This Easter weekend, I would like to write on the TRUTH of Easter and not about bunnies and eggs. Enjoy:
Two thousand years ago on earth was placed,
The Son of God, innocent, took our place,
Of whom the Romans chose to slay.
See! See his face,
Written all over the expression of distaste,
Died in a sinner's place,
That life may be given to the human race.
He was flogged for my evil deeds,
His brow pierced for my evil thoughts,
His legs nailed for my misleads,
His side pierced for my darkened heart,
And his hands, his hands nailed for my wrong doings.
As he hung on the cross of wood,
He did not plead like he should,
He asked for water, vinegar was given,
And He made human and God even.
The earth was shrouded as he hung there,
And cried out His last words,
He said "It is finished", that our injustice made fair,
For our ransom He paid with blood,
For our life He gave His life.
The curtain torn into two,
That we may enter God's presence,
For in Him, He let us to.
Three days He rose from the dead,
The people have no words to be said.
He returned not of flesh but of spirit,
For 'twas the power of God's love.
Hosanna in the highest!
Saturday 23 April 2011
The Easter Weekend
Thursday 14 April 2011
When Storm Comes...
When Storm Comes...
When Storm Comes...
We try to avoid,
We try to evade,
When Troubles Comes...
We try to solve,
We try to do what ever we can!
Yet, we fail..
When you feel that no one is there for you,
God is right there beside you,
Even as we try to solve..
NO! The troubles became more and more!
It could never end by our strength..
But The Lord our God is always helping us when we don't even know,
He is always there for you!
We failed so much,but God never fails,
For The Glory of God,
Pinkish Wai Jun.
Tuesday 12 April 2011
I Question The Skies
I look up and question the skies,
Of everything, the how's and why's,
I look down and say to the ground,
Why am I kept bound?
I close my eyes and ask my heart,
Why have we depart?
I open my eyes to see the stars,
Etched, like my scars.
If there was anything I could do,
I'd do anything back for you,
If there was any last flicker of hope,
I will hang onto the rope.
Am I thus, cursed for despair?
Is there no way to repair?
This eternal searing pain,
That looks upon me with disdain.
I look up and question the skies,
But all I see are those two eyes,
The ones I have much adored,
Now which I see no more.
Sunday 10 April 2011
Ads And Its Effect On Society
Charismata - Chapter 2
Saturday 9 April 2011
This Is My Creed
I believe in the Bible, that both of the old and New Testaments are inspired by God and without error in the original writings. I believe in one God eternally existing in three equal Persons - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I believe that God the Father is the Creator and the Supreme Ruler of the heaven and earth.
I believe that God the Son became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is true God and true man at the same time. I believe that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole human race on the cross as substituted sacrifice and that He physically and bodily rose from the grave after three days according to the Scriptures. I believe in the personal, bodily and visible return of Jesus Christ. This is our blessed hope. When Christ comes again, the church will be raptured. Then there shall be seven years of Great Tribulation, after which Christ shall set foot on earth to establish the Millennial Kingdom.
I believe that the Holy Spirit is a person and that He is God possessing all the divine attributes. He indwells, baptizes and seals all believers at the moment of their conversion and fills them in response to confession of sin and willingness to yield. I believe that whoever by faith receives Jesus Christ as his or her Savior becomes a child of God. This salvation is by grace through faith and not the result of any human effort or merit. I believe that all true believers are kept eternally secure by the power of God through the new birth, the indwelling and sealing of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Christ. This is my creed.
Friday 8 April 2011
Why I Write
Why I Write
People passing by in life,
Going their weary way,
May ask us over a drink,
Why I write everyday.
I thought a little while,
Said, with a sad smile:
Not for money or for pay,
Dost I write everyday.
Why I write, nay, nay,
My old, old friend,
I cannot really say.
I write, I write,
So that others may know,
The wrong from the right,
And the darkness from light.
So that they too just might
Be like a high-soaring kite,
Or a light-tower's light,
To guide the sore feet,
From the edge of a dyke
And that, old friend,
Is why I write.
He looked me in the eye,
And told me, with a sigh,
“I'll never understand,
How you and the others can,
But I don't believe
That I ever can write.”
Said I with a groan,
“Not to write is to moan.”
I write, I write,
So that I too can see,
The edge of the lee,
For it is the key,
To the sound of my soul.
And that, old bro,
Is why I write.
Charismata- Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Dark Encounters
Luca Rubesco sat in the warm shade of an open-air verandah. He looked out at the busy bustle of the Merchants' Quarter, where buyers and sellers rubbed shoulders with thieves, rogues, slaves, donkeys, nobles and soldiers. Rubesco laughed softly to himself as he thought: All men are alike down here. He was of average height and had a small nose set in between intense dark eyes and full lips and a sharp chin. His dark hair was pulled back and was tied in a ponytail by a leather strap. He was of average built, sporting a belly that would have hung out with lack of exercise and toned arms and legs.
