To start off a blog entry it's always appropriate to start with a greeting, eh? I wish you guys a Happy Lunar New Year 2009!
It's just crazy this season. We started off 2009 on 1st January with an economic downturn, and now people are complaining about the high prices set during the Chinese New Year season. Still, monetary crises aren't gonna stop us from celebrating - life still has to go on. At the very most, we don't celebrate New Year with that much goodies this year.
But for us Christians we have much more reason to celebrate, amen? Pastor Bennett made a very good point over why the streets are red in colour - the red signifies the blood of Jesus shed for all mankind, bringing a new meaning of which it means Christians ought to celebrate more during this New Year season - we rejoice over this gift of salvation that God has given to us, the same thing that money cannot buy, nor can be earned by any means of human effort.
Then again, if salvation could be earned through human merit, Christ wouldn't have had to die on the cross for us(Galatians 2:21)!
Slept at 2.30am last night, why? Mom came home at 10pm, and went to the night market to grab whatever's left of the freshest choice meat, veg and other quality food, getting ready for a reunion steamboat today, and I was to be there to lend my hands for that. By that time, I was dead tired, but thank God I'm doing this for Him - wasting no time in waking up early and going to church with one sole purpose of singing praises and thanks to my Lord and receiving His word of the day.
Of course, I can't please everyone by going to church during this season, so I'd rather please my God than please men. Makes things more convenient - pleasing one God with one complete and wonderful purpose for my life versus pleasing many people with many conflicting ideas.
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