sunday.

+ Forgiveness is not keeping count. (Matthew 18:21-22)

“We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all.  We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence.”

–C. S. Lewis.

+ Forgiveness is not forgetting. (Matthew 18:22)

The verse people always use to justify the saying “forgive and forget” – Hebrews 10:17:

“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

I.e. If even God forgets our sins, we should do the same for others who’ve wronged us.

But is this consistent with God’s omniscient, all-knowing nature? How can a God who knows everything forget something?

No, God doesn’t forget. But when He forgives, He promises not to hold our past against us.

Isn’t that forgiveness?

“You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.”

- Lewis Smede.

If unforgiveness is like saying you’d hold your breath until the other person apologizes,

“Forgiveness is to set a prisoner free, and to realize the prisoner was you.”

- Corrie ten Boom.





As to why we should forgive?

Bear with each other and forgive one another

if any of you has a grievance against someone.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Colossians 3:13

P/S:

Opening question: “OK, you guys know similes, right? Let’s try this one – ‘As innocent as…?’”

Someone: “A lawyer.”

I laughed at that. What does that mean? ^_^”

yay i get a walkie-talkie.

day one of volunteer work.

• Got lost trying to find PJLA. (what’s new?)
• Got there on time though. (what’s new? =P)
• I was right – the other two volunteers were guys. (so clever)
• Went downstairs to get something, and listened to a group of carolers. I miss caroling. (though I never caroled much – was mostly on the piano)
• The youngest member of the group hopped up to me and gave me a candy cane. Which I broke. (sorry!)
• The job wasn’t as challenging as I’d thought. (bummer)
• I watched bits and pieces of the musical. (loved the bits and pieces!)
• Colin Kirton thanked the volunteers and told us to get more Ribena for ourselves, and I replied, “Oh, done.” And he looked at me, speechless.

Yup, that’s me. Your beloved budding lawyer who will probably turn up at the wrong court for the wrong case, be the first lawyer to say “Maaf, Yang Arif, saya sesat tadi”, the first to make a judge speechless, (after which I’d probably be dragged out of court), and who will probably still volunteer to work for musicals she can’t afford.

Candy cane picture!

Also, Ben came up with an original, which Amreeta and I helped to draft:

What does a lawyer call a public missionary in BM?

christmas.

the season of love and gifts?

chelsea told me that christmas has become a commercial festival - nothing personal, just business.

single people who have nothing to do on christmas eve cry "desperate!"

single people who have things to do mostly go partying, (ironically) wear devil headbands, and spray each other with foam. 

couples buy each other gifts like it's their anniversary.

families prepare great feasts like it's a celebration of their birth.

let me tell you a story John Timmer told me of a strange land. 

This is a place where people do everything the opposite way. 

Here, people first are old, then grow young. 

Here, people first exhale before they inhale.

Here, children go to school at night and sleep during the day.

Here, people walk backward.

One day, it was Tom's birthday. He invited all his friends to his birthday party. They all brought presents. But because they lived in this strange land, they didn't give Tom these presents, but exchanged presents with each other. 

Everybody got a present, everybody except Tom. 

He didn't get any.

This made Tom mad, real mad, so mad that he climbed on top of the piano and shouted, "QUIET EVERYBODY!" And when everybody was quiet, Tom said, 

"You've all come to my birthday party. You've all brought a present. You've all received a present. I'm the only one who hasn't received a present. Whose birthday is it anyway? Yours or mine?"

and john timmer said:

"that sounds a lot like the way most people celebrate Jesus' birthday, doesn't it? at christmas, these people exchange presents with each other. but what about Jesus? what present does He get? whose birthday is it anyway?"

whose birthday is it anyway?

nscfl 2010 - day 3.

[All camp photos by Kenny Chong]

Restaurant City - This was the day that felt like a mini Law Orientation.

looking as if he was born to be royalty. -_-

 

took a riot to get daniel out of his room. =P

Difference #1: Some of the campers seemed to enjoy it.

There were a few attempts at stand-up comedy, which... well, just note the look on my face la.

from left: keng lik, me, peh lan, suzen, rachel.

from left: chang ling, jy, marianne, jen, lisanne, cindy.

