my fren was tellin mi of some issues that some members of her family are facin today...n i realised some very important things..
pple r given to us to care for n show concern for...so dat we may grow in such areas...to b fully human n fully Christian..of course, modern society would say no...everythin is economics n dialectical materialism or hedonism..but Christians should b more considerate n concerned n charitable...
we're different after all...so, its wif some disdain n disgust dat i recount the followin story...u see, my church worships in a commercial building...so we rented a floor n use it for services...n there are 2 other churches worshippin in different floors above us..so its realli a very Singaporean thing to have 3 churches worshippin in the same high rise buildin and havin mail sent to the same address..
the issue is dis..the members of each church r not very kind or generous or Christlike to each other...so, we fight over space in the elevator down after our services (unfortuanately, by some strange quirk of God's will...mayb predestination, our services have similar timings)...we fight over carparking space n we mutter curses n unfrenli stuff under our breath..i'm disgusted wif them n myself for such wanton behaviour...
we need to repent coz our actions n behaviour is anything but Christlike...n we are a slur on the name of Jesus Christ n a shame to Him...i recall the famous verse in Isaiah regardin Israel, "Because of you, my name is profaned amongst the nations"...we suck...period..
so there, we all need to grow in Christian care n concern for each other n in charity, longsuffering, grace, care, concern, love and kindness..i'm sorry for my actions n short temper..
while searchin for videos that highlight how human beings who try to run their own lives without God or with themselves as king in God's place inevitably screw up...i found the greatest example of a screw up tryin to run the world's most powerful country(n i'm not too sure about God being honoured as the rightful king inspite of all that rhetoric)..Thank God the universe does not come down to dis bloke's rule...
i hav no ans to dat qn i juz posed in the title..i think i do...but i'm dreadin the whole semester startin again n havin to face some of the most dour lookin n poor attitude givin lecturers n tutors aroun...they couldnt even motivate or inspire a koala...wat more a student?i do look forward to unichurch n Focus n solid bible study again..i dun find much of dat here in sg...honestly...had a talk wif a fren recently whos back from australia as well n who was part of FOCUS there...but not from newcastle...she agrees generalli...churches in sg talk bout lots of stuff but are not sharp n clear about stuff like full time christian ministry n work n life priorities...n even wat ur salvation means in practice on a day to day basis..n i wanna juz submerge myself in ministry n my studies n juz not think bout the whole gal n relationship issue...y is it so difficult for a guy to hav his feelins reciprocated i wonder? ok nuff philosophical musings..been tryin to keep track of unichurch sermons via podcast(or rather, Hunter Bible Church)...its been helpful...thank God for good use of modern technology..i would like to make better use of stuff like you-tube videos n Audio-Visual media for emceein in church n in teachin kids church...how can i do so? hmmmm...shall use my blog as a testin ground for such media...
am filled with a great deal of inertia now in gettin things done...be it my bible study on the book of James that i'm supposed to e-mail to Paul n Lake...or in gettin my research done on housing patterns in Singapore which i promised i would do as part of my so-called personal summer research..the onli bright spots would b the weekli kids church ministry that Charis church is doin at the local Boon Keng area and of which i'm a teacher...for better or worse..so, actualli puttin in2 practice the skills i've learned at NTE in sharing the gospel with children and presenting God's Word in a fun and excitin manner has been very rewardin and challengin...the stuff we learn at NTE is really like swimmin in a pool...but real ministry is like swimmin in the open sea with all the inherent dangers...but i kinda like the thrill and excitement involved..lets talk about some of the kids who have been comin to kids church...C, the 9 year old whose father walked out on the family when she was born(n she's never met him)...beautiful and sweet and smart...n W, the 11 year old gal whose mum walked out on their family 3 years ago..very interested but reserved...D n J, the sisters who live nearby and come to our kids church even though they actualli go to another church on Sundays, Pt, the kid whose birth parents sold to his aunt because of financial difficulties...in the gifted programme of his primary school (for students with genius level intelligence)...who said when we first did 2 Ways To Live that he wanted to choose to live with Jesus as his king rather than anyone else..n others like the half thai siblings P&P n the 2 gals we've been tryin to disciple who were saved a while back but whose father is a chinese temple medium(predestination at work)i realli dun noe wat to teach the kids under my charge after we finish 2 ways to live...which is in 2 weeks...been prayin about it n I do feel that these children need to noe wat the True love of God the Father is realli like...so i believe thats the direction that we'll be goin..n i dunno wat to do bout another issue: there are some pple in life u wish u'd met earlier...there are some pple whom one could say i'd b happy to just b wif this person for one day n heck about the rest...n when it seems that this person shares many things in common with u...or at least, lots of common discussion topics...n the most important is ur faith...one realli begins to think that mayb i'm gonna get thru life after all...its not all bleak n dark...but it just seems too good to be true n u're alwaez waitin for the other side of the story to come crashin in...thats the dark/bad side...at the decisive point where one can really say, i don't know wat i'm doin or wat to do...except pray n ask God to be Lord of this situation...its also the most scary....
