1'51 min: I have a feeling Germany might win over England. England team people just look so tired. Let's see if my intuition is right haha..
Half time: "Talk about Karma" eh! wow... feel bad for Britain's "2nd Goal", but it's really just that 46 years old karma coming back to them! I still think Germany's going into quarter finals :) They are young and energetic, they will go all out, they have nothing to lose.
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Good Addiction
"...if we don't have a centre, and that centre is not Christ. then we are inevitable suck into dissipation and sinfulness. and in a world which is made these compromises, everything becomes an addiction. Pornography is an addiction... the instance of the behaviour of tiger woods which supposedly an addiction, in reality. it is a life that is not centre for Christ headed for hell. we asked our Lord, in this sacraments that we might not become the victim through the dissipation of the world and its many temptation, that we place our hearts and minds on Christ. that we may find peace. the peace that he promises us. ..."
Tiger Woods' sex addict problem sets a bad example of a man. I truly despise him. And this is for many men out there too. I really don't understand why on earth would men have sex in their mind all the time. How big is a man's desire really? They go in war, they make pornography, they kill, they rob, they rape, they do most of the crimes and sinful things. I wonder, what on earth are men really thinking? (gosh, my "illness" is coming out, i have to stop)
Okay.. to be fair. who in this world never sin? I sinned, (and there's too many to point out here). So if he truly and honestly changed. good for him. that makes him a great man instantly. But this has to be a real renewal in his mind. God bless him if he does. and bless anyone who's sex addict and those who watch porn. I wish them truly realize there are so much more better things out there than sex.
Sex, money, cars, house, computer, games, gambling, clothes, handbags... we all want more and more.. When's the end? Very heart broken to know humanity has fallen and lost our connection with nature and god. (I'm guilty too.. right now my addiction is definitely internet and computer obviously..but hey, if you know me well I'm this nature /outdoor type of girl really)
May everyone who is addict to any kinds of addiction find the ultimate good addiction - addict to God.
Doing so, you will have all the goodness you ever imagined! and afterall... addiction comes from need.. this need in life.. ultimately is "happiness". I believe everyone's ultimate life goal is "happiness"! Whatever you do and want, it all nail down to being happy.. You may not believe in any religion like I do but you might still agree with me: whatever so called happiness we find in this world is really just temporary - get drunk? you will be sober soon. get laid? you will be awake soon. get money? it will be spent soon. gamble? you win or lose, and then what else after? whatever that is. nothing going last. Everything passes, except the treasure up in heaven, or if your atheist - the spirit within you. Nothing else in this life is more important than you and God or the universe/spirit/peace in you.
May peace be with us all. and may all of us addict to being connect with our inner self.
"The gate to heaven, is easily open by those who is small, by those who reject the wisdom of this world, by those who are content to be contemptible and foolish for god by kneeling before the Eucharistic signs where our lord is truly present. .."
Tiger Woods' sex addict problem sets a bad example of a man. I truly despise him. And this is for many men out there too. I really don't understand why on earth would men have sex in their mind all the time. How big is a man's desire really? They go in war, they make pornography, they kill, they rob, they rape, they do most of the crimes and sinful things. I wonder, what on earth are men really thinking? (gosh, my "illness" is coming out, i have to stop)
Okay.. to be fair. who in this world never sin? I sinned, (and there's too many to point out here). So if he truly and honestly changed. good for him. that makes him a great man instantly. But this has to be a real renewal in his mind. God bless him if he does. and bless anyone who's sex addict and those who watch porn. I wish them truly realize there are so much more better things out there than sex.
Sex, money, cars, house, computer, games, gambling, clothes, handbags... we all want more and more.. When's the end? Very heart broken to know humanity has fallen and lost our connection with nature and god. (I'm guilty too.. right now my addiction is definitely internet and computer obviously..but hey, if you know me well I'm this nature /outdoor type of girl really)
May everyone who is addict to any kinds of addiction find the ultimate good addiction - addict to God.
