Blankedie blank!

I was getting late for work after reading Esther..., plus, just not sure what to say on today's blog.

My mind is pretty blanked today..., just as my attempt to write lyrics. ;)

So far, this is all I have...

(Verse)
When I was young I was joyful
As I grew up it turned to sorrow
The more that I know, the more I don't know
Why am I here? Where will I go?

Then you came into my life
And life became full of delight
The more I deny, the more I can't hide...

about the way I feel ... towards you... deep inside!!!

(Chorus)
With you...

'Cause you are with me...

雅 比 斯, WELL...

This weekend wife finished recording her 3rd song..., hopefully we can finish the 4th and last song before Jacob leaves the US for good... well, will Jacob leave the US for good? Hope not. May God open doors for him... and may God help us finish the lyrics for thise 4th song in time...

Pastor Jim also talked about Jabez's prayer(1 Chronicles 4:10):
甚 願 你 賜 福 與 我 ， 擴 張 我 的 境 界 ， 常 與 我 同 在 ， 保 佑 我 不 遭 患 難 ， 不 受 艱 苦 。

Jabez's birth caused a lot of pain for his mom. Jabez means pain. Pastor Jim said that often we can get stupid nicknams... based on what other expect of us. But we certainly don't have to live based on other people's expectations... or even our low expectations of ourselves. God can certainly help us out if we really want to. Jabez is the guy who really wanted it... and so God paid special attention on him. (God paused and specifically mentioned him in more detail in the middle of the genealogy section!!!)

Well, last night, we expanded our horizons by making sushi for the first time! It wasn't too bad! Wife gained a bit more weight last nite cause she had probably never eaten so much rice in her life! ;) Yes, with God's help, I Rebuilt the Temple (wife's body) with my sushis! ;)

I also wanted to put something I heard over the radio in the blog, but I kept on forgetting... that's something I heard over the radio from Pastor Greg... about how we can tell if we are well...

1) Are we WORSHIPPERS?
2) Are we EVANGELISTS?
3) Are we LEARNING?
4) Are we LOVING?

Are we WELL? Just ask ourselves these 4 questions. Now that I've learned how to make sushi, guess I have to go learn something else new... ;)

I praise and thank You again!

Yeah, this morning I wrote a blog praising and thanking God for allowing us to have another successful bible study with my parents. Unfortunately when I pressed the post button, Windows Explorer went under attack by satan and crashed on me!!!

But no worries, I'm here prasing and thanking God again! Halleluja!!! :D

Yes, last nite's bible study wasn't as dramatic as our previous one. Nobody cried or anything like that, but my parents also debated with me less, they were at least asking genuine questions instead of just arguing!

Anyway, as great as it was, these kind of sessions have always been hard on the wife. She couldn't sleep well the nite before, not sure if it was entirely due to our late nite discussion or perhaps the anxiety of our up coming bible study meeting with my parents. She probably felt like Daniel getting ready to be thrown into the lion's den!!! When she's out of the "lion's den" last nite, she even lost a couple of pounds afterwards!!! Not because the lion bit off a couple of pounds, but her anxiety caused her to lose weight!

But God is gracious and He planned everything in advance!!! Wife was complaining about her weight gain earlier. She just couldn't understand how she gained a couple of pounds of weight when she hasn't been eating that much...

And now, I guess she's even. God knew she'd lose weigh, so He allowed her to gain some weigh earlier. In the end, it all works out wonderfully!

Like I said, thanks, my Lord! :D

Integrity and flexibility

Last night wife and I had a pretty long discussion of the differences between integrity and flexibility and how they are different. Being flexible, doesn't mean one has to compromise one's integrity... and having integrity, doens't mean one must be inflexible.

A person with integrity problem is a person who generally cannot be trusted. If you know a person who has acted fraudulently against others, chances are, this person will probably act fraudulently against you someday. A person with integrity problem will cause others to have a hard time of trusting him because others would know that this fraudulent person just might do anything for personal gain... I see integrity as essentially something that keeps us from sinning against God.

