"I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light" (M. G. Brainard). Had a tough day yesterday but... Jesus reigns!" - Pst Kong
When P. YL asked me to read it in the middle of the night, I finally could understand what it means to be happy.
Happiness is truly discovered when you are most tired.
Not when you are surrounded by good stuff.
You are happy when it comes from within.
Not when it is introduced to the eye.
Loyalty and Integrity cannot be introduced.
It couples to who you are.
And you are happy.
To be happy is not exhilaration.
I remember so many people asking me to keep on a high to be happy.
It isn't.
Even Pastor is living it out.
To be happy is to have gratitude oozing out of your heart.
To able to walk side by side with your integrity.
You realize you will win because the Greater has won.
Not because you won and the Greater is acknowledged.
You will find that happy place when you are most tired
And finding treasures in the the mud of your life.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Integrity is a question reserved for the strong only
In my opinion, these guys are really good.
"So be careful what you say,
what goes up is gonna come down." - Hedley
Integrity is a question reserved for the strong only. - cranberriesempty
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Speaking Into People
Speaking into People
There are 3 parties when you are speaking to people.
Holy Spirit (God) – The Informant and Wisdom
People – The Residing Atmosphere or Target
The Speaker – The Channel
I had this thought that came to my mind:
“It is the end that will be greater than the beginning.” (Job 8:7 and Job 42:12)
But the end of the matter to God: are New Beginnings.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. (Rev 1:8)
Now write what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter. (Revelation 1:19 )
Here, Revelations is likened to a man talking to another man. There is an invading process and a filling process. C.S. Lewis has written these significant words:
“God is going to invade this earth in force. But what's the good of saying you're on his side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else, something it never entered your head to conceive comes crashing in. Something so beautiful to us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left. This time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love, or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down, when it's become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realize it or not. Now, today, in this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever; we must take it or leave it.”
The entire book of Revelation is targeted to inputting a new establishment: the new Earth. But begins itself by inputting a new Wisdom to the readers: You and Me.
People
Since it is a matter of wisdom, there is a storm in the Wisdom realm of the person receiving.
There was a constant struggle upon the Children of Israel that we can all agree: rebellion. And many have agreed that God’s Presence and Acknowledgment were the most important ingredients for their salvations. And God’s way to help them: was to input the exchange for His Wisdom.
Exodus 28:3 And you (Moses) shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. – with wisdom, come the preparation for anointment
Exo 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; - with wisdom, come the work for the Temple
Exodus 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; - with wisdom, come Work
“Unite the thoughts in his mind
Fear fragments the congruent of God's Wisdom.”
The truth is that God’s Truth is undeniable. Solid Truth is like plates of armor that are reinforced and impregnable. The enemy goes for the joints that are in-between the armor. They are the regions most flexible and thinly armoured.
A comment from a blog:
They disobeyed the Lord by violating Genesis 2:16-17.
In Genesis 3:17, Adam disobeyed God by obeying and subordinating himself to his wife, a violated of Gods' order. A few people believe that he violated Genesis 2:15 by not guarding the garden.
Genesis 3:16 demonstrates Gods disapproval of Eve's insubordination to her husband. She attempted to supplant both God and her husband in 3:1-6. She sinned by offering the fruit to her husband. Some people believe that she sinned by speaking to the serpent.
The fruit represents doing something that was contrary to Gods will, or sin.
Gen 3:1, 4-5 Satan lies and questions Gods character. 3:3 Eve adds "touch".
---Glenn on 5/12/09
What a erronous thought to have that the fruit was an conceiving aspect. It has no conceiving power. It represents a set. Not an option.
