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Sunday, April 02, 2006

Hmm… guess its time I blog again… was really busy. Just realized that the Easter camp is next Friday. Completely forgotten about the dates. Guess that’s what happens when you get busy. Went shopping 4 times last week and suffered for it this week as I had to catch up with all the readings. Spent a bomb and was really stressed out cuz of it, think that’s why I am having a breakout now. Or maybe its just pms. Anyway I went to this place near the airport where they had like factory outlets and bought many clothes at heavily discounted prices. So happy =D Although I would have to control how many clothes I buy from now on lest the very generous wardrobe space in my room becomes insufficient.

Its like 2am in the morning now and I went online for a while just now, but unfortunately there was no one to talk to so I am offline. I am normally asleep at this time but I just came back like half an hour ago from supper after OCF. We had a combined meeting with the OCF from Adelaide University and University of South Australia. Then we proceeded to Chinatown for supper where someone ordered 7 dishes for 10 ppl. Yup, for supper. The food was good, the best I’ve eaten so far and the price reasonable. Even at midnight, the place was fully packed with Chinese, guess we Asians really are owls. Besides waiting for my hair to dry, and for my food to be digested, I decided to pen down some thoughts.

Although OCF stands for Overseas Christian Fellowship, we have some non-Christians in our midst too. Remember how in my previous posts how embarrassed I am to assume that everyone was a Christian? Well you can’t really blame me if some non-Christians look just like Christians! They bow their heads in prayer, know the words of the songs of praise and worship as well as have quite a fair bit of bible knowledge. This brings me to the point that maybe some people who attend church have never really been saved. They go through the notions, enjoy the fellowship, yet they do not comprehend God’s saving grace. Or for some it is just head knowledge that has not been translated to heart knowledge. So perhaps when you go to church this Sunday, get to know someone new and maybe you could be the first person to speak to him/her personally about accepting Christ as their Saviour.

Ever since I came here, there have been 2 things that have constantly been in my head. One is that what a sinner I am, yet God, our Creator still loves me. And the other is what a failure I am at bringing others, esp my closest friends, to Christ.

As I study Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology, lecturers often comment at the complexity and efficiency of the human body. No person could have ever thought of how to create a human being without a blueprint. Even with one, it is still something that has yet to be achieved. Many inventions which we think are very ingenious of ourselves, often simply model after nature. E.g. car battery is a simplified version of the mitochondria found in every cell. How could we ever think of using light to send images on our retina, which in turn sends electrical impulses to the brain where is it translated into what we perceive we see? God doesn’t need to split the red sea or send fire from heaven to let us know He exists. His greatness is manifested everywhere around us. All we need to do stop and think from where did we or the grass on the ground come from. I believe all answers will point to a Creator. Scientists themselves are convinced that the universe created. Nothing can be formed spontaneously from nothing. Big bang is bullshit simply because in order for it to happen, there has to be matter in the first place. But if all there was was vacuum, how could any explosion occur? And from there, how did highly developed and intelligent being ie us, come about?

Now how do I know that Christ is the Son of God and that He is our Creator? Well, because He was the only person who resurrected from the dead, raised someone else from the dead and did many other miracles. His birth and life was prophesized centuries before He walked on Earth. I am not a Christian because it sounds like the best deal, as accepting Christ guarantees us a place in heaven. And who wouldn’t want a heavenly Father, to whom we are more insignificant than ants are to us, who is willing to become like one of us and be murdered by us, just to show us how much He loves us. Sounds too good to be true? Well it probably isn’t? Let me tell you that this is the only exception and IF it is true, what do you have to lose?

I guess being away from my friends finally hit me that I will not be able to share with them about Christ as easily anymore (it was never easy in the first place, but now its even harder). I’ve been procrastinating and now I am regretting it. There have been so many people God placed in my life, to bring them to Him. But no one knows what will happen tomorrow. As young people, we probably never think of death, much less life AFTER death. But death can happen to anyone anytime. We are mortal and as much as we like to, not many of us can orchestrate our own death. I really feel bad about leaving my beloved friends to godly people I pray God will put in their path since I am no longer so accessible but I believe that God will work things out in His time. Dear friends, we might not see much of each other now, but I surely would like to see you in eternity (dun worry, I dun think we’ll ever get sick of each other there).

Lydea blogged at 2:38 PM

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