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"Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart."
Wish I was home.
Lord, forgive me
Our attitude to the poor, it seems, reveals a lot about our understanding of God's grace. Suppose someone says:"we should not help the poor because their situation is their own fault" - a sentiment one often hears, though not usually phrased so politely. Imagine if God had said that to us? Where would we be? If we condemn the poor because of their own lifestyle then we have not undestood the extent of God's grace towards us with our socially respectable lifestyles that are really deeply corrupt. Gregory the Great said "belief in inequality arises from the spring of pride." In other words, people accommodate inequality by reasoning that their wealth and privileges arise from some kind of superiority - whether skills, experience, enterpreneurial drive, national character and so on. But grace humbles us before God. It forces us to renouce claims to superiority. The parable of the good Samaritan is addressed to a teacher of the law who asks "Who is my neighbour?" At the end we expect the answer to be:" the person in need." But Jesus turns the tables on the lawyer by asking:" Who was a neighbour to the man in need?" The parable places the teacher of the law not in the position of the benefactor, but in the position of need. The more we understand the wonderful grace of God to us in our need, the more our hearts will be open to the poor and marginalized. Often Christians wary of social involvement are persuaded not by intellectual arguments, but by their own encounter with poverty. God's grace causes us to respond to need with compassion.
- The Case for Social Involvement; Tim Chester -
apology
"If he likes, each put in a small donation; but only if it he wants to and only if he is able. There is no compulsion; all is voluntary. These gifts are, as it were, piety's deposit fund. For they are not taken and spent on feasting and drinking-sessions, but to support and bury poor people, to supply the wants of needy boys and girls without parents, and of housebound old people. Poeple say: see how they love one another. One in mind and soul, we do not hestitate to share our earthly goods with one another. We have all things in common except our wives."
Tertullian; Apology, page 39.
last gig for 2009
Vodafone Homegrown was Opshop's last gig for 2009 because they're going to start writing a new album.
I know that because I was there! I didn't know that I was going to Homegrown until 3 days ago, when I was told that I won tickets to it! So the act of buying a new phone was probably not too bad. Because with the new phone came the opportunity to enter the draw, and I won the draw! Hence the tickets =) I was really unhappy that I had to get a new phone. I mean, I didn't want a new phone. I just wanted my old one to work, but it didn't.
The TSB arena was packed out when Opshop played, and it was great! I watched them live recently at the Martinborough winery tour as well. And that was so awesome too. Evermore was really, really good as well. Well the conclusion is: IT WAS A BLAST! Well I only watched 4 bands and stayed in the Jim Beam a.k.a. ROCK stage the whole time I was there, but I reckoned those were the best gigs.
It was a good break, considering that I almost hit breaking point on Wed night, because I couldn't finish my readings. But I did finish it in the end. And I was very relieved after that.
I knew that it was going to be hard, but I guess the difficulty of it is just dawning on me now. It's gonna be a tough year ahead. But nothing is impossible, and many have done and survived this before. So I hope that I'll be able to just enjoy the ride =). It's my last year of uni after all.
One day you'll understand how much you have me
One day you'll realize we have it easy
I can't offer you the future - I don't know it myself
All I can offer you is me
All I can offer you right now, is me.
Absence makes her heart grow fonder
While I'm conquering the last frontier.
Never is the grass ever greener
And something else made my day...
Where the light is - John Mayer live in Los Angeles. I HAVE IT! YAY!
for my dearest mummy
because she has always insisted that I look better with shoulder length hair and a fancy fringe. And she was so happy that I decided to get rid of my long waist-length hair, which I have been growing for the past 3 years.
I'm glad I took her advice
a monk once said
"The good Lord turned water into wine. Therefore, how can we sin by not drinking good beer?"
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