the will to do, the soul to dare.

the famous quote from the law society of UM.

i'm not thinking about UM today. buhbye car policies and law society disappointments. just for today.

i'm thinking about the things i've recently found the need to pray for. something someone said some time ago (i think it was years ago) dropped by to say hi to me brain a few days ago.

"when young people nowadays say they'll pray about a relationship,
they still SMS and talk to each other on MSN.
how is that seeking God's will?"

interesting.

random thought: did anyone ever tell them, when they were younger,

"when young people nowadays say they'll pray about a relationship,
they still snail-mail each other.
how is that seeking God's will?"

maybe a few years from now, i'd be saying,

"when young people nowadays say they'll pray about a relationship,
they still hologram each other.
how is that seeking God's will?"

uncle rod spoke very well today, i think. not so much his first two points, but more of his third point. that itself is an entire blog post, but for now, i shall comply with the overall theme of this post (because shaun is waiting to check some MU thing online).

uncle rod said that jacob was a strange man. he prayed to God like mad. but once he was done with meeting God, he planned and schemed like mad, to achieve what he prayed for.

some say that that is the right thing to do:

work like everything depends on you,
pray like everything depends on God.

but i would prefer to follow joseph's principle:

work because you can,
pray because He can.

i feel like i sudah terpesong sedikit.

but yeah. why should prayer and our effort be two different things?

waiting is one of the most difficult things to do. especially when you don't know what you're waiting for. or if you're not sure if what you're waiting for has actually passed you by. like when i used to wait for dad to come pick me up in school. ah.

let alone waiting on the invisible God that we do not see, whose presence is often only felt by those who profess to believe in Him.

but.

praying still.