Doing so, you will have all the goodness you ever imagined! and afterall... addiction comes from need.. this need in life.. ultimately is "happiness". I believe everyone's ultimate life goal is "happiness"! Whatever you do and want, it all nail down to being happy.. You may not believe in any religion like I do but you might still agree with me: whatever so called happiness we find in this world is really just temporary - get drunk? you will be sober soon. get laid? you will be awake soon. get money? it will be spent soon. gamble? you win or lose, and then what else after? whatever that is. nothing going last. Everything passes, except the treasure up in heaven, or if your atheist - the spirit within you. Nothing else in this life is more important than you and God or the universe/spirit/peace in you.
May peace be with us all. and may all of us addict to being connect with our inner self.
"The gate to heaven, is easily open by those who is small, by those who reject the wisdom of this world, by those who are content to be contemptible and foolish for god by kneeling before the Eucharistic signs where our lord is truly present. .."
Friday, March 12, 2010
Why hate TTC when you can love?
Do you dislike TTC?
These days, there had been this waves and waves of concerns and finger pointing at TTC from the general public. This had sadden me quite alot mostly of my sentimental feelings toward TTC.
I still remember how nice I think TTC service was when I first came to Canada more than a decade ago, compare to where I came from, the service of TTC was extremely well in my eyes, I was especially impressed about how nice their person to person attitude (some of which they still exist today) - how the bus driver would wait for you at the stop or even the intersection if they acknowledge you crossing the road and trying to catch the bus, how the driver would greet you when you get on the bus with a smile and a warm good morning how are you, how brighten and awaken I and everyone felt when the subway driver sing or announce the station stops in a uplifting way (it's amazing to see everyone on the train can smile at the same time), how on time the bus (mostly) be and you can go to the bus stop literally 2 mins before the scheduled time, how smooth some of the drivers drive (unfortunately not many of them are good now).
And more and more memories regarding people I met or help on the bus, while waiting at the bus stops, on the subways, etc etc... I love the fact that public transit can be such a unique community for all of us who commute to be part of it.
If these facts won't convince you to love TTC more, I had another.
Just the past Thursday night, during the start of the rush hour, I was to buy some tokens, "Can I have ten tokens please?" I asked this booth attendee like how I always do, but this night I added: "Are you okay?" Why did I ask him that? It was because he was wrapping tape and bandage between his right thumb and index finger. "You cut yourself?" I asked. He said to me "Yes" then he gave me a big smile, "Your so kind, thank you" and when he gave me the ten tokens, "Here you go" he told me "and don't put one in". I was so surprised (cos I would never expect to get a free TTC ride..? hahha) "Oh, are you sure?" I looked at him and asked, he then put his injured hand on his left chest and then said "yes, cos your so kind, thank you!" While he expressed his gratitude for my words by treating me, I too, expressed my gratefulness and thank him for it and told him "No, thank YOU, you take care alright? and have a good night". We exchange another smile and I waved goodbye to him and he did the same. And then I realized there were around 4 other people behind me waiting to buy some tokens. Oops I hope they didn't hear what was happening or record it! LOL.
If they did, maybe they would start to think, "See! TTC workers have work ethnic problems! They shouldn't let anyone go without paying!". Yes, he shouldn't treat me, and I should have pay (now that I think about it...) Anyway, all I want to say is, we are all human, we all want to be treated with dignity. I know if they hold the bus and buy a coffee, or if they sleep in the booth while working is not of good work ethnic, but I believe some, if not alot of us who work, don't work the whole 7 or 8 hours of our working time. We are human.
It's not like I wanted to get any benefit so I start treating people well, but from hard lessons I now learned that it is very true about "what goes around comes around". If you treat others the way you would want to treat, you would be surprise how nicely they would treat you. Everything is a two way street. It seems that we only care about how bad some of the TTC workers work ethnic are, and we forget how much they bear with some of us when some of them were being assaulted seriously or even got killed while working. Why can't we fill the world with more love and forgiveness?
