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When griping grief the heart doth wound,
and doleful dumps the mind opresses,
then music, with her silver sound,
with speedy help doth lend redress.
-William Shakespeare
Chronicles of Narnia
I see so many people flocking to watch Chronicles of Narnia, but I doubt they know the film is actually based on the story of Jesus Christ.
I watched the film and I loved it. It just shows so clearly the battle between good and evil, God and Satan.
The character of the White Witch (Satan) is brought out so well in the film. First she gives you what you want. The temporary satisfaction of life, and temptation of material possesions. Then when she finds no use for you, she destroys you.
But how great it is to know, there is someone out there, willing to pay for our sins, to drag us out of darkness, so that we need not perish in darkness but have the chance to start anew !! Aslan the lion (Jesus) offered his own life instead to the White Witch, so that Edmund need not pay for the sin he committed.
The scene where Aslan made his way up the steps to the top of the stone table, depicted Jesus' walk up the hill where He was to be cruxified. Aslan was mocked at, punched and kicked, humiliated and shamed by the White Witch's followers, until he was sacrificed. As was Jesus Christ.
My beloved friends, if your heart wrenched when you watched the film and saw Aslan being humiliated and sacrificed, you could feel the same way for Jesus our Saviour too. My heart broke doubly, only because it wasn't the lion I saw on the screen. It was Jesus I saw.
But as it will be, Aslan rose from the dead !! He even brought the dead back to life with his mighty breath. What awesome power our God has.
Brothers and Sisters, if you saw the show, imagine it was Jesus for a moment. You'd come to believe, that He is our one and only King. Afterall, the books the movie was based on was written about Jesus Christ.
The battles and killings that happened on screen, aren't actually battles and killings. It is only represented by the spiritual warfare between good and evil. Aslan presented the sword and shield to Peter and they represented Truth and Hope. If we were to hold on to these so tightly in our spiritual battles, as did Peter in his battle against the White Witch's army, we will triumph over the evil. Jesus has given each and everyone of us our "sword and shield". We only need to grab on tightly and use them well.
Hail the Lion of Judah !!
signing off at 11:03 PM
Christ is born
We had a gathering in church last night to celebrate Christmas eve. We put up a Christian musical, telling the story of Jesus' birth, and I must say it was pretty alright. I have to admit I ripped the naration from the musical Joy sent me, but I managed to fit in our own list of songs. Church was more crowded than usual as everyone brought friends and relatives. I really thank God too that Shunren, John and Eugene came. I'm slowly seeing my friends in SJAB receiving Christ one by one and I'm so very glad. God's perfect in His own timing.
During the CKC camp, while we were having that small little gift exchange in the room, I drew the number 17. I opened it and it was a little diary. Quite surprisingly, last night, I drew the number 17 again during own church's gift exchange !! I tell you it was so coincidental it's quite scary. I wonder what this number means anyway. Lucky number perhaps ? Moreover, I've always liked to wear a jersey with the number 17. Oh, I'm 17 years old this year too. But I won't be next year !! I'd love to be 17 my whole life. It's a nice number.
Oh, and guess what I got from that gift exchange... TOILET BOWL DISINFECTANT. I was like, "What on earth...". HAHA. God probably had a good laugh too.
You might ponder about the meaning of Christmas Day. It might not even cross your mind what Christmas is all about because you're too caught up with presents, food, gatherings, and just having a hell of a good time.
For me, I could sum up Christmas with a sentence. Let God's words be my gift for you.
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in him, shall not perish, but have eternal life"
Happy Birthday Jesus. I love You.
Mary did you know
That your baby boy, would someday walk on water ?
Mary did you know
That your baby boy, will save our sons and daughters ?
Did you know
That your baby boy, has come to make you new ?
This child that you've delivered
Would soon deliver you
Mary did you know
That your baby boy, will give sight to a blind man ?
Did you know
That your baby boy, will calm the storm with his hand ?
Did you know
That your baby boy, has walked where angels trod ?
When you kiss your little baby
Then you've kissed the face of God
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
The dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the Lamb
Did you know
That your baby boy, is heaven's perfect Lamb ?
This sleeping child you're holding
Is the Great I AM
-Mary did you know ?
signing off at 1:29 PM
Rain Down
Went witnessing yesterday again. God never fails. It was pretty interesting this time. Both times Roger and I went up to someone, they were Roman Catholics. I'm still kinda new at this so I wasn't sure how to minister to a Catholic. Glad that I had a senior with me coz he gave me a few pointers. I'm sure it wasn't coincidence because I know God leads us to people He wants us to share Christianity with. Guess God also wanted me to learn how to deal with Catholics. Pretty cool.
I got this growing obsession in me to help people or serve God. Because I found out that only during these times, I don't think about my own life and start feeling my heart tearing up. I don't feel my pain when I'm submerged in doing something. It's my only escape.
Today during Digital Electronics lab session, I got so frustrated. I was almost the only one who couldn't get the stopwatch connection working on my trainer. There were 3 stages and I couldn't even get past the 1st stage. The worst part was that I could do the identical connection 2 weeks ago. For almost 2 hours I just kept trying. I didn't want to ask for my lecturer's or friend's help coz I wanted to do it myself. I just kept wondering why I could do it 2 weeks ago but not now. So the day ended with me getting no result.
I kept talking to God at first and I believed that if I keep trying I could do it. With Him, nothing is impossible. But I kept failing and I started to wonder if God was forsaking me. I really felt so bad I wanted to just pack up and walk off.
Then Shang Ming came over to ask me about the NAPFA test he and I had to take for the SAF Scholarship. That wasn't interesting. Interesting was when he sang a line from Above All.
"Crucified, laid behind a stone ... "
My mood totally changed !! I was rather surprised !! I didn't know he was a Christian. I asked and he said he wasn't, but he likes listening to Christian songs and he used to attend church for about a year. So I started sharing with him and for that period of time I felt so lifted up to be ministering to someone, I forgot about my frustration I had just moments before. He wasn't like a hardcore I-don't-believe-in-Christ-anymore guy. In fact, he sort of still believe there is a certain God. It's just that he doesn't want to commit to the religion. So I only had to encourage him to reconcile with our Father. It's natural that all fathers want a close relationship with their sons and daughters.
I felt so much better on my way home. If it wasn't for that chat, I could have continued the rest of the evening with a heavy heart.
1. I want to reach out to my own class, but it's difficult when I'm already so familiar with them. It's hard to explain. Anyway, God helped me by sending the first one. I'm thankful for that.
2. He made me forget my own pain by getting me to speak on His behalf to Shang Ming. Talk about killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
Before we left the lab, my lecturer came over and asked how I was doing. I finally decided to tell her how dumb I was coz I couldn't even get the MOD-6. She checked it and realized I only missed out on grounding one of the points on the trainer with a single wire. One wire.
argh, FREAK !! Felt so dumb !!!
signing off at 7:32 PM
Gen 12 ii
East Asia. Malaysia. Thailand. Cambodia. Where should I go ? Should I even go ? I really don't know. I don't want what I want. I want what God wants. Please help me.
signing off at 8:08 PM
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