Humility
Aug 17To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 'Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' 'I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.'
Luke 18:9-14 NIV
where else to go?
May 28"Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life"
- John 6:68
Easter and Aaahh
Apr 13What has it been reduced to?
It is sad and disappointing to know that people nowadays do not appreciate or even have the decency to respect the meaning of Good Friday and Easter. No one really cares about Good Friday.,and they care a little bit about Easter because just like Halloween, it's a National thing in the US. Easter Egg Hunt and the Bunny costume. People don't even remember what the eggs mean anymore. Don't even get me started on the bunny which is just like Santa Claus on Christmas Day. And apparently easter egg hunt seems to be more interesting and important than the sermon on that day. Or maybe if Easter falls on Saturday, no one will really come to church.
This makes me miss Singapore so much, despite the hectic and pressing schedules and the principle of "doing nothing is crime".
Life goes on, with all its ups and downs, joy and sadness, fun and difficulties, vigor and pain because that's the reality, each is part and parcel of the other. Sometimes it's depressing to go through so much joy at one time, just to be shattered by a whole day of screw-ups. Depressing to a point that I just want to give up trying, escape to somewhere where I 'think' I can have joy all the time. But what I've learnt through my many escapism acts in the past is that during 'escapism' period, one just felt an empty joy, or a sheer fake joy. So, why escape? Hehe. Maybe too many of those made you 'immune' to the drastic changes and just try to move on with a heart full of hopes.
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Blessed are the men who fear Him, they ever walk in the ways of peace.
Elias Oratorio by Mendelssohn
Mengapa?
Apr 12I remember one day I was in the midst of people celebrating the birthday of one of our friends. I was not that close to him, but I went anyway. I could not remember much of what happens that day, but I remember we sang his favourite hymn, and I could not help holding up the tears in my eyes. Seriously.
This hymn had such great impact on me, the fallen and ungrateful person, who at most times cannot be bothered to reflect on Jesus' birth, death and resurrection because everything seems so cliche, so Buku Agama, so historical. Not getting the point that it is actually the very basic of why there's hope beyond this fallen world for me. It was His Love.
Mengapa Yesus turun dari sorga, masuk dunia g’lap penuh cela,berdoa dan bergumul di dalam taman, cawan pahit pun dit’rima-Nya.
Mengapa Yesus menderita didera, dan mahkota duri pun dipakai-Nya?
Mengapa Yesus mati bagi saya?
Kasih-Nya, ya kar’na kasih-Nya.
2 Timothy 2:1
Mar 17Quoting Spurgeon in his Morning and Evening, March 15, Evening:
CHRIST has grace without measure in Himself, but He hath not retained it for Himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so hath Christ emptied out His grace for His people. “Of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.”
A special wallpaper inspired by this passage, available in 2 sizes, 1280*800 and 1280*960. Full view please. For more sizes and colours, please request in the comment section, or talk to me directly. Thanks.
A quick slideshow for an idea about the colours
I've also managed to create the iPhone wallpaper version for this in four colours: red, blue, green and of course yellow.
And a quick horizontal slideshow:
Download here (right click save as):
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