Another man sitting across the table started and looked up at Rubesco. He had been deep in thought, subconsciously massaging the pommel of a longsword at his hip. He frowned at that habit and quickly drew his hand away. He was quite the opposite from Rubesco. He had lighter eyes that gleamed mischievously and he was thin with tanned skin. His hair was grown in a unruly mess which reached in all directions. His thin, well-formed fingers seemed to fidget uncontrollably.
Both of them were attired in desert-brown leather armor with longswords belted at their sides. Long, black, flowing robes marked them as Blackguards, the Armed Guards of House Black, the ruling House of Ortega. While Rubesco had another longsword strapped to his back, Jray had a long dagger looped on his belt.
Rubesco turned. “Time to move, Jray,” he said softly, with a sigh. Jray sighed back, hoping that they would still be alive at the end of the day.
Today, they had been assigned to patrol and investigate a part of the city, known among Blackguards as the Rogue's Corner. More Guards had died there than any other part of the city; only the Desert Rats could claim more deaths than any other detail, but they operated outside the city.
Jray led the way, pressing through the crowd. He curled his nose at the stench of sweat and animals as he evaded a wagon deftly. He didn't look back to see if Rubesco was with him; they always moved in perfect harmony. He traveled against the flow going to the Common Marketplace and instead pressed on together with a patrol of Ortegian Elite. Rubesco was right behind him.
They finally stopped outside a rundown building, worn smooth by years of hostile sand storms that even the city walls could not keep out. A drunk lay in the garter while a street urchin was sifting through his pockets. A beggar with a single arm called out to them for alms. He was ignored.
The doors slid in smoothly when Jray pushed on it. They had expected this. A tip-off had informed them that this was a thieves' nest; the den of the largest operating syndicate in Ortega. Rubesco nearly smiled. It was such an enormous operation that if they screwed up the part they had to play, they would be sent to the Marching Corps, the only military group that had to parade on festivals and feast-days. No Blackguard could ever stand that.
They entered the place. It used to be a small corner shop but had been stripped bare of everything. The walls lay empty as did the whole room. Only dust covered the floor, punctuated with bootprints going both ways. They advanced cautiously, checking for traps, and made their way across the room to the door on the other side.
Far below the duo, a farrago of marketers bartered and traded a huge catalogue of goods that would have befuddled the Ortegian Economist Guild. Men and women shouted at one another to be heard above the tremendous noise which echoed throughout the large cavern. Hanging oil lamps were suspended high above everyone, hooked onto iron rings on the ceiling, shedding a flickering orange glow. A broad stairway had been cut into the northern face, turning into the darkness, stretching till where Jray was, surveying the first step from the doorway suspiciously.
Meanwhile, the unsuspecting people below continued their trade. Here and there an urchin would be running, a rogue or hired bandit stood guard, or an assassin purchasing venom of exotic origin or a knife tipped with indestructible metal. This was the General Black Market of Ortega. Nearly all the merchants from the outside brought something extremely valuable and even rarer to sell here for a profit, a small fortune that would have made the journey to Ortega worthwhile without any other goods; a necrotome or a huge gemstone with strange powers would never go unsought.
Kelly Orson had been looking for a particular blade that had fell into her hands a few years ago but was stolen after a few days. She didn't get the chance to try it out. She was hoping against the odds that it would be here. After all, seldom did artifacts escape the Black Market. And if anyone had been sported carrying a blade of that description around, she would have been informed by the numerous, festering rogues that would have dropped her a note. But then again, it may have been bought already or even destroyed.
She walked among the stalls, searching.
Outside, the hot air did nothing to alleviate the heat, but it wasn't the temperature that was making the beggar with a single arm sweat. He had been sure that the cloaks the two men were wearing belonged to the Blackguards. He peered round slowly. Three paces to the nearest alarm. It was just a rope that was attached to a small bell down at the Black Market. He stretched his legs slowly, trying to get rid of the stiffness that had accumulated all morning, and trying not to draw too much attention.
The street urchin was watching the beggar with a look that told him that they were both on the same team. Encouraged by the support and ensured that the surrounding area was filled with rogues, the beggar jumped up, stumbled a little, and dashed to the alarm. He nearly immediately collided with a stout frame of solid muscles and fell back, causing him to curse loudly. He nearly emptied his bowels when he realized that the muscles was wrapped in a robe of pure black. It was a Blackguard.