I showed that attendee some love, and I too, on my ride home, was smiling very silly and felt the love in the world. Love grows when we toss them all around us. When you give love out, it doesn't diminish, it comes back right to you with the same if not more strength.
The world needs more love. Why hate, when you can love?
These days, there had been this waves and waves of concerns and finger pointing at TTC from the general public. This had sadden me quite alot mostly of my sentimental feelings toward TTC.
I still remember how nice I think TTC service was when I first came to Canada more than a decade ago, compare to where I came from, the service of TTC was extremely well in my eyes, I was especially impressed about how nice their person to person attitude (some of which they still exist today) - how the bus driver would wait for you at the stop or even the intersection if they acknowledge you crossing the road and trying to catch the bus, how the driver would greet you when you get on the bus with a smile and a warm good morning how are you, how brighten and awaken I and everyone felt when the subway driver sing or announce the station stops in a uplifting way (it's amazing to see everyone on the train can smile at the same time), how on time the bus (mostly) be and you can go to the bus stop literally 2 mins before the scheduled time, how smooth some of the drivers drive (unfortunately not many of them are good now).
And more and more memories regarding people I met or help on the bus, while waiting at the bus stops, on the subways, etc etc... I love the fact that public transit can be such a unique community for all of us who commute to be part of it.
If these facts won't convince you to love TTC more, I had another.
Just the past Thursday night, during the start of the rush hour, I was to buy some tokens, "Can I have ten tokens please?" I asked this booth attendee like how I always do, but this night I added: "Are you okay?" Why did I ask him that? It was because he was wrapping tape and bandage between his right thumb and index finger. "You cut yourself?" I asked. He said to me "Yes" then he gave me a big smile, "Your so kind, thank you" and when he gave me the ten tokens, "Here you go" he told me "and don't put one in". I was so surprised (cos I would never expect to get a free TTC ride..? hahha) "Oh, are you sure?" I looked at him and asked, he then put his injured hand on his left chest and then said "yes, cos your so kind, thank you!" While he expressed his gratitude for my words by treating me, I too, expressed my gratefulness and thank him for it and told him "No, thank YOU, you take care alright? and have a good night". We exchange another smile and I waved goodbye to him and he did the same. And then I realized there were around 4 other people behind me waiting to buy some tokens. Oops I hope they didn't hear what was happening or record it! LOL.
If they did, maybe they would start to think, "See! TTC workers have work ethnic problems! They shouldn't let anyone go without paying!". Yes, he shouldn't treat me, and I should have pay (now that I think about it...) Anyway, all I want to say is, we are all human, we all want to be treated with dignity. I know if they hold the bus and buy a coffee, or if they sleep in the booth while working is not of good work ethnic, but I believe some, if not alot of us who work, don't work the whole 7 or 8 hours of our working time. We are human.
It's not like I wanted to get any benefit so I start treating people well, but from hard lessons I now learned that it is very true about "what goes around comes around". If you treat others the way you would want to treat, you would be surprise how nicely they would treat you. Everything is a two way street. It seems that we only care about how bad some of the TTC workers work ethnic are, and we forget how much they bear with some of us when some of them were being assaulted seriously or even got killed while working. Why can't we fill the world with more love and forgiveness?
I showed that attendee some love, and I too, on my ride home, was smiling very silly and felt the love in the world. Love grows when we toss them all around us. When you give love out, it doesn't diminish, it comes back right to you with the same if not more strength.
The world needs more love. Why hate, when you can love?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Vancouver 2010: Stage for Togetherness in Canada
That's the end of Vancouver 2010, it's been an inspiring journey with many moments that made me tried so hard to hold my tears.
Olympic is definitely not just about winning, it's about the love of what you are doing and sacrifices you are willing to take to reach that goal of your dream, it's about the continual confident spirit that brings one to challenge the limit of your body and mind. It's about believing the unachievable dream!!! I admire all the athletes, they are the most courageous and hard working individuals in the world!