 

If it wasn't for the total lack of mayonnaise (which was not the campers' fault), they would've made an officer very happy that day. [Footnote to evaluation form - officers to bring a jar of mayonnaise each the next camp]

Difference #2: The officers returned the favour after the event. The first favour the campers got was a warm welcome back into the hall.

The second would come on the last night of camp. =) And no, it wasn't like the Law Fac's Royal Simbah at all. Aha.

I personally thought it was funny how everyone moved on with their lives after Restaurant City, as if the event never happened.

Jason took the boys for their BGR session.

 

Marianne took the girls.

Marianne handled the session in a way I've never heard before (and I am a HUGE fan of BGR sessions =P). I won't blog the five pages of notes I wrote for this session - just this:

Our understanding of love should be shaped

by our relationship with God,

based on our understanding of His Word

and of the Gospel.

 

Godly sort of love can't be conjured up by ourselves.

God provides us with the power to love in a godly way.

Godly love should be other-person-centred, not self-centred.

Love isn't just something we get, it's also something we give.

Smarter love is aimed at being blameless and pure.

Seek someone who can lead you towards this kind of love.

And in return, 

Lead him also to holiness.

And,

Besides the usual "does he like me?",

the big question to ask before entering into a relationship,

is,

“Can I see myself married to this man?”

Difference #3: The reason for Restaurant City was explained, that is, to show them what true service is – being the servant of all, and to show them that everyone is wired differently. Service is to serve where you are needed most and where you can give your best. Some were the heads of the crew; others worked with their hands; and still others, gave their hearts for the crew.

Also, the officers apologized for if we offended anyone. (I think this might be one of the biggest differences. Haha.)

As for Roshan’s session – live your life in such a way that at the end of it, you will be able to say:

“Lord, I gave You my life.

I fully trusted You.

I fought the good fight.

Now,

take me home.”

i'm working tomorrow.

I took Stephen's brilliant idea seriously and signed up as a volunteer for the musical.

When I asked the PIC to briefly outline a volunteer's job scope, she gave me a not-so-brief list of duties that went two pages long when I copy-pasted it into Microsoft Word.

My reply:

Wow, this is serious work. 

I'm in! =D

What's wrong with me, you think?

I really want to go to that musical, that's what. (unfortunately, i'm also a young, full-time student)

I've got to commit to at least three shows, so I'll be running around the 8.30pm shows tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

My genius plan:

1. Night #1: Watch the first act and miss the middle and last act.
2. Night #2: Watch the middle act and miss the first and last act.
3. Night #3: Watch the last act and miss the first and second act.

Then at the end of Night #3, I shall piece everything together and go, "OHHHHHHHHH so that's what it was about!"

Smart or not?

I amaze myself sometimes.

from jun ling's blog.

haha.

nscfl camp 2010 - day 2.

Morning

-picture by Kenny Chong-

 daniel busting his YSCF move. (was so lame haha!)

During his sessions, Daniel said something that made me think of my Constitutional Law lectures on freedom of religion in Malaysia. In an attempt to list provisions in the Constitution that have to do with fundamental liberties, I realized that I wasn't sure which article provided for freedom of religion. At that moment, I wished I had the Federal Constitution (FC) with me ('twas in my bag). 

I also thought:

I carry the FC around because people expect me, a law student to know it through and through. 

What about carrying the Bible around?

Why are law students ashamed when they don't know the FC the way they should? 

Because if they don't know the FC, they're lousy law students. 

Why aren't Christians ashamed when we don't know the Bible the way we should?

If we don't know the Bible, or at least try to, what kind of Christians does that make us?

Multimedia Talk

Rudi told this story:

Two young girls went to their Dad and asked him if they could watch a movie that contained just a bit of sexual elements and a bit of violence. They said they'd close their eyes and turn away and begged him to let them watch the movie. Dad told them to come back in an hour.

When they came back, he gave them a cookie each, fresh out of the oven. He said that if they'd eat the cookie, he'd let them watch the movie.

"Oh, but wait - I've gotta tell you that the cookies are mostly butter, flour, milk, eggs, and chocolate. But I added just a bit of dog poop when I baked them. But it's just a bit of dog poop. You won't even taste it."

And... guess if the girls ate the cookies. ^_^

I thought that was a timely reminder for myself - that we should never compromise on certain things, because compromise leads to more compromise, and in the end, we forget where we first started off.

