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Saturday, July 28
Give Us Voice to Cry
by
Jack
on Sat 28 Jul 2007 12:43 AM MYT
Almighty God,
Give us voice to cry.
Help us to pray.
We look to you, in times like this,
For mercy and for grace
How can we even hope in goodness in face with such rampant evils.
And these evils only served as a mirror to ourselves
A reminder that our hearts are as depraved, if not worse.
Our hearts, helpless and weak
Cry out to you.
Sometimes voiceless, sometimes, most of the times
Full of the angry words from within
Words of hatred and vengence.
Yet we know, each time we look at evil and sins
Each time we experience sorrow and sufferings,
We are reminded, again and again
By the sometimes small voice of your Spirit
Of the audacity, of the tremendous injustice, unspeakable evil done to your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
He took on himself
The weight of sin
He faced and confronted
Evil at its worst.
And instead of being crushed,
He crushed sin
Instead of being defeated,
He exhaust evil and defeated it.
There was the Prince of Peace
Hangin bloody on the tree
There was the True King
helpless and meek.
May we learn his way
The way of everlasting peace.
May we seek his face
The face of restorative justice
May we know him and love him,
The embodiment of Truth,
The Truth which sets us free
May your loving fatherly arms
Welcome Ps. Bae into your holy presence
May your comforting Spirit
comforts the family and loved ones of the deceased.
May your mighty strong hands
guard and protect the hostages of the Talibans
Of whatever nationality.
May your lovingkindness
So overwhelmed the Talibans
To give up their agenda
And follow yours.
God have mercy,
Lord have mercy. Namo Tassa Christaya.
Monday, July 23
Debri of a Damaged Bridge After Tsunami in Penang
by
Jack
on Mon 23 Jul 2007 11:44 PM MYT
God have mercy...Lord have mercy...
Too Long Have I Lived Among Those Who Hate Peace
by
Jack
on Mon 23 Jul 2007 11:30 PM MYT
Jan was right, we do not know which is worst, "sitting here and not knowing what to do or huddled up together calling for God!" (see here for the news: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/23/ap3940481.html)
Every man and woman on this planet, I am sure wonder, will there ever be peace. And the Church many times loudly proclaimed, Yes, there is peace and we'll have it. Yes, we've got the Prince of Peace. Yes, peace be with you. But behind these confident (and loud) proclaimations, behind the sermons of peace and the greetings of peace we hear so often within the comfort of our church halls, are most unfortunately a bunch of passive peacelovers.
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Tuesday, July 17
John 14:2-3
by
Jack
on Tue 17 Jul 2007 12:52 AM MYT
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. (Jn 14:2-3)
John 14:1-14 is part of the larger text traditionally known as the farewell discourse which begins at the Last Supper event up to his arrest in the garden.
My essay here focuses on Jn 14:2-3 where Jesus talked about the Father's house having many rooms and him going to prepare a place for the disciples and coming back to take them to himself. more »
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