Attitude

I guess i have to be a bit more calm. The title, or part of the main focus or "theme" of the day seems to be "Attitude". "My attitude", to be exact. Let's review what happened...

1. Our Daily Bread. Here's today's passage:
Truth That Transforms
Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead. —John 21:14

Truth is truth even if it doesn’t seem to affect our lives directly. But the truth that God gives us in the Bible not only opens heaven’s door for us, it also changes our lives.

Ron Sider, a leading evangelical advocate for the poor, tells about a conversation he had with German theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg. As they were discussing the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, the theologian emphatically declared, “The evidence for Jesus’ resurrection is so strong that nobody would question it except for two things: It is a very unusual event, and second, if you believe it happened, you have to change the way you live.”

That’s a challenging statement. If we really believe Jesus rose again, that belief mandates a change of life. Peter’s life was turned upside-down after he saw the resurrected Christ. Once an impetuous fisherman-disciple who denied even knowing Christ after His arrest, he became a bold witness for Him (John 18:17,25,27; Acts 2:14-36).

Has belief in Jesus’ resurrection changed your life? Are your goals and priorities different than they were? Are you kinder, more patient, more forgiving? Ask God what He wants to do in you, and then cooperate with Him in that change. —Vernon C Grounds

We want to do great things,
O Lord,To glorify Your name;
When You transform us by Your power,
We’ll never be the same. —Sper

The power that God used to raise Jesus from the dead is the same power at work in you.

It made me think, why am i still like this? There must be something missing, I should be finding out what treasure i am missing out on.

2. Wall Issue
Well, Orange Ocean seems to be "complaining" that i don't react/response soon enough to things that she shows me, be it a picture, a song or a sharing.

3. Boss' remarks
Well, after me updating him on status of things ( i hope of a good reply from him). He said that i replied too late and is disappointed of my attitude. Oh well, yeah, this is another part that i have to take note of. Always be on alert, be on standby, 24/7. The minor issue is that (there is no main issue, the fact is that i didn't reply to his mails on time, it's true) can i be somehow encouraged a bit for what i have done? Then i'll be told again that what i'm doing isn't enough at all, etc etc?

It's been a long day, the Image Processing assignment is killing me, 3 parts, part 1 still not finished yet.

On the good side, i know this is what i have to improve on, but than again, it's quite saddenning to know and feel bad every other day.

O LORD, i'm supposed to shine, yet i'm not. Forgive me, and guide me, in Your ways, so that i can really shine for You. In my relationship, in work and in all.
In Jesus' name, Amen.

即時通話

Read this from Our Daily Bread (ODB) this afternoon, around 5+pm

金句: 「就當存著誠心和充足的信心來到上帝面前。」 （希伯來書10章22節）
全年讀經: 耶利米哀歌3-5章 希伯來書10章19-39節

麥克雷牧師向年幼的兒子解釋，秘書如何在教會辦公室幫他過濾電話。他說：「如果是媽媽打來，而我正忙著，秘書就會告訴她我在做什麼，讓媽媽決定是否應該打斷我正在做的事，或是應該留言。」
接著他又說：「若是你打電話來，秘書就會立刻轉接給我。我要讓你知道，你隨時可以打電話給我，因為你是我的兒子。」
幾天後，秘書把兒子的來電轉給牧師。接通之後，牧師問有什麼事。兒子回答說：「沒事，我只是要確定，我真的能這麼找到你。」
同樣地，我們與天父之間也能即時通話。他沒有秘書為他過濾電話，我們也不需要思慮該不該打擾他，也不需要留言好讓他晚點再回覆。這正如詩人所說：「耶和華的眼目看顧義人；他的耳朵聽他們的呼求。」（詩篇34篇15節）
因為耶穌藉著他的受死和復活為我們開通了一條道路，我們可以坦然無懼地隨時來到天父面前（希伯來書4章16節）。 -AMC

親愛的天父，

謝謝讓我們何時何事都能向傾訴。

我們為這特權心懷感恩，

因的獨生愛子耶穌的死與復活，為我們成就了這樣的事。

藉著禱告，我們可以隨時親近天父。

When i think about it. From my point of view... Prayer. What is prayer? Do we pray only when we are in need? Does our fallen, selfish mind seek out when we are in need? Do we count in the need to express thanks and gratitude as a need?

Anyway, regardless of whether we do or don't, I guess a further question for us is do we have times of happiness? Let me take things to a more personal level. I truly believe that there are moments in life of pure happiness, and even a life with endless joy for some. However, in my case, as in most people i guess, we tend to let bad things that happen cover over the good things that happened. Or at least, to a very unbalanced level.

For example: On a day when i won the lottery of a million dollars, it's ok to be caught in the rain. However, on a day when i "kena" whack by my boss, flowers in the garden or the breeze in the air don't really comfort me.

My point is that i heard at times people say, that the LORD has already blessed us with so many things, so many that we can live a life of unstopping praise to the LORD. So when something bad happend, it's not the end of the world, there are so many good things around us, be thankful for them, and they might just make your day a more cheerful one.

What is it that we are missing? Why do we slouch? Why do we not remember the JOY that the grace of God brings to us?

There is no golden bullet for this. Our whole life must indeed come together to weave a picture of us. I think we need to have faith in God. I think we need to seek and to listen to Him. I think we need to obey Him. I think we need to trust Him.

What happens when we don't? Will God mould us to someone who does? At the end of the day,yes, i do believe we will attain perfection, we will be sanctified, "at the end of the day". Now how? Or the more grammatically correct way to put it-- How about now then?

But at the end of today, i do find comfort. Some sort of peace that can let me rest, at least for a while, (until my unbelief and all other "un"s come up) that the LORD is indeed listening, and He is indeed working things out for me, and that He's so powerful and limitless that he is more than able to care for me personally. Our God is a great God indeed. Like a child, He lets me sleep in His arms. There will be a day when He will have to wake me up to learn, to live. But at this time, at 539pm Tuesday, 14th November 2006, i'm sleeping in His arms....

Thank You LORD for You. Mould me to be more obedient. Mould me to be more faithful to You. Mould me to trust in You more. Mould me to live a live that glorifies You.

In Jesus' Name. Amen.