(If the date of this post changed, it is because I had to correct a spelling mistake...)
As I mentioned in my last entry, this entry will contain what my Sunday School co-students call SPOILERS... when I said some stuff about The Matrix Reloaded, LOL who hasn't seen that movie BY NOW... but the newest Narnia movie Prince Caspian is still pretty new... so I would grant them the use of SPOILERS here :P I will also be using some quotes from the movie "Hitch" as well...
Movies sometimes brings to mind my mom's saying about how "movies are life, life are movies..."; it's basically like her own version of Shakespeare's "All the worlds a stage, all the men and women merely players". I'm not going to open that can of worms about how we might put on facades and stuff at times, save that for another entry(ies). But I will say that often movies and other forms of acting or fiction can at times parallel events in real life and also vice versa... Afterall it is written by human authors not that I am suggesting the bible is also a form of fiction, NOT AT ALL... But some people based on it's content may see it that way, but you do understand the implications that ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN in life...
As someone I wish I could still say I knew put it, life is a journey and as I heard a best man quote ST Voyager as well "maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey... to the journey..."
So here I insert the quotes to set the mood for the battle(s) in my life I must endure for God and His kingdom... If I thought the ones I had to go through in the past were hard, I believe it's only the beginning. The real battles have yet to be fought, it is time to step up to the plate and fight the epic battles Christ needs me to do for Him... not always going to be physical, but never ceasing to be spiritual...Here are the quotes from The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian...
(I will name each scene with a commentary-type title)
Scene 1 Caspian realizes his calling, receives vision and "steps up" to lead the Narnians (perhaps Acts 9:19-31 is probably one passage I can think of that sorta parallels):
Prince Caspian: Two days ago, I didn't believe in the existence of talking animals... of dwarves or... or centaurs. Yet here you are, in strengths and numbers that we Telmarines could never have imagined. Whether this horn
[raises horn for all to see]
Prince Caspian (continues): is magic or not, it brought us together... and together, we have a chance to take back what is ours!
Scene 2 Failure and difficulties can cause tension, stumbling and for us turn against our own "family" (2 Corinthians 2:10-11):
Lucy Pevensie: What happened?
Peter Pevensie: Ask him.
Susan Pevensie: Peter!
Prince Caspian: Me? You could have called it off, there was still time.
Peter Pevensie: No there wasn't thanks to you. If you had kept to the plan those soldiers might be alive right now.
Prince Caspian: And if you just had stayed here as I suggested they definitely would be!
Peter Pevensie: You called us, remember?
Prince Caspian: My first mistake.
Peter Pevensie: No. Your first mistake was thinking you could lead these people
Peter Pevensie: [turns around and begins to walk off]
Prince Caspian: Hey!
Peter Pevensie: [Peter turns to look at him]
Prince Caspian: I am not the one who abandoned Narnia.
Peter Pevensie: You invaded Narnia. You have no more right leading than Miraz does.
[Caspian pushes past Peter]
Peter Pevensie: You, him, your father! Narnia's better off without the lot of you!
[Caspian and Peter draw swords intending to attack each other]
Scene 3: (LOL I don't know what to call this scene...but it was part of the quotes in imdb.com and I figure it's a good scene because it relates to my original post...) Umm maybe God works through other people not for prophesy, but for encouragement... (Proverbs 27:17)
Prince Caspian: [gives Susan her horn back] Maybe it's time you had this back.
Susan Pevensie: [gives the horn back] Why don't you hold on to it - you might need to call me again.
[a pause while Susan and Caspian exchange a long glance]
Lucy Pevensie: [quoting Susan as they ride off] "You might need to call me again"?
Susan Pevensie: Oh, shut up.
STAY TUNED TO ME BLOG FOR THE "The Last Battle" and my final commissioning entry for me to "STEP UP" for God and hopefully it encourages you to "go and do likewise..." :)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Prelude to "the last battle"...
Apparently the last book in the series is called "The Last Battle" not final battle. I guess maybe the war never ends. But ya, I read the preview of the last book at the back cover and it talks about a "False Aslan" so I assume it's like Revelation style...
I feel almost like I want to quote those parts from the Prince Caspian Narnia movie, but perhaps I'll do that in my next entry, so here is the warning:
WARNING: NEXT ENTRY WILL CONTAIN QUOTES/SPOILERS FROM THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN MOVIE...