Their world is so simple (hours of repetitive practices) yet, so complex (the ability to expand the body and will power within the matter of seconds). Extraordinary!!! God bless all athletes and I shall learn from their stories! Thank you for bringing us and the nation closer together by having this amazing event. ^^b
Lastly, I want to share this beautiful Video Essay with essay written by Globe and Mail columnist Stephen Brunt:
After a difficult start to the games, Canada's Olympic provided the entire nation with an opportunity to display its pride.
Let's be honest, it didn't start out very well, a tragic death on day one, an embarrassing malfunction at the worse possible moment in the Olympic opening ceremonies, the snow melting away on Cypress Mountain, the cauldron cruelly fenced off from those who wanted to blast in its glow. It seem like this Olympics might not recover from that stumbling start. And that was before we realized, it wasn't going to be quite so easy to be on the podium. Before the crushing pressure to perform at home, shatter the confidence of some of the Canada's best metals hopes.
But even as those inside the Olympic bubble, were threatened, and ringing their hands, on the outside, on the streets, and not just here in Vancouver and Whistler, but right across Canada, something remarkable is taking place. It was as though the entire country was given permission to feel something it needed to feel. And it was the country who set the tone for these games, and not the other way around. A sense began with the torch relay, and kept right on building. Even after Alexandra Bilodeau's victory, the historic first gold metal and those unforgettable images with him and his brother, it wasn't quite the script as we were expected. The story was suppose to be all about winning, about finishing first, about putting a new swagger in our stuff. Turns out the swagger is already there, it was just waiting for the right stage.
And by the time Jon Montgomery made his famous stroll through the streets in Whistler, all of Canada was walking beside him, reaching for that pitch of beer. The numbers of medals didn't really matter, though in the end the numbers is gonna be just fine. We didn't really need to own anything. What matters was the occasion, what matters was the event, what matters was the excuse to wave the flag and sing the anthem and shout it out loud.
Cynicism is easy, so is retraining into historic grudges, so is looking at the world which what ones borders are now dotted lines at best. And believe me it doesn't matter what you called yourself, or where you live. It does matter what we stood at, it is important to have a share of history, there is power through the collective experience, and admit it, it feels good. It feels good to let your heart shout.
Watch the video here
Another article by Brunt: "New Patriot Love"
Olympic is definitely not just about winning, it's about the love of what you are doing and sacrifices you are willing to take to reach that goal of your dream, it's about the continual confident spirit that brings one to challenge the limit of your body and mind. It's about believing the unachievable dream!!! I admire all the athletes, they are the most courageous and hard working individuals in the world!
Their world is so simple (hours of repetitive practices) yet, so complex (the ability to expand the body and will power within the matter of seconds). Extraordinary!!! God bless all athletes and I shall learn from their stories! Thank you for bringing us and the nation closer together by having this amazing event. ^^b
Lastly, I want to share this beautiful Video Essay with essay written by Globe and Mail columnist Stephen Brunt:
After a difficult start to the games, Canada's Olympic provided the entire nation with an opportunity to display its pride.
Let's be honest, it didn't start out very well, a tragic death on day one, an embarrassing malfunction at the worse possible moment in the Olympic opening ceremonies, the snow melting away on Cypress Mountain, the cauldron cruelly fenced off from those who wanted to blast in its glow. It seem like this Olympics might not recover from that stumbling start. And that was before we realized, it wasn't going to be quite so easy to be on the podium. Before the crushing pressure to perform at home, shatter the confidence of some of the Canada's best metals hopes.
But even as those inside the Olympic bubble, were threatened, and ringing their hands, on the outside, on the streets, and not just here in Vancouver and Whistler, but right across Canada, something remarkable is taking place. It was as though the entire country was given permission to feel something it needed to feel. And it was the country who set the tone for these games, and not the other way around. A sense began with the torch relay, and kept right on building. Even after Alexandra Bilodeau's victory, the historic first gold metal and those unforgettable images with him and his brother, it wasn't quite the script as we were expected. The story was suppose to be all about winning, about finishing first, about putting a new swagger in our stuff. Turns out the swagger is already there, it was just waiting for the right stage.
