The new talk of the town… heck, the talk of the nation… his name is Jeremy Lin!
This guy is awesome! I normally don’t get into sports… No, that’s not correct… I never get into sports! But just seeing him play, I get into it!
And my man is different! He is always very thankful… and especially gives credit to Christ! I think I will be watching Knicks playing from now on!
This is the video in reference the news… This is a fresh reminder of how we need to adapt.
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Many have taken up the pulpit of YouTube to express their views about the message of Jesus. At least one has reached biblical proportions. With more than 18 million views, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” has become a YouTube sensation.
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Holy cow!! They are making a comeback!! Support if you are a fan please!!
Do you need an encouragement in starting 2011? Has life been tough? It has been for many of us, if not all of us. Well, I came across the story of Ted Williams, a homeless man with an amazing voice. Just listen to his story and it will just move you and encourage you.
CBS News has an interview that has on this man who has encountered life of difficulties and failures and managed to encounter God. If his story doesn’t encourage you and challenge you to live carpe diem, I don’t know what will.
This is yet another fine example that everyone has a calling.
Flying car and the inventor
I know… the title of the post seems… unbelievable! But it’s true… this missionary wanted to be able to reach the indigenous tribes in Ecuador easily and so sought out to solve the problem himself! Not only that, powered by a 250-hp Subaru engine, this baby will do 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds!
I salute you, Mr. Saint (yes, that’s his name!), on a job well done! His non-profit group I-TEC will build and sell this puppy at $80,000 and hopes to build about 100 per year! Wish I had one!
I found a man who not only has heart for missions but also the innovation to make it happen! My hero of the year!
Video can be seen here.
“We are born broken. We live by mending. The grace of God is the glue.” ~ Eugene O’Neill
I saw this on Twitter posted by Pastor Eugene Cho. Normally, I would’ve just passed it by. However, this quote spoke volume to me.
You see, I believe we all have baggage. All the little and big things from our past be it mistakes, people, or secrets, we all carry that into the present and future. No matter who you are, and whether you are a Christian or not, we all carry that.
We as Christians don’t feel like going to church or work with others. I still remember from my mission trip to Thailand in ’93, that the number 1 reason that the missionaries leave their posts and return home is none other than other missionaries. I was only 20 at the time so I did not know what that really meant. Over the years though, I have felt that and lived that. It’s so true that it’s hard to live with other people around us. So to work with others would be even more difficult.
Younger people don’t want to go to church but just stay at home and use TV and the Internet to receive the message these days. While that may seem efficient on the surface, inside, it reveals something darker.
If you recall the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18:21-35), this servant that was forgiven a million dollars could not forgive the debt of a friend who owed him $1000. The master who had originally forgiven him of that million dollars found out and put him in jail for being ungrateful and unmerciful. We all are that unmerciful servant in that we were all forgiven million dollars. What others have done to us and do to us are small compared to what God has forgiven.
As the playwright Eugene O’Neill stated, “we are born broken”. We are born messed up and none of us are in “good condition” to begin with. This is why when we try to work with others or live together in harmony, it is so freaking hard. I have holes in my heart. So do you. And all those around us. Our own imperfections can’t deal with each others’ on top of our own. None of us should be surprised to learn that.
We try to be islands and become ascetic. For anyone else, that may be fine. But I believe God has put us to live with each other for a reason. If we truly understand the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant and realize just how much we have been forgiven, we can forgive others. And second sentence of Eugene O’Neill’s quote becomes possible. ”We live by mending”. Why? Because “the grace of God is the glue.”
As the life unfolds before me and life goes on, I am reminded of the million dollar debt I am cleared of and that God asks me to love others just as He has loved me and accept others with their imperfections just as they are as we all struggle to mend ourselves. We shall truly fail if we use our own strength. We will only succeed if we use the grace of God as glue.
None of us are perfect. Even after being Christians. Actually, let me correct myself… Especially, after becoming Christians. So I was naturally more and more disappointed tofindout that we are even less and less tolerant of those that are not Christians, let alone beingdifferent. After all, that’s exactly the same groups that Jesus warned us NOT to be like – the Pharisees!
However, we become more and more reclusive people that only accept “clean” people. Today’s Sunday school was about how God accepts and loves EVERYTHING about us. Yet, we as church, seem to require that people change before we come to God’s church to grow and receive Him. Jesus often compared Himself as a doctor who came to heal the sick. That would imply that the people were still not saved. Yet, over 2000 years, we somehow changed to allowing “pre-requisites”. We want “decent” people only… if we lack any skills, be it social or intellectual, if we lack any riches or economic standing, we don’t seem as receptive.
I say the more screwed up we are, the more we need Christ in our lives! That can only happen if we receive all those that enter God’s doors just as they are! Is that too much to ask?! Is that too crazy to demand of?!