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Happy New Year 2004, everyone....!
 Ahem, so now it's time for the New Year Resolutions, I guess... have you made them yet, friends?
Enlisted below are my New Year Resolutions which I wish to achieve on this year 2004: Difficult? Definitely. But if I never try, then I will never be able to achieve. If it turns out that I can do it, I know that it is not by my strength alone, but it is God that has managed me to achieve that far. If I am never willing to go that far, then how will I be able to find Him? As it is said that we must "go in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it. (Mat 7:13)". I do not wish to be one that only seek the wide and enjoyable gate, but I wish to be one that seek the narrow gate, which is hard to pass through, but in the other side of that gate, there is eternal light, eternal life in Heaven with God...  Anxious as I might be, there is still some fear and doubt inside me. Fear that I will not find Him even if I read the whole Bible for this year, fear about living fully free from sin (just imagine the challenge it pose), fear about the attacks and threats from the enemy should I live deeper with God and fear about what I will face if I join the prayer team. But when I face my fear, now I know what I have to do, that is to read Isaiah 41:10 and quote some words of Paul Atreides from Frank Herbert's DUNE...
I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration I will face my fear I will permit it to pass over me and through me And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path Where the fear is gone there will be nothing Only I will remain ••• Thursday, January 01, 2004 ••• Job 23:12 - "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food" I am sitting here enjoying the company of my two year old son, and watching Winnie the Pooh, and I had some thoughts about the main characters, and who they represent in our lives. It was kind of interesting to think about. Piglet, who is my favorite, would definitely be the one who lacks what todayís world would call "self esteem". He finds his smallness, and really humanity, as a weakness. He draws strength only in the fellowship he has with his friends in the 100 acre woods. How much of us need the strength of fellowship and sense of belonging?  Pooh would be the one who definitely lives for the pleasures of today, thinking nothing of tomorrow. The only worries he has is in regards to todayís honey pot, and what it can do for him. The only thing that it can do is provide the temporal satisfaction of a full tummy, and a nice taste. How many of us are guilty of living this way?  Rabbit is the fun spoiler, and the party pooper of them all. He always is thinking of tomorrow, and what he can do to make tomorrow more secure. He is so tied up in it, he forsakes much of the fun of the day in order to be ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come, but if it does, rabbit will be ready for it.  Roo is the child of the bunch, and the most fun. He finds fun in all that he does. This is as we should be, child like and innocent in all we do. He has simple faith that people are all good, and that no matter what he will have fun doing what he is doing. The big reason he has this faith, is because he has his mama Kanga, who provides all the security and love that he desires.  Kanga is God our father, Roo is should be us, the child who takes each day as it comes not worrying much about what tomorrow will bring. His biggest worry is what the weather will be like, and if he will be able to play outside.We each have some of all the above in our mental D.N.A. What we must do is cultivate the Roo in us, so that we are always childlike in our faith and taking pleasure in the smallest things of life. Rabbit has his strength in being able to think of the future, which is good as long as it does not totally take over our thoughts. Pooh knows how to have fun and enjoy the things of this world. We are to do just that, but with keeping a healthy perspective on it. Easily enough we can get caught up in the honey pot, and neglect the things of eternity. Piglet is my favorite, because he is me in a lot of ways, and I would venture to say he is you to at times. We all have our insecurities, and we all have our need for fellowship.  As you venture out into the 100 acre woods today, think if how you can cultivate the Roo attitude. I suggest regular prayer, programmed and not, all day. Pray for the person next to you in line, the friend in Iraq, the single mom who just started at your work. Prayer is powerful, and it keeps us relying on our Kanga father, not the people around us. Contributed by Carl Holmes - http://gci.gospelcom.net/dw/2003/12/28/ ••• Monday, December 29, 2003 ••• |
About Myself
 Born on 23 March 1984 New-Born on 10 August 2003 Residing in Surabaya, Indonesia Petra Christian University, Informatics Eng. E-Mail : chaoticblue@gmail.com Yahoo : blu3_dr4g00n@yahoo.com MSNM : blu3_dr4g00n@hotmail.com Current Music - Aerith's Theme MIDI Taken from Final Fantasy VII MIDI Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
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