Friday, April 11th, 2008
I was reminded yesterday at the Embassy, that if God is not the cornerstone of our life – then everything we achieve and do will be pointless cause God can take it all away just as easily as you have gained it.If I plan out the next seven years of my life, (which has already been done before) laying out a step-by-step plan on how I will get to my final career goal, before asking if this is really what God wants me to do – then it is pointless. I can be trying, trying and trying; but God can take it all away and prevent it from happening.
So the last shall be first, and the first last.
– Matthew 20:16
Following God and putting Him first usually sounds like the most ridiculous thing ever, cause usually it leads you away from what you’ve planned. It usually means you have to give up your material wealth, give up the cushy more high-paying jobs, give up the quicker-faster-more direct route to success. But our plans is not God’s plans, and if we follow Him, I can promise you that it will be that much more rewarding in the end. And we will reach a destination that has been secured to us, by God; and we will stand firm – unwaivering in the midst of this crazy world.
God will refine us, challenge us, and grow us in the right ways. So that when we do reach the end – we can stand victorious and know that God has provided for our every need.
I mean, how much worse would you feel if you finally got to where you wanted to be, and God took it all away the next day? I bet pretty darn awful.
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
– Mark 8:36 (Luke 17:33)
So commit to making God your cornerstone in life, and trust that He is faithful. Even if it means throwing away those idols/distractions in your life.
Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday.
– Psalm 37:3-6
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
The early twenties are marked by setting a life direction or forming a dream. It’s the time of firming up values and deciding what is important related to career, family, and interpersonal relationships.This vision that is forming will probably govern life for the next twenty years.
Life in the early twenties is marked with many changes because of the forming dream. This is when most people marry, start a family, and start careers.During the twenties time is often regarded in a future sense. A lot of life is yet to be lived. People are able to put up with limitations because they expect the future to be better.
The thinking of the twenties is quite black-and-white. Everything has easy, precise answers. Life is very busy, but it hasn’t become terribly complex yet. The early adult years are marked by hope, a futuristic outlook, a fairly clear-cut dream, and a great deal of energy.
I think I’m off to a good start. I’m officially one year into my productive twenties, scary to think I’ll be buying a house, marrying someone, and choosing my career all within the next ten years.
But someone’s told me 30′s are the new 20s… we’ll see if thats true
Friday, April 4th, 2008
when I was born, I cost my parents a brand new car – I thanked them by crying for a year
when I was one, I thought they loved my brother more than I did, and I thanked them by causing a ruckus
when I was two, I thanked my parents by saying I loved my grandpa more than them
when I was three, I thanked them by causing them to immigrate
when I was four, I thanked my dad and made him make negative income to put me through school
when I was five, I thanked my parents by ruining their furniture, by inventing dozens of games that featured it as the final stage of an ellaborate (yet creative) game
when I was six, I thanked my parents by learning how to bully my siblings
when I was seven, my mom would help me bake cakes for the class on my birthday, I thanked her by telling her she’d embarrass me at school
when I was eight, I thanked my parents by costing them a fortune in plumbing repairs when I embarked on a silly arts and crafts project
when I was nine, I thanked my parents and got myself kicked out of two tutoring sessions by flashing my cocky attitude around
when I was ten, my parents bought me a piano and I thanked them by telling them I hated practicing (and stopped altogether)
when I was eleven, I thanked my parents by making them my personal driver without ever saying thanks
when I was twelve, I asked my parents for allowance and thanked them by telling them it wasn’t enough
when I was thirteen, my dad bought me a computer game and I thanked them by skipping out on family dinners to play it
when I was fourteen, my parents lined up hours to get me into mando school and I thanked them by flunking the course and telling them I hated chinese
when I was fifteen, I moved to highschool and thanked them by bombing my academic year
when I was sixteen, parents got the kids brand new computers for the house and I thanked them by stealing the best ones and passing down the old ones
when I was seventeen, I thanked my parents by giving them a heart attack (not literally) trying to get me into University
when I was eighteen, I waved good by and thanked them by never phoning home
when I was nineteen, I thanked my mom by commutting less frequently to home
when I was twenty, I flew half way across the world and thanked them by asking for a vacation
when I turned twenty-one, ……..
I remembered to thank them for everything they’ve done up till now, but I dont think words are enough to express what I feel. Today isn’t the day to mark the celebration of my birthday, but a day to celebrate all the things my parents have done to bring me this far in my life.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
You Are An ENTP
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 The Visionary – You are charming, outgoing, friendly.
You make a good first impression. You possess good negotiating skills and can convince anyone of anything.
Happy to be the center of attention, you love to tell stories and show off. You’re very clever, but not disciplined enough to do well in structured environments.
In love, you see everything as a grand adventure. You enjoy taking risks for love.And if things don’t work out, you’re usually not too much worse for the wear!
You would make a great entrepreneur, marketing executive, or actor.At work, you need a lot of freedom to pursue your own path and vision.
How you see yourself: Analytical, creative, and peaceful |
“Clever” is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best. The professor who juggles half a dozen ideas for research papers and grant proposals in his mind while giving a highly entertaining lecture on an abstruse subject is a classic example of the type. So is the stand-up comedian whose lampoons are not only funny, but incisively accurate.
ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue–both for its own sake, and to show off their often-impressive skills. They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil’s advocate. They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don’t understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport.
ENTPs are as innovative and ingenious at problem-solving as they are at verbal gymnastics; on occasion, however, they manage to outsmart themselves. This can take the form of getting found out at “sharp practice”–ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it’s expedient — or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of “toys”–physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones.
ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determin- ation.) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.
In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are capable of bonding very closely and, initially, suddenly, with their loved ones. Some appear to be deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who’ve only seen their professional side. ENTPs are also good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. Aside from those two areas, ENTPs tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience — good, bad, or potential.
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
– 1st Timothy 4:12
For me, it is an all too familiar sight, where people my age are constantly dismissed when taking on larger ministry opportunities because we are young. Especially in the more traditional cultures, (aka the asian culture) elders seem to hold all the authority, whereas youth hold little or no say in anything.
When we (ppl my age) want to teach Sunday school, we told that we are not mature enough and should try children’s ministry. When we want to hold workshops, we have to leap over hurdles and steeples in order to show that we do have something to say. And when we want to guest speak or share publicly in-front of our peers, it seems like we have to get a pastoral degree before we’ll get a chance.
But why? Why is it like that?
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