Afternoon

Rachel and I were in charge of Station 5 - Numbers.

 -picture by Kenny Chong-

I felt the competitiveness in the air as the groups strategized and planned their next move for each round.

Here's what the game looks like:

 -picture by Kenny Chong-

Yup. =P

Night

"God doesn't want to be Number One in your life. He wants to be everything in your life." -Roshan-

Because being Number One can mean my life has 70% of God in it.

Being a perfectionist and die-hard worker, I don't think He's being unreasonable at all.

When you give your 100% for something, you often feel like dying, but you also know that you're living the way you were made to live. That's why you feel alive when you give your best.

Because then, you are at your best.

=)

i'm a food person!

LIM teh

air TSEjuk

tauhuHWEI

who says i'm picky about food?

THE BEST!

THANK YOU, BENJAMIN ONG JIA MING!!

T_T

focus.

trying very hard to prioritize my thoughts.

i'm worried about pkv. that's a fact.

but now i've gotta think about my papers and schoolwork first.

first things first -  i gotta go to the loo. ta.

nscfl camp 2010 - day 1.

Because Nokia-san died on me again, words are all I have.

Day 1 saw me walking into a camp by an organization whose only event I've ever attended was the Inter-Generation Carnival 2010 in Malacca. Day 1 also saw me getting lost for an hour on the way to the campsite. 

I met Marianne, a former law senior who left to answer the call to be a full-time worker in church. She didn't recognize me at first, because she thought I was a camper. 

Aha~

In fact, I realized that many campers thought I was a camper. And so they basically ignored me / weren't responsive half the time la. Ah, the price of looking young. =P

Freedom beyond the Red Sea. 

The one thing that struck me from Roshan's talk.

Freedom. 

Freedom is an important word to me. Freedom is something people of my personality lack. 

People like me are judgmental, critical, legalistic, and perfectionists. People like me often step on other people's toes. But people like me are also the hardest on ourselves. 

We judge and criticize ourselves more than we do any other person. 

We impose so many rules on ourselves we can hardly breathe sometimes.

We expect so much perfection from ourselves that we become more imperfect everyday.

But my greatest slave-master has always been anger.

Sometimes I get so angry I'm afraid of myself.

But the fruit of the Spirit is

Love,

Joy,

Peace,

Long-suffering,

Kindness,

Goodness,

Faithfulness,

Gentleness,

Self-control.

 Galatians 5:22

The way I see it, as long as my kind of anger is a problem, I can never have the fruit of the Spirit.

Roshan spoke of freedom from sin. But I also challenged Group Boaz to be free from the other forms of slavery in their lives. 

One thing about being a group leader is that you must embrace the challenges you throw at your group.

I want to be free from...

It may have been their first time saying such a thing, but as I asked myself how many times I'd said it, I fought the urge to wonder what difference it would make this time. 

But I do want to be free. And every time I want something, He does something to test just how much I want it.

"'I want to be free' today; tomorrow, say 'I will be free'," I told them.

But as with all things - all it takes is a little doubt, a little hurt, a little failure, and all is lost.

They thought I was the teacher, but it was God who was teaching us about fear and freedom, and I was as much a student as anybody in the group.

And that was Day 1. 

And then I was so emotionally drained I couldn't do much more than nod and smile at the camp officers' meeting that followed. (ahaha)

the words that get me through the week.

I. Am. A. Scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

I look like a scribe, I feel like a scribe, I talk like a scribe, I work like a scribe.

Most of all, 

My table currently looks like a scribe's table.

How do I know what a scribe's table look like?

Simple.

I. Am. A. Scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

i am a scribe.

do you see what studying does to me?

the one with 110 pages…

…and 115 hearing dates.

i looked at this today,

and i felt a strange feeling of fondness.
o_O


*edit*

"At this time the plaintiff was a young man about 30 years old with no real business experience or knowledge of affairs. In my judgment, the plaintiff is a pleasant and honest young man but rather stupid and extremely gullible. He was, in fact, the very prototype of the lamb waiting to be shorn. And he did not have long to wait."

"The defendant Johnson told him that this company, far from being in credit, had an overdraft of $22,000. The plaintiff says he was stunned. I believe him."

