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Ahhh....what a day...woke up late....eating....relaxing and watching new TV serial I got from a colleague (more on this later on)...only to get a phone call from another colleague who's in Taiwan. He called because there's an urgent matter about the program I developed. There's an issue that needs to be resolved asap, as in today because it impacted the UAT process in Australia....darnnnnn
So I rushed to the office, to my surprise there was another person there...working...Well, I had to go to the office because I left my laptop there. Great, holiday and I still had to come to the office? But a man gotta do what a man gotta do, right? I immediately investigated the issue and found what was the cause. It's quite simple actually, but it wasn't foreseen. Issue resolved in less than an hour, thank God, it meant I could go to the church.
Yeah...today's Ascension Day. The day when Christians believe Jesus was ascended to Heaven to sit on the Right side of Father. The sky was dark when I went to church. Not so long after the mass was started, rain was pouring down...quite hard. But it only rained for a while.
The pastor gave an interesting sermon. It's about this life. Our lives. He began his sermon with a common saying we used to hear..."Life is like a drink at a resting area. It's just temporary and not the real/ultimate destination"
Then he continued his sermon, reminded us that it is our nature, human to be never satisfied. We always want more. He gave illustration with a dream house that we might long for. Once we have it, weperhaps surely want something more. We can never really be satisfied with anything in this world. If we have the freedom...we'd have wanted everything....human heart is like an endless well.
Imho, this insatiable desire...wanting more and more on one hand is a good thing. This what makes human evolve, grow...to be better. And again on the other hand, when it's not wisely acted upon, will cause undesirable effects.
Then the pastor continued with asking...why? Why do human can never be fully, completely, perfectly satisfied with everything in their lives? It's easy....because we're all God's creation. We will feel completely satisfied once we're together again with God. I guess that's the message....we're being reminded once again...today Jesus reunited again with Father...thus we should also reunite with Him, where we can find absolute eternal serenity.
The pastor said, continuing the saying we used to hear...what we drink at the resting area (metaphorically life) can affect us. If we drink something that make us drunk...we might not be able to see clearly where we're heading...we might be distracted...side tracked from our real destination....That's why we have to be wise in this life...allow Him to guide our path
For a closure, I'd like to quote St. Augustine's words...in his searching about life...our heart will find peace when we rest in You, God....
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee
Ahhh....what a day...woke up late....eating....relaxing and watching new TV serial I got from a colleague (more on this later on)...only to get a phone call from another colleague who's in Taiwan. He called because there's an urgent matter about the program I developed. There's an issue that needs to be resolved asap, as in today because it impacted the UAT process in Australia....darnnnnn
So I rushed to the office, to my surprise there was another person there...working...Well, I had to go to the office because I left my laptop there. Great, holiday and I still had to come to the office? But a man gotta do what a man gotta do, right? I immediately investigated the issue and found what was the cause. It's quite simple actually, but it wasn't foreseen. Issue resolved in less than an hour, thank God, it meant I could go to the church.
Yeah...today's Ascension Day. The day when Christians believe Jesus was ascended to Heaven to sit on the Right side of Father. The sky was dark when I went to church. Not so long after the mass was started, rain was pouring down...quite hard. But it only rained for a while.
The pastor gave an interesting sermon. It's about this life. Our lives. He began his sermon with a common saying we used to hear..."Life is like a drink at a resting area. It's just temporary and not the real/ultimate destination"
Then he continued his sermon, reminded us that it is our nature, human to be never satisfied. We always want more. He gave illustration with a dream house that we might long for. Once we have it, we
Imho, this insatiable desire...wanting more and more on one hand is a good thing. This what makes human evolve, grow...to be better. And again on the other hand, when it's not wisely acted upon, will cause undesirable effects.
Then the pastor continued with asking...why? Why do human can never be fully, completely, perfectly satisfied with everything in their lives? It's easy....because we're all God's creation. We will feel completely satisfied once we're together again with God. I guess that's the message....we're being reminded once again...today Jesus reunited again with Father...thus we should also reunite with Him, where we can find absolute eternal serenity.
The pastor said, continuing the saying we used to hear...what we drink at the resting area (metaphorically life) can affect us. If we drink something that make us drunk...we might not be able to see clearly where we're heading...we might be distracted...side tracked from our real destination....That's why we have to be wise in this life...allow Him to guide our path
For a closure, I'd like to quote St. Augustine's words...in his searching about life...our heart will find peace when we rest in You, God....
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee
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