Celebrities are still human

June 25th, 2009.
Michael Jackson, a famous talented dancer and an amazing singer, passed away on that day.
He's creativity made him very known almost throughout the world, especially with his moon walk.
Very young person to die at the age of 50.
Yet, so many people are dying each day.
However, his life was nearly a complete mess even for a ridiculously rich person.
My mom once told me a superstitious statement, "When you're rich and famous, you'll die earlier."
For a rich person, you'll be busy.
For a famous person, be chased after by "mob of people"...(what's the definition for it?)
If you add both of them together, then your life must suck.
Isn't it enough to be chased after by people?
Isn't it enough that business is sucking your life away?
Isn't enough that people are ridiculing, insulting, and gossiping behind your back?
And now, MJ has passed away.
He will be remembered.
Close people are mourning him, but while others don't care.
Others won't take it seriously.
Others will rejoice.
Romans 12:15 "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn."
I was thinking about it just now.
I am going to meditate on this verse.

Sleeping Beauty

Today, it was my first time stepping into C4C Summer Bible Study.
Kevin had a very interesting topic called "Mind of Christ".
I totally learned a lot about having the mind of Christ, but also being transformed by renewing ourselves with it.
During supper, Sam and I were questioning each other regarding about "where does our souls go when we die?"
I asked him about Lazurus, while he asked me specifically about US, our souls.
For my whole Christian life, I was always taught that we will face judgment and then be sent to either heaven or hell after we die, which is true.
However, another thing that has been raised up recently from the past was that we don't IMMEDIATELY meet those aspects just yet.
I was confused by that.
Will our souls be floating around? Or just stuck in the place where the essence of time is not happening?
I answered Sam, "Won't we be in front of the throne of God [and face judgment]?"
That is true, but NOT IMMEDIATELY.
Sam brought one word and swiped away my confusion: asleep.
Holy Spirit taught me something about our souls.
It is true, even Jesus said something about the dead girl in Luke 8, "She is not dead, but ASLEEP."
I was ignorant for missing that part out, but I knew what Jesus meant.
I actually never thought of it that way.
I thought Jesus meant about Lazurus and that dead girl being raised up again.
That is the thing I was asking Sam about, "Where did Lazarus go between the time he was dead and the time he was resurrected?"
I heard two of my friends said that he goes to a place called Sheol.
Okay, that kind of sums up the point.
 BUT, somehow, I believe that the Holy Spirit is teaching me that Lazarus was asleep.
Our "souls" sleep, meaning that after we die, basically, OUR PHYSICAL BODY is asleep until the resurrection and the face of judgment.
I did some research after I came back home from supper.
What I mean by resurrection is when we are asleep in our "graves" and then we will rise again from the dead after the sound of the trumpet.
In Revelation, the word, trumpet, is used a lot.
What did John meant? (I still need to research that).
You know that when a King or a Prince walks to the throne when they either coming back from war or from a journey?
How would the servant welcome them?
They would blow their trumpet, and all the people would either be sound awake and stop working and welcome the king or the prince back.
Interesting analogy from the medieval times.
When Jesus is riding on His white horse, it will be a very loud moment, and all of us will be woken up and being raised.
I encourage all of us to SERIOUSLY read Revelation very carefully, such as Revelation 8:6 - 9:21; 11:15-18
But, I am going to stop here for now because I don't have much to say.
Right now, I am going to share a little bit of what I am doing with my devotions.
I am reading the whole Bible.
I am not doing it just for the sake of knowledge or the idea of it, but I want to get intimate into knowing Him and knowing how He worked in the Old Testament and New Testament.
I enjoy knowing God's sovereignty and His passion for the Israelite.

Books of this Season

The Bible
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper
A Guy's Guide to Marrying Well
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge

Since I have lots of time during summer, I want to read.
There are so many books I want to read.
Any recommendation from anyone?
If so, can I borrow it XP ?

Man Up

I am back from Waterloo.
I didn't feel obligated to do my daily post because I had no time for it...*EXCUSE XP*
Now that I am back, I can start posting again!
You might be wondering what I've learned over the past 6-7 weeks.
Well, I'll tell you.
The thing about sharing your experience has some more than just expression.
For me, I won't just share my joy and the experience, but how God was glorified through this experience.
I want to share how God made me realized something while I was on project.
I want to share that God is good no matter what.
I want to share what God has been teaching me through only one of the passages in the Bible.

It is true.
Once you come back from project, you just don't feel like doing anything.
It happened to me today.
I didn't a lot.
I slept, reading manga, and going out for nothing.
I was about to go to SFU to do some stuff, but I got tempted to play DDR and ITG...failure.
When I got back, I did a lot of random stuff.
I came to my realization and remembered something.
Peter Cheung sent me a "A Guy's Guide To: Marrying Well"...although it is in PDF.
I read through one whole section talking about Intentionality.
I won't spoil, but if you, men, want one, then come ask me.
When I read through that section, I reflected back to my own life experience.
I got rejected twice in a whole and I became frustrated and stuff.
That booklet convinced me about something.
If you're rejected, then take it...MAN UP.
If you're a man, then you can take that risk right?
Just like a brave warrior rescuing a princess.
He must go through risk to save that beauty aye?
I learned something about it.
I have been keeping myself shut.
Sometimes I feel like I am not man enough to take hits.
I feel weak most of the time.
1 Corinthians 11:7-9
"That future spouse of yours will look to you for you are the head of the household."