-Per Salmon J in Woods v. Martins Bank

time has stopped since then.

tim lahaye, p.186-7.

After a seminar, a man made a facetious comment, "I thought I married an angel, but soon after our honeymoon I found she wasn't."

A humor-laden Phlegmatic standing nearby spoke up and said, "I can give you three good reasons why you should be glad you didn't marry an angel --

(1) they never have anything new to wear;

(2) they're always up in the air harping on something;

(3) they're sexless!"

rah-rah-rah.

It's amazing how many things have happened since I took up this post. 

Some even happened before I took it up.

And now, another one.

And the dear Minister had to go change the academic calendar nationwide, and can't even confirm it yet, and I suppose he doesn't think it's a problem, but hey - we have student activities to plan ok. Yoh.

Sometimes I think he just wants to beat Najib's Tower but couldn't find a better way to do it.

If all this happens before I even begin my term, I can only imagine what'll come with the term.

Solution?

I'm gonna go buy an anti-shatter re-assembleable vase.

t.h.e. camp 2010.

Nope, not going to write about it just yet. I've an assignment to hand in. Baa.

But I found this on Wiki, that speaks a little about what went on in camp:

"Zach Hunter (born 1991) is an anti-slavery activist. When he was 12 years old, he launched Loose Change to Loosen Chains, a student-led effort to raise awareness and funds to end slavery.When asked why he got involved as an abolitionist at such a young age, Hunter said:

'There are actually 27 million slaves in the world. I was really surprised. And I had all these emotions about it and I wasn't sure what to think about the idea of having modern slavery, you know. 

But I didn't think it was enough to just have emotions.'" 

public international law.

of all my assignments so far, this is the worst.

(1) vague assignment question.
(2) i know nothing about public international law.


yeah. (2) is probably the main reason.

try.

The world is catching up to you
While you're running away
To chase your dream.
It's time for us to make a move
Because we are asking one another to change.

If I walk would you run?
If I stop would you come?
If I say you're the one
Would you believe me?

If I ask you to stay
Would you show me the way?
Tell me what to say
So you don't leave me.

- Asher Book, Try

whee~

Finally handed in my last piece of work as PKV Secretary. Felt productive semacam today. ^_^

Without PKV documents to fuss over (like a mother fussing over her little boy's side-parting), Friday'll be quite empty, except for that Banking tutorial from 11am-1pm. But I don't really hate that tutorial, because it was supposed to be on Monday morning. When I'm in camp. Whee~

Also, was sharply criticized by Ms. Sharon during Monday's Jurisprudence tutorial as presenting a sloppy and lazy analysis. Ouch. And this time I mean OUCH ouch.

taken from Sunday Confessional

But she was right, I guess. Thankfully, unlike a certain other lecturer, this tutor's criticisms inspire me to work harder. So I will work harder. 

I love Jurisprudence. =)

give God your mountain.
-jy-

Father, please take my mountain.
it's really big and i'm really small.

hurt.

glorious day.

Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He's coming
Oh, glorious day
Oh, glorious day.

oh ya, i told Jason (Lim) the three-strands-of-hair joke.

(a guy who had three strands of hair shaved off the middle one - why?)

After the usual labelling of lameness, he replied:

"Hey, there was an episode of The Simpsons where Homer had to take an oath to join the Stonecutters---"

(reproduced below)

Homer

And by the sacred parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of the Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs --

Moe

Um, I think he should have to take a different oath.

Stonecutter Number One

Everyone takes the same oath.

(homer)

cows.

I looked at Chelsea’s cow today.

 

I tried really, really hard to see it for what it really was. I knew what it really was, but I just couldn’t make my eyes see it.

 

 

It wasn’t a sad cow, it was just a cow with it’s horns partially covering its eyes. Baa.

Some people would say: LEBIH.

Such is the attitude towards truth these days.

“Don’t have to know.”

“No need to think so much.”

“Why ask so many questions?”

“Lebih.”

 

Just because things seem that way doesn’t mean they are that way. If the truth isn’t important anymore, then nothing is. If finding the truth is lebih, then we’re no better than one who takes the blue pill in The Matrix.

You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

-Morpheus-

 

Some people find out everything they can about their nation, their state, or their school/workplace, but do nothing to know just a little bit about themselves.