V1 Now the snake was the most clever among all the wild animals that the *Lord God had made. The snake said this to the woman: ‘Did God say that you can eat the fruit from all the trees in the garden?’ – generic to establish generalization; effectively limiting the effect of one tree
v2 This is how the woman answered the snake. ‘We can eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.
v3 But God said, “You must not eat the fruit from a certain tree. That tree is in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it, otherwise you will die.” ’
v4 But the snake replied to the woman, ‘You will not die. – linking to a sense of eternity which has always been the nature with God. Something eternal and undying.
v5 But when you eat the fruit, your eyes will open. God knows that. You will be like God and you will know right things and wrong things.’ – God had always wanted us to be like Him. We were created in His image. A very clever linking to a Truth by adding a false positive.
Be careful of allowing "false positives". They will be the false revelations and cements that forge your armor. They will leech when the real weathers of life come.
My prayer: “Unite the thoughts in his mind
Fear fragments the congruent of God's Wisdom.”
The devil attacks the congruent of God’s Wisdom. When you hear people, hear the congruent of their words.
The Speaker
The Channel allows the straw of events that will exchange God’s Wisdom into the situation.
I did think for a very long time the relation between Elijah and Elisha. Bear in mind, one thing: it was starkly different and yet starkly similar. Of course, everyone knows about the similar miracles they did: Rain, Food, Miraculous Pot of Oil, Resurrection, Vision Restored, Power in Death.
The moment one asks the question: “Were these men similar?” one immediately receives an emphatic: “No”. Smith in his Bible dictionary states: “In almost every respect, Elisha presents the most complete contrast to Elijah.” Elijah was a grand and romantic and emotional. He does of course fit the image of a prophet; with long flowing hair and a girdle of skin around his loins and the ability to out-run a chariot. He was also a loner; in almost all of the narratives concerning the prophet he is dealing with one or two people; on the two occasions he deals with a bigger group it is to slay them.
We find that Elijah did not just suffer from isolation but he seems to have courted it. When running from Jezebel he chose to leave his servant behind. When his time to depart came we find him attempting to leave behind the faithful Elisha. Even when Elijah wanted to communicate we typically find him appearing, delivering a message and then immediately removing himself.
Elijah’s name: Jehovah is God.
Elisha’s name: Savior
There is one occasion when I think we see genuine warmth coming from Elijah and that is in the instance of the healing of the widow’s son. We can almost feel him pleading with God and asking why this disaster had been brought upon the woman that he was lodging with. However if you view his actions from the point of the widow he is still far from comforting. There are no words of condolence or even encouragement: simply the command to hand over the child. The prophet then disappears to return later with the boy healed.
We are given far fewer insights into Elisha’s direct interaction with God. Instead we are regaled with account after account of his dealings with people. He appears to have lived in Jericho with the son’s of the prophets. A good number of his miracles occur in the day to day running of their lives. He makes friends with a woman of affluence and is an accepted part of at least three royal courts on different occasions. The sight of Elisha dressed as a normal Israelite walking with his staff down the high-road was almost certainly common-place where he lived. The result was double the anointing. An ordinary ordinary; an extraordinary on the inside.
In Romans 11:2 we see Elijah as a picture of a faithful remnant. However I believe it is James 5:17 we get the most telling reference to Elijah almost because it is so tangential. When James is looking for an example of someone to point to and say: “Look, even he had desires the same as us…” it was Elijah that immediately came to mind. The man that would lead a life of austerity, sacrifice and confrontation in order to state the Jehovah was God.
Eilsha's bare-minimun was the multiply but to multiply God's Will.
The Channel, like you and me, is to multiply God’s Will into a situation. Elijah, to the end, was a faithful remnant. Continuation and transfer was a constant sight in Elijah and Elisha’s lives. To release something and to take away with something. That is the process of Wisdom as you speak.
God in this picture
Zep 3: 17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
“What a picture of the scene we see in Zephaniah 3. The city of
Jerusalem was under siege, being punished for her many sins (vv. 1-7). The
LORD Himself was the assailing force, pouring out His wrath, striking the city in His fierce anger. The devastation seemed enough to consume the entire world in an awesome conflagration (v. 8).
