They called him Laughter.

What would Abraham had thought when he looked up into the night sky, remembering the promise from God?

"I will make you the father of many nations, your descendants will be as numerous as the stars."

For an old man nearing a 100, and eyeing that old lady of a wife - that would border on the ridiculous.

And what folly he committed when he took Hagar in, trying to hasten the promise of God!

Important truths I've learnt from Abraham is:

1. God will never fail in His promise.

2. Don't try to play God, in His time He will fulfill what He has promised.

3. God often work beyond our logic; that is why He's God.

Old man + old barren woman = child of the promise?!?!

Sounds like a celestial joke.

Yet in their old age, God gave them Isaac (Laughter), and brought joy into their lives.

4. God's fulfillment of His promises in His time brings us laughter. =)

I could sing of your love forever de-mystified.

Thoughts.

What has been running thru my head for the past few days?

1. Sophistication in our faith doesn't necessarily mean anything good. It's been too often associated with maturity, but i realized that in trying to be sophisticated, I'm being someone I'm not. There's a reason why the Pharisees missed out the Messiah, while the little children came to Him. I am incapable of sophistication. I am a simple guy.

2. The beauty of a quiet walk in the evening. It was a priceless moment, with soft rock playing on my mp3 and simply taking in the wind, the view of the blood red evening sky giving way to the cool night. Its moments like this when you suddenly seem to have not a single care in the world. The therapeutic effects of an aimless slow walk, with no specific destination, no aim in mind but to simply walk and relax. So often have I been rushing from point A to point B, trying to get things done. I don't want to just finish my journeys with haste, I WANT TO ENJOY THE JOURNEY! I want to breathe in the beauty of the moment, for I'll never experience those moments ever again. I want to take it all in, the cool night wind, the faces of people passing by me. To savor the cup of coffee and listen to the voice of God in the rain. Beauty of the moment.

3. I'm starting to detest the over-commercialized Christian music industry of a capitalistic system; a supplier-consumer culture that swallows us all up unknowingly. And its amazing how simple songs nowadays can speak so much to me, offer me so much solace than the noise I've grown accustomed to. Perhaps its time I stop contributing to Trumpet Praise for this time of my life. I need to refocus. Maybe this is the evidence that I'm getting old.

4. Opinions do not matter. Cliche, but we humans treat opinions as an extremely important thing, and as much as we say how we are unaffected by it, we still are affected by it. It takes discipline to make opinion not matter in our lives when we learn how to base our worth on something else than fallible human beings. I'm not used to treating opinion as unimportant. Bearing a kind of kamikaze attitude, I've decided to throw them behind in the backseat as much as I can, and just step on the accelerator.

5. To find yourself, you must first lose yourself. Ancient truth.

Hostile Mode

Today is one of those day when Dom goes into hostile mode - quiet, downcast, sarcastic.

Even now it kinda scares me when it happens.

And the saddest thing of all is that sometimes I feel that there's a lack of outlet to vent all the frustrations.

Goodwill being trampled upon. Love being taken for granted.

Expectations, demands, commitments, deadlines.











Guess its been some time since I wept in His presence....