Standing on the edge of forever
at the start of whatever
shouting love at the World.
Back then we were like cavemen
but we met the moon and the stars
then we forgave them.
We will meet you where the lights are
the defenders of the faith we are
where the thunder turns around
they'll run so hard we'll tear the ground away.
You know no-one dies in these love drowned eyes
through our love drowned eyes
we'll watch you sleep tonight.
Although no-one understood
we were holding back the flood
learning how to dance the rain.
We were holding back the flood
they said we'd never dance again.
Breathin' but none of us leavin'
wash your mouth son or you'll find yourself floatin' home
Here we come now on a dark star
seeing demons not what we are
tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike
but now we'll last the day.
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-flood-lyrics-take-that.html ]
There's progress now where there once was not
where there once was not
then everything came along.
Although no-one understood
we were holding back the flood
learning how to dance the rain.
There was more of them than us
now they'll never dance again.
Although no-one understood
there was more of them than us
learning how to dance the rain.
We were holding back the flood
they said we'd never dance again.
We will meet you where the lights are
the defenders of the faith we are
when the thunder turns around
they'll run so hard we'll tear the ground away.
Although no-one understood
there was more of them than us
learning how to dance the rain.
There was more of them than us
now they'll never dance again
now we'll never dance again.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
And while we're young..
"Damn the work",
"Damn the school",
"Damn that b****",
"Damn the world".
The feelings of us these days,
Are changing so much, that they make us pay,
With happiness, joy and peace,
In return for a bloody and angsty disease.
Sometimes we feel life owes us something,
Or the world has too many faults that keep coming.
At times its like our parents dont stop nagging,
And sometimes we even resort to some begging.
We don't give a hoot about the cleaners,
Or bother to give a smile to our neighbours.
We complain of aunties on the train,
But little do we know our efforts are in vain.
For youth these days are brave and strong,
But I am sure something has gone very wrong.
We've forgotten that maybe, sometimes,
Of our position in this lifetime.
For youths are not gifts to this world,
But instead it should be vice-versa.
The world and all in it is a gift to us,
And we should be appreciating it with our hearts.
Enough about the complaints of the air-con being too hot,
Or the work that i have to submit by through the internet.
Enough about how the food is too cold,
Enough about how our parents dont understand.
There'll come a day when we grow old,
And we'll look back and see how we grew mould,
On our brains, characters and soul when we were young,
Because we wasted our time doing things that didnt help anyone.
And while we're young,
We've got this power.
Of bursting energy, love,
And passion like no other.
And while we're young,
These things must be put,
somewhere else in this world,
For greater love, peace and truth.
So today, I hope that youths will see. That maybe our lives are better than we make them out to be. Put the energy we waste everyday, into something youthful, for joy today.
"Damn the school",
"Damn that b****",
"Damn the world".
The feelings of us these days,
Are changing so much, that they make us pay,
With happiness, joy and peace,
In return for a bloody and angsty disease.
Sometimes we feel life owes us something,
Or the world has too many faults that keep coming.
At times its like our parents dont stop nagging,
And sometimes we even resort to some begging.
We don't give a hoot about the cleaners,
Or bother to give a smile to our neighbours.
We complain of aunties on the train,
But little do we know our efforts are in vain.
For youth these days are brave and strong,
But I am sure something has gone very wrong.
We've forgotten that maybe, sometimes,
Of our position in this lifetime.
For youths are not gifts to this world,
But instead it should be vice-versa.
The world and all in it is a gift to us,
And we should be appreciating it with our hearts.
Enough about the complaints of the air-con being too hot,
Or the work that i have to submit by through the internet.
Enough about how the food is too cold,
Enough about how our parents dont understand.
There'll come a day when we grow old,
And we'll look back and see how we grew mould,
On our brains, characters and soul when we were young,
Because we wasted our time doing things that didnt help anyone.
And while we're young,
We've got this power.
Of bursting energy, love,
And passion like no other.
And while we're young,
These things must be put,
somewhere else in this world,
For greater love, peace and truth.
