Looking up into the future!

DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) sponsored dirt-road robot races in 2004 and 2005, but this year's urban challenge is much harder... requiring robo-cars to obey all California traffic laws! Anyway, Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh won first place and $2 million! Stanford and Virginia Tech came in 2nd and 3rd. Development of these robot drivers are meant to eventually drive military supply vehicles so that no human soldiers had to risk their lives making deliveries on the frontline. Also, hopefully eventually it can drive us commercially... perhaps making the roads even safer! But of course, I'd still rather drive my car myself... unless if I'm really sleepy or something.

Anyway, over the weekend, once again, we didn't do much, but we did quite a bit at home though! I think we can stop going out to have shabu-shabu now! We can have it better and cheaper at home!!!! Our home is also slowly looking more and more like a home now! Other than a bed frame, I think we pretty much got everything covered! You can check out my wife's blog for detail pics! ;)

On Sunday, it's pretty cool to run into Howard at church. Wonder what's up with him and that girl..., hopefully he'll be able to take that girl to Jesus! ;) Anyway, last Sunday's sermon is again hero related. How Jesus are unlike other superheros... that he can arrive seemingly 'late', but still save the day!!! One thing that caught my attention was Pastor Jim's explaining of Jesus raising Lazarous. Most of us would focus our attention on the problem(at that tomb where Lazarous is), but only Jesus would actually look up to his Father!

How many Christians can really do that? To simply look up when problem arises... and not with an attitude of denial of problem of course, but to actually face the problem, and then look up to see the 'invisible' God! Today's scripture reading was about Peter... and it's also encouraging:

1 Peter 1
5 你 們 這 因 信 蒙 神 能 力 保 守 的 人 ， 必 能 得 著 所 預 備 、 到 末 世 要 顯 現 的 救 恩 。
6 因 此 ， 你 們 是 大 有 喜 樂 ； 但 如 今 ， 在 百 般 的 試 煉 中 暫 時 憂 愁 ，
7 叫 你 們 的 信 心 既 被 試 驗 ， 就 比 那 被 火 試 驗 仍 然 能 壞 的 金 子 更 顯 寶 貴 ， 可 以 在 耶 穌 基 督 顯 現 的 時 候 得 著 稱 讚 、 榮 耀 、 尊 貴 。
8 你 們 雖 然 沒 有 見 過 他 ， 卻 是 愛 他 ； 如 今 雖 不 得 看 見 ， 卻 因 信 他 就 有 說 不 出 來 、 滿 有 榮 光 的 大 喜 樂 ；
9 並 且 得 著 你 們 信 心 的 果 效 ， 就 是 靈 魂 的 救 恩 。

Lord Jesus is the Super Hero of Super Heros! ;)

(Matthew 26:20-75,1 Peter 1-2)