Time of My Life

Time is an unique element. It cannot be influence, it cannot be hasten nor can it be slowed down. Now matter what we do, we still will go through 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour, 60 seconds a minute. Time cannot be altered.

But yet time is also an magical element. Have you ever had an experience whereby time seems to fly past? Or vice versa when time seems to be a little hard to go by (usually happen when I am preparing for my exams)?

I believe in life there are moments that we are being born for. And when we are in that particular moment, time will stand still.

Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the people had revenge upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.

And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD heeded the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.

Joshua 10:12-13

Joshua was born for that moment and the time stood still, Joshua experienced the time of his life! And notice this, it was in the midst of war!

Friends, today you may be in war, you may be facing the fiercest battle of your life yet. But yet this could be the moment you are born for, fight and anticipate the time standing still moment.

This could be the time of your life.

To Live. To Love. To Inspire.

Zero vs. Hero

People say it is tough being a hero, but I think it is tougher being a zero.

People remember Batman, but how many remember Alfred?

People remember Spiderman, but how many remember Uncle Ben?

People remember Ironman, but how many remember Pepper?

Yet, it is the latter that usually motivates the former.

It is tough being a hero, but it is tougher to be a zero.

If you are a zero waiting to be a hero, or if you are just meant to be a zero behind the hero..

Will you still live for Him?

To Live. To Love. To Inspire.

Yes We Can

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality.

Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.

Yes we can heal this nation.

Yes we can repair this world.

Yes we can.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea.

Yes. We. Can.

Easter Production 2009 - The Final Solution

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Second Nature

3 weeks of drilling, 27 hours of rehearsals, 9 performances, 6 hours 45 minutes of stage time. This is "Easter Production 2009 - The Final Solution". Since 3 Sundays ago, various actors and actresses met up at various location to work on their individual scenes. The Directors of the show Sandy and Jaslyn worked on individual's acting, speaking, emotions, positioning, dressing and make-up.

Every rehearsal we are made to walk through our entire scene umpteen times. Making sure we know how to stand, where to stand and when to stand. The entire process was being carved into our hearts.

The Easter weekend was exceptionally tiring, having already acted for 6 grilling services, I was struggling to keep myself awake during the "Praying in Gethsemane" scene at the 7th service. I literally was lost while I was pre-setting walking up the stage, all of a sudden I do not know in my mind what is the thing I need to do. But like having an auto-pilot, I somehow walked to the right position and sat down, waiting for Tian-An (Jesus) to speak to us (Disciples). It suddenly dawn upon me that knowing my steps and positions in this production has become my second nature, I no longer have to give much thinking to it, because of the hours of grilling my body already know how to respond to it automatically.

It came as a revelation, in life a lot of things to us are not natural. When I say not natural means we got to take extra effort to do it. To some of us it could be waking up early, to some of us it could means running regularly, to some of us it could be not to worry but turning to God when critical situations arises. These things are just somehow not in our nature.

"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41

In life there are just certain things in life that will take us extra effort to carry it out. But the thing is if we are willing drill it hard enough, we will be able to respond to it naturally, without having a second thought, it is call the Second Nature.

To Live. To Love. To Inspire.

Arise

Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
Genesis 13:17

This is the first time the word "Arise" appeared in the bible. It is when God spoke to Abraham, asking him to arise, walk the land which God was about to give to him.

Arise is a verb, a word calling people into "action". It speaks of a change of momentum and a change of position.

When God spoke to Abraham, he was already settled in Canaan and a very wealthy man. He led a ‘comfortable’ life and because of that, he was complacent with what he had and placed himself in a passive position. By commanding Abraham to arise, God was telling Abraham to change, to be active. To be a doer rather than wait for things to happen. To not settle and be comfortable with what he had but to arise and take hold of all the blessings that God had in mind for him.

In another occasion Jesus began to command a paralytic to arise as well is in the gospel of Mark.

“(Jesus) I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
Mark 2:11

In Mark chapter 2 four friends brought a paralytic to Jesus. Almost immediately the paralytic got healed by Him. So why did Jesus ask the paralytic to arise?

In the house there were hundreds of people looking at what Jesus was doing. At that moment the anointing of God came, and it was upon the paralytic. But with the paralytic lying down, no one else can see or experience the anointing of God. Yet simply by the action of arising, the paralytic immediately manifested the anointing and glory of God in that place and hundreds upon hundreds of people experienced first hand the anointing of God.

Today the anointing of God is upon you. But by choosing to lie down, the anointing of God will only be kept within you. It is only by choosing to arise, the anointing of God will be manifested in your life and by this simple action hundreds to thousands will then be able to experience the manifested anointing of God first hand.

Chose to arise within you.

To Live. To Love. To Inspire.

The Way God Loves Me

This is a poem written by a good friend of mine.

Be blessed.

The mess that I made, God cleaned it up.
The pit that I fell into, God lifted me up.
Not that I deserve it, but because He knows.
He knows who I am, and knows I can’t go through this life alone.

It constantly amazes me, how many times God delivers.
Despite my blunders, guilt and shame, His love for me will be the same.
He looks beyond my imperfections, and sees me in a different light.
And no matter what it is I do, I know He’ll be there to see it through.

The way He sees and loves me, with such tender loving care,
Is something I can never grasp, something I’ll never get.
I ask if He will ever leave me, and why He loves me so,
In a still voice He tells me,
Because I love you as you are, I’ll never let you go.