WORDS ARE WORDS

I love you, LORD; you are my strength. (PSALM 18:1)

In Shakespeare's play Othello, when the wealthy senator of Venice learned that his beloved daughter had secretly married a Moor (a man of African descent), he was outraged. But realizing that he was powerless to undo what she had done, the senator listened to the advice of the Duke, who said, "The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief." So, as we would say, he decided to "grin and bear it!" But then his daughter said that her allegiance was now to her husband rather than her father. No doubt smarting, the senator said, Words are words; I never yet did hear That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear.

Recognizing the emotional state the senator was in, we must cut him some slack. But can we agree that "words are words" in the sense that they are merely sounds that emanate from the larynx? That the heart is not touched, bruised, lifted, or smitten by words? Surely not. Words can be weapons to wound, medicine to heal, a messenger to convey good news, or an instrument to play a happy tune.

David, the psalmist, knew this when, in high state of emotion on the day he was finally rescued from his relentless enemies, he wrote in simple, plain, unambitious words. "I love you, Lord" (Ps. 18:1). Not content with that, however, David then used words - picturesque, pointed words -  to explain what he thought of the Lord:"The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior, my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold"(18:2).

David could simply have stated that he had gone through hard times. Instead, he wrote, "The ropes of death surround me; the floods of destruction swept over me. The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death itself stared me in the face" (18:4-5). And his description of the Lord's response was dramatic and memorable, written in terms of an earthquake, fire, storm clouds, lightning, and thunder (18:7-19). David used such words so that the choir could sing them to the people. Then they too, would have their hearts inflamed with love for the Lord as they envisioned him, the invisible one, as a rock, a shield, a stronghold, a fortress. They would be moved as they "felt" the pain David had endured and :saw: the Lord's earth-moving response.

We use words, too. But to what effect? To praise, to wound, to heal, to enthuse? Watch your words. Say "words are words" if you will. But words are wonderful.

海角七号

Sorry for being inactive for long long time blogging. As what mentioned in the title, i spent 2 hours today watching this movie. I had to say that, it was really nice. If you did watch it before, I would sure that you would certainly agree with me. The movie indeed did touch me, in a way telling me that, love is wonderful. ^^ How nice if i can fall in love now with someone and to be together with her. It is wonderful, but it takes courage as well, which i think is what i'm lacking of.

1 Corinthians 13 : 4-7
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Bible Reading of My Day:
Ephesians 3:12
In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Sunday

Just back from church... As usual, I have church service on Sunday evening... This sem's sunday service will be different for me, because I will be the projectionist for the whole sem! Haha.. Quite interesting as well...

There is nothing else I want to share.. But will post up my bible verse of the day daily... I only share when i really need to.. K? ^^

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Bible Reading of My Day
Ephesians 2: 8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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Saturday

Huh~ Another late game again tonight. This time is badminton, which most of the same bunch of friends last night. It was fun indeed. I must say that Y.Y. was great, as I would expect at the very beginning. It seems that he was not in form at the play today, but still he took me quite lot to reach his playing standard. Haha~

It was Saturday, the day i came to Miri last week. Without noticing lot, It has been a week since I came. Time flies~

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Bible Verses of My Day:
Ephesians 1:7-10
In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment - to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

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Hang Out

It's kind of late today. The most convincing reason is none other than hanging out with friends!!! Haha.. Yes I did.. Playing basketball at night and then supper at burger stall... Today was actually my first time playing basketball with the friends I hanged out tonight.. And I must say that I enjoyed it quite lot if compared to the basketball games I played last sems in Curtin... Maybe the most convincing reason is, we make fun at the same time, serious during the games... It was indeed fun...

Today was another happy day for me, as it was the first ever time I rode on a bike. (although the driver was not me). I finally realized why it would be so romantic if u date a girl with a bike.. The most convincing reason again, is none other than that you had to hug the person in front of you tightly if you are not dare enough. This was actually happening to me, I did scare when riding on the bike, and I did hold my friend's shoulder quite tight when he sped.. Haha...

There was nothing much for me to share tonight.. Although there seems to be many points in my mind, I just don't have the mood to share.. Maybe other times... ^^

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Bible Reading of My Day

Galations 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

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God Bless~

Best Mate

I just msn with a very close friend of mine just a few hours ago. Although the conversation was quite short, (half an hour maybe) but it did help me to recall back some of the unforgettable memories i had with him. But that was not the thing that excited me. The one sentence that really touch me was, "You are my best mate". Wow... When  was the last time someone ever talked to me of the same phrase. I think there was one, the same guy.. Haha.. I was really touched, of course happy la...

There were many reasons why i was that touched. Someone once said to me that if you did not keep in touch with a person, surely after sometime your relationship with tat person wouldn't be that close anymore. But things do not work with the relationship between me and that friend. It seems that our relationship remain strong, although we are very far departed. We didn't take much time to build up a good relationship actually. What were in my memories were, we got close only when we were in senior 3, during the time when most of my badge of friends were just 'wasting our time' after SPM. Haha... He was a vegeterian, and i do believe that our close friendship started when we were in cooking class, when i decided to group with him, to be temporily vegeterian during cooking class, as we cook the same dish and eat the same dish. It was very nice actually.. Vegeterian fish, cha sao and so on... I forget jor.. But is nice.. Haha

AFter S3, together we did sucks in S3 exam, then together we go A Level... It was another happy moment as  i always go his house eat vege food after class, or during the break. We did share some secrets, not all i guess... Haha... And we did study hard together.. Striving for excellence.. As he wanted to go UK with scholars, as for me.. Just for good results.. Finally both our dreams came true.. We got 4 As!!! Yeah~ And then he went to UK.. And i am here~ We actually didn't msn much after we study.. But i do believe that when we meet again... We are still Best Fren!! haha.. maybe we are better than some couples, where distance didn't seperate us... ^^

I do hope that i can find another one in Miri.... But it seems to be quite difficult.... I'm not sure but i do think that there is some problem with myself which i did realise but.. Just duno how to say.. Haha... I do think i didn't get along well with my housemates actually.. All of them?? Just felt that there are distances between us, between housemates. Chatting with them is easy.. It seems quite close if you notice me chatting with them, but deep inside me.. I do know that.. We're just housemates.. Ntg else... Just hope that someday someone will just lecture me if I do have some bad characters within me.. God Bless~

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Bible reading of My Day

Galations 5: 22-26

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

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God Bless You~~