Anyhow, I saw an episode of Star Trek Voyager on TV the other day that is about faith which I think will really help set the mood for the entry I plan to explain how my journey in Christ is like Prince Caspian's and how I too have my battles to face like a modern day Prince Kaspian, no my little Jojo, I didn't spell it wrong, I did it intentionally, to draw an analogy of me to Prince Caspian... and the next entry won't have that yet, but it will use some quotes from the movie to set the mood for the grand finale.
The context of that episode is that one of the non-Starfleet crew members, Kes steps into some bioelectric field. She was not supposed to go into that area, as it is sacred, but she was being curious and then supposedly she was struck down because the "spirits" punished her. Now the Captain is seeking "spiritual help" from the natives because even with all their high tech medicine, she is unable to find a cure for her crew member (Kes) who is currently suffering from a coma as a result. The quotes begin with the Captain Janeway in a waiting room supposedly "waiting" to speak with "the spirits":
"We are waiting..."
"I can't WAIT... my crew member needs help NOW..."
"Come with me child..."
(a bit later, the next scene when she is talking with that "clergy" woman:)
"So you're expecting a ritual, some tests eh..."
"I don't know what to expect...."
(after she has been suffering from the tests and nearly dies, she experiences a vision)
"You have everything you need to help her YOURSELF...The SPIRITS don't lie..."
"Welcome back (to the WAITING room)..."
"So your little adventure didn't quite work back the way your planned it, you went through all that suffering for nothing... your quest to the spiritual world wasn't quite as successful as you expected..."
"Stubborn aren't you, you weren't expecting and content to WAIT around for the spirits were you..."
"That would be nice and QUANTIFIABLE for you wouldn't it... if the SPIRITS was something you can TOUCH... FEEL... TALK TO...."
"So much for your OPEN MINDED Starfleet ideas..."
"Fine don't listen to us...go back to your ship to play with your micro biographic scanner..."
"You'll find the answer eventually your way won't you?"
"Now there's a leap of faith..."
"There you go again... always looking for a RATIONALE explaination... your biogenic scanners has given you FACTS... that it's lethal... You need to TRUST that it's not the case, that taking her back into the biogenic field that they will cure her as opposed to harm her..."
"If you believe you're there already, there you are... there's more to it than that..."
"If you don't believe then you're BOTH DEAD... SO what are you GOING TO BELIEVE... CAPTAIN...?"
"Everything my method says it's lethal... I WANT TO BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE..."
"I know what I'm doing..."
"Are you SURE of that..."
"There's 800 mejajules of biogenic energy running through that field..."
"She (the vitality injured one) won't ASK you to DESTROY yourself for her sake... there are too many people counting on you..."
"I can't give you my word on that... nobody knows what will happen in the shrine when they go in.... I don't know all the answers, BUT YOU DO..."
"Katherine (or did he say "Captain")... I don't understand this..."
"Neither do I... that's the CHALLENGE..."
"They caused the ___ energy... the bioneutric energy captain attained protected as a barrier from the.. etc... etc..."
"It's a perfectly SOUND explaination doctor... very.... scientific...."
ROFL....
It's TIME TO STEP UP....STEP IT UP A NOTCH like our opening cermonies... BAM... like Emeril (the cook will say)... OVERFLOW with that Holy Spirit... I still remember our "Overflowing" theme from this years RCCF retreat, it's awesome! :) It's like ya, have faith in God not in ourselves... I'll leave it at that for now, hopefully you're anticipating my conclusion on this series of posts...
TO BE CONTINUED... KEEP IN MIND THE WARNING ABOUT SPOILERS FROM THE NEW NARNIA MOVIE IN THE NEXT ENTRY...
I feel almost like I want to quote those parts from the Prince Caspian Narnia movie, but perhaps I'll do that in my next entry, so here is the warning:
WARNING: NEXT ENTRY WILL CONTAIN QUOTES/SPOILERS FROM THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN MOVIE...
Anyhow, I saw an episode of Star Trek Voyager on TV the other day that is about faith which I think will really help set the mood for the entry I plan to explain how my journey in Christ is like Prince Caspian's and how I too have my battles to face like a modern day Prince Kaspian, no my little Jojo, I didn't spell it wrong, I did it intentionally, to draw an analogy of me to Prince Caspian... and the next entry won't have that yet, but it will use some quotes from the movie to set the mood for the grand finale.