And then, in the rest of the chapter, we make an amazing discovery. As that dreadful night of judgment comes to an end, and day dawns, we realize there are survivors! We see God's scattered people, purified, return to worship their God (vv. 9-10). We realize that the arrogance that characterized Jerusalem had been burned away, and the city
now held only the meek and humble, who would do no wrong (vv.
11-13).
And we hear a voice raised in song, tentative at first, but soon swelling in a glad chorus of joy as the people of the city realize that
God, mighty to save, is with them, and will quiet them with His love (vv. 14-18).”
When we worship, we sing over God. But God starts to reverse this role, when He starts observing that inner thing you carry becomes treasure to Him.
When you are speaking over someone, you need to discern and reveal what is the sacrifice that that person must undertake. Yes, there is a need to help “solve” the problem for that person. But many a times, I discovered that we “overly solve” when it is supposed to be “discern” the “true sacrifice” in a person’s situation.
“If Jesus’ Death was considered as history's all-time low, how can you call yourself to be truly in depression without being in a sacrifice?” – cranberriesempty
Depression and sacrifice is greatly coupled in the bible. Every great man went through depression because it was masking an inner secret: Sacrifice! Your greatest ability is to discern what is the true sacrifice for that person’s life!
A person who has relationship problems: Sometimes maybe it is wrong timing!
A person who has communication issues: Sometimes renewal of the mind!
A person who has behavioural issues: Sometimes there are secret sins and inner lifestyles!
In essence, sacrifice is always the first step to establish the New Beginning! It wipes away everything to re-establish a new thing! Do not be afraid to restore what is right! Not just emotionally hop on the bandwagon. Teach; not just explain the situation.
It is only when you are in a sacrifice mode, God will reverse the role of worship. There is something greater in a man that God notices: sacrifice. It actually allows Him to honor your sacrifice. What an awesome exchange to invite God into the situation that you are talking to. It is a great resource exchange and a great resource management the Channel can do.
There are 3 parties when you are speaking to people.
Holy Spirit (God) – The Informant and Wisdom
People – The Residing Atmosphere or Target
The Speaker – The Channel
I had this thought that came to my mind:
“It is the end that will be greater than the beginning.” (Job 8:7 and Job 42:12)
But the end of the matter to God: are New Beginnings.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. (Rev 1:8)
Now write what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter. (Revelation 1:19 )
Here, Revelations is likened to a man talking to another man. There is an invading process and a filling process. C.S. Lewis has written these significant words:
“God is going to invade this earth in force. But what's the good of saying you're on his side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else, something it never entered your head to conceive comes crashing in. Something so beautiful to us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left. This time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love, or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down, when it's become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realize it or not. Now, today, in this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever; we must take it or leave it.”
The entire book of Revelation is targeted to inputting a new establishment: the new Earth. But begins itself by inputting a new Wisdom to the readers: You and Me.
People
Since it is a matter of wisdom, there is a storm in the Wisdom realm of the person receiving.
There was a constant struggle upon the Children of Israel that we can all agree: rebellion. And many have agreed that God’s Presence and Acknowledgment were the most important ingredients for their salvations. And God’s way to help them: was to input the exchange for His Wisdom.
Exodus 28:3 And you (Moses) shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. – with wisdom, come the preparation for anointment
Exo 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; - with wisdom, come the work for the Temple
Exodus 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; - with wisdom, come Work
“Unite the thoughts in his mind
Fear fragments the congruent of God's Wisdom.”
The truth is that God’s Truth is undeniable. Solid Truth is like plates of armor that are reinforced and impregnable. The enemy goes for the joints that are in-between the armor. They are the regions most flexible and thinly armoured.
A comment from a blog:
They disobeyed the Lord by violating Genesis 2:16-17.
In Genesis 3:17, Adam disobeyed God by obeying and subordinating himself to his wife, a violated of Gods' order. A few people believe that he violated Genesis 2:15 by not guarding the garden.
Genesis 3:16 demonstrates Gods disapproval of Eve's insubordination to her husband. She attempted to supplant both God and her husband in 3:1-6. She sinned by offering the fruit to her husband. Some people believe that she sinned by speaking to the serpent.
