*+_Praise † Grace_+*

I just bought a book from some charity book fair held in Leisure Mall. Here’s a quote I would like to share. “Here is the true meaning and purpose of the cross. On it a divinely ordained exchange took place. First, Jesus endured in our place all the evil consequences that were due by divine justice to our iniquity. Now in exchange, God offers us all the good that was due to the sinless obedience of Jesus. Stated more briefly, the evil due to us came upon Jesus, that, in return, the good due to Jesus might be offered to us. God is able to offer this to us without compromising His own eternal justice , because Jesus has already endured on our behalf all the just punishment due to out iniquities. All of this proceeds solely out of the unfathomable grace of God, and it is received solely by faith . There is no logical explanation in terms of cause and effect . None of us has ever done anything to deserve such an offer, and none of us can ever do anything to earn it .” Derek...

一片、两片， 一片片落地， 可怜的花， 惨遭我的忐忑不安， 蹂躏。   15分钟后， 今年低中六生涯结束， 告别新学路上。   我却在15分钟内， 折着想你的白玫瑰。   35分钟老忠实， 提醒我， 准备好了吗？   勇气无觅处， 只好带着傻劲向你课室走去。   傻傻地， 望着你微笑， 看着你的微笑。   平时多话的我， 声带故障， 想对你说的话， 被恐惧逮捕。   我， 果然还没有勇气， 说真心的， 我喜欢你！

  “爸，来载我，五分钟!” (Dad, pick me up, 5 minutes) This is what I heard from the young lady standing beside me in the LRT. She hanged up immediately after such sentence is uttered. Where’s “Please” and “Thank you”? Hmm, I guess people right now forget about these. Yea, in the era where everything is about effectiveness and efficiency, people talk less right now. But is “Please” and “Thank you” take you a long time? We all lack communication, those intimate communications between family member. Our father especially. We don’t feel grateful for the things that we receive and we see it as if we deserve it because they are supposed to provide us. But this is not the way it should be. Yes, it is their given task to raise us up (2 Cor. 12:14 After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.), but it is also our part to be thankful (Eph. 5:20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Ch...

Cheese! Here I am in Scouter’s Room of MBSSKL Scout’s Den. The boy scouts are having a PL/PS Selection Camp over here. As a Senior Troop Asst. Scouter , and the best buddy of the Boy Scout Troop Asst. Scouters , I’m here to help out the training! Hmm, all went well, except that sudden heavy rain ruined my treasure hunt plan! A little disappointment there, only 9 Form 1 Boy Scouts turned up, which is not at all sufficient as we need 6 Patrol Leaders and 6 Patrol Seconds. But it’s okay, we’ll run it! I’m supposed only to observe and leave the planning all to the present PLs and PSs, but as a strong choleric guy, I can’t help but take charge immediately. By the way, observing the boys having fun is fun itself! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How far did I go, being a choleric , charged all my ways, in all directions? Looking at these young (however, less energetic) guys, I saw my young self. My first PL/PS Selection Camp. I tried,...