Monday, September 12, 2005
so I am not alone?
Kor and I had a little chitchat when we were heading back home together.
Well she talked about the posts I had scrutinizing the Singaporeans for their worldly point of view and she brought up Maybeline as a Singaporean. Well, she got a point to say that Maybeline isn't like what I think most Singaporeans are but really I wasn't thinking of Maybeline when I wrote those posts, more on like the locals I'm around with, 5-7 days a week...
I love Maybeline as my sister in the Lord as well as everybody else in the youth. (I love those who love my God, I hope...) I cannot possibly say that about her... Far be it from me!
Anyway, other than that, we also talked about a point about what the guest speaker during the church service admitted about Singaporeans as a whole. They were spoiled brats. They know that. But then I retorted, if they know they are spoiled brats, how come they're not doing anything about it? It is as if they like it and would tell the world that they love being one. But that simply is a truly twisted view of things with respect to the truth of the bible. Can it be possible that they just live in a twisted society? THAT I DOUBT, I do not see Singapore as one. Maybe they, most of the people, are just stubborn in that aspect... That also means that I shouldn't get too disgusted with my own stubbornness since I am surrounded with a pool of stubborn people... Hmmm... Yeah... It's like you know it's wrong (or maybe they really don't know that being spoiled is utterly hopeless and wrong*-see below for more of this), you don't want it but you do it anyway... That is the sinful nature living in me and I guess with the rest of the people I'm talking about. I do want the Lord to deal with me on this... I believe however that He is working on me and especially on this, in patience with full understanding with love and with care.^_^
It's not a good news to know that there are but multitudes of stubborn people in the world, including me. But then I shouldn't be too mean with myself, I am His creation after all! So that means I should give myself some good credits every time I scrutinize myself with full cynicism...
* hopeless and wrong... It can be read in Proverbs that if you want everything (similar to spoiled brats, wanting and demanding for everything they like), you are hopeless since if you get everything you'd still want more (unsatisfied, but do disprove me if you've met someone with all the material possessions in the world and is ready to die because he/she is satisfied and cares nothing else in the world because he/she got what he/she needed in life) but then what are those more? There's nothing left right?
- You'd probably think you're cool when you have all those techies? ^_^ If you ask the animals they would probably laugh seeing you with those pieces of metal hanging from your body and you, banging your head like you've gone nuts or say talking to those pieces of metals. They'd probably think they are more decent and even better off thinking that they are free from those tangles... It's nice to enjoy what the world can offer (God allows that and it is one of those what life can offer) but never let them go to your head, never depend on them and worse, never let your worth be based on them. You'll be as cheap as possible, really... ¶ 1:18 AM
Well she talked about the posts I had scrutinizing the Singaporeans for their worldly point of view and she brought up Maybeline as a Singaporean. Well, she got a point to say that Maybeline isn't like what I think most Singaporeans are but really I wasn't thinking of Maybeline when I wrote those posts, more on like the locals I'm around with, 5-7 days a week...
I love Maybeline as my sister in the Lord as well as everybody else in the youth. (I love those who love my God, I hope...) I cannot possibly say that about her... Far be it from me!
Anyway, other than that, we also talked about a point about what the guest speaker during the church service admitted about Singaporeans as a whole. They were spoiled brats. They know that. But then I retorted, if they know they are spoiled brats, how come they're not doing anything about it? It is as if they like it and would tell the world that they love being one. But that simply is a truly twisted view of things with respect to the truth of the bible. Can it be possible that they just live in a twisted society? THAT I DOUBT, I do not see Singapore as one. Maybe they, most of the people, are just stubborn in that aspect... That also means that I shouldn't get too disgusted with my own stubbornness since I am surrounded with a pool of stubborn people... Hmmm... Yeah... It's like you know it's wrong (or maybe they really don't know that being spoiled is utterly hopeless and wrong*-see below for more of this), you don't want it but you do it anyway... That is the sinful nature living in me and I guess with the rest of the people I'm talking about. I do want the Lord to deal with me on this... I believe however that He is working on me and especially on this, in patience with full understanding with love and with care.^_^
It's not a good news to know that there are but multitudes of stubborn people in the world, including me. But then I shouldn't be too mean with myself, I am His creation after all! So that means I should give myself some good credits every time I scrutinize myself with full cynicism...
* hopeless and wrong... It can be read in Proverbs that if you want everything (similar to spoiled brats, wanting and demanding for everything they like), you are hopeless since if you get everything you'd still want more (unsatisfied, but do disprove me if you've met someone with all the material possessions in the world and is ready to die because he/she is satisfied and cares nothing else in the world because he/she got what he/she needed in life) but then what are those more? There's nothing left right?
- You'd probably think you're cool when you have all those techies? ^_^ If you ask the animals they would probably laugh seeing you with those pieces of metal hanging from your body and you, banging your head like you've gone nuts or say talking to those pieces of metals. They'd probably think they are more decent and even better off thinking that they are free from those tangles... It's nice to enjoy what the world can offer (God allows that and it is one of those what life can offer) but never let them go to your head, never depend on them and worse, never let your worth be based on them. You'll be as cheap as possible, really... ¶ 1:18 AM
