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my way, or YOURS?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9
Yesterday, i was talking to crystal at sports(my brother and daniel's korean friend.). She was very friendly and cute, and somehow, couldnt run out of things to talk about. Which is a good thing (at least for me) because i would have run out of stuffs to talk about in quite a short time. Hehe. x) Anyway, we talked. And she said that she's the only child in the family, and her mum's birthday is on the 5th next month, so she has to go back to korea before that. Then she said she is a 'bad' daughter, because her mum is alone at home in korea (her dad passed away, and her other relatives live quite far from them). She told me that she prayed and asked God to let her get married before her mum turned 70 (which is going to happen next month). At first, i thought she was just joking with me. But then she continued. She said
"I started praying this in 2004. But now i'm still single. No boyfriend..." (but she was still so smiley and all lah. heh.)
I was like, "huh?". I suddenly felt like, erm.. 'sorry' for her, you can say. Its 2008 now. She has been praying for four years. Perhaps it was one of her greatest wish? Maybe. ? You see, her closest kin is her mum, and her mum's closest kin is her. She wants to get married for her mum (what she says lah..), then her husband can help take care of her mum too (something like that.).
To her, perhaps it is the best decision to get married. Maybe many others, or many of us will agree as well...? Well, it does SEEM like a great decision. Right? Besides, which girl would not want to get married?
BUT, does God think so? She prayed for four years leh. No one knows.. Maybe God has other plans? Or, maybe its just not time yet? God IS God. Whatever he has in plan, WILL be good. Right? He knows the past, present and future anyway. He controls time. Of course his plans will be best.
but what if WE dont think so?
Hehehe. I suppose that will be man's folly ba? To think that the plans i have for myself will work out better. I can see where it leads to, anyway, right? I cant see where YOUR plans are leading to. I dont know what will be the next step, how is it that YOUR plans will be better?
I guess it just brings us back to the basic, trust in God. Trusting that what he has in store WILL be good, that he knows better than us.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
And even IF, for whatever reason, things dont go really right, or dont go really well.. I know that we still will always have a reason to praise Him.
:)
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"sorry"
How much does this word cost you?
Your everything?
Your pride?
Or just, nothing much?
Recently, i've come to realize how much it costs to some, and how much it means to some. In a matter of 5 hours in school, i've heard these two sentences, one from a teacher, one from a friend:
"You all owe me an apology."
"I want her to say sorry to me."
Although both of them said it in a rather smiley way, i know they meant it.
Is it really important that others say sorry? Or is it more important that WE take the first step to just say "I'm sorry." (even if we are not in the wrong), or maybe to even just forgive silently? Is it really that important that we have to hear others who have wronged/hurt us, admit their wrong to us? Is it that important that "i am right, you are wrong"? Does it even matter? .......
For me, i think it doesnt really matter whether i owe you an apology, or whether you owe me a 'sorry'. All that matters, is that whatever that was broken is restored, or is beggining to restore.
SORRY
How much does it cost you?
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just a thought.
"Yucks. Faker."
"Yucks. Liar."
"Yucks. Show-off."
"Yucks. Gossiper."
"Yucks. Hidung tinggi fella."
"Yucks. Attention seeker."
"Yucks. Wannabe."
"Yucks. People pleaser."
"Yucks. Super irritating loh."
"Yucks, yucks, yucks."
Haven't we caught ourselves pointing our fingers at people, saying or thinking these things at times? I have. I was thinking about the pastor mike thing that day. And realized how much humans are selfish with this thing called grace. Yet we seldom realise that it is because of grace, we are alive.
Can you imagine if Jesus actually chose to say "Yucks. SINNERS." ?
Haha. Let us who have no sin, throw the first stone. Yay. =)
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my way, or YOURS?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9
Yesterday, i was talking to crystal at sports(my brother and daniel's korean friend.). She was very friendly and cute, and somehow, couldnt run out of things to talk about. Which is a good thing (at least for me) because i would have run out of stuffs to talk about in quite a short time. Hehe. x) Anyway, we talked. And she said that she's the only child in the family, and her mum's birthday is on the 5th next month, so she has to go back to korea before that. Then she said she is a 'bad' daughter, because her mum is alone at home in korea (her dad passed away, and her other relatives live quite far from them). She told me that she prayed and asked God to let her get married before her mum turned 70 (which is going to happen next month). At first, i thought she was just joking with me. But then she continued. She said
"I started praying this in 2004. But now i'm still single. No boyfriend..." (but she was still so smiley and all lah. heh.)
I was like, "huh?". I suddenly felt like, erm.. 'sorry' for her, you can say. Its 2008 now. She has been praying for four years. Perhaps it was one of her greatest wish? Maybe. ? You see, her closest kin is her mum, and her mum's closest kin is her. She wants to get married for her mum (what she says lah..), then her husband can help take care of her mum too (something like that.).
To her, perhaps it is the best decision to get married. Maybe many others, or many of us will agree as well...? Well, it does SEEM like a great decision. Right? Besides, which girl would not want to get married?
BUT, does God think so? She prayed for four years leh. No one knows.. Maybe God has other plans? Or, maybe its just not time yet? God IS God. Whatever he has in plan, WILL be good. Right? He knows the past, present and future anyway. He controls time. Of course his plans will be best.
but what if WE dont think so?
Hehehe. I suppose that will be man's folly ba? To think that the plans i have for myself will work out better. I can see where it leads to, anyway, right? I cant see where YOUR plans are leading to. I dont know what will be the next step, how is it that YOUR plans will be better?
I guess it just brings us back to the basic, trust in God. Trusting that what he has in store WILL be good, that he knows better than us.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
And even IF, for whatever reason, things dont go really right, or dont go really well.. I know that we still will always have a reason to praise Him.
:)
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"sorry"
How much does this word cost you?
Your everything?
Your pride?
Or just, nothing much?
Recently, i've come to realize how much it costs to some, and how much it means to some. In a matter of 5 hours in school, i've heard these two sentences, one from a teacher, one from a friend:
"You all owe me an apology."
"I want her to say sorry to me."
Although both of them said it in a rather smiley way, i know they meant it.
Is it really important that others say sorry? Or is it more important that WE take the first step to just say "I'm sorry." (even if we are not in the wrong), or maybe to even just forgive silently? Is it really that important that we have to hear others who have wronged/hurt us, admit their wrong to us? Is it that important that "i am right, you are wrong"? Does it even matter? .......
For me, i think it doesnt really matter whether i owe you an apology, or whether you owe me a 'sorry'. All that matters, is that whatever that was broken is restored, or is beggining to restore.
SORRY
How much does it cost you?
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just a thought.
"Yucks. Faker."
"Yucks. Liar."
"Yucks. Show-off."
"Yucks. Gossiper."
"Yucks. Hidung tinggi fella."
"Yucks. Attention seeker."
"Yucks. Wannabe."
"Yucks. People pleaser."
"Yucks. Super irritating loh."
"Yucks, yucks, yucks."
Haven't we caught ourselves pointing our fingers at people, saying or thinking these things at times? I have. I was thinking about the pastor mike thing that day. And realized how much humans are selfish with this thing called grace. Yet we seldom realise that it is because of grace, we are alive.
Can you imagine if Jesus actually chose to say "Yucks. SINNERS." ?
Haha. Let us who have no sin, throw the first stone. Yay. =)
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