Jray and Luca stared down into the darkness. Luca was holding a candle over them both. It seemed to them that the darkness was taunting them, devouring the candle light as soon as it came out. Jray took the first step and Luca followed a pace behind. They were on the first of seven flights of stone steps, worn smooth by the passage of many merchants, thieves and bandits.
Kelly had just bought another throwing knife to add to her collection. It fitting the general shape and balance as her other knives but it was considerably larger, nearly twice as large as her heaviest one. She was told that this had been imported straight from the East and had curious abilities. According to the seller, an old lecherous man who kept staring at her various assets, it could pass through all types of magical barriers, even a lich's. It had a spectacular curve at the stabbing end and she would bet that it could be used in melee combat as well. It was, all in all, a blade to kill.
As for the sword, she hadn't found it yet.
The beggar got up with amazing alacrity and, with as much agility, had drawn a stiletto from somewhere within his rags. He lunged and planted the dagger into the Blackguard. It sank in with a protesting screech halfway up the blade. The Blackguard backhanded him to the head...before a single quarrel struck the Blackguard in the forehead, killing him instantly.
The street urchin was now standing over the drunk, who had not recovered, and was holding a hand crossbow, aimed at where the man was standing before. The street urchin moved towards the alarm but tripped over the arm of the drunk, which was not there before. The drunk got up, smiling grimly. The boy got up, cursing at the drunk, before he realized that the drunk had a shortsword and that it was swinging down at him.
The pair were on the second flight of stairs.
Kelly was hungry. She still had the knife cradled in her arms like a baby. She liked to bond with her new knives, so she told her few friends.
She strolled over to the fruit stall and deftly nicked an apple when the merchant was talking to another buyer, whom she noted was also nicking oranges under the table. She smiled. All man are same down here. She knew that it was very probable that the merchant had overcharged for the fruits. In a way, it was all the same. Here, I cheat you and you steal from me. Up there, I am honest and you are honest. It's the same.
Blood splattered across the street and seeped into the dust as the urchin fell to the stroke of the sword. It carved a great gash across the boy's breast, spilling blood. The boy dropped to the ground, limp, allowing the beggar clear view of the drunk. It was obviously not a drunk. Only a Blackguard would have had a sword like that. They looked at one another, as if stunned. The beggar was still on the ground, half getting up, and the Blackguard was standing with the sword held by his side. The blood was still dripping from it.
All of a sudden, it seemed as if the whole place had erupted into a maddened craze. Previously unseen men rushed out from alleyways and back-roads, holding sticks, swords and clubs of various makes. They were clearly intent on bloodshed.
The Blackguard drew, with a swift movement, a flare, and, before anyone could stop him, had launched it, high into the air. A crushing boom was heard and the sparks poured forth even after the fight had begun.
Regimens of Blackguards, waiting for this signal, moved into the streets, and clashed with the frenzied mob. They were outnumbered six to one.
They heard the boom even as they were halfway down the third flight of stairs. Jray looked up into Luca's eyes. He saw the worry there that mirrored his own: The fight had broken out above them. They started running, taking five steps at a time.
Kelly had been leaning against one of the many air vent that made the place possible when she heard the flare go off, along with the hundreds of others there. For a full second, the entire place went silent, except for the oblivious wailing of a child. Then everything degenerated into chaos.
Kelly kept calm and pushed her way through the hysterical crowd towards one of the many trapdoors that led all over the city. The particular one she was eyeing would place her directly behind the Black Palace's outer back wall. She expected it to be guarded heavily, and therefore the last place anyone in her position would be expected to go.
She sighed. These minor interruptions were merely irritating. At this rate, she would never find that sword.
Sean Bastion had seen combat before, but not many more furious than this in all his 20-odd years of mercenary service to the Ortegian law enforcers: He had already received several gashes on his arms and body; he had slain seven so far.
The air reverberated with clashes of cold steel and cries of injured or dying men. The ground was covered in bodies and already the desert flies were settling, impatient for the battle to be over. Sean shook his head. He was by profession an artist, but there wasn't much money to be had there, and he had too many brothers and sisters in the Beggars' District than he wanted. All of them were honest, hard-working people, thank the heavens, and being a sellsword gave a high, if unstable, income.
Sean gripped his flail tightly as he leapt over a body behind a thug, whipping the flail sideways into the man's head. It connected with a spray of gore and a sickening crunch. Sean felt a tug at his gut as he always did whenever he had to take a life. It did not stop him from doing it for money, or again and again, but it did remind him of who and what he was, and he was not a killer.
