2 Thessalonians 2 - Warning Against Idleness

Does this sound familiar to your local church? This is what you suppose to act.

"6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teachingt you received from us.

7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,

8 nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.

10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat."

11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.

12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.

13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.

14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.

15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer."

Habakkuk 3:17-19

"Though the fig tree does not bud

and there are no grapes on the vines,

though the olive crop failsand the fields produce no food,

though there are no sheep in the penand no cattle in the stalls,

yet I will rejoice in the LORD,

I will be joyful in God my Savior.

The Sovereign LORD is my strength;

he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

he enables me to tread on the heights.

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments."

This is how broken the world is, and we, as a broken people, are living in it.

We tried everything possible trying to fix it, but nothing seems working. Nothing can carry on to the next generation, none of us will learn from the history. The cycle of life keep on and on. How meaningless.

I just can't do it on my own anymore. I pray that God will give me strength to go through trails, and trusting that His is indeed the Sovereign Lord of all, and Jesus will truly come back and fix it all.

For now, let's just live our day with faith daily, and learn to give thanks to the Lord on what He has done to us and the human history.

Psalm 8

We are the instrument, and God is our director. With Him, we play good music.

"3 When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the angels

and crowned them with glory and honor."

Judges 17-21

Have you read this? My goodness, this is messed up. Read it! Or don't, it's quite... somethin'. Anyway, it really floored me.

Proverbs 18:10

It's really cool to come across a passage and recognize a song that was based on that verse or has that verse in it. I can think of two, but perhaps there are more for this verse. Either way, this verse is very strong and uplifting and comforting to me.

Proverbs 13:25

What really intrigued me the other day was the end of this verse. It says that the belly of the wicked suffers want. It really struck me because it is so true and apparent in the day and culture that we live in. I don't need to convince you that we live in a world where people keep wanting more and more. Perhaps one really cool way I heard it explained was by quoting Rockafeller, who when asked "how much money is enough?" responded by saying, "just a little bit more." Unfortunately, it's described here as something the wicked suffer.

Judges 11

Glad to see Jon Lam start it up again. Either way, whether he blogs or not, I'm sure he's growing and still reading the bible. So yeah.

Good times

Anyway, hopefully this is me starting up again.

Just wanted to share that as I was reading Judges, I was thinking about some of the people in the bible that I really liked. As I was reading about Jephthah, I started to get excited for him. However, some of you may know his story and he makes that tragic vow. Darn, why did he have to let me down like that! Though I guess it's a good reminder that nobody's perfect, including myself.