Inspiration!

When i first heard of them i was impressed and inspired i didn;t have to see them , now that i have seen i find it hard to believe and digest, when i read even more i just find it hard to stand or compare anything i am going through with what they had to go hrough.

The sacrifice, the pain, the hardwork… maks me second guess myself and want to push even further.

Ask your self everytimewhat inspires you!

 http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8cf08faca5dd9ea45513

Hope you are inspired as much as me. enjoy!

Its all around us!

This is my second post based on the movie Evan Almighty. I find it such a better show as compared to Bruce Almighty, honestly Jim Carey can be good, but he can be really crude too, maybe the role was over done too. But in Evan Almighty it was better more mild mannered and the message got off better.

Something struck me in the movie, something that was to me very important, something I believe people might miss but it stood out so so badly. Watching the movie we all know God told Evan to build an Ark, correct, and no one believed him, that’s a given. But then the funny thing is how it came about, the actor was a congressman and he would be in meetings of congress. Now in America they recite the pledge every time they convene, and we know how the pledge is right? Here is the funny part, they acknowledge that they are a nation under God, and they pledge loyalty to God. But when Evan as a congressman said God told Him to build an ark they could not believe it. Funny isn’t it the very people who remind themselves every time they meet that they are under God, cannot believe that God ask one of them to do something. They have reminders everywhere, they remind themselves the constitution, they swear by it, they have it on their money, in their national anthem, but they do not believe.

The signs of God are everywhere, its only if we open our eyes, miracles are everywhere only if we see it. we got to open our eyes to see God in everything and God at work in everything. I pray we as a church will not get to a place of blind faith. We say we believe, we come to church, we pray, worship, go through the motions but lack the lustre, lack the true faith and believe in God, maybe we can take a lesson here, we need to remember to acknowledge God, see Him in everything and really come to believe He can work in our everyday life. Faith is believing in what we can’t see right? And believe for things hoped for right? So we should believe that whatever we pray for God is already doing something in our lives, either preparing us for it like Moses and Evan for the rain, or preparing us for the lack of it if He says ‘No’. Let’s take a lesson from those that have failed and move on from there.

Cluedo???

Today I saw a car in a drain. it made me laugh my pants off! But I had no idea how it got in there, and mind you it was not a small car. it was a luxury sedan. But I passed too fast to identify what car it was. So how did a luxury sedan which i believe is equiped with technology get into a small ditch. I did not see major damage on the curbs and it was not so high, there was no major damage in the shrubs nearby and there seemed to be no major evidence as to how the car got in there.

Then the neighbourhood did what Malaysians do best, they all stoped to see what happened. I thin kthey were all as puzzeled as me. everyone was looking how the car got into that ditch, I bet the authorities are going to have a tough time getting it out and I bet they are wondering a lot too…

I wonder how it got in? Anybody knows? I’m so curious. Next thing on my mind is wheter the driver is fine, i hope he or she is doing fine. Anyone who knows the story please do tell me. i regret i have no pictures, but i did not want to be the average Malaysian, stopping and looking, besides, i had to send someone home… LOL.. poor car…

A.R.K

Everyone dreams of changing the world, everyone wants to make this world a better place; everyone wants to turn this whole place around. That is not likely to happen and well let’s admit it we often give up at such a daunting task. I do. I have dreamt of changing lives (what more the world) and have failed miserably because I wanted a whole 180⁰ and I am still failing miserably. In fact I find that no one wants a change like that it almost never happens and when it happens it’s a miracle.

So how do we change the world? One Act of Random Kindness at a time. The impact one has on an episode in a person’s life can weight more than someone wanting to change a life over. It’s not that easy but it is a series of simple kindness that triggers something within that person’s soul that leads to change and the want of it. It also eases the acceptance of it, it makes the change more natural.

And when you do it, it comes more natural. I for one had difficulty in the beginning. It was hard and embarrassing. And what is worst is you never know how they will react, and how they will take you.  For one the Malaysia public has become so sceptical of people because of strangers pretending to be good Samaritans but harming people in the end. So your approach also has become so complicated. So in the end it’s hard to live out this principle but I believe it can work. I for one am doing it myself, every single chance I get. Join me in the quest to change the world, one Act of Random Kindness at the time. It’s our opportunity to let the love of God shine through  us.

Remember A.R.K – one Act of Random Kindness. J

22.7

So begins my challange. I have signed up for a 22.7km run. Adidas King of The Road at Shah Alam. So far I estimate I can do it in 3 hours. But if i want to qualify for a fit status, I have to do it in 2 hours 30 minutes.  thats shaving 30 minutes from my over all time. So that means I have to shave at least 30 seconds for every km that I run in order to get a better time and qualify to be called – King of the road. And no I can’t get first palce the people that run to win run way TOO FAST!! I guess to goal is to achieve what I feel is a major challange. I already run about 10km on a regular basis and I want to take it a step further.