Sean caught a glancing blow from behind as a staff smacked him squarely between the shoulders. He turned sideways as the staff came down again, missing him by a hairbreadth. He seized the opportunity and swiped inwards with his flail, raking a thick line of flesh out of his aggressor's chest. He heard a pained grunt and a swipe as he received a blow in his side, knocking the breathe out of him with a whoosh. He doubled over and the rod descended again on his back. Sean recovered in time to whip around once again with his flail. It deflected the staff far to his right and Sean moved in, cracking his jaw with a blow from the pommel of his flail before jumping back two paces.
Welts had already formed along his back and he could feel the sting as sweat flowed down the bruised lines. The other man was not as lucky. His lower jaw was hanging ajar and was twisted grotesquely to the left with blood dripping steadily down. Several of his teeth were scattered around and his chest was a study of gore. A reddish white streak across his torso clearly showed where his third rib was. Despite all his wounds, the man did not seemed fazed in the least. Indeed, Sean could have sworn that the man attempted a grin as he charged Sean once again.
Both Blackguards crashed onto the iron-bound door at the same time. It splintered and cracked under the strained but the lock refused to yield. Jray swore lustily before they both slammed it again. It bulged in but held firm. Jray yelled and threw himself at it again, and this time it broke around the lock. He was thrown into the midst of the yelling, chaotic mass that was the General Black Market of Ortega.
Luca, leaping over Jray, stopped short at the sight of people simply trampling one another to get to the trapdoors. No one seemed to be interested to attacked them. Not even the thugs. Especially not the thugs. They seemed to be the nearest to the trapdoors, using their clubs and swords to part the crowd before them. But the Blackguards were not interested in mere thugs. They were on a manhunt for the most dangerous and cunning criminal in these parts. Kelly Orson.
Kelly Orson was just three paces away from the trapdoor when it burst open, revealing at least a battalion of soldiers pouring out. The entire crowd screamed while a few thugs and bandits attacked the soldiers. Kelly cursed under her breath and whirled around quickly. Her eyes met those of Luca Rubesco and her heart stopped beating for a second. Then she tore down the hall, looking for another exit as she ran.
Sean leaped forward, inside the reach of the staff. The staff came down too slow and Sean leapt sideways, mauling the man's left knee into shards of bone before striking upwards. The flail crushed the man's forehead and droplets of his brains showered into the air.
Sean looked around. The fighting seemed to have died down even though the clanging and clashing of steel could be heard from the alleyways and back-roads. He saw a group guarding the backdoor of the Black Market and decided to join them. He knew that they needed all the help they can get.
As if just to prove his point, the door was torn down and a dozen Blood Assassins, distinct in their blood-red cloaks and hoods, burst out. Sean sighed and jogged toward the newly-started battle.
Luca swore again as he sprinted towards Kelly. He hurdled over several stalls and into the crowd. The crowd instinctively shirked away and he managed to find a clear path through the chaotic mass of humanity. Kelly was still running, tugging at a trapdoor stuck from years of disuse, then dashing away to find another, hoping that that would work. She was sweating, more from fear and panic than exertion, and she was getting frantic. She pulled hard at the next trapdoor and it came away in her hands, rotted from a steady drip of water from the ceiling. She gave a shriek of delight and plunged in.
Luca dashed forward, hardly five metres behind, entering the dark passageway. He saw two figures in the dark, silhouetted against the bright sunlight at the other end of the upward-sloping tunnel. One was clearly Kelly, running, escaping. The other was just an unconscious bulk, slumped by the side of the narrow passageway.
Kelly didn't notice the other figure until it stirred just as she passed. She tripped over the lifted leg and fell over, sprawled spread-eagle on the ground.
Luca felt a push of exaltation and sprinted faster, determined to capture Kelly no matter what the cost. Kelly jumped up, blood dripping from her nose, and limped towards the light. Pain shot up her left leg, but she knew better than to stop. She had heard enough stories of the interrogative procedures of the Blackguards to know that she did not want to get caught.
Luca laughed loudly when he realized that she was injured. He laughed because the hunt that had dragged on for years would end here, one on one. She had nearly reached the entrance when he leveled his crossbow at her.
“Kelly!” She stopped and turned around. “Come back here and I won't have to shoot you.” She smiled sadly and turned round slowly. But her mind was racing, wandering through a hundred possible endings for the day. In many, she noted carefully, her body lay burning on a heap of cadavers. In a few, she was in prison. But in one, she was still alive. And just like that, she knew what she had to do.
She feigned to the right and Luca fired the quarrel with a vicious twipp and it sank halfway into the earthy face of the tunnel. Kelly's hand moved at an astonishing speed and a flurry of knives flew out at Luca.
Time seemed to slow down. The knives wavered then stabilized in its path to the face and chest of Luca with enough force to kill him. Kelly twirled and ran towards the exit, not caring if her ploy had worked or not, but praying to the God she never believed in that it had.