The fruit represents doing something that was contrary to Gods will, or sin.
Gen 3:1, 4-5 Satan lies and questions Gods character. 3:3 Eve adds "touch".
---Glenn on 5/12/09
What a erronous thought to have that the fruit was an conceiving aspect. It has no conceiving power. It represents a set. Not an option.
V1 Now the snake was the most clever among all the wild animals that the *Lord God had made. The snake said this to the woman: ‘Did God say that you can eat the fruit from all the trees in the garden?’ – generic to establish generalization; effectively limiting the effect of one tree
v2 This is how the woman answered the snake. ‘We can eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.
v3 But God said, “You must not eat the fruit from a certain tree. That tree is in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it, otherwise you will die.” ’
v4 But the snake replied to the woman, ‘You will not die. – linking to a sense of eternity which has always been the nature with God. Something eternal and undying.
v5 But when you eat the fruit, your eyes will open. God knows that. You will be like God and you will know right things and wrong things.’ – God had always wanted us to be like Him. We were created in His image. A very clever linking to a Truth by adding a false positive.
Be careful of allowing "false positives". They will be the false revelations and cements that forge your armor. They will leech when the real weathers of life come.
My prayer: “Unite the thoughts in his mind
Fear fragments the congruent of God's Wisdom.”
The devil attacks the congruent of God’s Wisdom. When you hear people, hear the congruent of their words.
The Speaker
The Channel allows the straw of events that will exchange God’s Wisdom into the situation.
I did think for a very long time the relation between Elijah and Elisha. Bear in mind, one thing: it was starkly different and yet starkly similar. Of course, everyone knows about the similar miracles they did: Rain, Food, Miraculous Pot of Oil, Resurrection, Vision Restored, Power in Death.
The moment one asks the question: “Were these men similar?” one immediately receives an emphatic: “No”. Smith in his Bible dictionary states: “In almost every respect, Elisha presents the most complete contrast to Elijah.” Elijah was a grand and romantic and emotional. He does of course fit the image of a prophet; with long flowing hair and a girdle of skin around his loins and the ability to out-run a chariot. He was also a loner; in almost all of the narratives concerning the prophet he is dealing with one or two people; on the two occasions he deals with a bigger group it is to slay them.
We find that Elijah did not just suffer from isolation but he seems to have courted it. When running from Jezebel he chose to leave his servant behind. When his time to depart came we find him attempting to leave behind the faithful Elisha. Even when Elijah wanted to communicate we typically find him appearing, delivering a message and then immediately removing himself.
Elijah’s name: Jehovah is God.
Elisha’s name: Savior
There is one occasion when I think we see genuine warmth coming from Elijah and that is in the instance of the healing of the widow’s son. We can almost feel him pleading with God and asking why this disaster had been brought upon the woman that he was lodging with. However if you view his actions from the point of the widow he is still far from comforting. There are no words of condolence or even encouragement: simply the command to hand over the child. The prophet then disappears to return later with the boy healed.
We are given far fewer insights into Elisha’s direct interaction with God. Instead we are regaled with account after account of his dealings with people. He appears to have lived in Jericho with the son’s of the prophets. A good number of his miracles occur in the day to day running of their lives. He makes friends with a woman of affluence and is an accepted part of at least three royal courts on different occasions. The sight of Elisha dressed as a normal Israelite walking with his staff down the high-road was almost certainly common-place where he lived. The result was double the anointing. An ordinary ordinary; an extraordinary on the inside.
In Romans 11:2 we see Elijah as a picture of a faithful remnant. However I believe it is James 5:17 we get the most telling reference to Elijah almost because it is so tangential. When James is looking for an example of someone to point to and say: “Look, even he had desires the same as us…” it was Elijah that immediately came to mind. The man that would lead a life of austerity, sacrifice and confrontation in order to state the Jehovah was God.
Eilsha's bare-minimun was the multiply but to multiply God's Will.