While flexibility is just being flexible. Main purpose of being flexible is probably to please others. But of course it's important for people who tend to be more flexible to have some integrity. We most certainly don't have to rob a bank for someone we love! ;) I simply believe that as long as something is legal, or something that is not sinful in God's eye, then I can be flexible about it. As long as the job is done... as long as we get to our destination, I don't really care how it's done... or how we get there. We don't have to be so structured, so inflexible to insist doing things in my own way.

I do have a very flexible personality, and sometimes wife can end up seeing me as having no integrity, of course I disagree with that, but I suppose I can see how she sees it that way. We all have our reasons and ways of doing things... who's right and who's wrong? God knows. ;)

Today's reading was about fall of Jerusalem, in it, it did talk about how wicked man will die for his sins, but if he repents(regains his integrity), then he'll be saved. It also talked about how a righteous man somehow end up doing wicked things... and if he doesn't not repent(losing his integrity), then he'll surely die. Flexibility is more of a sign of love..., if you love somebody, you will tend to be more flexible. Some might even go to the extreme of doing evil for the ones that they love. But of course we need to make sure we don't become too flexible to the point of compromising our integrity. God had actually been pretty 'flexible' when it comes to treating the stubborn Jews, God didn't judge them right away, God was hoping that people would soon turn from their evil..., but inevitably, Jews continual integrity problem led to their own destruction.

May God help us maintain our integrity for Him, and help us have more flexibility to tolerate other people in love.

回頭

共和黨已經決定了總統候選人,共和黨的基督徒輸了... 民主黨到現在還搞不定... 我是比較喜歡"黑人",因為他是基督徒... 不過願神的旨意成全! 願最適合美國的候選人當選! 願神也眷顧台灣的選舉...

今天有讀到了好多神的警告/預言... 不過神也很清楚的說祂也是位施行拯救的神!

我們的生命短暫,很多時後當下得卻是看不到惡人受逞罰,甚至更看不到神施行拯救... 不過當我們回頭看歷史,真的就可看出神的作為真的是奇妙可畏. 我們回頭看自己的過去想必也是一樣... 當下覺得沒什麼,甚至可能還會想生氣,可是回想起來,真的就是有很多可以感謝祂的事情...

是的,願人們都能過回頭看見神,這也是祂老人家所希望的看到的! ;)

摩西吸毒...

摩西吸毒:一位以色列教授發表的結論...,不知到這位弟兄為什麼著麼討厭自己國家的宗教?

今天有讀到約西亞(Josiah),裡面又提到神要怎樣處罰以色列... LOST裡面也有提到Josiah的故事... LOST 也還提過詩篇23... 不曉得寫LOST的作家是不是基督徒...

希望以色列大部分的人都不是像那教授一樣,希望我們都能有那悔改的心,像Josiah年輕時一樣...

LOST

週末的時候還看了超多LOST的... 目前跟老婆的共同喜好大概就是看這個電視節目了吧! ;)

再來大概就是品嘗新口味,我會喜歡亂做些東西吃... 因該做的還可以吧... 所以害的老婆肥了2磅!!! ;)

Pastor Jim 這禮拜講到我們該如何等候神... 如何能夠有多一點的遠見! 犯罪當然有好處,只不過好處通常沒有想像的那麼好,而且到後來一定是禍患無窮!

這禮拜我們又拉到了Jack來教會.老婆很訝異他會願意跟我們來教會連續兩個禮拜... 我是覺得沒設麼大不了的... 反正愛來就來,不愛來拉到! ;) 他跟Nancy也是一樣,反正我們能做的就是帶他認識耶穌跟Nancy,再進一步的交往就得看他自己的意願了...

今天讀了神安慰以色列的話:

Isaiah 55
1 你 們 一 切 乾 渴 的 都 當 就 近 水 來 ； 沒 有 銀 錢 的 也 可 以 來 。 你 們 都 來 ， 買 了 吃 ； 不 用 銀 錢 ， 不 用 價 值 ， 也 來 買 酒 和 奶 。
2 你 們 為 何 花 錢 （ 原 文 是 平 銀 ） 買 那 不 足 為 食 物 的 ？ 用 勞 碌 得 來 的 買 那 不 使 人 飽 足 的 呢 ？ 你 們 要 留 意 聽 我 的 話 就 能 吃 那 美 物 ， 得 享 肥 甘 ， 心 中 喜 樂 。

願Jack能夠做個聰明的投資... ;)