Ah! the challange is on. If anything I just want to complete is strong, finish the race I have committed to, and to ahcieve a perosnal goal. i want to be fitter, i want to do what i felt is impossible, i want to break limits in my fitness, i want to try this… maybe just maybe my flabby stomach will go down further and look like THIS:-

MWAHAHAHAHAHAH Nice!!!

What Have We Become!?

I was thinking over things. And I have come to realise a few things… this may sound like a melancholic posts but I am genuinely concerned and I don’t know how else to voice it out. I am struggling with this myself and just am working through the problem looking for a solution. And I am hoping that I can find one. I admit I am guilty of this same problem I am writing about, I;m not trying to be self righteous here this same words I write apply to me, I am part of what I am writing, maybe that’s why I feel frustrated and monstrous!

                I was hearing this song and it spoke so much to me. Actually it is a whole bunch of songs from Casting Crowns… hearing the songs and letting the message just cut deep into my soul I feel unworthy of the road and the call I have been trusted. Here we are called to reach out to the world, here we are called to be the light of the world, here we are the salt of the earth the very people called to make a difference to the world. We are to be the representatives of God to the world. WE are to be loving them like Jesus. We are to love them unconditionally, we the church are to love this hurting world especially when they come in our doors and they look to us to be the hands that Jesus would use to ease their pains and heal the wounds.

                But sadly the church can have fallen so far from that mark. We may have well turned into a social club in many ways. We have extravagant programs and spend effort and considerable budgets, professional, planned, precise. Where is God in that? Was God seriously in every aspect or did He just clean up the messes we made and still ministered despite our mess? We make emotions minister more than the silent actions we do. Did our program change the life of the people that came? I mean really change? What happens after that? Do they grow on their own? Are numbers all we see? Success in ministry is quantifiable? Statics can prove success and God moving?

                Where are the days we walk in the shoes of another for the second mile? Where are the days that we will accept a prostitute or a sinner in our midst despite his or her filth and sins? Why won’t we stand beside a brother or sister as they face their demons and struggle with their spiritual life? Can’t we admit we struggle with our faith and the reality of God!? Why does a sinner have to walk into church feeling uncomfortable? Why does the prostitute or anyone who smokes or people outside the church, why must they feel uncomfortable in church or feel any less than themselves when they step into our doors?

                Why can’t we be the body of Christ, are we truly representing God? Are all these systems necessary? Can’t we step up and make a difference? Can’t we love them and just love them? Do we truly do the best for God? Are we improving ourselves so we can serve Him better? Is our service entirely devoted to Him? To we help the helpless, be the voice to the voiceless, are we the defender of the weak, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry? Are doing what we were put on this earth to do? That has become my burden, and me pain. I feel like I am the least of examples t point to Christ. I feel I fail to point so many to Him. I have failed in so many ways as a Christian, how many people have I turned out of the doors from my high and lofty stares? How many people have I hurt with my self-centredness, how many people have stumbled from my testimony? Does the man on the street feel and see the love of God through me?

                That is the biggest challenge. If God is such a great and mighty God, If God is So Big and we believe it, then why doesn’t he shine through because we can’t hide such a large thing. I pray we be truly used by God that we love and give even at the risk of ourselves.   

May these songs be a reminder and an inspiration to us. Look up Castong Crowns – Love Them Like Jesus, Does Anybody Hear Her, and If We Are The Body

Ah Durians!!!

When I read Alexendra’s comment of Durians and how she loathed them, it hit me! there is something big that i will have to change now that I am with Charity! I might have to give up the fruit I love!!!!

For those of you who know Charity well, she dislikes Durians and Mangoes!!! Gosh! I have to admit I like them both, but one that must be the best fruit is the Durian!

Ah its meat is like that of the smoothest cream. Its texture thick and pleasant! the aroma maybe be the biggest deception, but underneath its ugly and smelly exterior lies one of the best fruits you can eat! The bitterness and pungentness just hits you and carries you to cloud nine!!!

Oh how i miss it, I love to have durian again, i haven’t had the luxury of having it in a long time, but I’ve had the pleasure of smelling it as i drive by the many stores by the roadside! but for the one I love i am willing to try to give it up!

Maybe I can have it in secret, but its smell is so distinct and can’t be hidden (which should be like our christian lives). If anyone has any tips on getting rid of the smell so I won’t repulse my darling, please do let me know. I eagerly await the chance to taste its sweet nectar again!

 

Miss you durian!!!!

 

Now it’ll be like this!