The Channel, like you and me, is to multiply God’s Will into a situation. Elijah, to the end, was a faithful remnant. Continuation and transfer was a constant sight in Elijah and Elisha’s lives. To release something and to take away with something. That is the process of Wisdom as you speak.
God in this picture
Zep 3: 17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
“What a picture of the scene we see in Zephaniah 3. The city of
Jerusalem was under siege, being punished for her many sins (vv. 1-7). The
LORD Himself was the assailing force, pouring out His wrath, striking the city in His fierce anger. The devastation seemed enough to consume the entire world in an awesome conflagration (v. 8).
And then, in the rest of the chapter, we make an amazing discovery. As that dreadful night of judgment comes to an end, and day dawns, we realize there are survivors! We see God's scattered people, purified, return to worship their God (vv. 9-10). We realize that the arrogance that characterized Jerusalem had been burned away, and the city
now held only the meek and humble, who would do no wrong (vv.
11-13).
And we hear a voice raised in song, tentative at first, but soon swelling in a glad chorus of joy as the people of the city realize that
God, mighty to save, is with them, and will quiet them with His love (vv. 14-18).”
When we worship, we sing over God. But God starts to reverse this role, when He starts observing that inner thing you carry becomes treasure to Him.
When you are speaking over someone, you need to discern and reveal what is the sacrifice that that person must undertake. Yes, there is a need to help “solve” the problem for that person. But many a times, I discovered that we “overly solve” when it is supposed to be “discern” the “true sacrifice” in a person’s situation.
“If Jesus’ Death was considered as history's all-time low, how can you call yourself to be truly in depression without being in a sacrifice?” – cranberriesempty
Depression and sacrifice is greatly coupled in the bible. Every great man went through depression because it was masking an inner secret: Sacrifice! Your greatest ability is to discern what is the true sacrifice for that person’s life!
A person who has relationship problems: Sometimes maybe it is wrong timing!
A person who has communication issues: Sometimes renewal of the mind!
A person who has behavioural issues: Sometimes there are secret sins and inner lifestyles!
In essence, sacrifice is always the first step to establish the New Beginning! It wipes away everything to re-establish a new thing! Do not be afraid to restore what is right! Not just emotionally hop on the bandwagon. Teach; not just explain the situation.
It is only when you are in a sacrifice mode, God will reverse the role of worship. There is something greater in a man that God notices: sacrifice. It actually allows Him to honor your sacrifice. What an awesome exchange to invite God into the situation that you are talking to. It is a great resource exchange and a great resource management the Channel can do.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Out of 100
I just a watched a documentary on Autism.
out of 100..
- 30 will be affected permenantly
- 15 can lead a normal and complacent life
- 10 will show extraordinary development and intelligence (esp. music and science)
Wow.
The way to help them: Attract their attention. Be slow. They can understand you.
out of 100..
- 30 will be affected permenantly
- 15 can lead a normal and complacent life
- 10 will show extraordinary development and intelligence (esp. music and science)
Wow.
The way to help them: Attract their attention. Be slow. They can understand you.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
None
"Melvin, I still like your eyes."
"Really impressed me. What special lens?" Ans: None.
You are good, You are good
When there's nothing good in me
You are love, You are love
On display for all to see
You are light, You are light
When the darkness closes in
You are hope, You are hope
You have covered all my sins
You are peace, You are peace
When my fear is crippling
You are true, You are true
Ever in my wandering
You are joy, You are joy
You're the reason that i sing
You are life, You are life
In you death has lost its sting
Oh, i'm running to your arms
I'm running to your arms
The riches of your love will always be enough
Nothing compares to your embrace
Light of the world
Forever reign
You are more, You are more
Than my words will ever say
You are Lord, You are Lord
All creation will proclaim
You are here, You are here
In your presence i'm made whole
You are God, You are God
Of all else i'm letting go
Hallelujah, forever
All the glory, forever
All the praise to you
My heart will sing
No other name
Jesus Jesus
"Really impressed me. What special lens?" Ans: None.
