How do you like it? For the first time, I went to a hair salon and change my hairstyle. Gelled it up and coloured it green. Can you see the colour? This is the picture I took when I reach back to my room with my housemate's help but can't be sure if can see or not.
Thursday, 19 October 2006
The New Me
How do you like it? For the first time, I went to a hair salon and change my hairstyle. Gelled it up and coloured it green. Can you see the colour? This is the picture I took when I reach back to my room with my housemate's help but can't be sure if can see or not.
Wednesday, 16 August 2006
For our sake
Here's an interesting fact: everything that happens to us and everything that we do is not only for God's sake or other's sake, but also for our sake.
God works in mysterious ways for sure. For us to receive good things, we must first do good to others. If we are hurting, the best way to get over it is to love another. If we are going through a bad time, we should help others get over their bad times and we will heal faster!
Similarly when we share the Gospel with others, we will learn more about God. As we continue to spread His word and do His work, we will learn new things and see God in a different way. Serving others not only lifts them up, it also brings us up!
And enduring pain is also for our sake! As Richard Blackaby said yesterday, there are some things about God that we can only learn through pain. And it is only through pain that we learn just how far we will go for God. It is always easy in peaceful times to say we love God, we will follow all His commands etc. And of course, it's always easy to be Christlike when everything is going our way. But when trouble comes along, when we hit a wall, what would we do then? Would we still sing His praises? Would we defiantly state our love for Christ? Will we continue to be Christlike or will we abandon it all just to fit in the crowd? God knows how we will do when trouble comes along, He allows it to come so that we would know how much we love Him.
In short, while everything that we do and everything that happens is for God's plan to come about and also to lead others back to Him, it's also to grow us. How amazing is that? Everything that happens has a threefold aim. And it fulfills it everytime. So remember, everything that happens is for our good and for our sake, not only the sake of others or God's.
God works in mysterious ways for sure. For us to receive good things, we must first do good to others. If we are hurting, the best way to get over it is to love another. If we are going through a bad time, we should help others get over their bad times and we will heal faster!
Similarly when we share the Gospel with others, we will learn more about God. As we continue to spread His word and do His work, we will learn new things and see God in a different way. Serving others not only lifts them up, it also brings us up!
And enduring pain is also for our sake! As Richard Blackaby said yesterday, there are some things about God that we can only learn through pain. And it is only through pain that we learn just how far we will go for God. It is always easy in peaceful times to say we love God, we will follow all His commands etc. And of course, it's always easy to be Christlike when everything is going our way. But when trouble comes along, when we hit a wall, what would we do then? Would we still sing His praises? Would we defiantly state our love for Christ? Will we continue to be Christlike or will we abandon it all just to fit in the crowd? God knows how we will do when trouble comes along, He allows it to come so that we would know how much we love Him.
In short, while everything that we do and everything that happens is for God's plan to come about and also to lead others back to Him, it's also to grow us. How amazing is that? Everything that happens has a threefold aim. And it fulfills it everytime. So remember, everything that happens is for our good and for our sake, not only the sake of others or God's.
An Awesome God!!
Wow! Can God be more awesome?
Yesterday I went for a talk, "How to Hear God's Voice" by Richard Blackaby. Had my doubts at first about it but it was great! I felt the presense of God as well as it reminded me of how God truly is always with us. I learn a little more about God and what He speaks to us about.
An amazing example has been the last 5 days. I not only injured my toe, but I also develop a cold (along with it's side effects, cough and sore throat) and to top it all, I dented my car. In anyone's books, that's gotta be a pretty bad week. Course, I also started the week with some bad news about my performance but yet, I'm not angry, sad, depondant or unmotivated. If anything, I'm more carefree, happier and more motivated! It can't be me, it must be the spirit comforting me and leading me on. I can't even feel sad that my car looks ugly now! I just so in awe of how God can really work in me.
Richard Blackaby pointed out that when God speaks through someone on stage, the same speech can speak different things to different people in the audience. And speak personally at that. That's how amazing God is. One event, one speaker, and many learn more about God in many different ways personally. Each audience feels like the speaker is speaking to them directly. Now that's an amazing speech. And it can only happen when God does the speech.
Yesterday I went for a talk, "How to Hear God's Voice" by Richard Blackaby. Had my doubts at first about it but it was great! I felt the presense of God as well as it reminded me of how God truly is always with us. I learn a little more about God and what He speaks to us about.
An amazing example has been the last 5 days. I not only injured my toe, but I also develop a cold (along with it's side effects, cough and sore throat) and to top it all, I dented my car. In anyone's books, that's gotta be a pretty bad week. Course, I also started the week with some bad news about my performance but yet, I'm not angry, sad, depondant or unmotivated. If anything, I'm more carefree, happier and more motivated! It can't be me, it must be the spirit comforting me and leading me on. I can't even feel sad that my car looks ugly now! I just so in awe of how God can really work in me.
Richard Blackaby pointed out that when God speaks through someone on stage, the same speech can speak different things to different people in the audience. And speak personally at that. That's how amazing God is. One event, one speaker, and many learn more about God in many different ways personally. Each audience feels like the speaker is speaking to them directly. Now that's an amazing speech. And it can only happen when God does the speech.
Sunday, 13 August 2006
Toe injury
What a week! Played futsal on Thursday and injured my big toe. At the same time, caught a cold. So I was aching all over, weak, tired and hurt for half the week. Nearly took leave...
Went to Teluk Kumbar to eat seafood last night. Spent a big too much but was really good. Got really full. Hopefully can find more 'kaki' then it'll be cheaper next time around. And next time, we won't miss the place...
Scratch the car on Friday though it's just bodywork damage. Was going to have to go to the workshop anyways. The nice thing is the scratch makes it look like some cool design. So if i can't bang back the bodywork, I'll just ask the workshop to dent the other side!
Coming down to KL next weekend so if anyone wanna meet up, call me!
Went to Teluk Kumbar to eat seafood last night. Spent a big too much but was really good. Got really full. Hopefully can find more 'kaki' then it'll be cheaper next time around. And next time, we won't miss the place...
Scratch the car on Friday though it's just bodywork damage. Was going to have to go to the workshop anyways. The nice thing is the scratch makes it look like some cool design. So if i can't bang back the bodywork, I'll just ask the workshop to dent the other side!
Coming down to KL next weekend so if anyone wanna meet up, call me!
Monday, 7 August 2006
A Different Perspective
In comparing between how God sees this world and how we see this world, it's intriguing that it really is world's apart (pun intended). Let's list down the ways...
| God's view | Our view |
| Heaven is our permanent home, Earth is temporary | Earth is our home. |
| Life on Earth is very short (70+ years vs eternity) | We have a long time on Earth now (70+ years!!) |
| All things have been planned in Heaven. There is no such thing as luck. | Coincidences and luck exist. And some people seem more lucky than others. |
| Our lives have been planned out since conception. It's a matter of whether we choose to follow His plan for us. | There is such thing as accidental birth. Our choices determine our next move and the future is uncertain. |
| All things work for our own good. | Why do bad things happen to good people? |
So, since Christians are suppose to be filled by the Holy Spirit and thus, see God's view of the world, it's no wonder we can no longer be of the world! Because how the world interprets the things is so very different from how God interprets them. Of course, having a different perspective albeit a correct one will still cause others to call you crazy. But, the prize at the end is well worth it...
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