so i found out i get to go to japan for free in the sep/oct holidays... some government scholarship that our skool won...and 8 of us are going over there, im so bad at japanese but luckily i still got offered to go...which is sweet. they'll be visiting here first sometime in july so that'll be cool too.. hasn't suck in yet really.
got home on friday arvo with a sense of unfulfilment, or like i had wasted my week away. pretty true i think. going to do something about it.
relationship topic at youth, was interesting. nothing overly shocking and good stuff to take on board... wish itd been a little more biblical based tho
won football again today... wow it feels weird to win so often =]
so what about stuff that matters...kingdom news..
well one thing I've been taking account of recently is perspective...or lack of perspective.
the worlds are pretty messed up place but i definitely don't live like I'm fighting for it half the time..more than half... a lot of the time. i mean, if u guys watch the news or read the paper... or maybe seen INJUSTICE (theres too much of it) first hand, u know theres people out there who'd dream for a life we have but we live a lifestyle thats an insult to their creation
yet we wah about school..exams..homework, not taking in to account ppl who'd do anything for the opportunities....
we sook about relationships (oh man all the time), we go out and drink... have sex and talk about such stupid stuff, making use of what we think the world has to offer... where other ppl value and cling on to life not knowing their future...yet still not idiotic enough to jeopardize their health and dignity for that matter :S
btw i hate alcohol. im sick of seeing ppl around me go down the wrong path..way too many. hurts doesn it.
so lets live life with perspective ey? not life with a one eye-d naive 1 dimensional
view that makes no impact or doesn't takes any course of action which actually means something for the future..or maybe eternity? make a difference...be different but humble.. God blesses the humble for they'll be exalted....the exalted will be humbled.
in Christ
Friend, it's getting late, we should be going
We have sat here beneath these flickering neons for hours.
While I am cracking their code, you are deciphering me
For I am a mystery, I am a locked room in a tall tower.
Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?
Oh did you see the stars colliding? Shining just to show,
We belong.
We belong.
Your telescope eyes see everything clearly
My vision is blurred but I know what I herd
Echoing all around.
Well I am telling you and you are deciphering me.
Not such a mystery, not such a faint and far away sound.
Its love, its love that holds us
We will be alright
Its truth, its truth that shows us
As we walk in this life.
brooke fraser. true inspiration!
http://www.myspace.com/brookefraser
posted by Andrew @ 11:16 PM
6 Comments:
in regards to the world, if it hurts, so pray about it, intercede for the lost
don't see it as just "you" who's out to make a difference, you know there are millions of christians out there, pray that we all can make a difference as well
don't hold out as if everything counts on your faith alone
it sounds like you're complicating things a lot, or that things are a lot complicated for you
faith isn't meant to be complex
you only need faith the size of a mustard seed
Matthew 17:20
if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you
is it complicating things or is it trying seeing the big picture? theres a point of overthinking tho haha...agreed!
but yeh... didn't expect anyone to read haha, it was to try to spur myself..and whoever read it, to really make an effort to be different. (if they aren't already, you're right agen tho...was thinking really signle mindedly!)
thx for reading bro:)
hows your week been so far? lol we can just gmail it here hah
yeah - you can think hard about stuff, i suppose there is no harm
but this is what i thought about when i read through that passage last year - i could be wrong, so correct me
i wondered "...what would have or could have gone through the disciple's heads, when they tried to figure out why they couldn't cast out the demon from the boy? why they couldn't make a difference / hence save him or whatever"
they could have come up with all these (complex) reasons to themselves like - "maybe the kid was immoral hence he is cursed with this demon! - maybe his parents are immoral etc.! - he must be worldy etc.! blah blah blah yaddy yada yada..... this is probably/maybe why we can't do anything - so let's go see what Jesus says about this"
his reply "you just need faith the size of a mustard seed"
if they couldn't let alone do anything for one person - then it made me think what does that say about me/other people when we talk about millions
so... simple faith - how do we grasp it? a chapter later Jesus says - if we don't have child-like faith we can't enter heaven (matt 18:2-4)
and yet - that's another thing to look up/pray about as to how - lol
anyways - it's pretty late, i just came back from watching pirates 3 with our cell group - was alright
i'm pretty much studying now until exams
what about you?
are you coming to the worship meeting this saturday?
not much at all really
just been doing some homework
nah i've got soccer on saturday anyway
wwoot last friday uni on friday right?
in terms of the mustard seed thing, when you put it in that context... thats really good.relevant.true.. something i orta take on board rather than being so arrogant/proud.
but yeah... 'child like faith'
i heard a talk about this at school at iscf... and i agreed with a lot of his stuff was sweet
i guess its recognizing that we are 'children' and that our "Father" in heaven knows whats best for us + we NEED his wisdom/training/upbringing not to say we act like children but to recognize we are but children in comparison to God , i hope that made sense lol.
humility is the underlying message though
woot
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