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What are you imagining now?

Hello, it's me Sitting in a newly organized room with a eucalyptus aroma saturating the room gives me a kind of serenity in the midst of this chaotic world. I haven't been writing for ages and I thought perhaps I could start again since writing (or blogging) does organize my thoughts. I am also surprised that I could still log in to my dusty blog and the fact that it still sort-of exists. I read a book on "The New Species" by Greg Violi and this gave me a new perspective on my identity and my struggle with the old vs new self. Did you know that our imaginations and thoughts are very powerful - making or breaking us, spurring us towards God or against God, a catalyst of our emotions and feelings? The best way to describe God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit can be this. A thought birthed in God, our Father, and it is spoken by the Word himself, Jesus, and the Spirit executes it. In creating the world, all these thoughts and imaginations of how it will turn out to...
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My first in 2014

Two years have passed since my last blog entry. How fast time flies. I decided to change the blog layout just to give a gist of freshness to it. Many things have changed since 2012 - most of all, myself. I guess two years of working (or slightly more) opened up my worldview and definitely altered some perspective of life. Most of all, God has done so many things in my life! In life, nothing is constant but His faithfulness remains through it all. I am excited to see what lies ahead of me - His Glory and Kingdom. (Pardon my vague updates, I am still trying to figure out how to privatize my blog so that I could only allow personal access to this. Till then, see you next round soon, hopefully)

Cats and Dogs Theology

A dog's thinking You feed me, you love me and you shelter me. You must be God. A cat's thinking You feed me, you love me and you shelter me. I must be God. Are you a cat or a dog - Christian? A cat- Christian puts the focus on himself/herself rather than God's glory even in doing devotion, serving etc. He/she chooses what he/she would like to believe. Most of the time, they are not incorrect beliefs but just incomplete.  A dog-Christian puts God's glory first and the kingdom mindset over the wants and needs of self.  I admit, I am pretty cat-ish. The me, myself and I mentality is quite strong. =p A test for you to know if you are cat-ish or dog-ish. Please complete this verse -  Psalms 46:10 Be still and know  _____________________ I am sure you could fill in the blank correctly but is it complete? If your answer was "Be still and know that I am God". YAY! You are correct but just that the answer is incomplete. There is the b...

Google life questions

1. What to do when you do not feel like working on a day you must? 2. What to do when you feel dumb? 3. How does one have determination? If only google can solve all life's questions and uncertainties. I bet the 'older' generation who reads this post would frown at this lousy attitude of mine. No shortcuts in life my dear. No google answer (though sometimes it helps) =p. Oh one more question to add - how can some people be so smart??????

Progressive Vision

Everyone must have vision. Without vision, people perish. A leader must not only have vision for his/her team but progressive vision. Different things that God wants to do in different seasons.  God, help me to see and give me 20-20 vision!! Not a blurred one. =) What is your vision in your life group, church, etc. today? 

Questions

Really, where is the fine line between giving constructive criticism and destructive criticism? Does it lie on the criticizer's words and mentality or does it lie on the receiver's heart and perception? This is something very important for all of us to learn. To learn to receive and give criticism without hard feelings. Of course, it is very hard to achieve since everyone loves praises more than criticisms anyways! But, too much of praises will be like Paula Abdul, noone takes her seriously like Simon Cowell. Yet again, too much dosage of criticism would make the relationship and the receiver sour and demotivated. This is also the easiest way to bring down an organization and teamwork. Then again, criticism is also crucial for improvement, or should I use a better word? Oh wells, a german told me before. When they criticize, they criticize on the matter at hand and not personal attack which Asians always perceive. And Muns told me last week to give a hamburger criticism. A...