You are good, You are good
When there's nothing good in me
You are love, You are love
On display for all to see
You are light, You are light
When the darkness closes in
You are hope, You are hope
You have covered all my sins
You are peace, You are peace
When my fear is crippling
You are true, You are true
Ever in my wandering
You are joy, You are joy
You're the reason that i sing
You are life, You are life
In you death has lost its sting
Oh, i'm running to your arms
I'm running to your arms
The riches of your love will always be enough
Nothing compares to your embrace
Light of the world
Forever reign
You are more, You are more
Than my words will ever say
You are Lord, You are Lord
All creation will proclaim
You are here, You are here
In your presence i'm made whole
You are God, You are God
Of all else i'm letting go
Hallelujah, forever
All the glory, forever
All the praise to you
My heart will sing
No other name
Jesus Jesus
Monday, August 16, 2010
Let them think.
"Mel, God changed your life. You weren't like that last time."
"Melvin, I am sorry that you had to take that role for the last one month.
You do have a brain of a PhD student. You did it amazingly."
"Melvin, I love you as my leader and friend!"
"Brought back to what seems to feel like Karuizawa with a local touch and much learnt about oneself. Welcome to earth. Thanks Mel :)"
Misunderstood and misrepresented.
Let them think.
______________________________________
"Melvin, I am sorry that you had to take that role for the last one month.
You do have a brain of a PhD student. You did it amazingly."
"Melvin, I love you as my leader and friend!"
"Brought back to what seems to feel like Karuizawa with a local touch and much learnt about oneself. Welcome to earth. Thanks Mel :)"
Misunderstood and misrepresented.
Let them think.
______________________________________
Friday, August 13, 2010
Greatness is followed.
Sometimes I really dislike being misunderstood and misrepresented.
Sunday - Malaysia
Monday - Malaysia
Tuesday - Leaders Meeting
Wednesday - Customer Meeting
Thursday - Home
Friday - Cell Group Meeting
Saturday - Airport
I hardly even take a holiday off from my schedule and when I am gone, everyone seems to hate me for me. 2 days out of 7 days. 1 trip out of 2 months.
I feel that I have balanced it to the best I know how.
Sometimes, I just wish I can be selfish.
I send the sick and in-need home. But people see it as foolishness.
They curse me with disease.
I do not want to end up with no friends like my predecessors.
When you had help from others, you never thought who helped them first.
You were well-liked because someone else first sowed into them.
Nothing is free.
Don't behave greatness. Greatness is followed.
Being a manager, I am already required more.
They want me to spend up to 15 hours per day at work but I have reduced it as much.
I think I have really done my best.
In spite of all my disappointment and bitterness.
I still believe in faithfulness and being kind.
I am just not surrounded by the like.
They do not see. And they curse what they have.
My previous company keeps calling me when they found out they could not replicate what I did.
It is too late to appreciate.
I am sorry that you are sorry.
The moral is to open your eyes.
Don't think of greatness.
Look out for those who sow in tears.
Greatness is following them.
Sunday - Malaysia
Monday - Malaysia
Tuesday - Leaders Meeting
Wednesday - Customer Meeting
Thursday - Home
Friday - Cell Group Meeting
Saturday - Airport
I hardly even take a holiday off from my schedule and when I am gone, everyone seems to hate me for me. 2 days out of 7 days. 1 trip out of 2 months.
I feel that I have balanced it to the best I know how.
Sometimes, I just wish I can be selfish.
I send the sick and in-need home. But people see it as foolishness.
They curse me with disease.
I do not want to end up with no friends like my predecessors.
When you had help from others, you never thought who helped them first.
You were well-liked because someone else first sowed into them.
Nothing is free.
Don't behave greatness. Greatness is followed.
Being a manager, I am already required more.
They want me to spend up to 15 hours per day at work but I have reduced it as much.
I think I have really done my best.
In spite of all my disappointment and bitterness.
I still believe in faithfulness and being kind.
I am just not surrounded by the like.
