Friday, November 25, 2005

Give thanks always

This is not by me but when something is good, why not share it with the whole world?

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Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the Lord with gladness.
Come before Him, singing with joy.
Acknowledge that the Lord is God!
He made us, and we are His.
We are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
Enter His gates with Thanksgiving;
Go into His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him and praise His name.
For the Lord is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
And His faithfulness continues to each generation.

- Psalm 100

It's really pretty simple.

He is God; we are not. He made us and so we belong to Him. We don't really experience our own fulfillment until we are in a position to praise Him and offer Him thanks. Any other posture is arrogance and sheer folly, not because He is unkind or lording it over us, but because He is who He is, and we are who we are. We don't get the point of our existence until we get this.

Whether you are in prison or in a mansion, alone or with family and friends – whether you are poor or rich, at war or at peace – this is true about you and it is true about me. This is not constraint. It is not praise on demand. It is sensible and true, the holy and right thing to do.

We were made for this – for the giving of thanks and the whole-hearted acknowledging of our Creator. We will do this forever. We are never really happy until we are doing this. This is not just one day out of the year to give thanks. It is our way of life every day – our lifeline with sanity, our tie to the real reason we are alive.

So while a country stops and gives thanks over an abundance of food, give thanks, not only because it is Thanksgiving Day, but because it is the right thing to dothe only thing to do.

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Corpse Bride...

Went to watch this show that day before I went back to Ipoh. Watch with someone "special". hehe..

Practically this is a good movie.Though the mood thru out the movie is quite dark and moody. But there is funny moments that keep you awake throughout the movie. Tim Burton's movie is basically like this where a lot of imagination takes place. For e.g. Big Fish, The Night Before Christmas, bla bla... But definately this is an entertaining movie. Movies like this doesn't come often. Though it is short(around 1hour30min) but it worth the RM10. I guess that adds another DVD to my collection. ;Þ . RATING: 3 1/2 star out of 5 star.


Feelings...

Things does not always work the way we wanted. Maybe I should say things does not always work the way I wanted. Well I guess that is part of life... Facing problems is what that defines us, I guess... But I always thank God that He is there, always. I wonder what will become of me, if life is without Him. ;Þ
One thing that never fail to amaze me is the human capability to feel. In short a feeling is just simply mean chemical reaction within the body. But yet it can cause so much hurt. So much distress that can even cause someone to the extend of suicide. By looking at that it just amazed me what a wonderful creation we are. We are surely fearfully and wonderfully made. Praise God.