So today, I hope that youths will see. That maybe our lives are better than we make them out to be. Put the energy we waste everyday, into something youthful, for joy today.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Why am I a Christian?
No secret, I am a Christian. Proud to say it, Love to be it.
Then I guess, the question I should ask myself and why some of you may be asking,is, why? What made me become a Christian, and what makes me remain as one?
Background info. will be presented first of course, heheh. I am a Fourth-Generation Christian, and was born to parents who are Christians. So i was pretty much exposed to the Word since I was born. Of course, being born into a Christian family does not make me a Christian, because the issue of religion is obviously not like the issue of race. You don't inherit Christianity; you seek it. I would say I accepted the Lord when i was 7 years old. Before that I believed in Jesus and all, but I never really committed it entirely. Even if I did from 0-7 years old, i dont think i would have meant it whole-heartedly because i was so small anyway.
So.. why?
Its too complex to list it down clearly and in a "structure". So i'll just rant on and on-like i usually do. Firstly, I need God. In times of trouble, God has proven to be a source of strength, and everlasting one, for that matter. There is not much strength in my character, if you ask me, but when I choose to rely on God, I feel a deep sense of assurance and courage I don't get elsewhere. The concept of God is one where there is this Super, Mighty and All-Powerful being that exists. To know that there is this God sooooo powerful, that he can move the mountains when He wants to, is the most assuring feeling on this planet, on in the universe for that matter.
When I'm weak, tired and down, I can restore my strength in the Lord. For non-christians, they may seem all gibberish. But I can honestly testify that everytime i read the word of God with an open heart and am willing to let God take my troubles off my shoulders and help me along, I feel rejuvenated, refreshed. It is to the extent that even physical tiredness can disappear into thin air. yes, the spirit is indeed more powerful than the flesh.
I always wonder to myself, for people with no religion- How do they survive? Nothing on this earth can give a person the strength required to overcome all troubles in the world. So sometimes, i do admire non-christians for their strength in character. But of course, I still maintain the belief that God and Jesus exists. Because our maker exists, we just cannot turn away from Him. It's like turning away from your parents- you're just not supposed to do it. It's not about right and wrong anymore. It's just totally not what humans should be doing.
Then of course people ask me how I know God is real. I'm a person that will not stand for something I don't believe in. But yes, I'm convicted God is real. And He's watching me write this now, and definitely watching you when you read this. I've felt God. In campFREE two years ago, during the final day of worship, as everyone was praying and worshipping, and the Holy Spirit was moving, I knew God touched my heart that night. I couldn't stop crying, and I just wept on the floor. Because it was as if..I don't know why i cried. It's just that when you're in God's prescence you are in awe of his majesty, and just in awe of Him. And you feel guilty too, because you know all the wrongs you have done. And as I cried, I just felt a great longing for the Lord. I don't know if it was a vision, but when I cried, I remember I saw a door. And the Lord told me, to open it. It was the door to a life with Him, for Him and through him. That night comes to my mind occasionally, and that love that He showered upon me that night confirmed to me one thing- that the Lord is real, and He lives within His children.
Faith is more than belief. It is more than trust. People can come up to me and tell me and reason to me, with questions like ," why are htere still natural disasters?" "why are some christians murderers?" or "why does God allow evil?".. but I still choose to believe, because I feel the Lord in me. I know He is real. And this belief and faith is the most amazing feeling and conviction one can ever hope for in this life.
When I was younger, I used to think "logically". that means I use to reason with myself, on why God was true. For example, the notion of perfection in us, imperfect humans, means that there must be something perfect in the universe, because nothinng on earth is perfect and yet we understand perfection. So that means there is a God. I also used to reason with things like the Earth can't just happen and exist and thus there must be a God.
But i've learnt that sometimes reasoning leads you no where. Non-Christians can reason and put Christianity down with all arguments (which i think is necessary if they really want to explore the idea of Christianity), but at the end of the day, the question all of us must ask ourselves, is whether any of those arguments or concepts that we speak of has made us fulfilled and satisfied with life.
