Monday, November 2, 2009
Wow, read the book Nicholas gave me for my birthday, Answers and Reasons, by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart.
Really amazing!
I was thinking about Islam and Christianity and finally I can conclude! Wow! Thank God for these 2 guys for clearing my mind and thank God for Nicholas.
Wow.
THE FACT IS ISLAM/MUSLIM DID NOT START OUT FROM, THE STORY THAT I ALWAYS HEAR, JACOB AND ESAU! NO SUCH CRAP! GET IT RIGHT! I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS CRAP AND YES IT IS CRAP!
LoL!
Islam started out from Mohammed, if not, muslims would have Esau as their first name.
Islam started out like what 400 AD? Not BC!
The Quran is like a book that spites the Bible, singing a different tune than a Bible.
And lastly, most importantly, we have Salvation by Grace through faith.
Muslims have salvation by deeds.
11:20 PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
You know, most of the time, I know where I'm wrong.
I know if I did something good or bad.
I know!
But just sometimes, it really requires discipline to do what's right and to abhor what's wrong.
Abhor laziness.
1:16 AM
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
The verse that I used to repeat to people every time.
Now, it's time to repeat this to myself.
2:58 PM
Thursday, October 15, 2009
What a funny sight.
Picture this.
A pretty girl is sitting on the right side, somewhere in the middle of the back of the bus. Me, I'm sitting on the left, just one row behind that girl.
Some guy, needs to alight and therefore, walks from the, I assume, very back of the bus, to the alighting door.
The guy, upon reaching near the door, takes a step down (new bus) to prepare to alight, takes a spin, 360 anti-clock wise, takes a peek at that girl. After realising that that girl is really pretty and probably sleeping, I guess, takes another peek at the girl. Maybe realising that the girl is now awake, also looking at him, sheepishly looks to his front.
After alighting, turns to take a longer look at the girl, cause, maybe, thinking it doesn't matter, she can't do anything now since I'm not in the bus and the bus takes off.
And throughout that whole scene, I was observing that guy and I realised, one, the girl could really be damn pretty and two, the guy really is attracted by that girl.
Like at first sight huh? LoL!
12:42 AM
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
"Aim high, believe that God will use you greatly. God has been opening your eyes the past few months and preparing you for His plans to unveil in your life and may you succeed in all that you do."
By DC.
Encouraging.
4:12 PM
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Oh my, how do you correct with truth and love!?
Man, really cannot stand it.
I know, I know, I'm supposed to prioritise, to place God first.
But one does not have to use such sentences like, 'It's up to your own conviction.', 'Which do you place first? God or Other things?'
I know, I know what's right and what's wrong. But one leaves me no choice but to do what's right.
Man, I really hate doing what I do not want to do. I understand that it's the right thing to do. BUT ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO FORCE ME! And I believe that challenging does not mean force. What do I mean by force? It is when the end result, no matter what choice one takes, one will end up at the same place. Example, If I choose A, I will end up with C. If I choose B, I will also end up with C. Not much of a choice huh?
Well, this could be cause by pride, like I do not like to be treated like a child, but what I strongly think is that I'm not motivated by force but by attraction.
For example, when I'm interested in a subject, I would go learn about the subject myself, without much encouragement. I would devout time and energy for it, even go lengths to read up on it in libraries. I do not need to be told to do all that.
12:33 AM
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
I think I should use this blog to record my thoughts that I've thought through. Anything and everything that I've spent time to ponder about.
Well something I've thought about is this, why do people, in general, want to be in a relationship with the opposite sex, rather, BGR.
Firstly, why do kids, when they turn around 15 year old, most of them, will want to be in a relationship!?
My thoughts are, I believe that, they are fueled by a desire to be in an exclusive relationship. Because, in this exclusive relationship, one is able to hold hands, kiss, go out together, just the two of them. And, who else to do that, but with the person you like the most, usually based on physical characteristic or on 'feelings'.
I have to emphasize, this is just a stereotype.
Anyway, usually you want to be in this exclusive relationship because you want to know more about the person, deeper, or to judge if this person would be the one you would like to be with, for long.
Well, the problem about this is that, I think, people tend to put in lots of emotion, time or commitment into this phase of knowing one another more, thinking that the other person would be as one had imagined/fantasied.
Which would in the end, one way or another, fail one's original expectations. Which would lead to this question: To continue the relationship or 'break-up'.
Well, one could try to change one's partner, but I believe that most of us are lazy and can't be bothered to do that after knowing the other's faults/shortcomings.
And, I guess, the painful experience of 'break-up' would scar the one who had put lots of effort, emotion and commitment in the relationship, which, most likely, both sides would experience.
My conclusion? Well you can take my church's approach of courtship, or, you can have my advice, to thread carefully in a normal relationship, to observe, not assume or imagine one's character. After that, try to verify, ask around if that is one's true character and from there, get to know the person more, but in a platonic relationship first, do not rush into getting 'steady'. But this might make you look like a stalker, or someone who is trying to play 'hard to get'.
Well, I guess my advice is not that much of an advice, but the main focus is to not rush into a BGR but try to determine if that person is the person you would like to be with, for the rest of your life. If not, one would end up hurting oneself and one's partner.
I can say all this, but in the end, if that person doesn't wants you to be in their life then, I guess, no-one can do anything about that.
Oh well.
12:06 AM
