life. I know it man. I have been, and am praying for you. It will not be easy, but after all these, you will praise God for everything he had done. Praise God for you, for you are such an example! You still could praise God, even under such bad circumstances. Even in your super-frustrated mood, you could even control your tongue, which used to say so much vulgarities. Now you didn't. I really respect that. Just that commitment to keep that small covenant with God, Just that devotion to not upset God! the fact that you are not overlooking this, God is looking proudly from above. Thank you. What you did, really showed me devotion and commitment. I believe, and i know, that God had more for your life. He have something for you, that you cannot see now, neither can I. Let him take over the matters. Let him TOTALLY take over the matters. It may turn up badly to man, but its gonna be beautiful and awesome, because our God is an awesome God!!!
Yo Edmud! Are are so quick to mature man. You are a christian for 46 days and around one hour. And you are maturing so fast! You have such a crave for God! It is YOU who asked me for the bible even before i asked you whether you want that. For a new believer, this is not very common. What's more, you read the bible yourself regularly, and now practising, or trying to practice loving your enemies, not swearing. You committed your life to do something, and to life a better life, to glorify God. I believe you can. I have not seen any new believer so fast setting resolutions, or so maturing in God so fast! And on the day you fell while doing wallflip, i never heard you complain, or say any vulgarities. But you PRAISED GOD. You said that it is an "unfortunate" event. You saw what's behind installed by God. I believe there is more behind the wallflip "accident". On that day, i didn't hear you complain about God, or question God. I could see that peace and assurance you have in God. It really impressed me. You are such a matured believer! Maturing so fast, in so many ways! That is great wisdom. I know God's plans for you will be far greater than that. I could testify that. He can do it to you.
And, WOONY. This guy, had so many similarities with me, even the problems. You had become my close friend. When we talk, its a lot man. From your blog, i learnt a lot about your life, and you! Everyone could just spectate that wisdom flowing as you read that blog. Especially, when he is always so humble about his ways in God! I thought he is a rather "decent" man. But he felt that he is not. Of course, we are like dust compared with God. Woony didn't commit the flaws "decent" men could commit: to compare themselves with the world. Through his growth in Christ. Although he is good in some ways. Although he had the ability to stand strong. Although he so loved God. Although he did so much research for the Lord, although he had so many ambitions for the Lord, but he felt that he is really falling short of God. His wisdom identified his errors. I was actualy quite shocked when he said that he is really a bad person. It is because of my pride, which made me think i am good. I am FAR FROM IT. Thanks tianyong, you taught me a lesson. We went through problems together. We are working on that problem. It is about to fade away. IT IS FADING away. We resulted in a very strong friendship. Tianyong, remain strong in the Lord. any trials in your life, he had a purpose for it.
You three people, including the whole of kyensai, is God's answered prayer to me.
Last year, i have a lack of friends, especially close friends, fellowship friends. I appear to be quite lonely. I prayed for God to give me friends. My friend in my church also identified that problem. He prayed with me, for this problem. Rayson, I hope you are reading this post. Thanks so much. You never know what you did to a needing soul. This is what you had done. PRAISE GOD! O GOD U ARE BEHIND IT ALL!!!
I needed friends at that time. And now, around seven months later, i have got a group of close friends, who we could fellowship together, get together, grow in the Lord, and finally, friends who i really love, and treasure, and are a part of me. Thank you God. I don't deserve all these. Yet you answered my prayers. You gave me this. This is a huge gift. Thank you God for these people. They did so much to my lives. I only prayed. My friend prayed for me. Praise you for what you had done in my life, to my life, and for my life.
Thank you God, for these three people. Bless them. Amen.
Don't try taking things to your own hands, try God's peace and handling. Its much more worth it.
Don't try to settle it in your own hands. Sometimes, things juz get ugly.
Today, we were in the library, as usual, studyin with my friends. And then, a group of other students had a problem with my friends. It is totally a misunderstanding. As in really, totally a misunderstanding. And when we are about to leave, the other group of people (lets call them @), tried to block my other friends from exiting, by standin on their ways. But after all, we still got out. They continued to pass comments on us. However, one of my friends said "tiam la", which means "shut up".
Of course, they did not like it, so they came down with us. They called their friends to come. It is very clear that they wanted to challenge us to a fight. It is such a misunderstanding. I didnt say a word to argue back, neither did most of my friends. Then we tried to make peace. No avail. Looks like they wanted to challenge us. I was like.. ohh i see.. They gang member is there already. They say they will be waiting outside the library to "sort things out".
And we did meet them. But when going down the escalator to outside of the library I prayed "O God, take control of the situation. I know we cannot do it. With man, it only screws up. O God take control of it. I trust you father." Then we are outside the library.