Some people find out everything they can about themselves, but do nothing to know just a little bit about their nation, their state, or their school/workplace.

The first group usually despises the latter group, which is understandable. But what is beyond comprehension is how the first group can never understand why the latter group sometimes despise them in turn.

Why is an important question to ask. What is simply the means to get there.

But of course, not many would agree.

Also:

 

This was taken right after Desmond said: “No! Not again! Don’t take my photo!”

 

Desmond = poser!

my brothers.

#1 Ken to Mum

Mummy, I forgot 2 tell u tat now my phone is full of photos of flowers ect n i bought a small Rm2 cactus n 2 souvenirs n an ice lemon tea n my dinner yesterday which is Rm3 nasi lemak which has egg n other stuff in it. Hehe, it was very nice.

#2 Ken to Mum

We r at d tea farm. Going to leave d. I spent Rm8 yesterday n 2day so far i've spent Rm6 oni which means i've spent a total of Rm14 in this 2 days so far. Woah, i spend so little wan. Hehe. I oni bring Rm20 in my pocket everyday. Hehe. Bye bye mummy.

(The little boy is in Cameron Highlands with his UPSR-free friends)

 

Hwei

Hey is Ken still sick ah?

Shaun

Ya he is. When I came back he was sleeping. I thought he was faking so keep on disturbing until I realized he really sick haha

Jason:

"How come every time I see you, you're working wan? Are you a workaholic?"

Maybe.

I like seeing my planner fill up as the days go by.

I like being on the go.

I like having something to do.

I like looking for something to do when I have nothing to do.

At the same time, I like to procrastinate, I enjoy watching a good cartoon (Avatar the Last Airbender), a good comedy (The Big Bang Theory) and a good clip (How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving Day) every now and then, and I don't seek to do more than I know I can, which is the easiest route to doing nothing at all in the end.

So I guess there's hope for this child.

I'm not really a workaholic in the truest sense, just as a constructive trustee isn't a trustee in the truest sense of the word. 

I'm just someone who likes to accomplish things.

I think that's what we're all built for, because we were made in the image of our Creator, and He accomplishes things.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

God created man in His own image, 

In His image He created him;

Male and female He created them.

God saw all that He had made, 

And it was very good.

- Genesis 1:1, 27, 31 -

And it was very good.

Isn't that exactly how we feel when we do something well?

People say I'm a perfectionist, and I may very well be one. But I think there is a fine line between sloppiness and the bare minimum, one between the average and the good, another between the good and the best, and still another between the best and the perfect.

I don't always strive for what is perfect, because I cannot. I mostly strive for what is best.

But there is One who does all things well. His work is the aspiration of all who have already strove for the best.

---

"Are you the kind who will go back on time when you start work ah?"

"Nope."

here, there, everywhere, and nowhere.

I read something online, where someone was criticising Christianity. 

I think it's fine to have an opinion. In fact, it's healthy. Because if we don't have an opinion... well, just take a look around.

But.

He who alleges must prove.

This fundamental rule in law must also apply in our lives, because law exists to regulate human behaviour.

On the one hand, you say that God/god sucks because good people die early while bad people who killed over 6 million people lived much longer.

On the other, you say that God/god sucks, because He/he/it is supposed to be loving/'loving', but He/he/it created hell.

Now, suppose I don't tell you what's wrong with those two sentences.

Try to think if you can say them in the same breath and not look like you're inviting a defence.

ms sharon: "so... you guys have a Juris test this wednesday, right?"

All

Ya. *groan*

Ms Sharon

Isn't that exciting? *grins*

All

Har~~~ (being one with a dense mind, i really couldn't tell if she was serious)

Ms Sharon

And there's even better news - I'm marking your paper. *grins*

All

HAR~~~~ (we recall the 52%'s and 53% 's we got for the last essay we wrote for her class)

Wilber

Then we'll get 52% again! Traumatized already ah!

Ms Sharon

Oh no, this time you'll realize that the blood of human kindness runs through your lecturer's veins.

Seriously. That's what she said.

I like Ms Sharon. Haha!

Also, I realized that I'm like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory.

I need a sarcasm sign.

