12.1.06
Hail Jesus, the one who died and rose again.
finally have some time off to blog le... so exhausted... im actually exhausted everyday after sch, but no worry, it's normal for me.
so anyway, the one time im free to blog, i have absolutely zilch to say. As in, stuff have happened over the past few dayz, but cant rmb anything significant now, except that excellent speech by a tchr during assembly, abt positive attitude. Cant rmb much of it, though, but i felt v.inpsired after listening to her :)
So basically now i wake up every morning n try to tell myself that it's gonna be a glorious day. And usually i dun think abt the bad things that MIGHT happen.n they usually don't ^ ^
Anyway, had a talk by this person, n he talked abt WWII, n all the sarcrifices our locals made (coz the sec4s r scheduled to visit Kranji War memorial, so this talk is to give us a background info of WWII).
He's a wonderful storyteller n it was gripping. Plus he had a v.cool accent. Like a british. *screams* I couldnt sleep even though it was near the end of the day already. Coz he told us stories of how the prisoners were tortured (accompanied by v.gruesome pics), n how cruel the japanese were.
Then when the japanses surrendered, the high ranking officers were tortured n killed almost like how they killed our ppl. It was what they deserved, many would say, but i didnt feel truimphant when i saw the picture of the japanses being tied to the pole.
I really felt upset.
This is what war brings.
Death upon two sides, regardless of right n wrong.
The japanese deserved to die, but to me, they also deserve a second chance. But who would give it to them? And did they give our ppl a second chance?
No.
No one took a step back, n both sides juz kept pushing it.
Heroes emerged out of the chaos, n i saw how our ppl united in times of difficulty, finally gaining independence n freedom.
It made me proud of my country, but the price paid by the world was heavy.
I'm also proud of the soldiers who volunteered to fight n die for Singapore, laying down their lives n refusing to leak out any names even when tortured.
But then guilt crept up to me.
Becoz the feelings i felt towards the dead soldiers, were actually stronger than those towards Jesus, who died for not only one country, but the entire human mankind, saving every single one of us.
Why izzit that i can feel touched by the actions of the dead soldiers, but so rarely give thanks to Jesus?
I have a theory.
It's because of the pictures.
I see the looks of intense pain on the tortured soliders' faces, n im thankful that they were willing to bear that pain for the country. I listen to stories abt war heroes, n i feel relieved that they ended the war for us.
But these are all physical factors.
Jesus did much more than that.
He did not stop war n pain, but He saved us from our sins. It is a spiritual salvation, n with it, we have peace n blessings.
Now, even in times of trouble, we can rely on Him forever, n have faith that He will guide us through the storms n lead us to safety.
Though we cannot see Him, n we can never hear firsthand account of His crucification, His Words n His Deeds are all written in the bible, true to the last page. And though many artists have painted the scene of Jesus on the Cross, we will never know how it was really like.
But if we sincerely believe n put our trust in Him, we can feel the pain He had gone through to die for us, and it is much more than any war hero had ever been through.
So here i say, the greatest war has been won, a war between God and Satan, and we are saved by the finest war hero of all times - Jesus.
However, we are still constantly surrounded by the devil's lies n deceptions, subjected to tempations n trials. But fear not! Remember Him, all ye ppl, and give thanks n pray in whatever you do, and peace will be with you.
Amen.
tranquility ; 1/12/2006 03:13:00 pm.
