Saturday, December 27, 2008

We went fishing today! For 15min, cos we reached the place late. We went to a nature trail before that to feed birds but they didn't come down to eat from our hands like the last time.
Last night we went over to Dennis and Jan Adams' house for dinner and they were shared with aunty Maggie's family tips on living in Australia. Last couple of days we were mostly having lunches with the Kohs.. shopping around a bit.. I think I've been to Australia too often to call it a holiday. I wanna go visit new places..

2 Days left in the holiday and I'm having mixed feelings about going home. I wish I could stay on holiday forever but I know I gotta get back to life. And I want to too.

This trip was tiring. Trying. With a little fun injected here and there. But I know for sure that i'm gonna miss it. And i'm gonna regret not having tried to enjoy myself more.

We attended Crossway church this morning. The message was about what we wanted to do in the year to come. "The future is what we decide in the present, what we want to do with out past". The speaker said that many people remain in such disappointment with themselves for what they had done in the past that they are unable to move on, unable t forgive, thus unable to live. They're unable to make big decisions and commitments cos they're afraid that what has happened before might happen again.

There was an anology about a golfer who just hit a bad ball and even as he's lining up to hit the next, guess what he's doing.. " thinking about his last shot" of course. " don't slice the ball, don't slice the ball..." Guess what happens? He slices the ball! duh...

I dunno, I just kinda liked it.

One more. There's this dad who got into alot of touble with the law and as a result was improisoned and had little time for his family. He had two kids. One of which grew up to become exactly like his dad. The other however, became a really successful man, a family man, a boss of a multi-national corperation. When interviewed separately, on what inspired them to become who they were this day, guess what? They both gave the same answer. "How do you expect me to be anything other than the man i am today, with a father like that"

Oh another. From the bible. Peter and Judas Iscariot, both disciples of Christ. Peter denied Jesus 3 times. Judas betrayed Jesus to the roman soldiers. Both realised what a terrible thing they had done. But you know what? Peter decided to repent while Judas decided to let his sin eat and eat and eat away at his heart. In the end, Judas hanged himself. Peter, went on to live a life in Christ and bring glory to God in all that he did.

There's no such thing as a Christian who doesn't live a spirit lead life. Granted, we fall out of step with christ from time to time, but once we have accpeted Christ into our lives, he's always there to lead us and guide us whether you like it or not.

Photos up on facebook soon.

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