The man jumped up with surprising alacrity and slammed Luca to the ground, taking instead the knives meant for Luca in his own chest. They sank in to the hilt and the man dropped heavily, having used the last of his fast-fading energy on saving Luca.
Rubesco jumped up only to watch Kelly pass through into the bright sunlight, and then he saw no more.
A knife stood out of his belly, and a spreading red patch was already on the ground. Both men lay there, side by side, their blood flowing into a deepening pool of unmingling scarlet, while Kelly ran through the dark alleyways, avoid Blackguard patrols.
©JLoo/Wolf Rubesco 2011
Come Out Of The World
Take the time to think:
What is it that makes you who you are now?
What changes you?
What makes you different?
We live in a world where society demands everything from everyone, thus pushing everyone deeper into the world. Let me say this, we should rise up as 1 people. The world, isn't the world that it used to be anymore. It's literally another realm together. We weren't created FROM the world, neither were we put here to be WITH the world. We have a mission, a target to change what is IN the world. Take everything OUT of the world. Let those who have ears, hear and those who have eyes see. See how much the world is changing them into something.... good? No. It's turning everyone bad, in a way. The world has become selfish, dignity is no more, honour has already been blasted out to space.
What has the world become of? It runs circles around us, laughs at us whenever we fall. The world is changing, not for good, but for worse. The contradictions of everything we see in everyday life. People doing good things, and saying "No, it's okay, you don't have to repay me" when in their heart, they want to be repayed so bad. Is this what we want? Hypocrites, I tell you! They are just doing it for the sake of showing out themselves about how "good" they are. These, amongst all others, are not honest and are the most, in-a-way, evil. Is this what we want to live in?
How then, are we able to escape the claws of the world? How then will we be able to free ourselves? To find freedom and peace in our lives. How then can we get OUT of the world? We are living IN the world, how can we step out of it? I tell you this: If you have only opened your eyes and see, take in everything around you, look above, look below, left and right even at night, the answer already lies there. It takes only a step of faith. It is never simple. But hear ye, hear ye to the cries that dwell within your heart. The knock that comes all night and day if only you listen to it! The voice that calls out to you every single hour, that causes your soul to feel guilty, to be convicted of every wrong you have done. No, I'm not condemning you, no I'm not reading your mind. I'm telling you the truth. Answer the feeling you hear that goes knocking on your heart. Take that step of faith and get out of the world. The world is not good for anyone.
Stars (As Inspired By Les Miserables)
Leading the way of the light,
This Is The World
This is the world,
That at every turn we see,
Self-exaltation unfurled,
They says its how it should be.
This is the world we know,
That everyone ought to boast,
No places for anyone to lay low,
But to step up or be toast.
This is the world now,
That if one should fall,
No one to him would bow,
To show that everyone should stand tall.
This is the world this hour,
That when one arises all will adhere,
But to those who fall short will cower,
No ear will be turned to hear.
This is the world this second,
That everyone should be great,
But to him who is broken,
Falls back into the darkness of fate.
This is the world everyday,
That everyone should gain power,
But those who fail to live up to the say,
Will wilt, without rain, a flower.
This is the world that we live in,
That is the survival of the fittest,
Yet he who is the best falls into sin,
What survival is there in this test?
Where everyone ought to be at the top,
But at every corner evil is found,
Where is the good, the evil to stop?
This is the world, this is the world,
Where do the hearts of men dwell?
The world, into the ocean, ought to be hurled,
For evil rings a loud tone, a bell.
This is the world.
"I Am Number Four" Book Review
Today I'm gonna review the BOOK, sadly not the movie, "I Am Number Four".
Here's the synopsis:
The story rotates around a Lordic Garde, who named himself as John Smith. His real name is unknown. There are 9 Gardes who survived the annhilation of Lorien. The Gardes are the people of Lorien who will eventually gain something known as Legacies, which are like special powers. A charm was put upon all 9 of them, that they can only be killed according to order. The first three are dead, therefore it makes John, the next in line to be killed. By who? The Mogadorians. The Mogadorians are ruthless "aliens". They have consumed their whole planet, making them travel the universe in search of resources. They destroyed Lorien, so their next destination is Earth, which so happens to be where the 9 Gardes and their Cepans(which are the Gardes' guardians) are landed. The Gardes are seperated from each other because their charm will break if they are together.
Starting off with the death of Number Three, John moves with his Cepan, Henri, to Paradise, Ohio. There, he fell in love with a girl by the name of Sarah Hart. Sarah Hart's ex-boyfriend, Mark James, didn't like John and always picks on him, until one day during the school's Halloween's celebration. During the haunted hayride, Mark and his football people, which happen to be in charge of the hayride, picks on them in the middle of the woods. John got angry and he let his Legacies run free. John's Legacy at that time was Lumen, which made him resistant to fire and heat, as well as allowing his hands to glow. He, being an alien, was stronger and faster than any other human. He single-handedly took down all the footballers and threw them into the river. That was when Sarah became John's girlfriend.
