yay God :)

July 25, 2002

i've continued to read "the reflective life" this morning. so now i'm done two chapters. the first was talking about the reflective life, what it is, why it's important. the second one was talking about the SEED of the reflective life. so i'm thinking a lot now, trying to soak in what the book is all about. i really am onboard with the first chapter - and like i said yesterday, it's basically like how everything in life is sacred - and like how we should EXPECT to see God in the so-called "ordinary" events in our lives. why? because God created everything, so everything He made has traces of Him in it. it's just if we see it or not. it doesn't change the fact that it's still there.

the second chapter was talking about wisdom. and a cool thing i learned, wisdom in hebrew, means "the skill of living". so if we are wise, then we'lll learn to live our lives well. but what does that really mean? it's like making sure we know when to slow down or even stop when things happen. to reflect on the events rather than rush through everything. to pause, and really think about what people are saying to us. to look deep into their eyes, into their hearts to see what is going on in their lives. if we're always thinking about our schedules, we won't have time to reflect on things around us. the author was saying how he didn't want to miss any more of these special moments in life that he's already missed because he's been too busy. i'm feeling the same thing. i've already missed out a whole ton of stuff that God has probably been trying to show/reveal to me because i've been too pre-occupied with other things. and also, it was saying how we should like EXPECT to see these traces or little gifts of God in our every day. if we don't ask, we don't receive. so if we're like expecting it, it's totally different.

i look forward to reading the following chapters of the book, but i think i'll have to re-read it later to really just get what the book is all about!

anyhow, i took a shower this morning, like usual. but when i finished, i was just sorta glancing into the mirror. and for some reason, i thought there was something significant about it, something that i should just pause and look at. so i did. i'm like okay, i'll just stare at this mirror and try to figure out what God's trying to tell me. i'm sure you all notice this. but when you take hot showers for a somewhat long period of time, the mirror in the bathroom gets all steamy because (i think) the water vapour condenses onto the mirror. so with that, i was looking into the mirror and i notice how my image was distorted because of the water vapour. so i stood there and watched as the vapour slowly dissipated from the mirror and finally, my image became clear. there was nothing distorting it. so what's this have to do with anything? well, the way i understood it was this: ALL of us bear the image of Christ - whether we know it or not. in ephesians 1:4-5 it says "in love, He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ". and like in genesis, it says we are made in the image of God... just for some background.. anyhow, so yeah, it's like before we know that we're in the image of Christ, it's like the hazy part, when there's the water vapour and all we see is a blurred picture of who we are. but slowly, as we get closer to Christ, and finally accept Him, does the vapour dissipitate to finally reveal a true image of who we are. a child of God - created to worship Him! so yeah, i thought that was kinda interesting :) neat huh!? learning something from staring at a mirror... :) hehe.. maybe this book is helping me reflect on things or have that expectency that it was talking about. i hope so!

school was okay. i'll have to study like mad for my exam because i made an assumption about something my teacher said and it like totally screwed me over. aiya. not cool at all! i need to find some time to start studying it up and what have you. maybe i'll start tomorrow, although that ruins my 5 day study method plan :) i really want to do well in the course, perhaps even get a 90%! that would be really cool :)

we had our worship practise for august 31st tonight. it was...... AWESOME! :) the first time ever. we're finally start to get things settled and things are looking a lot brighter. for the first time, i really felt God's presence there. so that's gooood! maybe people are getting closer with Christ again, so that's good. i definitely think it's that. but yeah, people have been praying for us which is totally awesome :) we need it. there's still a lot of things we need to do! and we can only do it if God's leading us, helping us through all of it. i anticipate God to do amazing things that night. i know He will. :) we just need to give Him our utmost excellence! hopefully we can schedule more practices in or something cuz i think we need some more :)

i'm happy. it's really great. things are moving along. :) thanks God! you rock :) i think i'll turn in early tonight. g'nite :)

Posted by Leo Chan at July 25, 2002 1:04 AM