Schedule for September 28 - October 3

Sept 28
9.00am -  Public International Law (PIL) tutorial
10.00am - Company Law tutorial
12.00 - 1.50pm - Italian class
2.00 - 4.00pm - Company lecture
4.00 - 6.00pm - Oral Skills for Law II
8.15pm - Bible Study

Sept 29
10.00am - PIL lecture
11.00am - Jurisprudence test
12.00pm - Type LSMUN certs & finish nametags
3.30pm - Go to Lee Hishammuddin

Sept 30
11.00am - Equity tutorial
12.00 - 1.50pm - Italian class
2.00 - 4.00pm - Equity lecture
5.15pm - Law Career Convention Marketing meeting

Oct 1
9.00am - 12.00pm - PIL tutorial
12.30pm - PKV + Collect nomination forms for AGM
8.00pm - PJGH Young Adults CG

Oct 2
? - Law Society Model United Nations thingy
8.00pm? - PJGH Youth Drama thingy (Chen Li designed the flyer! Whee!)

Oct 3
8.30am - PJGH
11.15am - Sunday School (I will go this time!)
1.00pm - Balik tunggu makan malam KFC bersama housemates. =D

And work on Banking assignment which will be due the next day.

Baaaa.

i said i don't like mosquitoes.

Not because I don't like them biting me (I don't like also lah actually), but because a mosquito once flew into sis' ear and it buzzed around in her ear for who knows how long.

(So I sleep with my hair over my ears)

Hooi Ping

Owh. Eee.

Jessica

Yer!

Esmond

Actually the mosquito can fly out the other ear what.


Also, I sat beside Wai Yan with the aim of telling her a lame joke and she asked me one instead:

What do you get when you cross an elephant and a fish?

my father’s world.

A couple of years ago I spent two weeks in Switzerland. Switzerland is known for its beautiful mountains. From my hotel room I could see some of these mountains.

One afternoon, as I was enjoying the beautiful view, a scary thought came to me.

I thought: What if?

What if all these mountains aren’t part of God’s world at all? What if this whole world isn’t God’s world at all? What if the whole world is actually the head of a big giant?

What if the grass the cows are eating on the mountain slopes isn’t grass at all, but hair – hair growing out of the head of a big giant?

What if those cows aren’t cows at all but lice living on the head of this big giant?

What if the mountains I’m looking at aren’t mountains at all, but bumps on the head of this giant?

What if some stars had fallen on this giant’s head so that now he has big bumps on it – bumps that are hurting badly?

And what if suddenly a giant hand would appear out of nowhere and start rubbing those bumps?

And what if, by rubbing those bumps, those hands would kill those cows and smash the hotel I’m in and kill everybody inside?

What if, I thought.

But then I thought:

That cannot be, for this is my Father’s world.

I’m not living on a giant’s head. I’m living in a world that God made.

- John Timmer, Once Upon A Time

Then he quoted the oft-neglected hymn:

This is my Father’s world:

Why should my heart be sad?

The Lord is King, let the heaven’s ring!

God reigns: Let the earth be glad.

I like John Timmer and his simplicity.

I picked this story because of Mark 8:17-21:

"Why are you talking about having no bread?

Do you still not see or understand?

Are your hearts hardened?

Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear?

And don't you remember?

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand,

how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"   

"Twelve," they replied.

"And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand,

how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"

      They answered, "Seven."

He said to them,

"Do you still not understand?"

Do you still not understand?

I like Jesus and His simplicity.

This world is messed up.

I could wish for another world, but that world would be messed up soon too.

We weren’t made to last in this world.

And the world wasn’t made to last.

But as imperfect as this world is,

It is my Father’s world.

That is sufficient.

before i turn in (my earliest in two weeks).

No matter how big our problems are,

Jesus Christ is bigger.

Faith is turning to our mountains

and telling them how big our God is.

The wait may be long,

the inconsistency unbearable,

but our day of rest can, 

and will come.

Based on the story of the leper in Mark 1:40-41 and the story of the father of the demon-possessed boy in Mark 9:21-24.

"Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."

"I am willing. Be clean!"

"If You can do anything, take pity on us and help us."

"'If you can?' Everything is possible for him who believes."

"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"

 

I sangat suka itu leper punya story.

I recently took an interest in the story of the desperate father.

"If You are willing"

"If You can"

He is always willing,

and He always can.

It is my unbelief that must give way.

Help me overcome my unbelief.