an unexpected highlight of my day was meeting up wif greg. we met after team retreat at KAP macs- a place swarming with teens! i havent hung out there in a long while. enjoyed the place tho, insisted on not feeling too old n out-of-place in the sea of sch uniforms. it was a good time tog despite his "marriage promotion".
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the difference between our 2 year old self n our 22-yr old or 32 yr old self is that the older versions of ourselves fail to comprehend that we r still making "poo poos"- messes - that we cannot even begin to clean up ourselves. n sometimes toodlers mistakenly take their "poo poos" to be chocolates n attempt to eat them (not me!but i've known some 2,3 year olds who did that!) the older version of ourselves may look at our actual messes n think they are good stuff we've come up with n pride ourselves with them.
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was reading an article on perceptions fr 21/08's ST RECRUIT. was reminded that pp's perception determines their reality. i've seen n experienced this almost everyday of my life as a trained and registered SW, as a full time christian worker. pp say and work out their perceptions leaving others in a cloud of puzzlement created by their actions n reactions. n worse so when pp think they are smart, or understanding, n say so themselves often leaving their hearers aghast- "do not think yourselves more highly than you should."
then the other thing dat is affecting us ALL is this concept of righteousness. everyone seems righteous in his own eyes - "what i did was right" or even when he himself is willing to admit he is wrong, tries to justify with "but..." or when pinned about a difficult situation, sees himself as a victim rather than perpetrator. these 2 malaise put together, you get a person who believes in a reality contrary to the accounts of others and asserting that he is right.
n sometimes... juz sometimes... i'm guilty as charged.
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we cannot feed pp wat they cannot digest - YK
i cannot invite others to live a life i m not living. - article fr leadership journal
good reminder as i prep 4 sunday's message. a bit not easy eh...
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on tues n wed, God keep reminding me that THE LORD REIGNS, OUR GOD REIGNS... it's not something i was consciously meditating on. rather it's an answer to my prayers. the way it kept popping up was so randomly God-incidental... n also the way it popped into my mind. it has a very different quality of thought and feel to it - different from my own thoughts n feelings if u noe wat i mean. well... such assurance was much needed. MUCH needed. yes... our God reigns!