We saw them. They really had their gang member here. They wanted us to apologize. It still looks like they want to challenge us. But that didn't agitate me, only one of my friends. After all that, my friend apologized, for something that she didn't do, and never meant to. What a misunderstanding!
The whole matter is resolved. My friend, the one who told them to shut up, was the first to shake their hands. They were shocked. They didnt expect this from him. And i guess the way we settleed this matter through the peace of God rather shocked them. I guess they don't expect this. Then the matter is resolved. I prayed with my friend. Then someone from @ asked what church my friend, the one who offended them, is from. I don't know, but that person told me she is from CH church.
I couldn't believe it. She's a christian? Why did she take matters to her own hands? Because of that, matters turned so ugly! God never wanted this. Don't ever try taking things by your own temper, your own peace, your own knowledge. You never know what the other party mean, or don't mean to do. Let me ask you, had Jesus ever talked back, or complained even when the Jews stoned him, when he said that he is God? Never. Or did he ever utter a single word of complaint when he is nailed for the very people he created, the love of his heart? NO!
So why handle things in your own hands? Ask God! Your knowledge is limited. God's knowledge is not. Throughout the whole "confrontation", i trusted God, let him take over the situation. I could have went into a fight, it may be at my advantage, coz i appear better built than some, and that i had learnt martial arts. But that's not the point. Whats the point of fighting and hating? Why fight with the members of one body? God does not want that. And when you fight, you hate. You gain nothing. Furthermore, you are taking things on your own hands. Don't fight unless God tells you to.
As for my friend who told them to shut up, he surely have an advantage. He ended up in the police post ten to twelve times because of fighting. He is a very cheerful guy, just like a normal, average man. But if he lose his temper, usually because of people trying to bully him, its usually the other party that will lose, with bad costs. But THATS NOT THE POINT either. It's not who wins or not. Its WHETHER GOD LIKES IT OR NOT. Don't try taking things on your own hands. I kept reminding him to peace out, let God take over. He did peace out.
At the end, he said that, if we were not there to calm him down, he could have ended up in the police post, again (anyway he never got jailed or anything before). Praise God. I went home in the bus, thanking God for everything. I thanked God for the trial, which i expected sooner or later. I thanked God for taking over the situation, i thanked God for the day. I prayed that we could next time trust in God when the bad times come, and for him to take over the situation. Praise God for taking over the situation, for it ended with peace. Ever so well. I prayed for peace for my friend, that he could find peace in God, and for him to find peace in you when bad times come, and when he face temptation to do something that is not desirable to God when trials, and bad times pass. I also prayed for the church-goer in @, that she would one day find peace in you, that she could trust you in dark times, and for her to not take things to her own hands again, for her to repent to God for her mistakes. I also prayed for @, that they would one day know about the saving knowledge of Christ Jesus, also for one day, know what they are doing, and for God to forgive them. I find that, i love them, just as a part of Jesus. Jesus died for them too.
I thanked God for this thing that happened, for it strengthened me, the my friend who "offended" them, and my friend who always fought with others. My friend who "offended" @, apologized to us for causing trouble. There is not a need. We are friends, and this trial, this thing that happened, had strengthened us. We may not know what this could bring. But now we know.
Praise God!
Go to: www.woony.blogspot.com read the post titled "calm in the storm", to find out something shocking, that you may not know, but it is true.
Black Cloth
Black Cloth is always there
A roaming desert is what they call him.
Solitary creation,
Not its purpose for existence.
Black Cloth is the blue, the red, the pink,
They are blind.
What hypocrites!
Through all darkness, a shred of light, always.
What disables black from white.
Not absent, bleach is everywhere!
The blue, the red, the pink, chose not to.
What hypocrites!
And so the black is burnt.
Forever.
I don't think you want to see your friends in hell. There may be someone in your class, in your workplace, who others label him "weirdo", or "crazy guy", he may be the guy who is just quiet! Yet they label him weird. What i am tryin to tel you is that, do not leave anyone unsaved. Your one effort could just save another. Could you see that guy sufferin in hell when you are in heaven celebratin with the Lord? I don't think you can. No one is to be left unsaved. For God so loved us, that he even died for the person you hate most in heart, the person who they discriminate.
What will you feel if you are burnt forever? While your classmates, or colleagues, who are christians, who talked about salvation, did not come to minister to you? did not evangalize to you? JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE LABELLED AND DISCRIMINATED? What HYPOCRITES!
It is also not that they are so good! So don't leave anyone untouched. The Lord died for them, as he did for you.
Written by: christian-bboy
Acknowledgements:40 days of purpose campaign,
To Rick Warren, author of "purpose driven life"
To Eternal Life Assembly, for organizin that campaign.
