Are we at all deserving of His grace and providence?
I take too many things for granted.
Lent
Feb 19
Narnia
Feb 8
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
Till it was a battle cry
I’ll come back when you call me
Don’t need to say goodbye
Just because everything’s changing
Doesn’t mean it never
Been this way before
All you can do is try to know
Who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You’ll come back
When it’s over
Don’t need to say goodbye
Now we’re back to the beginning
It’s just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can’t feel it too
Doesn’t mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
Till it’s before your eyes
You’ll come back
When it’s over
Don’t need to say goodbye
A Lesson in Humility
Feb 2
In the end, we can only hope for the best.
The things we do…or try to do, can only be best described as, in vain.
Yet we still try. And try. And try.
Because at the end of the day, you do what you need to do, to do what you want to do.
Hosanna
Jan 17
I haven’t been doing my QT as (for a lack of a better word) religiously as usual…especially after my exams. Surprisingly (though somewhat not…well 50/50), God still has been faithful in His promises when I’m not keeping mine.
I guess Hosanna sums it all up.
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved meBreak my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity
Mew’s new album name is insanely long.
The MV for “Introducing Palace Players” is genius, same guy who directed the MV for “Special”.
Overnight, turned all grey.
an inquiring cast of mind.
Dec 12
At least I look in the mirror, do you?
AT-ed
Nov 25
One of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while.
my proj experience with tiongs have been good so far. i choose my tiongs to leverage on their expertise..
when i do core proj, i find core ah tiong to do. they wont dare to screw up anything one. they want their first class. while i need them to maintain my third class… mutual benefit.
on the other hand, i have bad exp with locals.
This video is really sad ttm.
All
Nov 14
All I want now is sleep.
Lots of sleep.
Thoughts
Oct 17
I would say that after much reading, the differences between Peter Abelard and that of Bernard of Clairvaux are strikingly similar to an issue I brought up earlier, that of logos vs. faith alone/authority. Although I would say that Abelard did not totally throw out faith & authority but rather thought one should understand what one believes in order to have a greater understanding of the Word.
As Abelard once said:
For by doubting we are led to inquire, and by inquiry we perceive the truth.
By applying logic and reason one is not changing the Word/foundation of Faith but rather trying to put/make sense in/of it. The foundation of our Faith is a belief in God, what He has done for us and our love for Him.
Just like how we are brought up with authority alone, we believe what we have been told because we have no reason for doing otherwise. A child (in contrast to an adult) cannot apply logic on such levels and they just accept it. However, as we develop scholastic skills and learn to think independently, sometimes we cannot see a good enough reason for doing something that is traditionally taught by authority.
We should not remain stagnant in studying the Word but rather try to add on to the foundation that is Christ in our lives and build upon it by studying the Word in greater depth. Although sometimes these just end up as futile attempts to understand a God that is beyond our human comprehension and logic, because only God knows the Truth and we can only ask for His divine revelation and wisdom in such things.
Though sometimes there is beauty in not knowing or rather beauty in something so incomprehensible, that is why would God do so much for someone as lowly as me.
O LORD, what is man that you care for him,
the son of man that you think of him?- Psalms 144:3