True love? What is love in the first place? Isn't it just a feeling or expression? Some people say true love is blind... you only see the person's strengths, not the weaknesses. Some people say true love is sacrificial. To some extent, it is true... that is what parents do - loving their children with everything that they have.
Love is more than just a feeling alone.. that is a fact that all married couple, especially those with children will tell you. It is an expression of commitment. It is when two families, from different backgrounds and personalities get together. Two worlds apart coming together, forming new family, bonding to even a closer intimacy.
Love is being sacrificial to another person whom you call significant other. Sharing and devoting yourself totally to him or her in totality, providing for each other, supporting each other, trashing out differences, making every effort, in sickness or in health, in poverty or riches, a meaning life that is in response to God's love. We love because He first loved us. So, when we devote ourselves to our significant others, we are responding to God's commitment to us through the church.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The Bible
What is a Bible? Many would just answer, "It is just a book read by the Christians. Some non-Christians also read it out of curiosity. Some would just want to discover the truth behind Christianity or just to find out who is the God behind the Bible"
Bible is the best seller of the world. It has been translated to about 3200 languages worldwide!! Now isn't that amazing?!
Well... Bible is simply Basic Information Before Leaving Earth. We all know that we are just temporary citizens on earth and that we have an eternal home in heaven. So, we are to read the Basic Information Before Leaving Earth to our eternal home. Just like we would find out more about a place where we are going to visit : the culture, the weather, the people, the laws, we need to find out more about heaven and paradise, about God, about our Creator before we go up to meet him face to face.
Bible is the best seller of the world. It has been translated to about 3200 languages worldwide!! Now isn't that amazing?!
Well... Bible is simply Basic Information Before Leaving Earth. We all know that we are just temporary citizens on earth and that we have an eternal home in heaven. So, we are to read the Basic Information Before Leaving Earth to our eternal home. Just like we would find out more about a place where we are going to visit : the culture, the weather, the people, the laws, we need to find out more about heaven and paradise, about God, about our Creator before we go up to meet him face to face.
A disciple? A worker? A Christian?
Last Sunday was one of the best sermons that I've heard. The speaker spoke on some basic distinctions that make us Christians. I recalled once there was a pastor raised a thought-provoking question to his congregation. He asked,"Who among you here are disciples of Christ?". No one raised his/her hands. He smiled as if he had expected this.
"Who then are the workers of Christ?" A few hands went up, and these are the full time workers and some leaders of the church.
"Let me ask another question. Who are Christians?" This time round, all church members raised their hands. He was relieved and said, "When I asked who are the disciples and the workers of Christ, none of you dared to raised your hand. Don't you all realize that all these three questions mean the same?"
Indeed, when we say we are the children of God, we are also saying we are the disciples of Christ. We are His workers. So a Christian is also a disciple.
"Who then are the workers of Christ?" A few hands went up, and these are the full time workers and some leaders of the church.
"Let me ask another question. Who are Christians?" This time round, all church members raised their hands. He was relieved and said, "When I asked who are the disciples and the workers of Christ, none of you dared to raised your hand. Don't you all realize that all these three questions mean the same?"
Indeed, when we say we are the children of God, we are also saying we are the disciples of Christ. We are His workers. So a Christian is also a disciple.
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