And by the time Jon Montgomery made his famous stroll through the streets in Whistler, all of Canada was walking beside him, reaching for that pitch of beer. The numbers of medals didn't really matter, though in the end the numbers is gonna be just fine. We didn't really need to own anything. What matters was the occasion, what matters was the event, what matters was the excuse to wave the flag and sing the anthem and shout it out loud.
Cynicism is easy, so is retraining into historic grudges, so is looking at the world which what ones borders are now dotted lines at best. And believe me it doesn't matter what you called yourself, or where you live. It does matter what we stood at, it is important to have a share of history, there is power through the collective experience, and admit it, it feels good. It feels good to let your heart shout.
Watch the video here
Another article by Brunt: "New Patriot Love"
Putting humor into faults
To believe that it is possible! Finally, Canada has this amazing event that we can be proud of, this event brought us all together and BE PROUD to be who we are!!! Canadians, no matter how rough the Olympic started off with, you pulled it together beautifully~!
The opening ceremony did not go too well, we were so anxious about when is our first gold medal going to come, but look at us, after a while, we just keep cheering on, with our hope high up, we made it through one medal at a time. Now we got this amazing record of gold medal in Winter Olympic history! and our closing ceremony is wittily organized!
Especially LOVE the closing ceremony where you made up for the cauldron with the miming!!! ^0^ only pure genius put humor into faults! (It teaches me that things can be made up, if your willing to, and it might even be better results than before!!!)
I'm learning to put humor into everything- accept, not resisting and go with the flow! Smile and everything is okay!!! Good things will follow with you if your embracing everything!! At the end of the day, it's all about trying your hardest right NOW, enjoying the moment NOW, not thinking back to the past and not worry about the future!
Theme Song of Vancouver Olympic 2010
There comes a moment when my heart must stand alone
On this lonely path I've chosen
like a house thats not a home
sometimes when I feel I've had enough
and I feel like giving up
you willed me to be all I can be
now nothing can stop me
I believe in the power that comes
From a world brought together as one
I believe together we'll fly
I believe in the power of you and I
The opening ceremony did not go too well, we were so anxious about when is our first gold medal going to come, but look at us, after a while, we just keep cheering on, with our hope high up, we made it through one medal at a time. Now we got this amazing record of gold medal in Winter Olympic history! and our closing ceremony is wittily organized!
Especially LOVE the closing ceremony where you made up for the cauldron with the miming!!! ^0^ only pure genius put humor into faults! (It teaches me that things can be made up, if your willing to, and it might even be better results than before!!!)
I'm learning to put humor into everything- accept, not resisting and go with the flow! Smile and everything is okay!!! Good things will follow with you if your embracing everything!! At the end of the day, it's all about trying your hardest right NOW, enjoying the moment NOW, not thinking back to the past and not worry about the future!
Theme Song of Vancouver Olympic 2010
There comes a moment when my heart must stand alone
On this lonely path I've chosen
like a house thats not a home
sometimes when I feel I've had enough
and I feel like giving up
you willed me to be all I can be
now nothing can stop me
I believe in the power that comes
From a world brought together as one
I believe together we'll fly
I believe in the power of you and I
Catch the Chance, Believe and get it!!
I am extremely proud and excited for Canada Men's hockey team!
In the beginning of the game,
they got the lead, they almost got it!
Only around 23 more seconds they could have got gold!
NO!! Americans tied it!
Over time?? "No problem!"
Took a break, reorganized, fight on!
They were on fire! Never give up any chances!
Americans were stunted!
Suddenly there's the golden goal,
unexpected for most,
and it was even unexpected for the shooter Crosby,
but it was expected for me.
Because it's about time!!!! I never have a doubt that they will win this!
(I'm not just saying it now that they won, I did told everyone Canada's going to get Gold tonight!)