The context of that episode is that one of the non-Starfleet crew members, Kes steps into some bioelectric field. She was not supposed to go into that area, as it is sacred, but she was being curious and then supposedly she was struck down because the "spirits" punished her. Now the Captain is seeking "spiritual help" from the natives because even with all their high tech medicine, she is unable to find a cure for her crew member (Kes) who is currently suffering from a coma as a result. The quotes begin with the Captain Janeway in a waiting room supposedly "waiting" to speak with "the spirits":
"We are waiting..."
"I can't WAIT... my crew member needs help NOW..."
"Come with me child..."
(a bit later, the next scene when she is talking with that "clergy" woman:)
"So you're expecting a ritual, some tests eh..."
"I don't know what to expect...."
(after she has been suffering from the tests and nearly dies, she experiences a vision)
"You have everything you need to help her YOURSELF...The SPIRITS don't lie..."
"Welcome back (to the WAITING room)..."
"So your little adventure didn't quite work back the way your planned it, you went through all that suffering for nothing... your quest to the spiritual world wasn't quite as successful as you expected..."
"Stubborn aren't you, you weren't expecting and content to WAIT around for the spirits were you..."
"That would be nice and QUANTIFIABLE for you wouldn't it... if the SPIRITS was something you can TOUCH... FEEL... TALK TO...."
"So much for your OPEN MINDED Starfleet ideas..."
"Fine don't listen to us...go back to your ship to play with your micro biographic scanner..."
"You'll find the answer eventually your way won't you?"
"Now there's a leap of faith..."
"There you go again... always looking for a RATIONALE explaination... your biogenic scanners has given you FACTS... that it's lethal... You need to TRUST that it's not the case, that taking her back into the biogenic field that they will cure her as opposed to harm her..."
"If you believe you're there already, there you are... there's more to it than that..."
"If you don't believe then you're BOTH DEAD... SO what are you GOING TO BELIEVE... CAPTAIN...?"
"Everything my method says it's lethal... I WANT TO BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE..."
"I know what I'm doing..."
"Are you SURE of that..."
"There's 800 mejajules of biogenic energy running through that field..."
"She (the vitality injured one) won't ASK you to DESTROY yourself for her sake... there are too many people counting on you..."
"I can't give you my word on that... nobody knows what will happen in the shrine when they go in.... I don't know all the answers, BUT YOU DO..."
"Katherine (or did he say "Captain")... I don't understand this..."
"Neither do I... that's the CHALLENGE..."
"They caused the ___ energy... the bioneutric energy captain attained protected as a barrier from the.. etc... etc..."
"It's a perfectly SOUND explaination doctor... very.... scientific...."
ROFL....
It's TIME TO STEP UP....STEP IT UP A NOTCH like our opening cermonies... BAM... like Emeril (the cook will say)... OVERFLOW with that Holy Spirit... I still remember our "Overflowing" theme from this years RCCF retreat, it's awesome! :) It's like ya, have faith in God not in ourselves... I'll leave it at that for now, hopefully you're anticipating my conclusion on this series of posts...
TO BE CONTINUED... KEEP IN MIND THE WARNING ABOUT SPOILERS FROM THE NEW NARNIA MOVIE IN THE NEXT ENTRY...
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Chronicles of K.... "Prince Kaspian" :P
Hehe, good thing I try to remain anonymous on my blog, the copyright issues are like "sketchy" yo... anyhow before I continue my sermon, let's do a bit of singspiration...:
Dear God Lyrics by Boyz II Men
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Dear God Lyrics
performed by Boyz II Men
Written by Boyz II Men, Durrell Bottoms, Jamar Jones, Todd Huston, Vivian S. Green, and Richard Smallwood
Dear God,
It's me again...I am so far from where I could have been
Dear God, I would be incomplete
But you came and touched my life in time of need
So I'm thanking you for all you've done
And for sacrificing your only son
Chorus:
That's why I'm writing you this letter
To let you know that I love you
Thank you for all that I am and for being a friend
Lord, my love for you'll never end
Dear God,
It's Shawn this time...I'm so grateful for the way you've changed my life
I'd give all I have, I'd just throw it all away
For a chance to walk with you through heaven's gates
That's why I'm thanking you for your love and your grace
I don't deserve these blessings that you give to me
Chorus
Interlude:
Dear God,
As a humble man I come to you like a child
Needing your knowledge, your love, and your guidance Lord
Thank you for trusting me with my own life's decisions
But I'm just a man, and I don't deserve this incredible life that you've given me
I love you Lord, I love you
Dear God, it's me Wanya...I'm so sorry, so sorry for living for me
But I promise from this day on I'm livin' for you
'Cause without you my life means nothing
LORD IF YOU'RE CALLING ME... SEND ME! I WILL GO!