They do not see. And they curse what they have.
My previous company keeps calling me when they found out they could not replicate what I did.
It is too late to appreciate.
I am sorry that you are sorry.
The moral is to open your eyes.
Don't think of greatness.
Look out for those who sow in tears.
Greatness is following them.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Perfect
"Melvin, because of your stories, I feel a little closer to the real me.
Thank you."
"Melvin, I cannot understand your overly positive. It is uncomfortable."
"Good morning melvin, 1 year 10 mths ago, u sent a sms to encourage me to do my best. I will read the sms to encourage myself. 1 yr 10 mths later, I still remember. I want to thank you for being there right from the start."
I cannot be perfect.
I realize that.
And I cannot be who is perfect in your mind.
When you're caught in a lie and you've got nothing to hide
When you've got nowhere to run and you've got nothing inside
It tears right through me: you thought that you knew me
_________________________________
Perfect
Falling a thousand feet per second, you still take me by surprise
I just know we can't be over, I can see it in your eyes
Making every kind of silence, takes a lot to realize
It's worse to finish than to start all over and never let it lie
And as long as I can feel you holding on
I won't fall, even if you said I was wrong
I'm not perfect, but I keep trying
'Cause that's what I said I would do from the start
I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave
Was it something I said or just my personality?
Making every kind of silence, it takes a lot to realize
It's worse to finish than to start all over and never let it lie
And as long as I can feel you holding on
I won't fall, even if you said I was wrong
I know that I'm not perfect, but I keep trying
'Cause that's what I said I would do from the start
I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave
Was it something I said or just my personality?
When you're caught in a lie and you've got nothing to hide
When you've got nowhere to run and you've got nothing inside
It tears right through me, you thought that you knew me
You thought that you knew
I'm not perfect, but I keep trying
'Cause that's what I said I would do from the start
I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave
Was it something I said or just my personality?
I'm not perfect, but I keep trying
'Cause that's what I said I would do from the start
I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave
Was it something I said or just my, just myself
Just myself, myself, just myself
I'm not perfect, but I keep trying.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The only thing that was moving, was me.
Looking back at some of my crappy handphone pictures, I suddenly realized something was very consistent.
When I wanted to take landscapes, my camera had no wide angle.
When I wanted to take closeups, my camera had no zoom feature.
When I wanted to take bokehs, my camera had no leeway aperture.
When I wanted to take low lights, my camera had no exposure compensation.
But everyone loved the pictures.
Some even won competitions.
The only thing that was moving, was me.
What I can get out of a landscape, I grab.
What I can get out of a closeup, I move in.
What I can get out of a bokeh, I tilted.
What I can get out of a low light, I find light.
"I" compensated what will be lacking in my pictures.
Out of the limitations, come a new thing. - cranberries_empty
The item in my hand didn't change. I changed.
If the miracle in my hand didn't change. It will still be me that changed.
The only compensation for any miracle is the one exposed to that miracle.
Even if the item in my hand didn't change.
I am exposed to it.
I change.
When I wanted to take landscapes, my camera had no wide angle.
When I wanted to take closeups, my camera had no zoom feature.
When I wanted to take bokehs, my camera had no leeway aperture.
When I wanted to take low lights, my camera had no exposure compensation.
But everyone loved the pictures.
Some even won competitions.
The only thing that was moving, was me.
What I can get out of a landscape, I grab.
What I can get out of a closeup, I move in.
What I can get out of a bokeh, I tilted.
What I can get out of a low light, I find light.
"I" compensated what will be lacking in my pictures.
Out of the limitations, come a new thing. - cranberries_empty
The item in my hand didn't change. I changed.
If the miracle in my hand didn't change. It will still be me that changed.
The only compensation for any miracle is the one exposed to that miracle.
Even if the item in my hand didn't change.
I am exposed to it.
I change.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Because in God's heart, the silent principle is louder than the speculate pattern.
