This was in my spam box today. Brr.. Do these things exist anyway?
David[hmm]
Monthly Archive for November, 2006
Give me some Livita or Red Bull, and I'll yak-yak-yak like nobody's business.
David[hehehe]
I rush to go to bed so that I can get enough sleep. Then rush out of bed and rush to brush my teeth. Rush out of the house, rush to get to work, rush to finish work, rush to go out for lunch, rush to come back from lunch, rush to finish work, rush to go back home for cell, rush to eat dinner.
Those were the words of a particular cell member. I wonder how many of you are nodding your heads in agreement to the scenario [maybe half of them].
Our discussion continued into the reasons why we rush in our time with God,how we are unable to spend even a 15 minute in quietness out of a whole day's schedule. It's a very real struggle, when sometimes I do forsake my time with God for a little bit of sleep. Nod your head if you're with me on this.
Now now, be honest.
Everyone needs to buck on their time with God. I feel a bit off, when I miss my time with God. You know how sometimes you're a little cranky for no reason, or just a little uptight about small matters? Yeah. I get that. It's still controllable, but having control over the effect of the real true cause of the problem isn't exactly the right thing to be doing, is it?
So how? Spank yourself for not getting up on time [in which, 6:15 means 6:15 with 15 minutes of devotion after that], and STOP pressing that snoozZZzze button. And that means, sleeping on time too. I guess .. there's no harm in rushing to bed, aye? ;)
Time to slow down on extra-curricular activities, take time to rest and commune with God.
David[hmm]
We’re having a seminar at Hyatt Saujana, Subang tomorrow, and guess what David’s gonna be displaying? No, nothing of the lewd nature.
Check this out!
The WT4000. Coupled with RS409, the Ring scanner.
Don’t mess .. I BEAM you AR!
Runs on Windows CE 5.0.
The wrist strap. My forearm is so thin .. I … almost had to go another round. Kidding. It’s adjustable!
Ain’t it cool? I’ve always wanted something like this as a toy. Costs a whopping RM1X,XXX though. A very expensive toy, no? :p Have been reading up on it, and learning as much as I can before I get the missiles from customers, managers, and directors tomorrow. Woohoo. I thrive on the equivocality of enquiries that will come tomorrow.
Ahhh.
David[hmm]
I'm most melancholic on Sunday nights. I can never have a night where I'll not be thinking, because I don't usually tire myself out before the start of the working week. So, my mind and my body will be rested .. which leaves much space for my thoughts to wander and think about stuff.
I'm glad that most of the stuff that I think about isn't too sad. Once in a while, I become slightly depressed .. but by that time .. the train to Lala-Land is already moving. So, need to sleep already. Hehe.
Tonight wasn't an exception. Yesterday night in service, God touched me in a manner I … though am not unfamilliar with, but still it never ceases to catch me off guard. So .. thoughts that still linger in my spirit and mind was running through my head earlier.
It's so heavy. But I thank God for His promise.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
- Matthew 11:28-30
Have a good week, guys.
David[hmm]
I don't remember the last time I cried.
I don't remember the last time I cried for my generation.
But today, I did.
The movie "Second Chance" screened in service today raised a lot of thoughts, especially those about my generation. Thoughts that grieve my spirit, they leave me with a burden such that I cannot carry.
Where are the people who will give up their time for someone else's welfare?
Where are the people who will sacrifice their own comfort for someone else to have it?
Where are the people who are willing to go the extra mile for person in need?
Where are the people who would take the initiative to care for someone who has lack of?
Where are the people who will choose to love the unlovable?
Where are the people who invest and speak into the lives of others through the leading of the Holy Spirit?
Where are the people who walk so closely to God that He orders their steps in a daily manner?
Will my generation be one of wimps and chicken-shits like the other 10 spies that was sent to Canaan, apart from Joshua and Caleb?
Will my generation be one that God will call faithless?
