We're worth more than many Sparrows

What did JESUS do?

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak.....
I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage.On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright.
I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?"
"Just some old birds," came the reply.
What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.
"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered.
I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time."
But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was silent for a moment.
How much do you want for those birds, son?"
Huh??!!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
How much?" the pastor asked again.
The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was
gone. The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot.
Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free........

Well, that explained the empty bird cage
on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.....

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting.
Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
What are you going to do with them?"Jesus asked.
Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and k i l l each other.
I'm really gonna have fun!"
And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.
Oh, I'll K i l l 'em," Satan glared proudly.
How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.
Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"
How much? He asked again.
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."
Jesus said, "DONE!"
Then He paid the price.
The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit........

Notes:
Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also believes" in God).

Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people
think twice about sharing.

Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many
on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to
them.

Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me.


I will leave you with this scripture
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who soever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Take the easy yoke and bear the light burden

Three days since I'm back in P.J. and life is 'back to square one'. 10 days of being a rather useless (and aimless) guy in Ipoh and I have to say I'm really having such a 'cultural shock' back here. Just the thought of the loads of work awaiting me is terrifying. And after just 2 days, I have to confessed I was overwhelmed. College, Christian Fellowship, prayer meetings, committee meetings, mooting competition... you name it. Well, it's rather obvious how much sleep I've been getting.

In times like this, the flesh and the mind are weakest. I guess the 'thorns of life' (see Jesus' parable on the sower) are catching up and at times of these, I really need to turn to Him MORE for MORE of Him, as the thorns might 'eat me up'.

Despite that, things have been tougher. Guess what? My superb confidence on my contract paper was crushed. An hour or two ago, i was still in self-denial. I DOn't deserve only a PASS for that effort I put in!!! And why is life so unfair anyway?

Answer: Thank God its Holy Week. It is in this time that I really get the much needed reminder of God's great LOVE. And I was really reminded that I (or we) in fact don't deserve anything in our life. We are, I would say, 'super wicked' people. Rebelling and sinning doesn't result in life, but death. We all should've been cursed! I don't deserve what I am and where I am at the moment. But God came, and the Emmanuel changed it all. God is Good. Albeit that, I shall really put in more effort, His name should be glorified.

I would say that God is really the wisest among the wisest. Who else could strike me like that? I really want to commit my life back to Him this Easter season. I'm taking up the cross and following Jesus. Despite the suffering I foresee, I know that:

Jesus said, " Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am
humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy,
and the burden I give you is light."

Matthew 11:28-30

What a Friend We Have in Jesus!

Well, it's not the expected entry but I don't feel comfortable just placing it in my heart and stressing it out. So, I might as well just leave a few words here (rather my complains actually).

Not really such a BIG thing actually, but I was quite put down by my bunch of friends this afternoon for not attending an 'appointment'. Some of them didn't even bothered calling (or they called after the thing started)! I was alone(there should be at least 4). My time is precious too. I don't know if my complains are really valid or even worthy to be bothered, but there's definitely a deep disappointment in me. And I have to confess- in my mind, I was cursing those b******s. Sorry, Jesus; sorry, Friends.

As always, I know (deep in me) that God wanted me to learn something. And I'm still trying to paint the whole picture. But these are the 'rough scetches' I was able to draw:

1)God gave us friends, as companions, not as refuge.
2)In this world, God is the only One who will not let us down, whatever the circumstances.
3)Be patient even when a big disappointment stares straight at your face (I really wanted to message them and scold them, but thank God I didn't).
4)God is always building us in our suffering.

God works in wonderful, unseen ways and I'm actually feeling better after typing this blog. HE IS GOOD. I'm convince 101%.

One last thing: Still love you all very much, pals... despite today.

What's for lunch tomorrow?

The good news
A wholesome meal.


...And the bad news

They cause cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure...


"Lord, may my days on earth be long..."

Was Noah too scared of the dinosaurs? 

Of course Heaven is better... 

(concrete) Forest reserve in Bukit Cahaya 

Malaysia - Truly Asia

In a very brief statement, let me make a confession: I love Malaysia. It's really such a wonderful country with wonderful scenaries (looking forward to Redang in May) and more lovely people (gosh, C*** Yee's sooooooooo pleasant to the eye!). My home country is really the next best thing to erm... heaven(?), or more down-to-earthly, France.