"To the ends of the earth...." and beyond?
Reflecting back to the movie I watched last week... and it was a "special Tuesday" for me actually, I felt VERY ALONE and it was also the day someone dear to me was born... my "good friend"... of now that I think about it, over 10 years now... Happy beLated! ;)
Ok, BACK ON TOPIC! I was telling my younger sister friend on MSN earlier how like my hair's been getting TOO LONG now and I am in dire need of a haircut... so like HEY HEY spitting image of that guy ("Prince Kaspian").... LOL... anyone wanna lend me their "horn"? :P Ok ok... no more spoilers.... Especially when it comes to real life, it's "so sad... so sad... and it's getting more and more absurd..."
But I realize now... it is time for me to STEP UP like our softball league's theme this year... stop whinning about my singleness, my lack of a fancy sports car and start DOING something GREAT for God... Tom Lin, I have not forgotten your advice to me from CC2007... maybe IT IS time for me to "take fate into my OWN HANDS!!!" Coincidently a position for ministry associate at AFC has opened up and I will soon hear back from *seminary* too with my part-time studies... it's like am I too late? DID I DO THE WRONG THING suggesting my friend who is getting laid off soon to apply, whereas myself, one who I believe GOD is calling to ministry isn't willing to give up my COZY JOB in the "Kingdom of R...." to serve Him!??!? Hypocrite!!! (shame on me...) So ya God... if you call me... I will go!
TO BE CONTINUED AGAIN... (haha... maybe "The Final Battle" as per the CS Lewis series)
Dear God Lyrics by Boyz II Men
Download Center:
DEAR GOD Ringtone - click here
Bonus BOYZ II MEN Ringtones
[DOWNLOAD THIS SONG NOW] - FREE trial!
edit print
Dear God Lyrics
performed by Boyz II Men
Written by Boyz II Men, Durrell Bottoms, Jamar Jones, Todd Huston, Vivian S. Green, and Richard Smallwood
Dear God,
It's me again...I am so far from where I could have been
Dear God, I would be incomplete
But you came and touched my life in time of need
So I'm thanking you for all you've done
And for sacrificing your only son
Chorus:
That's why I'm writing you this letter
To let you know that I love you
Thank you for all that I am and for being a friend
Lord, my love for you'll never end
Dear God,
It's Shawn this time...I'm so grateful for the way you've changed my life
I'd give all I have, I'd just throw it all away
For a chance to walk with you through heaven's gates
That's why I'm thanking you for your love and your grace
I don't deserve these blessings that you give to me
Chorus
Interlude:
Dear God,
As a humble man I come to you like a child
Needing your knowledge, your love, and your guidance Lord
Thank you for trusting me with my own life's decisions
But I'm just a man, and I don't deserve this incredible life that you've given me
I love you Lord, I love you
Dear God, it's me Wanya...I'm so sorry, so sorry for living for me
But I promise from this day on I'm livin' for you
'Cause without you my life means nothing
LORD IF YOU'RE CALLING ME... SEND ME! I WILL GO!
"To the ends of the earth...." and beyond?
Reflecting back to the movie I watched last week... and it was a "special Tuesday" for me actually, I felt VERY ALONE and it was also the day someone dear to me was born... my "good friend"... of now that I think about it, over 10 years now... Happy beLated! ;)
Ok, BACK ON TOPIC! I was telling my younger sister friend on MSN earlier how like my hair's been getting TOO LONG now and I am in dire need of a haircut... so like HEY HEY spitting image of that guy ("Prince Kaspian").... LOL... anyone wanna lend me their "horn"? :P Ok ok... no more spoilers.... Especially when it comes to real life, it's "so sad... so sad... and it's getting more and more absurd..."