Storyline: 7/10
All-England Badminton Tournament
I, hereby on the behalf of Pink Ink and probably the whole Malaysia, would like to congratulate Dato Lee Chong Wei on his excellent performance in the All-England Badminton Tournament held in London on the 6th to the 13th of March 2011. Well done in the finals! The gold medal surely was yours. All the best in all future tournaments.
The results throughout the whole tournament are as such:
Round 1: Chong Wei vs Leverdez Brice -> 21-9,21-11
Round 2: Chong Wei vs Bao Chunlai-> 21-16,21-16
Quarter Finals: Chong Wei vs Ponsana Boonsak-> 21-15,21-7
Semi Finals: Chong Wei vs Chen Long-> 21-17,21-13
Finals: Chong Wei vs Lin Dan-> 21-17,21-17
CONGRATULATIONS!
The Last Lines
Sorry for the long, updateless, drought. We didn't have the time to post. Deepest apologies.
This piece is deeply inspired by "Tonight I Can Write" by Pablo Neruda.
For this, I won't rhyme:
Japan's Earthquake Disaster
On the 10th of March, 2011, we stand, shocked and awed by what has happened and is still happening in Japan. A 8.9 magnitude earthquake, said to be the worst earthquake Japan has ever received thus far. Tsunami alerts went out and is said to be going in across 150km from the epicenter.
The news so far:
The waves went rampaging through the streets of Japan. Cars, ships and trains were swept away. A bullet train was swept away by the waves, without knowing how many people it was containing in there. Japan is in much distress right now and we hope that many will be able to do sometihng about, even play a little part in it.
Buildings went down, shook and broken. 6 million are now without power for the nuclear power plants are not able to function. We do not know and we cannot estimate how long this will continue, but let us do our part and pray for Japan and giving them the moral support they need to stay strong. It is often in times like these where we get to come together and reach out to others, comfort them and be there with them, letting them know that they are not alone in these times, but we stand together, not as a nation, not as a continent, but as the whole world, the whole human race, united and sharing their heartaches, their pain and their greivances.
So let us play our part and start praying for Japan!
The Day That Will Come
These events may happen when God destroys the world,
Exodus 7:17
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.
Genesis 19:24-25
24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.
Revelation 6:13
and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
Even scientists from all over the world can prove that these events will come soon,
But, When???
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 (NIV)
for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
Isaiah 29:5-6 (NIV)
But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff. Suddenly, in an instant, 6 the LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.
Malachi 3:1 (NIV)
"See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty.
Matthew 24:43-44 (NIV)
"But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
Luke 12:39-40 (NIV)
"But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
2 Peter 3:10 (NIV)
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
Revelation 3:3 (NIV)
"Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you."
Revelation 16:15 (NIV)
"Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed."
For the Bible says; He will come like a thief, and means, no one knows until that day comes,
Be ready at all times! He will come soon! Be sure of it,Trust in Him, Keep His words and act them,
So let us all bring more people to Christ! friends,brothers,sisters,aunts,uncles,Name Them!!!!!
Amen,Wai Jun The Pink
O Glorious Beauty
Each In Its Seasons
It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... All before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...
God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the res earch shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents c ervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.
Isaiah- Lesson 1
NOTE: There is no Discussion today as it is the first lesson, nor will there be any Discovery.
Bible Lesson
Isaiah was a representative of God just like a Prime Minister has representative. He gave himself into God's service with the memorable words, "Lord, here am I; send me." Isaiah was known as a prophet and prophets were known as the mouthpiece of God.
Principle 1: God calls individuals to speak for Him.
God has had many messages to various groups of people throughout the centuries. God uses individuals to deliver His messages, both human and angelic, but His messages always reach those whom He has sent it to. As we will later learn, 'God's Word will not return void.'
Principle 2: God's message is for individuals and nations.
God's message in the book of Isaiah is one of repentance and, later, one of redemption. All of God's messages requires a response from its listeners. As an illustration, if you hear of a disaster coming and you do not do anything, it is like reading the Bible and not responding.
Principle 3: God's message in the Bible requires a response.
Ending Prayer: God, I thank You for the opportunity to learn Your Word and Your Message to me. I thank You that Your Word is as reliable as Yourself and that it is indeed profitable to study Your Words so I can come to know You. I wish to state my commitment to learn Your Word now. Help me to know that You are speaking to me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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God's Attributes
Which of God's attributes can you see from the following hymn?
