Taking refuge in God
Haven't really blogged in recent times, not to mention the amount of overdue posts that I owe everyone, which are the posts about the last time we performed our SYF dance at the PS21 Prize Presentation Ceremony, and the Huang Cheng JTS, as well as my chance encounter with a particular Hollywood Star! (Ok, some of you people know who already.)
I don't know why, but today, I just decided to really take some time off to seek refuge in God. It's a really good feeling, and I think it really gets my whole mood and being really settled down. Simply amazing listening to Hillsong's new album and getting this sense of serenity, that there's some place you'll be able to go to after your existence in this world. But it's not just about that, it's about how deep inside of you, you know that there's a God up there that loves and looks after you.
You know, people can say whatever they want about how they think God doesn't exist and how impossible it is that a peace-loving and nurturing God can actually let disasters happen. I'm going to say what I've always maintained: that they're all simply verifying what's been written in Revelations; that towards the end, there will be many who are in disbelief and who will be subscribing themselves to 'self-help'. I know there's disjunct between what Christianity itself is and Christians themselves, but no one said that Christians were meant to be perfect. It doesn't mean that if you're a Christian, you're automatically Christ-like. It's saddening when people decide to slap labels on Christianity, so that they can view Christianity in a way that fits with their world view: that which is absent of God. Simply because there are problems with how some believers live their lives or how some churches go about doing things does not equate to the fact that God doesn't exists. It's not about the people, it's about whether God exists.
I really don't know what compelled me to post about this, perhaps I just felt that I needed to get this out in the open. It's something that I've been hearing very often from people, maybe it's time now to consider (ironically) the "Devil's advocate" point of view.
Nonetheless, I know I'm not walking alone in this path of life. And I'm glad that's the case.
I don't know why, but today, I just decided to really take some time off to seek refuge in God. It's a really good feeling, and I think it really gets my whole mood and being really settled down. Simply amazing listening to Hillsong's new album and getting this sense of serenity, that there's some place you'll be able to go to after your existence in this world. But it's not just about that, it's about how deep inside of you, you know that there's a God up there that loves and looks after you.
You know, people can say whatever they want about how they think God doesn't exist and how impossible it is that a peace-loving and nurturing God can actually let disasters happen. I'm going to say what I've always maintained: that they're all simply verifying what's been written in Revelations; that towards the end, there will be many who are in disbelief and who will be subscribing themselves to 'self-help'. I know there's disjunct between what Christianity itself is and Christians themselves, but no one said that Christians were meant to be perfect. It doesn't mean that if you're a Christian, you're automatically Christ-like. It's saddening when people decide to slap labels on Christianity, so that they can view Christianity in a way that fits with their world view: that which is absent of God. Simply because there are problems with how some believers live their lives or how some churches go about doing things does not equate to the fact that God doesn't exists. It's not about the people, it's about whether God exists.
I really don't know what compelled me to post about this, perhaps I just felt that I needed to get this out in the open. It's something that I've been hearing very often from people, maybe it's time now to consider (ironically) the "Devil's advocate" point of view.
Nonetheless, I know I'm not walking alone in this path of life. And I'm glad that's the case.