Friday, July 4, 2008

Faith 'Challenged'

Today was a good day, I had a good talk with Mr Foo, the maths teacher. It all started as a normal conversation as we had lunch together during the lunch break for today's swimming competition.
He revealed he was sceptical about religion and believed God has not done his work. Mr Foo reminded me of those people I have heard about, people who know the bible, read the whole bible a few times, went to do in depth searches and yet made decisions to be away from God.
Mr Foo posted lots of questions and supposedly 'loopholes' in the way God work. Examples include why do God allow Man to sin? Why so many people die without God helping? What about ideas of all-merciful? He is no doubt well read into the fields of Christianity and religion, yet I still am faithful to God who saved me since day one.
I am thankful for the wonderful teachings my church has taught me. My faith was, is and will be on God. As Mr Foo wanted to give me his view, I see myself going into an empty and pointless argument and tried to pull out of it. I realised that many people has misinterpreted the bible and still believed that man was the one that wrote and chose the books in the bible.
However, the bible has already clearly written as the scriptures as 'God-breath' and that it is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
I do not see the arguments, I see the results and the eventual things man are faced with, sometimes man are just good talking their way around, how they can talk a square object to be a round one. ( that's why there is debates)
I used to ask myself also, why God allow such corruption and abomination on earth, and why are we sinful, well the only answer I have for all you people and Mr Foo is God has his plans. My church Sunday school teacher used to tell me ask Adam and Eve why they disobeyed God and cause the whole mankind to go on a downfall. I want to find out also, many things that happened in and outside our life are also not known and we also want to find out. Just like if they is life somewhere else in the universe and stuffs like that. Yet I believed that God has revealed enough for us to know and we with human brains are never able to comprehend God.
How are you facing God today? In heaven? I am scared to pray to Him after I sinned and do wrong things. I am afraid of Him when I go up and said I have done nothing good for Him and anything that glorify His name. Man with that spiritual need when they are alone and in the darkest times of their lives, will be with God if he is of God's, and will not be afraid.
Ok I end off here. God is always there, just that there are always times of silence in which our faith are strengthened.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Swimming season

The inter school swimming competition is always full of all the hype and excitement. This year i predict will be like last year. The difference is that it will be held at some super far place at woodlands (sports school) and I will not be as fast as last year. Nvm about me swimming at what speed, the fact still remains that I will never get into the finals. Haha those good swimmers just train way more than i every do. (I think they swim more than i even walk and run)
Going for this competition which starts tmr for me will enable me to skip school for two days. That is something I looked forward to every year I must say. This year with the A levels coming up, skipping school doesnt look like a wise choice but its a no choice. LOL.
Studies may be important, yet not going to school means holiday and that equals not doing any school work. May this year be different as i bring some work to sports school and do as i wait for my event. Hopefully i do something and not waste waiting time.
Ok time to play DOta for awhile since no school tmr :)
I decided to share another bible verse before i end off, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)