God must have let us waited for the overtime
God delay this gift because He wants to give us only the greatest joy!!!
Crosby said in his interview: "just catching chances, eventually it will go in." I too, need to learn to catch chances, and it will be success given to me from God soon when I am ready.
Delaying in the moment, I know that the best from God for me will soon be arrived!! and it will be the most extraordinary thing happened to me!!!
I need to work hard, I can't stand still anymore!! I have to get moving and get that "goal"!
May the Holy Spirit comes upon me and you and everyone to give us peace. May God give us strength to do everything through His power! Everything is possible, when you believe, pray and ask for it!!!
In the beginning of the game,
they got the lead, they almost got it!
Only around 23 more seconds they could have got gold!
NO!! Americans tied it!
Over time?? "No problem!"
Took a break, reorganized, fight on!
They were on fire! Never give up any chances!
Americans were stunted!
Suddenly there's the golden goal,
unexpected for most,
and it was even unexpected for the shooter Crosby,
but it was expected for me.
Because it's about time!!!! I never have a doubt that they will win this!
(I'm not just saying it now that they won, I did told everyone Canada's going to get Gold tonight!)
God must have let us waited for the overtime
God delay this gift because He wants to give us only the greatest joy!!!
Crosby said in his interview: "just catching chances, eventually it will go in." I too, need to learn to catch chances, and it will be success given to me from God soon when I am ready.
Delaying in the moment, I know that the best from God for me will soon be arrived!! and it will be the most extraordinary thing happened to me!!!
I need to work hard, I can't stand still anymore!! I have to get moving and get that "goal"!
May the Holy Spirit comes upon me and you and everyone to give us peace. May God give us strength to do everything through His power! Everything is possible, when you believe, pray and ask for it!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Let's all Live like a Figure Skater
I am so amazed by Kim Yu Na in last night's perfect performance!
She "flew" on ice like some sort of angel or fairy. In that moment, all she did was skated on freely and effortlessly, she was a free spirit with all the unlimited power she ever needed. There's nothing to hold her back nor she has anything to hold onto.
Being a figure skater means being non-resistance. It means you are in the flow with the surrounding and power, you don't control or stress it, you simply become part of the flow - make yourself glide on ice. It means you throw away all the fear of falling and the fear of losing, there's no more worry because you become a part of the place. Your mind and body and the surrounding all come together into one because you don't fight the surrounding, instead you let it carries you around, so you skate and glide freely. It means carry yourself with all your energy and concentration to do every moves - while without thinking too hard about it, like doing a sort of meditation, you place your whole heart into this natural state where you become this medium delivering the jumps and moves you grew onto after million times of practice. Lastly, it means you live in the present because there's only "now" for you to skate, not in the past practice nor in the unknown future. There would be no worry, no fear, no anxiety, no anger but only joyfulness in the present. You have the chance to skate NOW and this is what you are and all that matters. You would then enjoy every moment of the present and live free!
If we can all live our lives like a figure skater, we can all be free of any sufferings and all be fill with success and happiness!
"Stand Like Mountain, Flow like Water"
She "flew" on ice like some sort of angel or fairy. In that moment, all she did was skated on freely and effortlessly, she was a free spirit with all the unlimited power she ever needed. There's nothing to hold her back nor she has anything to hold onto.
Being a figure skater means being non-resistance. It means you are in the flow with the surrounding and power, you don't control or stress it, you simply become part of the flow - make yourself glide on ice. It means you throw away all the fear of falling and the fear of losing, there's no more worry because you become a part of the place. Your mind and body and the surrounding all come together into one because you don't fight the surrounding, instead you let it carries you around, so you skate and glide freely. It means carry yourself with all your energy and concentration to do every moves - while without thinking too hard about it, like doing a sort of meditation, you place your whole heart into this natural state where you become this medium delivering the jumps and moves you grew onto after million times of practice. Lastly, it means you live in the present because there's only "now" for you to skate, not in the past practice nor in the unknown future. There would be no worry, no fear, no anxiety, no anger but only joyfulness in the present. You have the chance to skate NOW and this is what you are and all that matters. You would then enjoy every moment of the present and live free!
