no matter how talented or how smart a leader may be, an unteachable spirit is the path to certain failure. ~ Henry Blackaby.
Billy Graham addressed a gathering of clergy in London in 1979. He said that if he had his ministry to do over again, he would study three times as much as he had and would take on fewer engagements.
"I've preached too much," said Graham, "and studied too little."
Leonard da Vinci was once hard at work on a great painting. It was nearly complete when suddenly he called a student to him, gave him the brush, and said, "You finish it."
The student protested, feeling unworthy.
But da Vinci said, "Will not what I have done inspire you to do your best?"
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Heart over mind?
Breakfast as usual? Or unusual breakfast? What makes a breakfast unusual, is not what is laid on the table for breakfast, but rather what is the content of the breakfast!
"Ron, ask you something, if i want to be baptized, must I remember a lot of things about the Bible or do I need to go through some test?" My mum asked me (in her mother tongue) in the most sincere faith that the Lord has worked in her heart.
I said, "There is no hurry for you to be baptized, mum." But my heart felt like I just score the winning goal in the World Cup final! "You just take your time to read the Bible more and understand why you believe in what and who you believe in," in a more rationale and stable tone after a few seconds to settle my heart's overwhelm excitement!
Please continue to pray for my mum, I know that baptism is not a sign and seal that one is saved, that her heart for the Lord and His word would increase.
After some time of learning Greek till 715pm, (very tiring!) it is time for me to go for a ride at my bicycle. Realized that I did not eat my dinner, I was running on reserve. Trust me, running on reserve is never easy, going on and pushing ahead, yet knowing that in your heart and mind, you want to push forward, but you do not have the strength to go ahead and go faster as you want to gain momentum especially during cycling.
From my place, I hit top speed passing by Telok Kurau road, but by the time I reach 500m before East Coast Park MacDonald underpass, I was still running on reserve, and boy, the feeling is totally unwanted and unnecessary! The more I want to push even faster, the slower I went. Running on reserve is just like you are carrying 20kg of sandbag having a road-march of 20 rounds of 400m wearing a pair of boots without socks and sole in Detention Barracks. Your motivation is as low as you can imagine!
My mind was playing with my heart, my mind said to my heart, "Time to give up, you are totally running on reserve, how long can you last? Can you really last the distance? You are going all the way to Fort road from East Coast Park, then to Old Airport Road, and stop by church kopitiam for dinner, you sure you can last, heart?" Logically, the mind was right in a way! Sometime our mind just play mind-game with our heart, constantly telling us to give up that this is not our cup of tea. Give up!
Who says that man is run by our mind? I beg to differ! My heart said, "If you started something, go all the way, pursue it with all that you had, finished the race!" I went to the nearby mama shop and buy a bar of snickers and a can of 100 plus, and aim to finish the distance.
Sometimes in life, you need to follow your heart as much as respect to your mind. For me, if I have just follow my mind, I would be home at 730pm! But with the heart motivation I reach the church kopitiam at 810pm for 2 eggs, 2 kaya and butter toasted bread.
Without the inspiration of the heart to finish it, I would not have enjoyed the time I spend at the coffee shop. I would not have enjoyed the flashback scenes that I had with my belated dad, who always had kaya bread and eggs with me, and not to mention a cup of hot Milo for breakfast at least 2 to 3 times a week in my growing up years, which I badly missed...
Without the heart, there is no enjoyment of visualizing my time spend with my dad in the past. It was a beautiful time of experience of the presence of my father. But I tearing in my heart big time! Presence of my father, how badly I miss it. I can only look forward to eternity, can I be with the Lord now? I badly missed the time I had with my dad...
A song from 1a.m, a Malaysia band, here goes a song that ministers to my heart...
My Father, I long to be close to You
To hold You and be secure made anew
And I wanna be in love with You, my Lord
And I wanna say to You
Chorus:
You are my Father God, my Savior
My Redeemer
Lord, I long to be in Your presence
Lord, I long to be in Your presence
The cry of a man's heart is to be in the presence of God...as much I miss my dad, it is the presence of God that I pray for. Amen...
"Ron, ask you something, if i want to be baptized, must I remember a lot of things about the Bible or do I need to go through some test?" My mum asked me (in her mother tongue) in the most sincere faith that the Lord has worked in her heart.
I said, "There is no hurry for you to be baptized, mum." But my heart felt like I just score the winning goal in the World Cup final! "You just take your time to read the Bible more and understand why you believe in what and who you believe in," in a more rationale and stable tone after a few seconds to settle my heart's overwhelm excitement!
Please continue to pray for my mum, I know that baptism is not a sign and seal that one is saved, that her heart for the Lord and His word would increase.
After some time of learning Greek till 715pm, (very tiring!) it is time for me to go for a ride at my bicycle. Realized that I did not eat my dinner, I was running on reserve. Trust me, running on reserve is never easy, going on and pushing ahead, yet knowing that in your heart and mind, you want to push forward, but you do not have the strength to go ahead and go faster as you want to gain momentum especially during cycling.
From my place, I hit top speed passing by Telok Kurau road, but by the time I reach 500m before East Coast Park MacDonald underpass, I was still running on reserve, and boy, the feeling is totally unwanted and unnecessary! The more I want to push even faster, the slower I went. Running on reserve is just like you are carrying 20kg of sandbag having a road-march of 20 rounds of 400m wearing a pair of boots without socks and sole in Detention Barracks. Your motivation is as low as you can imagine!
My mind was playing with my heart, my mind said to my heart, "Time to give up, you are totally running on reserve, how long can you last? Can you really last the distance? You are going all the way to Fort road from East Coast Park, then to Old Airport Road, and stop by church kopitiam for dinner, you sure you can last, heart?" Logically, the mind was right in a way! Sometime our mind just play mind-game with our heart, constantly telling us to give up that this is not our cup of tea. Give up!
Who says that man is run by our mind? I beg to differ! My heart said, "If you started something, go all the way, pursue it with all that you had, finished the race!" I went to the nearby mama shop and buy a bar of snickers and a can of 100 plus, and aim to finish the distance.
Sometimes in life, you need to follow your heart as much as respect to your mind. For me, if I have just follow my mind, I would be home at 730pm! But with the heart motivation I reach the church kopitiam at 810pm for 2 eggs, 2 kaya and butter toasted bread.
Without the inspiration of the heart to finish it, I would not have enjoyed the time I spend at the coffee shop. I would not have enjoyed the flashback scenes that I had with my belated dad, who always had kaya bread and eggs with me, and not to mention a cup of hot Milo for breakfast at least 2 to 3 times a week in my growing up years, which I badly missed...
Without the heart, there is no enjoyment of visualizing my time spend with my dad in the past. It was a beautiful time of experience of the presence of my father. But I tearing in my heart big time! Presence of my father, how badly I miss it. I can only look forward to eternity, can I be with the Lord now? I badly missed the time I had with my dad...
A song from 1a.m, a Malaysia band, here goes a song that ministers to my heart...
My Father, I long to be close to You
To hold You and be secure made anew
And I wanna be in love with You, my Lord
And I wanna say to You
Chorus:
You are my Father God, my Savior
My Redeemer
Lord, I long to be in Your presence
Lord, I long to be in Your presence
The cry of a man's heart is to be in the presence of God...as much I miss my dad, it is the presence of God that I pray for. Amen...
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