Will my generation be one that will just be a passing phase, a breeze of wind that passed so quickly, it was almost as good as if it weren't there in the first place?
Or worse still, will it be a generation that does more damage to the kingdom of God?
How can I NOT grieve, when all I see is a bunch of people who love to hang out in cell with absolutely no sense of ownership or initiative? Going through the motions of Friday nights, hoping that growth will come ringing on the door bell of their hearts and lives? When the exhortation, edification and peer ministry aspects of fellowship has been left out? When all they talk about is everything else except God and what He has done for them in their lives? Or do they not know that God is working in their lives in the first place?
I can't go on.
I can't go on talking about it.
When someone saw me sobbing and asked me if I had anything to share, I couldn't produce any answer other than .. "No". It's NOT like I have never shared it. It's nothing new. But it's hard. It's hard to express things like these because not everyone will understand. Not everyone will be able to see things the way I see it. It only takes the Holy Spirit to touch them and give them revelation of the heart of God.
Very few people claim that they are doing well spiritually, which means that the majority isn't running their race properly. What does saddens me about that is the fact that if you're not doing so well, why are you keeping quiet about it? Even if you DO NOT want to ask or show people that you need help, then help yourself by going to the seminars and symposiums that the church organizes. But less than 10 in total, youth and young adults combined, minus leaders attended today's Ablaze Symposium.
If you don't agree that it's a worrying fact, I worry for you.
Truth is, I worry for my generation. I worry that if people don't start living life the way God wants and has purposed for them to live, then the church will have so much crap to deal with. Now, and later. Especially if it affects the next generation, which in turn will affect my own children.
It's not only MY generation. It's OUR generation. Yes. Yours too.
Where are the Joshuas and the Calebs?
David[*sigh]
There was this once .. while we were staying in the bank's bungalow beside the beach at Malacca .. where after my shower I ran out of the bathroom right into my bedroom.
Nothing funny about that, right? Well …
My brother and father was in the room.
I immediately sat down on my bed with my clothes covering my .. you know what.
And my dad asked me,"What's wrong?"
I said,"Nothing ah."
David[hehehe]
I'm gonna start on a series called "funny fact of the day-vid". Here's the first.
I've shaved half my eyebrows off before. Half on each side.
David[hmm]
MOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo0000000!
It’s things like these through the week that keeps you going. Hehe. Oh .. it’s still Monday. Whoops. Nevermind then. Good start to the week!
David[woohoo!]
Sometimes simple things done in the simple way produce results that are out of the ordinary. Like worship, for example. It could be an ordinary worship leading session for me, as I prepare and pray for a theme. A theme comes, say something along the lines of being called friends of God. Then you plan 3 core songs around the theme, and work out the transitions. Then you communicate the whole idea to the worship team and they play together.
But just as the pianist stikes a key on the piano, the guitarist powers a chord with his plectrum, the drummer rattles the snare with his drum sticks, the bassist plucks the nickel-wound string, a vocalist stretches her vocal cord .. it changes the whole atmosphere of the entire room. The power of music, in worship. To some, this might be just in the ordinary .. but for me, it is the harmony of the human worship with the Holy Spirit. When chords come out right, when beats are in sync, when the hearts are united in one voice to worship the King of kings, Lord of lords.
The EXTRAORDINARY.
It's moments like these .. that remind me to never ever gripe about giving too much time to God. I practically spend 6 out of my 7 nights doing God's work, and barely have time to work after work. I am not bragging about how much time I give to God, because sometimes I do wonder what time have I got for myself, but the knowledge of being in God's will and the encouragement that comes from Him directly just makes it all .. worth while. It's times like these that I look back to .. to remind myself that there isn't anything quite like the feeling of satisfaction coming from God alone.
The feeling that can only be shared between me and my God.
Last Saturday's service was truly out of the ordinary. But .. having said that .. we never will know how .. extraordinary things can get, right? ;)
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
- John 15:15
David[hmm]
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