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
We can observe that the hymn praises God as holy, almighty, glorious, merciful, perfect, powerful, loving, pure, in the Trinity, and unequal, i.e. above everything else.
What are attributes?
Attributes are characteristics of someone. WordWeb defines the word as "a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished," and "an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity."
Why do you need to know the attributes of God?
Some of the answers you'ld come across would be somewhere in the path of "to love Him, to be like Him and to know Him." Possibly even "to make Him known." The answers differ from person to person. Ask yourself this question and meditate on an attribute of God that has been shown in your life in the past week.
What would you want to know about Him? What questions would you ask?
It is customary to ask questions of a new friend or acquaintance. What would you want to know about God? If you were to meet Him today and sat down for a cup of coffee, what would you ask Him? His Name(s)? His address? Perhaps His origin? Hobbies? Likes? Favourite foods? Think of several (reasonable) questions about God that you would like to ask.
NOTE: We shall learn the first of God's attributes during the next lesson.
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Daily Bible Study With Questions For Group Discussion
FIRST DAY
1. Memory Verse: Isaiah 40:8 NIV. "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever."
2. What did you learn about the Bible from Lesson 1 that you can apply to your life?
SECOND DAY: Read Isaiah 1:1-9
3. What is said in the passage about:
a. God
b. God's children
c. Animals
d. The land
4. How does your perspective as a son or daughter help you to understand the heart of God regarding His rebellious children?
5. How does one person's sin affect a family, a school, or even a nation?
6. What is the biblical meaning of "remnant"? (See Isaiah 10:20-22; Romans 9:27; 11:5.)
THIRD DAY: Read Isaiah 1:10-15
7.What religious activites of the people were detestable to God?
8. a. In what ways might people in your culture think they are pleasing God but in fact are being detestable to Him?
b. What kind of religious activities do you think would be pleasing to God? (See Psalm 51:17; James 4:8.)
9. What is one judgement of God that you find in verse 15?
FOURTH DAY: Read Isaiah 1:16-20
10. a. What are the eight requirements of the Lord listed in verses 16-17? State each one in your own words.
b. What one negative requirement or one positive requirement will you meet this week?
c. What will that action look like?
11. a. What does God promise to those who change their ways and become willing and obedient?
b. What does God promise to those who resist and rebel?
FIFTH DAY: Read Isaiah 1:21-31
12. What are the three titles for the Lord in verse 24?
13. What do you think God means when He says He will avenge Himself?
SIXTH DAY: Read Isaiah 1
14. What would be a reasonable response to God after reading Isaiah 1 this week.
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A Life Full Of Gifts
One beautiful day,A man was having a beauty sleep8).He had a dream, he dreamt he went to a beautiful place God prepared for us called Heaven.:o He entered the Heaven and went inside a special room called ; treasure room. He asked The Lord:What is this place? The Lord Answered: The gifts i gave every human on earth. He asked again: Where are my gifts? The angels brings him to a room, full of gifts!!!!:roll: He asked The Lord with a Big Question Mark on his head: I did not recieved so much gifts from you.. The Lord replied: Your gifts are already with you,you just have to open and recieve them my son.:) The Lord gave us blessings even before we were born! All you have to do is recieve them! Luke 6:21-22 The Lord our God says, Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. God said "Blessed"(past tense) Proves God gave us blessing all along, Have you recieved them? or How to recieve them? The are several ways to opening the windows of heaven to receive abundant blessings from God. We must (1) keep God's commandments, (2) be a profitable servant, (3) be a cheerful giver, and (4) walk by faith. These keys are not the only keys. Other scriptures show additional ways that we can please God. Through a diligent study of of the Bible, we can learn more perfectly how to please God, live an abundant life, and receive blessings from God.:)
A Day, A Present
From the east the sun rises,
And unto the west it does set,
Filled with hours of surprises,
How many have you met?
A present we recieve each day,
Be grateful you're still here,
Let all sorrow be kept at bay,
As well as the problems and fears.
Time exists in three,
The past, present and the future,
So leave the past and the future free,
But live the present to be richer.
There's a reason for everything,
The moment we live now is the present,
For it is a gift to be made anything,
Therefore let this be a lesson.
Isaiah-Introduction
Isaiah is one of the most interesting books of the Bible. It has one of the first prophetic mentions of Jesus and His birth, yet not many people takes the trouble to read Isaiah as it is one of the longest books in the Bible and not as evangelical as a gospel nor as easy to read as a psalm. Therefore, this study is brought to you using Bible Study Fellowship syllabus as an indepth exploration of a major prophet.
