Sometimes...

Sometimes being nice can invite unwanted nuisance...

Bring the Rain.

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

In times when you're really down, worship might just be your best bet.

To Save a Life.

I watched this show and my first thoughts were, wow, the youths should see this! Okay, i shan't spoil it but here's a little synopsis (from their official site)...

Ever since Jake Taylor was a kid, he was the type of guy you couldn't help but like. For Jake, life is good. He has a ton of friends, a basketball scholarship, a hot girlfriend and a really bright future. Not much to get down about, right?

Enter Roger Dawson. He was Jake's childhood best friend before Jake's growing popularity pushed him out. Tired of not fitting in and having a place to belong, Roger walks onto campus and, with a gun in his pocket and pain in his heart, makes a tragic move.

Jake is devastated by what Roger has done, and something in him changes. In seeking answers in his own life, one question plagues him the most: Could I have saved him? He finds himself deeply compelled to reach out to kids on the fringe -- kids who aren't viewed as cool enough. But this decision among other things, threatens Jake's world. He may lose his friends, his scholarship and even his reputation by asking "What do I want my life to be about?"

One word that kept ringing out in my mind was "relevance". I am really challenged by this word and the questions that followed. "Have I lost my relevance as a Christian in wherever God has put me?", "Have I deem myself too holy for other people?", "Have i camouflaged myself, blending in so nicely that Christ can't be seen in me?"

God has called us to be the salt and light in this world (Matt 5:13-16), but what are we doing? We have either blend in with the world, choosing rather to hang up our identities as Christians in our lives outside the four walls of our church. Or, we may have, in our pursuit of holiness, adopted a certain judgmental mindset against non-believers, thus segregating ourselves from them because they are just not good enough.

And the casualties of our failures are usually those that are around us; the classmate who always seem so rebellious but deep down inside needs acceptance; the platoon mate that's always the target of jokes and pranks; the friend with low self esteem; the kid whose parents set nigh impossible standards and always spots cane marks; what bout the schoolmate with a handicap? There's so many lives that God have yet touched, so many lives wasted and broken, and deep down we know that God really is their answer, that only He can mend their broken hearts, that He can grant them new purposes.

Oh how He loves them.

We are called to be His agents. Agents of love, change and difference, set out to reconcile the world to Him. So what do you want your life to be about?

p.s. here's the trailer for the show!

Sometimes...

Sometimes i feel like packing up my backpack and leave for somewhere far away for an adventure...

Our God.

Been trying to play this all morning!

Crisis of Faith.

Sigh. Long time no blog and now when i finally do get some time on my hand, i've got a crisis in another.

You see, i've been really hoping to take up electric guitar classes every saturday @ Believer's and their next term opens from sept to december, so my new posting could either make or break my prayer. I received my posting to this unit and strangly i'm the only one from my course platoon to be posted there, along with a whole lot of guys from other platoons. Comparing my posting with my fellow course mates, i was thankful to know that at least i dont have to be shipped off country for overseas exercises anytime soon. And so i thought, "WHOW God answered my prayers!".

So off i went to this new unit and turns out, everything still seem to carry a sort of uncertainty. I only get to know the training forecast for this month and on top of that, i'm not allowed to being my guitar in for practice (for how long i dont know)! Oh man, what a let down. It's like my faith's sailin' real high the last week and now BAM, shipwrecked.

It's funny isn't it? How we can be so sure that everything'll work out fine this moment and be filled with doubts the every next. Sigh. i guess i'll either have to take this leap of faith and sign up for the course despite all these uncertainties or i could just let it pass by. :|