But I realize now... it is time for me to STEP UP like our softball league's theme this year... stop whinning about my singleness, my lack of a fancy sports car and start DOING something GREAT for God... Tom Lin, I have not forgotten your advice to me from CC2007... maybe IT IS time for me to "take fate into my OWN HANDS!!!" Coincidently a position for ministry associate at AFC has opened up and I will soon hear back from *seminary* too with my part-time studies... it's like am I too late? DID I DO THE WRONG THING suggesting my friend who is getting laid off soon to apply, whereas myself, one who I believe GOD is calling to ministry isn't willing to give up my COZY JOB in the "Kingdom of R...." to serve Him!??!? Hypocrite!!! (shame on me...) So ya God... if you call me... I will go!
TO BE CONTINUED AGAIN... (haha... maybe "The Final Battle" as per the CS Lewis series)
It APPLIES to us old... (sorry "oLder") foggies as well :P Maybe EVEN MORE so....
Hi,
I will try to find a link appropriate of this blog entry to use later... but right now I am at a lost for words. Kind of like that quality podcast I listened to this morning since I couldn't make it to church due to bad headache on Saturday night. But it did give me a chance to do a lot of things I don't normally get to do on Sunday mornings... like wish my dad a happy father's day (we haven't seen him in over 10 years he has been "AWAY" in Asia)....
So anyhow, as I wait for my attachment to load in my e-mail on the other window... I HOPE that this blog does not fall on death ears/eyes... that the MSG of the speaker or more importantly GOD does not go unheard... and that is my wish always for my blog entries as well... it's like "Pastor Agent K's very first sermon"... kinda like that "my first holophono" in that POP TV show Futurama except I am PLAYING FOR GOD... not PLAYING THE FIELD (for a girl...) So this is me... the early days.. am I any good? Or am I one of those preaches/speakers/bloggers that put people to sleep instead?
This entry might also be called "A FRESH START... A NEW PERSPECTIVE"... and if it were a worship, I would put that "PERSPECTIVES" song by Kutlass, "Rescue" by Desperation Band (Urbana 2006) and maybe that "Why" (Nicole Norderman) song in the line up. Since I am not leading singspiration this time around, but "preaching" instead... I will forgo that section of that sharing and "get to the point..."
So what is my message, well it can be short and simple, not necessarily sweet, but it can also be LONG and "INTERESTING"... yes, interesting :P At least I hope so... Hey, I was "supervisor" for Elections Ontario in the past, my speaking "skills" can't be THAT BAD now can they? And they "normally" don't give the job to a total "NEW KID" as I was....
Anyhow... my theme for this message is like it's too late for ME to get a fresh start and obviously more so for those who are more advanced than me in physical years or IS THAT REALLY the case? I know people who "passed away" as young as 16... A sister in Christ who was outreaching with us who's only 13 once said "I feel like I've WASTED MY LIFE..." 13... but yet the "young looking :P" 31 year old sister said no such thing, but it was good this quote of the 13 year old the 31 year old did convicted not only her, but me and most of the people in that room!!!
Like that line in the MCBCSL opening ceremony skit today "Love... yea yea...." Jesus is LOVE.... God is LOVE... but what are we doing in response to his love? Do we "bring Him more than a song"? Perhaps as a classic way of doing things, let's look into this word, to make it more analogic and dramatic like Pastor's do trying to use analogies from "movies" or other sources, I will use the AMPLIFIED translation of the bible:
1 Corinthians 13 (Amplified Bible)
Amplified Bible (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
1 Corinthians 13
1IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such [a]as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2And if I have prophetic powers ([b]the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).
3Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or [c] in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing.
4Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
8Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy ([d]the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
9For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).
10But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded).
11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.
12For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as [e]in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand [f]fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been [g]fully and clearly known and understood [[h]by God].
13And so faith, hope, love abide [faith--conviction and belief respecting man's relation to God and divine things; hope--joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love--true affection for God and man, growing out of God's love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.....
(hehe "love")..."yea yea..." :P
TO BE CONTINUED (haha, like a lot of my other unfinished posts... same on me, like my cell group leader said, I need to "FOLLOW THROUGH" on my commitments regardless of whether I like them or not...)
But at least as the speaker at CC2008 said, I've "relieved my spiritual constipation"... :P
I will try to find a link appropriate of this blog entry to use later... but right now I am at a lost for words. Kind of like that quality podcast I listened to this morning since I couldn't make it to church due to bad headache on Saturday night. But it did give me a chance to do a lot of things I don't normally get to do on Sunday mornings... like wish my dad a happy father's day (we haven't seen him in over 10 years he has been "AWAY" in Asia)....
