Some interesting facts about the bible.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/
Thanks peepz once again for all the concern. I'm feeling alot better now.
I was looking at those pictures that they took that day over at the funeral. I still feel sad though. The lost of love ones is something that words can't describe. Even as I recalled what I saw in that 'box', I will still burst into tears. Especially the last day when it was about to be buried. All of us took our last look and the feeling was terrible. I just can't take the scene off my head and I guess it will remain as a painful memory.
My grandmother is a devoted buddhist. But the funeral was not done in a 'buddhist way'. It was more of a taoist. Even before I was saved, I realise that there is overlapping of buddhist and taoist. I can be going to buddhist temple praying to buddha and yet, I can be going to temple that worship some 'gods'. Is there a difference between this two religion or it doesn't?
Before I was saved, I believe in those 'gods'. Every time we pray for blessings, money, health and alot more. But how many of us actually receive the blessings? How many elderlys have heavily followed the chinese custom with all the Dos and Donts have receive health and blessings? We don't but we still continue to put our faith in them. That's something that I must salute ourselves. That's the kind of faith that some of the christians lack of. If only we have those kind of faith in God.
At the funeral, there are a few priests that was doing some ceremony like two to three times a day and we have to walk and walk around the alter. My mother wants me to participate in it but I insisted not to. You can see that the priest is doing it as a ritual, doing it for the sake of doing it. I'm sorry if I offended anyone.
When I was at the funeral, fear struck me. When is it gonna be my turn? Even someone like me, which is turning 20 this year will thought of that, how much more my parents, my uncles and aunties. Sometimes, my parents will tell me some of things that they have went through during their younger days. Thinking that I'm gonna tell my kids the same thing next time, makes me fearful. I'm gonna grow old like them. It is a cycle. All this fearful thoughts just struck me when I'm there. Are man meant to live life like this? Born, teenage days, working days, get married, have kids, get old, have a illness, wait to die and eventually, die.
When I thought of that, the devil has actually succeeded. That is the thing that he wants us to think, want us to be fearful of. Like the tsunami, SARS and the increasing diseases that was release this few years that shocked the world. The devil is not just targetting on the thousands that was killed but rather, he is aiming at millions and millions throughout the world. Gribbing our fearfullness and making us feel stressed. When is the next 'SARS' gonna come out? I'm living in the coastal area, am I going to get hit the next time? All this thoughts just comes to us. If you can ask the medical professionals, they will tell you that stress can lead to lots of illnessess and sicknessess.
That's why I thanked God that I've got to know Him. I've realised the importance of salvation from this. You will feel insecure when you don't know where you are going after death and don't know when you are gonna have a sickness. Death and sickness is definitely not from God. Alot of churches around the world, that believes in healing, have testimonies of people get healed from all sorts of sickness. Churches in Singapore experience that too. The devil is deinitely behind that. It will be stupid for God to give sickness and heal you after that right.? You might be asking, why are there still so many people with all sorts of sickness. Ask them, do they believe that God is a healer? Do they really knows about our God and seek Him? There are so many books in the bible that talks about healing, longevity and life that He give.
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. - Isiah 53; 4-5
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. - Acts 10:38
For by me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you. - Proverbs 9:11
We not only want to add days to our life but we also want God to add life to our days. People might think that they are going to die because they have illness. You still have hope in our God and He wants to heal you.
God bless.
Thanks peepz. It just takes time for everything to settle down. Our feelings and of course, our heart. I know that my family needs me and I'm trying every bit to do my part as a member of the family. I hope they are too. I'll talk about some of things that I've thought over this few days probably the next post when I'm more settled.
God give me strength.
I'm inspired by this blog. It adds on to the sorrow feeling that my grandma is gone. Yeap. She's gone this morning. I'm going to malaysia on Sat.
http://www.dyingis.blogspot.com/
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