something to ponder..

There’s something that I would like to share here. This was a sermon I heard on last Sunday during church. And it had been bothering me. Thus, I’ve decided to share it..

I’ve not done much research into it, just some of the obvious facts which most of you had already know.

Below are some bible verses taken from the new testaments, in the books of Gospel, when Jesus was asked by his disciples regarding the signs of the Times and the End of the Age.

And this is what He answered.

Luke 21: 10-11 (Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8)

10 Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation

and kingdom against kingdom”

11 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places,

and famines and pestilences;

and there will be fearful sights

and great signs from heaven”

Nation rise against nation (Palestinian and Israelites?)

Kingdom against kingdom (US and Iraq? Wars?)

Great earthquakes (Sumatera earthquake which led to tsunami on 26/12, Sulawesi earthquake on 24/01/05 )

Famines (Africa? Afganistan?)

Pestilences (AIDS? JE? Bird Flu? )

Fearful sight (the destruction of cities? Eg, Acheh, Sri Lanka?)

Luke 21: 25

23 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;”

the sea and the waves roaring (tsunami?)



Was it merely a coincidence that whatever that are happening around the world now coincided with what Jesus said 2000 years ago? You decide.

Psalm 121

I will lift up my eyes to the hills--

From whence comes my help?

My help comes from the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth.



He will not allow your foot to be moved;

He who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Shall neither slumber nor sleep.



The Lord is your keeper;

The Lord is your shade at your right hand,

The sun shall not strike you by day,

Nor the moon by night.



The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;

He shall preserve your soul.

the Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in

From this time forth, and even forevermore.

sometimes...

sometimes you failed..

sometimes you make ppl angry..

sometimes.. things happened..

without us seeing that it coming..

sometimes you hurted someone...

sometimes you got hurted..

sometimes.. you make someone cry..

sometimes.. you cry alone in the room..

sometimes... you think that no one cares..

sometimes.. you got yourself in troubles

but there's no one you could turn to..



who do you turn to then?

Life café will never exist without YOUR supports. Thank YOU so much.

First of all, thank to the ONE above, whom allowing everything to happen smoothly. Even the national blackout couldn't stop us going on with to our program.



Lilian & Niger – Our royal chef, what would Life café be, without YOU? Thank you for planning the menu (from 3 variety of BBQ source to the scrumptious chocolate banana) and buying the raw food from Tesco (for ferrying 300 chicken wings + drumstick around Tesco?) and the market.



Suchen – Thank you for going back all the way to Klang just to bring back your BBQ pit and i-dunno-wat-issit-called. Thank you for making the potatoes salad.



Peak Yin - Thank you for making the sandwiches and helping out in the Life café.



Su Lin & Su Yin – Thank you for making the jelly and helping out in the food preparation J



Michelle & Joshua – The master of the ceremony. ;) Life café would probably be boring and lifeless without both of you. You have added more life into Life café, thank YOU!.



Chee Yong , Benny , Chern Liang, Charis & more – thank you for standing behind, barbequing for both days of the events. I bet you guys have fun there.



Benny – thank you for helping out with the drinks.



Chee Yong – thank you for helping out with the logistics.



Audrey & Nicky – the two game-masters. Without your games, there will not be any crowd interaction. The games were marvelous.



Jane – Thank you for helping out at the food preparation and taking care of the food.



Steph – Thank you for helping out at the food preparation and overseeing the whole event.

Gary – thank you for your BBQ pits and helping around with cutting the onions as well as carrying things to the clubhouse.

CheeKah – thank you for selling the T-shirts, helping around carrying things back and forth from the clubhouse.

Alvin – thank you for finding performers for the night, and helping out with the AV.



Terry – thank you for taking care of the AV system.



Poh Yee – the best sales-girl I’ve ever met. Thank you so much for helping out with the food preparation and selling the glow sticks during Life café.



Shen Shee - thanks for helping out in the cafe and for finding the BBQ pits :)



Alvin, Lenard, Esther, Weeliem, Beatrice, Chee Meng & friends, Leona, Rachel, Celine & Audrey - Your performance rocks! Thanks you for sharing it.



CyberChristmas 04/05 committees – Thank you for your ideas and supports in the making of Life café. ;)



GimHan, Julia, Joseph, Mel, Ken, Karen, Chris, Desmond, ShenShee, Jasons, Jia Wern, Lydia and the rest who had helped out - thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo much!!

the malacca's CFers(Deric, Joash, Mark & Edmund) - thank you for coming down all the way from Malacca to support us ;)

Chailee & Lobak - thank you for your extension cable *grin*

*updated:

Samuel Lee : Thank you for carrying those tables all the way from A1 to the clubhouse.

There will be no Life café without each and every one of you! Thank you for your time and efforts. You all had make Life café a success despite of the circumstances we were facing.

Above all, I would just like to give thanks to the One above whom overseeing the whole event. When you partner with God, no matter how obstructive the circumstances may be (like unorganized or messy are your preparation), the outcome would be highly beyond our expectation, just like CyberChristmas 04/05.