This is the day that the Lord has made!!!

YEAH!!! Anne has finally agreed to marry me!!!

Forget me/you not...

Realised that I've been rather forgetful recently. Real bad short-term memory. Last Sat while having lunch with anne, she just told me she wanted chicken breast meat for the claypot chicken. In just less than a minute walking from our table to the stall, I've completely forgotten about it!

I wonder how am I going to survive my Hebrew Exam in another 8-hours time. Been mugging since 3pm but all the vocab just glide through the ears which apparently seems to be connected by a hollow pipe... Woosh! None retain in the brain...

How I wish I can regain my memory power back to my youthful days. I hope one day, I will not forget who you are... whoever you are...

Back to mug...

给我一颗单纯的心

你说人若爱世界
爱主的心不在他里面
你说人若爱世界
爱主的心不在他里面
你说人若爱世界
爱主的心不在他里面

给我一颗单纯的心
全心全意单单爱你
胜过世界的诱惑
完全地降服于你

This is my new dwelling place...

Finally... I've moved in to TTC Hostel. Not a bad place... quite cosy and quiet... like resort... HAHA!!!

Rest

Faith vs Hope 信心与盼望

It is through faith
that man finds the path of true life,
but it is only hope
that keeps him on the path.
Thus it is faith in Christ
gives hope its assurance.
Thus it is that hope
gives faith in Christ
its breadth and leads it into life.

Jurgen Moltmann, "Theology of Hope"

是信心
使人找到生命的真道。
但却是盼望
保守着人继续在这道上。
因此是在基督里的信心
让盼望得着它的确据。
因此是那盼望
使基督里的信心
得着它的宽度并引自身进入到生命中。

莫特曼，《盼望神学》（笔者译）

三位水泥匠

有人问工作的三位水泥匠说：“你在做什么？”

第一位说：“你没有看到吗？我在砌水泥。”

另一位说：“我在盖房子啊！”

第三位却回答说：“我正在盖教堂。”

三个人的回答，背后带有不同的盼望特质，第一位只看到眼前所做的，第二位还看到他所做的是一栋房子的一部分，第三位看得更远，他不只看到房子，而且还看到房子的用途。虽然三位水泥匠所做的工作相同，但是眼光不同，盼望也不同，势必会影响他们工作的品质。一位盖教堂的师傅，一位盖房子的师傅，以及一位只在砌水泥的师傅，他们的工作品质一定不同。

Hope leads everything.

For faith only see what it is,

But hope sees what will be.

Charity only loves what is,

But hope loves what will be -

In time and for all eternity.

- Charles Peguy

- 摘自林鸿信，《莫特曼神学》（台湾：礼记，2002），111-112。

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Just finished an assignment which is due tomorrow (or rather, later at 8.30am). Took sometime off to surf the net. Realised that it has been such a long time since my last post. So paiseh... almost forgot that I had a blog...

Anyway, just to drop a note to all of you that yes, this blog is still alive, just that the owner here had embarassingly forgot about its existence.

It's now into Day 5 of CNY... life is gonna get back to the usual routine.

Move on... Life is exciting. Yes... it is gonna be a REAL exciting and breakthrough week coming up...

God, you know how I am now... Lead me.

Babbling nonsense already... time to sleep.