4.3.07
", dont exasperate your children."sermon was good today.
pastor jack talked abt building a christian family.
it's a series of talks and today is the second talk.
What Is A Christian Family?
Basically:
1) God is first.
2) Dad is respected.
3) Mum is loved.
4) Children are nurtured.
5) Grace
6) Gratitude
7) Generiosity (spelling error?).
i think my family is more or less a christian family.
like, we have almost all the listed elements, except i dont think we put God in the first place.
hmm..yea, we've got to work on that.
i felt like pastor jack was talking abt my family, somehow?
like he gave an example of dads dragging their families halfway round the world for their jobs.
it's an example of NOT putting God in first place, but their WORK in first place.
was i thinking too much or does that sound like my dad?
i guess im still trying to figure out what im doing here across the pacific.
if, like what dad claims, God really meant for us to be here, im sure He will lead me into His purpose for me here in christchurch..
and speaking of dad, i was annoyed with him on friday night coz he ganged up with mum to nag me abt responsibility, treasuring my youth, aiming high (i.e. get a bloody scholarship and go to america) ETC ETC.
im not saying im not listening.
it's just that i dont think they know me well enough to be telling me all that.
dad's so busy being a professor and mum only cares abt the state of my room.
do they know hows school for me now? good or bad?
do they know if i fancy anyone?
do they know if i like the idea of getting a scholarship?
do they know the real reason why im playing along and working towards a scholarship?
do they know how it is for me to come to a new place and meet new ppl?
no.
they dont.
so whatever.
you two just keep on talking like u know it all.
and i dont think pastor jack's sermon got through ur thick head.
CHILDREN ARE NURTURED.
yes, we are.
but he also mentioned the verse in ephesians.
"fathers, dont exasperate your children..."
i rmb another verse in ephesians which tells children to honour their parents.
so i will, and i'll listen and obey you and mum.
but im really disappointed.
u're so full of yourself and what u've accomplished that even such an obvious msg didnt get through to you.
the men just dont get it.
boys too.
SO ANYWAY(:
abt the blog publicising thing, i've come to a clever (hopefully) decision.
i wont let any of my nz frens know my blog url unless they ask abt it.
as in, i wont be initiative in letting them know.
becoz i think as much as i write abt them here, it's actually nth bad?
like i dont gossip here or badmouth?
i think? ><
pls let me know if i do, k.
coz i really want this to be a clean and holy blog.
hmm...whatelse.
xia zi asked me what i thought abt the YG.
i said i think it's not all that it seems and there are 2 sides to everyone in YG, as far as what im discovering these days.
he agrees and asks me what i think abt him.
jamie nagged me to get off msn so he said we'll talk today in badminton.
gahh.
how shld i tell him... i dont even know why i said what i said.
like, he's a really nice kid, but when u're asked to describe someone and all u can say is, "hmm...ohyea, he/she is nice!"
then sth's wrong.
coz "nice" is just a vague word.
it doesnt have personality.
yet everyone has a story and personality.
so what i think im trying to say is.
when someone becomes too nice and shows no personality, he/she becomes a rather mysterious character?
like u know deep under, they've got their own secrets and troubles too.
but they just dont show it, or they ignore it by burying it so well.
ahh whatever.
i'll deal with xia zi when the time comes.
mm... sunny boy doesnt look too happy today.
seated far away from pighead.
wonder what happened.
ok lunching now.
Mcdonald for dinner!!
yayy ^0^
tranquility ; 3/04/2007 07:09:00 am.