If we can all live our lives like a figure skater, we can all be free of any sufferings and all be fill with success and happiness!
"Stand Like Mountain, Flow like Water"
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Analogy: Foundation
The Toyota recalls have been on going for a few months now, brakes problem for Prius and hybrids, accelerator pedal problems for new models, SUVs and pickup trucks, and now today it announced the steering problems in Corolla.
Toyota has been doing so great all these years and finally reached the best selling cars, but all of the sudden, because of technical problems like this it's creditability crashes.
All of these problems seem to me very basics, yet, a big car company like this failed to deliver the basic functionality of a safe car. I realized how crucial it is for anyone to be sure to meet the basics by building things out of solid cautious.
Every little things count, even a nut and bolt in a machine, all the small parts added up to be a bigger machine, and from the machine we build moving cars. If done correctly, such basic created a stable foundation to make anything last. If the foundation and the small or big parts of it were built solidly, no trials or test can break it, and it would last for a long time! (Like how my family Camry which is now the 13th year and it has never have things that require big fix!)
The Bible uses this construction analogy to show us how we ought to live. Each believer is part of God's church, contributing our talents and efforts to the kingdom of God. But the work we do must be done with integrity and commitment, so that it will survive the "fire" of suffering and trials. If the foundation we build is solid, it will support generations of believers who come after us! This passage also shows us how relationships between you and God and also you and others around you work. For every kind of relationship, it has to be build upon trust and faith for it to last and grow.
"By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. 11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames." - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15
I too, am finally starting to rebuild my foundation, which had "burned and shattered" because it was never built properly. At the loss right now, I am this escapee, I can see that God is leading my way to the escape, I can see that God is helping me and giving me these materials (say Bible and books) to build my foundation of faith.
I have confident that I can do this, when I stay on track and keep building it. One day (and I can almost certain to say - very soon), I'm going to have this foundation that can last any flames!! ^_^
Dear God, please give me strength so my relationship with God and me with my family and friends can be rebuild (since I had reluctant the important of real truthful relationships for many years now..). And may God please help me to build this foundation of faith to prepare me for my love relationship!
Toyota has been doing so great all these years and finally reached the best selling cars, but all of the sudden, because of technical problems like this it's creditability crashes.
All of these problems seem to me very basics, yet, a big car company like this failed to deliver the basic functionality of a safe car. I realized how crucial it is for anyone to be sure to meet the basics by building things out of solid cautious.
Every little things count, even a nut and bolt in a machine, all the small parts added up to be a bigger machine, and from the machine we build moving cars. If done correctly, such basic created a stable foundation to make anything last. If the foundation and the small or big parts of it were built solidly, no trials or test can break it, and it would last for a long time! (Like how my family Camry which is now the 13th year and it has never have things that require big fix!)
The Bible uses this construction analogy to show us how we ought to live. Each believer is part of God's church, contributing our talents and efforts to the kingdom of God. But the work we do must be done with integrity and commitment, so that it will survive the "fire" of suffering and trials. If the foundation we build is solid, it will support generations of believers who come after us! This passage also shows us how relationships between you and God and also you and others around you work. For every kind of relationship, it has to be build upon trust and faith for it to last and grow.
"By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. 11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames." - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15
I too, am finally starting to rebuild my foundation, which had "burned and shattered" because it was never built properly. At the loss right now, I am this escapee, I can see that God is leading my way to the escape, I can see that God is helping me and giving me these materials (say Bible and books) to build my foundation of faith.
I have confident that I can do this, when I stay on track and keep building it. One day (and I can almost certain to say - very soon), I'm going to have this foundation that can last any flames!! ^_^
Dear God, please give me strength so my relationship with God and me with my family and friends can be rebuild (since I had reluctant the important of real truthful relationships for many years now..). And may God please help me to build this foundation of faith to prepare me for my love relationship!
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