However (haha, you just knew it, rite?) the FACTS suggest the contrary. Look at Bukit Cahaya (interpreted as the 'shiny hill' and it's really shiny now without the hills) or the dirty toilets or the awfully, corrupted officers- Malaysia, truly Asia?

And today, the issue of RESULTS is once again highlighted. Why people who deserve something don't get what they deserve? Why do people weep for that 0.01 aggregate that they missed for the STPM*? ANd most importantly, Malaysia's education system sucks to the deepest sense because it's really about getting perfect scores, and not the knowledge. Have we missed the big picture? Didn't anyone tell them that wisdom, honesty and maturity are much more important in the real world? Forget about the FAIRNESS, but are we even there yet in terms of transparency and freedom of choice?

Well, I'm too tired to go on but the conclusion from today's blog entry is this: We want to be perfect but we can't because we chose not to be from the start (see Genesis 3). Therefore, let us just look to the future (and to God, the perfect One) with hope that in our imperfection, good can be produced.

p/s: Sorry my dear country, you're still great despite the people in you who screwed big time.


*STPM- Public examination in Malaysia equivalent to the A-levels.

Can a sim be sick?

This is not me. God did not create me by this method.



Argh... the sore throat's killing me. Must be that Kit Kat bar that worsened the condition.

But on a lighter note, my gastric pain is actually better now (Hallelujah!). God is Good. He'd probably be so good at playing the Sims 2, but then again He might suck- He let his sims make their own choices (remember how the fire used to kill those miserable simmys in the Sims 1, haha). But anyway, it's a joke of course.

Was browsing through the Sims 2 website just now. It just fascinates me to see so many people devoting their time and effort playing a game controlling an artificial person (ya, they call them their 'sim'). If you've played it, you'd know. Their names, race, gender, PERSONALITY... Come on, get some life, friends! You can't even fix your own screwed-up life.

Enough of the criticisms. TO tell you the truth, I played The Sims too... hahahaha.. Well, think of it this way, it's just a game. Releasing tension, entertainment etc. And on a more serious note, hope the gamers do learn a thing or 2 about life while playing it.

Just one more thing, why do those sims NEVER GET SICK?!

WOMBATS next 15 months. 

The Miracle Pill

I know I shouldn't be blogging now. I actually do have better things to do and even better reasons not to ANYTHING. Well, it's been more than 3 days now since I went into this condition termed 'sick'. Believe me, I'm actually better, in fact I should be fully recovered by now if it wasn't for me eating too little for the past 2 days (and eating too much for the past week). Why? Because my gastric pains are recurring.

Life is really dimmer than usual, be it my physical sufferings and well, psychologically too. My mind tends to wonder, ponder, think too much, it freaks me sometimes. And as you might have suspected, I've been wondering recently why i'm such a weak guy. Allow me to elaborate- I fall sick almost every 3 months. Though I see many of my friends falling sick almost every other months, they are girls (no offence to the ladies out there). Anyway, my point here is, I'm super weak physically.

Physical aside, I'm actually really weak spiritually too, as much as I hate to admit that. There's such a gap there- stuffs like prayer, Word, wisdom... There were times in which my pride interferes and makes me think I'm a 'righteous' person, well, those were just good lies that makes me trip and fall. Here's the truth (and the bomb):I'm super poor spiritually.

I'm not humble, nor am I self-condemning. Just my way to draw you to the conclusion I've made. Some time ago, I got this thought, whether it be from myself or from the Spirit, this I put it down: God works through our weaknesses. When we feel 'strong', we don't need God; if we admit that we are weak, our great creator God can pour down His grace and strength abundantly in our beings.

³¹Jesus answered them,"It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." -Luke 5:31

Have you been Not.Weak.blog-ing lately?

Not.Weak.blog is for the reader who is looking for strength amidst of the already scientifically-recognized weaknesses humanoids (yes, that's us) are facing. This is not a remedy. It's a source. Source of finding the source of strength.

Many times we humans....... <>
We all hate long-winded-jargon-filled explainations. Save your strength, pals.

For When I'm weak, then I am strong...

-Paul