Oh, I’m back from Bangkok now. I got back on Sund…
June 23rd, 2004 by boon
Oh, I’m back from Bangkok now.
I got back on Sunday, and was dead tired. I posted an update in my newsletter but not in the blog, but I’ll do so now anyway.
And I changed the template for the blog… they have a lot more interesting templates now than there were earlier on. I don’t know if this one has an issue with the HaloScan comments that seem to mess up the site every first time I open the blog. If you ever see garbled messages on the screen when you enter the site, just reload the page….. I suspect it’s due to some inconsistencies with the commenting tool.
I got an email from Len, who leads the International Friends ministry I used to attend and serve in at KU. It was in response to the recent update in my newsletter, about how I felt I had lost my place in the Kingdom. It was reassuring to know that living for God isn’t about religious rites and going to christian gatherings. Certainly, God is bigger than that, and closer to our hearts than we can imagine. But the lesson from Hebrews 10:24-25 certainly bears significance in our daily lives, simply because we were made to be unified as a people.
The drudgery of independence and subtle freedom of aiming our lives according to our fancies continues to be misinterpreted, taken as the norm, and even serving as a guide for important actions and decisions. But the great fear lies in that, perhaps, we are afraid of what will happen if we don’t follow our sentiments. I know that this is my fight each day, to give up this way of life… of living constantly based on feelings and inspiration.
This is why I draw a great comfort from knowing that there are strangers in this world, who walk the same path as I do.. and by faith, living our lives according to what we know to be true…. I just wanted to thank all of you, who share with me in my joy and suffering… for being there and being real.
May that Grace continue to be upon us.