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Lord we have seen the rising sun
Awakening the early dawn
And we're rising up to give you praise
Lord we have seen the stars and moon
See how they shine
They shine for you
And You're calling us to do the same
So we rise up with a song
And we rise up with a cry
And we're giving you our lives
We will shine like stars in the universe
Holding out Your truth in the darkest place
We'll be living for Your glory
Jesus we'll be living for Your glory
We will burn so bright with Your praise O God
And declare Your light to this broken world
We'll be living for Your glory
Jesus we'll be living for Your glory
Like the sun so radiantly
Sending light for all to see
Let your holy church arise
Exploding into life
Like a supernova's light
Set your holy church on fire
We will shine
- Shine, by Matt Redman
Life can be really frightening. One moment you're living on cloud nine, the next moment you may be on the other end of your life. Received news today about JD's accident and whilst I can't decipher from Dj's mixed reactions whether it's very serious or otherwise, it caused me to think once again about the reality of our lives."All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever."
Isaiah 40:6-8 Rev Daniel's discourse on the book of Job took us really deep into the concept of suffering, and into the history of the church. It figures that a person who questions why does a good God allow suffering, is a very self-centered person. Because the question is asked in expectation that a good God equates to good for me.
It's somewhat like playing a tennis match. Let's say that both Nadal and Federer are staunch believers in God and both have made prayers to win the biggest match of their lives -- which happens to be the match where they face off with each other.
Eventually, one has to win and the other will lose. Does that mean that God was good to one and not good to other?
Well, no. Because in the eternal scheme of things, only God is able to see what is really good. And good cannot be define by what we feel and think that it should be. While the tennis match analogy won't work in every and all situations we are in, but really, in the presence of God, who could stand? And who are we to fault God on his definition of divine good?
Too often, we look only at our selves and our rights to claiming certain things from God without realising we never had any right to anything at all.
It makes God seem so cold, doesn't it? Because you're still looking only at your self.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised."
Job 1:21b
...and so we had coffee and chocolate over another conversation. again, i was confounded with how we could go on. reliving strange memories and gossips of bliss, it was surely quite uneasy -- when we didn't know what next. the awkward moments of silence shouldn't have been there, if only we had kept away what we probably shouldn't share. perhaps it's plain denial. maybe it's just not time. i'm sorry, love... and when we kissed goodbye, i recalled again how lovely, how very lovely you are.
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