So anyhow, as I wait for my attachment to load in my e-mail on the other window... I HOPE that this blog does not fall on death ears/eyes... that the MSG of the speaker or more importantly GOD does not go unheard... and that is my wish always for my blog entries as well... it's like "Pastor Agent K's very first sermon"... kinda like that "my first holophono" in that POP TV show Futurama except I am PLAYING FOR GOD... not PLAYING THE FIELD (for a girl...) So this is me... the early days.. am I any good? Or am I one of those preaches/speakers/bloggers that put people to sleep instead?
This entry might also be called "A FRESH START... A NEW PERSPECTIVE"... and if it were a worship, I would put that "PERSPECTIVES" song by Kutlass, "Rescue" by Desperation Band (Urbana 2006) and maybe that "Why" (Nicole Norderman) song in the line up. Since I am not leading singspiration this time around, but "preaching" instead... I will forgo that section of that sharing and "get to the point..."
So what is my message, well it can be short and simple, not necessarily sweet, but it can also be LONG and "INTERESTING"... yes, interesting :P At least I hope so... Hey, I was "supervisor" for Elections Ontario in the past, my speaking "skills" can't be THAT BAD now can they? And they "normally" don't give the job to a total "NEW KID" as I was....
Anyhow... my theme for this message is like it's too late for ME to get a fresh start and obviously more so for those who are more advanced than me in physical years or IS THAT REALLY the case? I know people who "passed away" as young as 16... A sister in Christ who was outreaching with us who's only 13 once said "I feel like I've WASTED MY LIFE..." 13... but yet the "young looking :P" 31 year old sister said no such thing, but it was good this quote of the 13 year old the 31 year old did convicted not only her, but me and most of the people in that room!!!
Like that line in the MCBCSL opening ceremony skit today "Love... yea yea...." Jesus is LOVE.... God is LOVE... but what are we doing in response to his love? Do we "bring Him more than a song"? Perhaps as a classic way of doing things, let's look into this word, to make it more analogic and dramatic like Pastor's do trying to use analogies from "movies" or other sources, I will use the AMPLIFIED translation of the bible:
1 Corinthians 13 (Amplified Bible)
Amplified Bible (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
1 Corinthians 13
1IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such [a]as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2And if I have prophetic powers ([b]the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).
3Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or [c] in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing.
4Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
8Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy ([d]the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
9For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).
10But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded).
11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.
12For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as [e]in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand [f]fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been [g]fully and clearly known and understood [[h]by God].
13And so faith, hope, love abide [faith--conviction and belief respecting man's relation to God and divine things; hope--joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love--true affection for God and man, growing out of God's love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.....
(hehe "love")..."yea yea..." :P
TO BE CONTINUED (haha, like a lot of my other unfinished posts... same on me, like my cell group leader said, I need to "FOLLOW THROUGH" on my commitments regardless of whether I like them or not...)
But at least as the speaker at CC2008 said, I've "relieved my spiritual constipation"... :P
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Go figure...
Hmm... the word figure reminds me of something more out of my University days... but in this context you are right in assuming it has a DIFFERENT meaning... I wish I could spend more time blogging but life has been busy and not kind... I figure I'll try to enjoy myself, take a break and watch the lastest Narnia movie, but "go figure" even a kid movie can that stuff??? The stuff I most dread seeing, you may figure it out eventually....
You would expect a happy ending and I guess it was, but for me, I saw something I really didn't want to see and it made it a sad ending for me...
Without "spoilers" as I have already been accused by my fellow students in Sunday School of doing with that clip from Matrix Reloaded the teacher decided to show in class... I will share a song from the end unusually called "The Call" and it was really hard to find even if I tried to "google it"...
The Call
-=-=-=-=-
Regina Spektor
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
---------------
There's apparently also a Switchfoot song on the soundtrack but don't recall where in the movie they used it...opps sorry I said no spoilers :P
You would expect a happy ending and I guess it was, but for me, I saw something I really didn't want to see and it made it a sad ending for me...
Without "spoilers" as I have already been accused by my fellow students in Sunday School of doing with that clip from Matrix Reloaded the teacher decided to show in class... I will share a song from the end unusually called "The Call" and it was really hard to find even if I tried to "google it"...
The Call
-=-=-=-=-
Regina Spektor
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
---------------
There's apparently also a Switchfoot song on the soundtrack but don't recall where in the movie they used it...opps sorry I said no spoilers :P
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