Nothing on this earth will satisfy humans. No material wealth can bring eternal joy. That is another reason why I believe in God. Only He can satisfy my soul. I'm not saying i don't complain and what not, because I still have human nature in me. But when I worship the Lord and am praying, sometimes I just have this feeling that I don't ever want to let go of the Bible, that I just wanna find the Lord and fall into his arms, and stay with Him forever. Has anything else made me feel this way? No. ONly the Lord can satisfy.
Are you satisfied with your life? If no, then do you think that if I give you a million dollars now, you will be satisfied? What if I gave you 10 wishes for anything in the world. What can you wish for to make you satisfied, eternally satisfied and fulfilled?
If you are satisfied, then I would like to ask, where do you think you'll go after life on earth? Do we just vapourise into thin air? Does life just end?
For non-christians, the notion of vaporising into thin air may sound pretty right. But no one can deny that we have souls. The issue of morality, why all humans (at least most) have a conscience, and why we fell happiness, guilt, blah blah..
It's because we have feelings. And do feeligns just come from the brain? It can't! It comes from the soul too. There must be something that is not matter, inside us, that makes us different from animals. If that is the case, then when we die, our soul has to go somewhere!
For me, I'm sending my soul to heaven. And on that day when I stand in God's prescence, I will smile and rejoice like never before.
I just can't imagine not being a Christian. How can I put behind a God who doesn't need me, but yet still is willing to love me?
Why am I a Christian?
Ans: God is real, and He lives in me. I know it, I feel Him, and I can't stop this belief. He loves me more than anyone can ever love me. What more can I ask for?
Then I guess, the question I should ask myself and why some of you may be asking,is, why? What made me become a Christian, and what makes me remain as one?
Background info. will be presented first of course, heheh. I am a Fourth-Generation Christian, and was born to parents who are Christians. So i was pretty much exposed to the Word since I was born. Of course, being born into a Christian family does not make me a Christian, because the issue of religion is obviously not like the issue of race. You don't inherit Christianity; you seek it. I would say I accepted the Lord when i was 7 years old. Before that I believed in Jesus and all, but I never really committed it entirely. Even if I did from 0-7 years old, i dont think i would have meant it whole-heartedly because i was so small anyway.
So.. why?
Its too complex to list it down clearly and in a "structure". So i'll just rant on and on-like i usually do. Firstly, I need God. In times of trouble, God has proven to be a source of strength, and everlasting one, for that matter. There is not much strength in my character, if you ask me, but when I choose to rely on God, I feel a deep sense of assurance and courage I don't get elsewhere. The concept of God is one where there is this Super, Mighty and All-Powerful being that exists. To know that there is this God sooooo powerful, that he can move the mountains when He wants to, is the most assuring feeling on this planet, on in the universe for that matter.
When I'm weak, tired and down, I can restore my strength in the Lord. For non-christians, they may seem all gibberish. But I can honestly testify that everytime i read the word of God with an open heart and am willing to let God take my troubles off my shoulders and help me along, I feel rejuvenated, refreshed. It is to the extent that even physical tiredness can disappear into thin air. yes, the spirit is indeed more powerful than the flesh.
I always wonder to myself, for people with no religion- How do they survive? Nothing on this earth can give a person the strength required to overcome all troubles in the world. So sometimes, i do admire non-christians for their strength in character. But of course, I still maintain the belief that God and Jesus exists. Because our maker exists, we just cannot turn away from Him. It's like turning away from your parents- you're just not supposed to do it. It's not about right and wrong anymore. It's just totally not what humans should be doing.
Then of course people ask me how I know God is real. I'm a person that will not stand for something I don't believe in. But yes, I'm convicted God is real. And He's watching me write this now, and definitely watching you when you read this. I've felt God. In campFREE two years ago, during the final day of worship, as everyone was praying and worshipping, and the Holy Spirit was moving, I knew God touched my heart that night. I couldn't stop crying, and I just wept on the floor. Because it was as if..I don't know why i cried. It's just that when you're in God's prescence you are in awe of his majesty, and just in awe of Him. And you feel guilty too, because you know all the wrongs you have done. And as I cried, I just felt a great longing for the Lord. I don't know if it was a vision, but when I cried, I remember I saw a door. And the Lord told me, to open it. It was the door to a life with Him, for Him and through him. That night comes to my mind occasionally, and that love that He showered upon me that night confirmed to me one thing- that the Lord is real, and He lives within His children.
