A child had been working hard to create the most beautiful birthday card he could make for his mom. He started weeks in advance. Cutting and pasting shapes, doing and redoing, drawing and redrawing... It was tedious, but it would all be worth it. Or so he thought. His mom's birthday finally came. He carefully slid the card into the envelope he had painstakingly painted two days before. He had it all ready in his hands and was just waiting for his mom to get home. Meanwhile, he had his friends over for tea. An idea struck him. He would show his handiwork to his friends. Yeah, that seemed like a good idea. He was proud of his handiwork, and he wanted to share it with his friends. Excitedly, he gathered them round the table, gingerly placed the envelope and its contents in the middle of the table and pulled the card out gently. It's not that he expected 'Oooh's and 'Aaahhh's, but what he did not expect was a silence, followed by tentative queries of "what's that?", "what's this funny-looking picture? or " Are you sure the green goes with the blue?". Worse still, there were statements like, "the envelope looks better than the card" and "maybe you shouldn't give her this card, perhaps just the envelope...haha.."
He felt deflated. No, that was an understatement. Suddenly the card didn't seem like such a good idea anymore. He didn't really feel like giving Mom the card anymore. Neither did he think he would ever want to make a card for anyone again. It would be much easier to buy one, and less painful.
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Today, I felt like this child. Flattened, belittled and discouraged. Suddenly scrutiny in checking for accuracy in truth presented became critical behaviour in other people's eyes. Somehow my zeal for things often become misconstrued. What people don't know is that sometimes putting the brakes on my zeal is not viewed as an act of prudence. It's poking a pin into my tyres. I think i'd be more careful with voicing my views and concerns in future.
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
A bouncing ball. When I'm up I'm up, when I'm down I'm down. It doesn't take me long to bounce right up again
Prayer for myself...
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Prayer Requests...
Career direction: Need godly wisdom in making important decisions and for God to open the way to ST if He so wills.
Spiritual Walk: Discipline in being consistent. Need a revival.
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Hudson Taylor Rating: ****
Highly recommended read. Very inspiring and touching. Insightful as well.
The Tale of Despereaux Rating: ***
Chinese Cinderella Rating: ****
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society Rating: ***
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Letters from Screwtape, a veteran devil, to his amateur nephew. Reveals truths about the Church and christians today. Insightful but heavy.
Creating a Web Page with HTML Just bought this from Popular not too long ago. Essential for a computer dodo like me. Pretty user-friendly lay-out and the colours in there help =)
The NIV Study Bible Started this sometime middle or late last year. Progress real slow. This current read's gonna take a long time. At 1 Chron 7 now. To those on the Bible-reading programme too...Jia you!
