Sunday, February 19, 2006
Hey world, in case you are wondering.. i am still very much alive. blame all the spyware and viruses.. i haven't been able to open my hotmail and yahoomail for the past 2 weeks or so.. and worse, i can't go into msn messenger.. sigh.. and due to the upcoming pros, i haven't been able to find time to rectify the problem. but in a way it's a blessing in disguise, cos then i won't be spending precious sleep time chatting on msn..
i am thinking of starting a new blog.. cos i feel this current blog has no real focus.. with insignificant ramblings all over. i shall sit on the idea and work on it after the pros..
yesterday's bible study was good. we talked about how God commanded us to love one another. and that God has provided us with an example of love we are to follow, that is Christ's sacrificial love for us by dying on the cross for our sins.. he died for us when we were sinners and rejected him.. this is a love really that cannot be achieved by us.. and God has strong words for this, if we do not attain his standards, we do not belong to him.. yet God knows our sinfulness and our helplessness and through Christ, bcos Christ has achieved God's standards, we too have been deemed to have met the mark..
i think it is really hard to love everyone, even fellow believers.. and not all the time.. and definitely our love falls terribly short of God's standards.. but i believe that through God's continuing and enduring work inside our hearts, we are changed day by day to get nearer to God's standards. that one day we will die to ourselves like Christ did to himself, and love each other sincerely and selflessly.
the bible study came at the right time for me.. cos at times, i really feel so frustrated that i find it hard to love a person.. especially when a person had been unfriendly towards you or did something that irked you. so it was a timely reminder for me, sort of a wake up call.. God has commanded me to love all my brothers and sisters like Christ has loved me.. that even though a person might have done or said something against me, i am called to forgive that person and even go out of the way to show love to him/her..
and i am confident that if i have unknowingly (or even knowingly) offended any bro/sis in christ, he/she will eventually forgive me for what i have done. not bcos i have taken any initiative to restore the r/s.. but bcos of our common faith in Christ and our obedience to him.. it really is a very encouraging and comforting thought!
i'll worship You, my God; 4:32 PM
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