"I am blessed by ur twit. V v v blessed. ure an awesome inspiration urself. :)"
"Hi Melvin, just wanna say u're God-sent angel to us, the night before i had wanted to buy bao, sardine, baked beans etc but u've got for us. Tnks a lot once agn."
"Melvin!
Yesterday when Pastor shared about the verse, "Faith, hope and love but the greatest of all is love", I'm reminded of the word on this verse that you spoke into my life when I was at my lowest. This was the word that kept me back on track and taught me what I needed to do back then.
Thank you Melvin for that word! :) It turned things around in my life! You've made a significant impact in this soul!"
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Last Tuesday, Pastor shared about forgiveness.
I still haven't found what I am looking for.
YL just smiled and said, "Never mind. I know you did."
And I shared to her about "Worth It All".
I could see her eyes tearing and sparkled.
And she called me her friend.
And she repeated it to the zone.
That really touched me.
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Met up another friend.
Shared to him about the real purpose of David.
And the meaning of handing him the guitar that faithful night.
"Your Calling will consistently confront you. And it will silently keep doing it so that you will come back."
I could see his eyes well up in surprise.
Something has happened.
God makes no excuses for the sins.
But at the same time, His response is a silent "It's ok to be not ok."
Grace realizes a God telling a Man, "It's ok to be not ok."
And with no exception, Sin is nailed with flesh to the Cross.
'David' is that strange story.
He should have been dismissed by God because of adultery and murder.
But God wants us to know.
God's Grace is above human dismissal.
And when He lives in someone, He doesn't spare or replace the sin.
He spares and replaces the sinner nature.
He merely advocates the soul that He loves for the world to know.
'David' is not about a pardoned king.
But about one soul He loves.
'David' becomes the eternal story of revealing God who 'You (really) are'.
He saves and He loves.
If loving David wasn't enough.. Sending the King of Kings to His Cross would have been spectacular.
Because in God's heart, the silent principle is louder than the speculate pattern.
Speculate David all you want.
Spend time on the silent principle after that.
A spectacular pattern to a silent principle.
"Hi Melvin, just wanna say u're God-sent angel to us, the night before i had wanted to buy bao, sardine, baked beans etc but u've got for us. Tnks a lot once agn."
"Melvin!
Yesterday when Pastor shared about the verse, "Faith, hope and love but the greatest of all is love", I'm reminded of the word on this verse that you spoke into my life when I was at my lowest. This was the word that kept me back on track and taught me what I needed to do back then.
Thank you Melvin for that word! :) It turned things around in my life! You've made a significant impact in this soul!"
_____________________________________
Last Tuesday, Pastor shared about forgiveness.
I still haven't found what I am looking for.
YL just smiled and said, "Never mind. I know you did."
And I shared to her about "Worth It All".
I could see her eyes tearing and sparkled.
And she called me her friend.
And she repeated it to the zone.
That really touched me.
_____________________________________
Met up another friend.
Shared to him about the real purpose of David.
And the meaning of handing him the guitar that faithful night.
"Your Calling will consistently confront you. And it will silently keep doing it so that you will come back."
I could see his eyes well up in surprise.
Something has happened.
God makes no excuses for the sins.
But at the same time, His response is a silent "It's ok to be not ok."
Grace realizes a God telling a Man, "It's ok to be not ok."
And with no exception, Sin is nailed with flesh to the Cross.
'David' is that strange story.
He should have been dismissed by God because of adultery and murder.
But God wants us to know.
God's Grace is above human dismissal.
And when He lives in someone, He doesn't spare or replace the sin.
He spares and replaces the sinner nature.
He merely advocates the soul that He loves for the world to know.
'David' is not about a pardoned king.
But about one soul He loves.
'David' becomes the eternal story of revealing God who 'You (really) are'.
He saves and He loves.
If loving David wasn't enough.. Sending the King of Kings to His Cross would have been spectacular.
Because in God's heart, the silent principle is louder than the speculate pattern.
Speculate David all you want.
Spend time on the silent principle after that.
A spectacular pattern to a silent principle.
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