Faith is more than belief. It is more than trust. People can come up to me and tell me and reason to me, with questions like ," why are htere still natural disasters?" "why are some christians murderers?" or "why does God allow evil?".. but I still choose to believe, because I feel the Lord in me. I know He is real. And this belief and faith is the most amazing feeling and conviction one can ever hope for in this life.
When I was younger, I used to think "logically". that means I use to reason with myself, on why God was true. For example, the notion of perfection in us, imperfect humans, means that there must be something perfect in the universe, because nothinng on earth is perfect and yet we understand perfection. So that means there is a God. I also used to reason with things like the Earth can't just happen and exist and thus there must be a God.
But i've learnt that sometimes reasoning leads you no where. Non-Christians can reason and put Christianity down with all arguments (which i think is necessary if they really want to explore the idea of Christianity), but at the end of the day, the question all of us must ask ourselves, is whether any of those arguments or concepts that we speak of has made us fulfilled and satisfied with life.
Nothing on this earth will satisfy humans. No material wealth can bring eternal joy. That is another reason why I believe in God. Only He can satisfy my soul. I'm not saying i don't complain and what not, because I still have human nature in me. But when I worship the Lord and am praying, sometimes I just have this feeling that I don't ever want to let go of the Bible, that I just wanna find the Lord and fall into his arms, and stay with Him forever. Has anything else made me feel this way? No. ONly the Lord can satisfy.
Are you satisfied with your life? If no, then do you think that if I give you a million dollars now, you will be satisfied? What if I gave you 10 wishes for anything in the world. What can you wish for to make you satisfied, eternally satisfied and fulfilled?
If you are satisfied, then I would like to ask, where do you think you'll go after life on earth? Do we just vapourise into thin air? Does life just end?
For non-christians, the notion of vaporising into thin air may sound pretty right. But no one can deny that we have souls. The issue of morality, why all humans (at least most) have a conscience, and why we fell happiness, guilt, blah blah..
It's because we have feelings. And do feeligns just come from the brain? It can't! It comes from the soul too. There must be something that is not matter, inside us, that makes us different from animals. If that is the case, then when we die, our soul has to go somewhere!
For me, I'm sending my soul to heaven. And on that day when I stand in God's prescence, I will smile and rejoice like never before.
I just can't imagine not being a Christian. How can I put behind a God who doesn't need me, but yet still is willing to love me?
Why am I a Christian?
Ans: God is real, and He lives in me. I know it, I feel Him, and I can't stop this belief. He loves me more than anyone can ever love me. What more can I ask for?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
ARBEIT MACHT FREI
As you can see folks, I've changed my picture once again. This time the above picture is from my trip to Poland last year, where we drove from Warsaw all the way to Berlin in Germany by bus.
"Arbeit Macht Frei", the words on the entrance of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp as shown above, means "Work will make you free" in German.
Nazis used those words on the entrance to the concentration camps. What encouragement.
Interestingly, after I arrived back in Singapore last year, I think in the first week of December, the sign was still there....BUT later, on the 18th of December it was STOLEN! Apparently the president of Poland called for a state of emergency, because they were afraid of Neo-Nazis doing things. Turned out the thieves were just usual thieves and they cut up the sign into a few pieces.
Well, all's well now. The sign is welded back together and back up on the entrance of this historical graveyard.
"Arbeit Macht Frei", the words on the entrance of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp as shown above, means "Work will make you free" in German.
Nazis used those words on the entrance to the concentration camps. What encouragement.
Interestingly, after I arrived back in Singapore last year, I think in the first week of December, the sign was still there....BUT later, on the 18th of December it was STOLEN! Apparently the president of Poland called for a state of emergency, because they were afraid of Neo-Nazis doing things. Turned out the thieves were just usual thieves and they cut up the sign into a few pieces.
Well, all's well now. The sign is welded back together and back up on the entrance of this historical graveyard.
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