you hear me cry. 231 day.

保罗的身上有三根刺，他请求主可以为他去掉。但是上帝说，我的恩典已经够用了。
Concerning this thing i pleaded with the lord three times that it might depart from me. and He said to me " My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness."
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

i went on the retreat organized by Christian Witness Center from 12.22-12.26. I knew i was thirsty for god. soooo what did i learn? i am kinda still in the process of organizing them. but..before i forgot, i will pour it out here. :)
About serving God. I was wondering what really counts as serving god. i knew there's lots of ways of serving god: serving in church, being a pastor, or simply act justly and righteously, and walk humbly with my God. but at the same time. I am lazy. i dont want the latter to be an excuse for me to not go bold, or not to work to my potential to serve god. Acting right seems so easy. Well ...to act right, you need to be really faithful to god, really faithful to what god gives you, so that you will try the best to do it. You really need to abandon yourself for god, discipline yourself with God's word, really be aware of your old nature comes back to get you. All we do is to praise God. so..it's absolutely not easy.  @.@

No Pains No Gains. No Cross No Crown.
this is such a good one. Being a Christian is never a easy thing. Being god's kid doesnt mean all the sufferings are taken away from me, but we are given the strength to deal with all the hardships. To Praise God is to walking to the Cross with Jesus Christ.

a story. a great guy was looking for wife. In their village, the tradition is that you ask a girl to marry you with cattle. the number of cattle shows how much you value the girl. when people gets to know that this guy is looking for a wife, lots of girls came to his house, hoping to marry him. some of them are pretty, rich, ones. However, this guy finally selected the girl that grew up with him from childhood. He brought eight cattle to the girl's father and ask if he can marry his daughter. Everyone wants to know how the girl looks, thinking she must be really beautiful. However, they were very disappointed. She's not pretty at all, and even a little ugly. They think she doesnt deserve the guy and the eight cattle the guy brought with. A journalist heard the story and wanted to visit the family, asking why he was willing to marry the girl with eight cattle. The journalist knocked on their door, and the girl came answer the door. The journalist said, "this is such a beautiful woman, the most wonderful i have ever seen." why is that? The guy said he brought eight cattle to the girl, so that she can live a life that's worth the value.SAME AS JESUS CHRIST.we are valuable goodies in the eyes of God. He sacrificed his one and only son for us, so that we can be made right and reunite with him. He paid great value for us, and we shall live the life that's worth the value: the death of Jesus.
 Is what you are living for worth what jesus died for?