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MATTshowstheCOLOURoftheWORLD Fb-surfing and came across this. Remember the VISA ad? apparently, it goes a long long way back...to this very person called Matt Harding. Some of the scenery are breath-taking. Enjoy the beauty of God-given diversity! (: whenCREATIVITYoverflows andWECRYout by far, the most intriguing contemporary song of the 21st century People killing people dying Children hurting, you hear them crying Can practice what you preach Would you turn the other cheek? Father Father Father help us Send some guidance from above Cause people got me got me questioning Where is the love? I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder As I'm getting older y'all people get colder Most of us only care about money making Selfishness got us following the wrong direction Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images is the main criteria Infecting their young minds faster than bacteria Kids wanna act like what the see in the cinema Whatever happened to the values of humanity Whatever happened to the fairness and equality Instead of spreading love, we're spreading animosity Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under I gotta keep my faith alive, until love is found In this generation of suffering, there is a God, whose glory is far more majestic than just wiping all of our sufferings away. Instead, if there's faith in Him, it will bring a conquest through our sufferings, like never before. For a down syndrome kid to earn his living by doing the simplest task - weaving - and giving his income back to the one and only lady who went through everything to raise him up - true gratitude For a village farm boy who lost his dearest cow and proceeds telling his story to a radio broadcast, not to mourn his loss but to remind everybody that when we lose the loved ones, "God understands" - child-like faith For an aspiring young man who lost his mum and aunt in a span of 3 months, suffering later from a liver tumor the size of a tennis-ball yet healed overnight after a reconciliation back with God - true taste of grace For a lady whose mum got diagnosed with cancer, commits all her worries to the Lord and in the end, having her prayers answered. And for a man who was born with severe defects, without any limbs, yet live each day of his life glorifying God - true thanksgiving And for a man who came down from being the very nature God and suffered more than what He deserved, humbled Himself and became obedient to death - true love And considering our wretched humanity, our sinful nature, will all these be evident if our sufferings were to be taken away in an instance? It's only through suffering and sorrow, that when we are exposed to the truth and tasted the real love, which is from God, will we be able to define what love is and where love is. #100post-thegreatestadvice No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God. Then we can receive what He brings us in His own time, if at all. Instead we are set as blood-hounds after a partner, considering everyone we see until our minds are so concerned with the sex problem that we can talk of nothing else when bull-session time comes around. It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women---but he can think of them as he ought---as sisters, not as sparring partners." - Jim Elliot theESSENCE human behaviour; it's really interesting how we take so much emphasis from the face value of things and yet lose the very essence of it. isn't it true? we rely so much on our senses, how we look at things, how we 'feel' things and conclude to a certain issue based on our emotions.. it's best said that the greatest foolishness is being angry at things which we churned out from our own thinking and realised that it's not true at all! i fell into this 'foolishness' many times and when you looked back at it, you just realised how utter stupidity can get.. it's like.. you totally re-defined 'stupidity' those who have been to yesterday's youth service will have known about the smaller and bigger portion..and it's really funny how people got SO into this notion of now having to take the smaller portion.. going into formality.. and who knows, we might value the one dollar coin more than anything else! but wait a minute, don't we miss something here? no no, I'm not judging or whatsoever. in fact, i used to and am sometimes still guilty of taking 'teachable moments' from its face value.. after all, all of us desire for a change to be good but often, we easily fall into the trap of looking good from the outside. perhaps, the main point isn't about who is taking the smaller or bigger portion.. perhaps the main point is about the purpose and intention behind it. "remember the pt of his msg is abt having the attitude of Christ- i.e. to put others' interest before our own. At the end, whether they want to take the bigger piece or not, it does not matter. But our attitude certainly matters to God!" soCOOL! CAUSEburnout! "Within in the next couple of years, if not already, our generation is going to go through a Cause Burnout. Some of you can already identify with what I mean, but for others consider this: go through how many commercials, Facebook invites, Twitter messages, church events or global campaigns you’ve been asked to contribute to in just the last day, week or month. Tons right!?! Everyday I hear about very real needs, I see images from parts of the world where people are hurting, I hear how basic things like shoes, water and medicine can be such a huge help. These things, this pain and the hurt of others I see causes pain in me even if from thousands of miles away and it is happening multiple times a day. After a while it starts to feel like emotional torture… Even worse I can’t keep up with them all. They all seem important and urgent, so I retweet, I give $5 bucks here, I use my (Red) Starbucks cards, I build a house, sponsor a kid and buy my Tom’s shoes in a consumeristic race to find meaning in the pain I feel and see around me. In the midst of that I hear how I have a purpose, a meaning, a calling to do something to change the world but what do I chose, where do I commit, which is the sacrifice I make? For me I’ve noticed that I have started to just back off and see all the “asks” as marketing and interruptions. I want to fast-forward through them like we do now with commercials during shows and football games. But that isn’t the right response either, God wants our hearts full, connected and aware of the people around us. I don’t have a fix or formula at all. This is something that is heavy on my heart daily. All I have are questions and realizations that I keep chewing on in my heart about this new age where we are instantly and globally connected as individuals. I’ve listed a couple below, but I’d love to hear if you see something similar and what God is teaching your heart as we seek to leave God’s mark on the world for our generation. * Being so connected in this information age can deceive me more than ever that I can play God. * I can be focused on causes just as much from pride as a servant’s heart. * My only source of meaning and purpose that satisfies comes from God, not from what I do. * If loving God doesn’t feel like it is enough, then where am I trying to find meaning? and do I really even love him? * We serve out of obedience because of our deep love of God and how his heart has changed ours. We shouldn’t serve in knee jerk reactions to find meaning in the pain we feel." extracted from "http://internet.lifechurch.tv/2009/10/cause-burnout/" |