This study will be persued in a number of parts. Firstly, there will be a Discussion of the previous week's questions, which will be given to you at the end. After that, a Discovery will take place where we will usually learn homilectics, which is a process preachers use to prepare their sermons. Then, a Bible Lesson will be given with 2 to 4 Principles each, which will give the main points of the passage. Finally, we will end with one Basic Truth (of the Bible) and one Attribute of God, before giving you the next week's Discussion Questions.
I hope that you will take the time to learn the rarely touched corners of God's Word together with me.
Apologetic Ramblings of a Disconnect Mind-Part 1
I watch as time slip away from between my fingers and cascade to the floor below. I hold what is left of the hourglass, cutting my palms into shreds on the shards, while I try to grab the grains of time back. The radio in the corner gives out bursts of static and fragments of a Chopin waltz, while the old antenaed television in front airs an old black and white Nineties version of Dracula fliting through the streets of London in the guise of a big black bat just like the time flits now from the floor into a flock of flamingoes out the open window into the hot, busy bustle of nothingness.
The door swings open and a man stands full in it, hardly fitting in. He grunts as he forces his way past the doorframe and squeezes into an armchair across the table from me, blocking out the tele with his humongous frame. He nearly overturns the table while doing that and upsets a little of the black, bitter, lukewarm tea in front of me. I stare disconsertedly at the cup of indifferent tea: I hadn't noticed that.
At the same time, a woman climbs in from the window silently, not even noticed until she sits on a whoopee cushion in a dark corner. She smiles gently and removes the whoopee cushion before sitting down again. The three of us make a freak show, I am sure. I, in a three-piece suit and tie, attempting to watch Dracula through the man...
The Good News
We were born from our mother's wound, Who Doesn't?
We are getting older every second, Who Doesn't?
We are getting better in something everyday, Who Doesn't?
We sin everytime, Who Doesn't?
We ignore God sometimes, and some still do, Who Doesn't?
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Let us not ignore God,
Do His Will!
We are alive to share the good news,
To bring more people to know God,
To stop them from having misery, and giving them Joy instead,
Help the ones that you love,
and everyone else in this earth!
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John 10:10
Jesus Says,"I have come so they may have life,
And have it to the full"
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Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is Death,
But the Gift of God is Eternat Life through Jesus Christ
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John 3:16
For God so Love The World, That He gave His one and only son
(Jesus Christ),
For whoever believes in Him, Shall not perish but have Eternal Life.
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John 14:6
Jesus says,"I am The Way, The Truth, And The Life,
No one comes to The Father except through Me."
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John 6:47
Jesus says,"He who believes have everlasting life."
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So let us all Believe,
Equip Ourselves with Armory Of God,
Attack the forces of evil,
"They have come to steal, kill, and destroy."
Share the good news,
We may fall,
But The Holy Spirit will guide us in all our ways.
Start to Share this good news!
And you'll have Abundance Blessings from God!
Quotes...
I would really love to spam this website, but, seriously, I would be wasting my bandwidth.
- Jeremy Loo
FOREST GUMP: It happens.
GUY: What? Shit?
FOREST GUMP: (Shrugs) Sometimes.
LEIGH ANNE TUOHY: “Am I a good person? It’s not a joke. Not rhetorical…”
SEAN: “You are the best person that I know. Everything you do… You do it for others,”
LEIGH ANNE TUOHY: “And why is that?”
SEAN: “I have not a clue. But um… you obviously get some sort of sick satisfaction out of it.”
PREACHER: Einstein's theory of relativity. Grab hold of a hot pan, second can seem like an hour. Put your hands on a hot woman, an hour can seem like a second. It's all relative.
TOM SCOGGINS: I spent four years at CalTech, and that's the best physics explanation I've ever heard.
"We're fixing to go down to Galveston and obviously are going to see a devastated part of this fantastic state."
--George W. Bush, Houston, Sept. 16, 2008
"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk -- that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."
--George W. Bush, speaking at a private fundraiser, Houston, Texas, July 18, 2008
"And they have no disregard for human life."
--George W. Bush, on the brutality of Afghan fighters, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
"Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
--George W. Bush, in parting words to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at his final G-8 Summit, punching the air and grinning widely as the two leaders looked on in shock, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008
"Amigo! Amigo!"
--George W. Bush, calling out to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Spanish at the G-8 Summit, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008
"Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people."
--George W. Bush, Charlottesville, Va., July 4, 2008
"I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office."
--George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008
"Your eminence, you're looking good."
--George W. Bush to Pope Benedict XVI, using the title for Catholic cardinals, rather than addressing him as "your holiness," Rome, June 13, 2008
"So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory...and success."
--George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008
"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be...hold hands."
--George W. Bush, on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008
Jokes! :D
