Joy to the world the Lord is come,
Let earth receive her king,
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and heaven and nature sing.
We sang this song at the Lord's supper last Sunday. I didn't feel the joy of the people when they sang this song. It was monotonous despite the joyous mood that the composer had given to the song. Everyone seemed to be solemn. The atmosphere of my church during the worship service had always raised questions in my heart. Were the member's there because it's just another Lord's day to keep the Sabbath holy by going to church? Well, I am not in the position to judge if they are truly sincere in their worship. On the other extreme, people who are from more 'contemporary' churches are so enthusiastic in their worship, they jump, dance and shout of God's love and awesomeness. Mine is the total opposite. I have grown up in this kind of setting and I have learned to worship God in the solemn manner and treasured the stillness of the setting more ad more each year
. But the question that has bogged me is " Why does our church lack the excitement and zeal when worshipping God? ". I am not asking for everyone to be jumping around praising God or everyone raising their hands. People seemed to be so Asian, sitting and singing seriously( now how can people sing seriously when they are praising the ALMIGHTY GOD?). At least, I know I need to constantly check myself if I am categorized into that sunday christian group. I start to wonder to myself if I have truly rejoiced with the angels and heaven and earth when I know that Christ the Saviour is born to the world to fulfill His mission. This year's carolers went to less houses compared to the previous years. Some people were disappointed because of the months of effort that were put in to perfect our blending and harmony in our singing. Nevertheless, this year's caroling has been a blessing to me because I was pondering on the lyrics of the carols that I have sung throughout the years. More to come in the later posts about my post thoughts from Christmas. I got many presents this christmas. Gifts of the Words from God.
THANK YOU, PAPA!!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Story of the 2 Banana Hunters
In a not faraway land called Nilai, there lived two pathetic guys called X and Y.
After a workout in the gymnasium, X decided to go hunt for bananas.
On his way out, he met Y and asked Y would like to join in his quest for bananas.
Y had nothing better to do, so Y tagged along.
Along the journey, Y was curious why X suddenly wanted bananas, so he asked X about it.
X gave a piece of nutritional facts on food.
One banana = one big bowl of rice ( meaninng lots of carbohydrates)
Y again was curious why X wanted carbohyrates. X said that he wanted to gain weight.
The quest for bananas continued.
X and Y finally reach a supermarket.
They found little fruits at the place. Only a couple of miserable apples and oranges.
X and Y moved on.
They went to the shops next door to find if they sell any bananas.
X and Y entered a mini market. No bananas found.
X and Y entered the shop nearby that sells stationery and some electrical stuff (mind you, there were no edible stuffs sold).
X asked the cashier if they sell any bananas
and Y giggled at the back realizing that X was 'asking a monk for a comb'.
Again, no sign of BANANAS!!!
X and Y embarked on their mobile and drove to another part of Nilai.
As they were driving slowly, searching the streets ( not for potential victims) for bananas.
To their dismay, all the fruits stalls they passed sell no bananas.
X was happy to find a pasar malam on its setting up.
Therefore they tried their luck there.
Outcome: They found langsat, mandarin oranges, apples, grapes, persimmon, pears, duku langsat, mangoes and many others fruits.. but still NO BANANAs!!!
X and Y were sad.
X did not give up, he said that justice must be done for the petrol that was wasted before this.
They continued on.
When they were passing some housing areads with some vacant land, they saw banana trees standing around with bunches of bananas.
Y asked why not they just go and get those.
It was a silly idea.
X saw another row of shophouses.
They decided to go in and have a look.
They found a fruit shop.
They were happy to find out that there were two bunches of bananas hung at the shop.
Finally they found BANANAS!!!
ALHAMDULILAH！！！ PRAISE THE LORD！！！ 感谢主！！!
The 6-inches-long yummy BANANAs!!!
After a workout in the gymnasium, X decided to go hunt for bananas.
On his way out, he met Y and asked Y would like to join in his quest for bananas.
Y had nothing better to do, so Y tagged along.
Along the journey, Y was curious why X suddenly wanted bananas, so he asked X about it.
X gave a piece of nutritional facts on food.
One banana = one big bowl of rice ( meaninng lots of carbohydrates)
Y again was curious why X wanted carbohyrates. X said that he wanted to gain weight.
The quest for bananas continued.
X and Y finally reach a supermarket.
They found little fruits at the place. Only a couple of miserable apples and oranges.
X and Y moved on.
They went to the shops next door to find if they sell any bananas.
X and Y entered a mini market. No bananas found.
X and Y entered the shop nearby that sells stationery and some electrical stuff (mind you, there were no edible stuffs sold).
X asked the cashier if they sell any bananas
and Y giggled at the back realizing that X was 'asking a monk for a comb'.
Again, no sign of BANANAS!!!
X and Y embarked on their mobile and drove to another part of Nilai.
As they were driving slowly, searching the streets ( not for potential victims) for bananas.
To their dismay, all the fruits stalls they passed sell no bananas.
X was happy to find a pasar malam on its setting up.
Therefore they tried their luck there.
Outcome: They found langsat, mandarin oranges, apples, grapes, persimmon, pears, duku langsat, mangoes and many others fruits.. but still NO BANANAs!!!
X and Y were sad.
X did not give up, he said that justice must be done for the petrol that was wasted before this.
They continued on.
When they were passing some housing areads with some vacant land, they saw banana trees standing around with bunches of bananas.
Y asked why not they just go and get those.
It was a silly idea.
X saw another row of shophouses.
They decided to go in and have a look.
They found a fruit shop.
They were happy to find out that there were two bunches of bananas hung at the shop.
Finally they found BANANAS!!!
ALHAMDULILAH！！！ PRAISE THE LORD！！！ 感谢主！！!
The 6-inches-long yummy BANANAs!!!
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