“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Jesus, Luke 12:15 (ESV)

If you are shattered, don’t be dismayed.
Cry if you want to, nothing to be ashamed.
If you fly too high, you’re bound to be crashed and burned.

You are not the first and you will not be the last.
Generations will come after you with their own sorrows.
But a mended broken heart will last.
Broken dream will lead you to other dreams.
Dreams that you will never thought of dreaming.

I have heard of this question several times and it was brought up again during Pelita’s dialoque meeting last friday.

I guess it is clear that going to church is not compulsory for salvation, that is: you still can be a Christian and not going to church, your salvation is based on what Jesus has done on the cross not on your going to church. Yet the bible does say that we as Christians need to encourage one another especially as the Day is approaching (Hebrews 10:24-25).

I believe there are more arguments to support the importance of Christian gathering (Church) from the bible apart from Hebrews one above. I have read some of very interesting arguments from DB Knox Vol 2. I need to re-read that again and summarise it. Hopefuly when people ask me this question in the future i will be more equipped to answer.

This Sunday is somewhat different from the other Sundays.. When I arrived at church, I was surprised to look that the whole EE LG1 was nearly full house, I don’t think it ever happened before with our church. Then there was Zoe’s baptism, I believe this is the first infant baptism in our church, Charles and Stef’s relatives grabbed half of the left section of the lecture room (no wonder the church was full).

The sermon was quite shocking, especially the bit about the prostitute called Babylon. When the bible (Revelation 17-18) was read before the sermon, I have a slight suspicious that the prostitute is the greed in man’s hart, materialism, the desire to acquire more toys than others. Joshua confirmed my suspicion, she does represent human’s worldly desires and I am afraid most people in this world are the prostitute’s clients. Shocking, as I might be one of her clients too… The beast and the prostitute will be destroyed, so the angel called those who are under her dominion to get out ASAP.

Then during the morning tea, our sister lost her bag. I felt really sorry for her and at the same time I felt anger and digust towards the one who stole her bag. This is the second time it happens, our brother’s bag was stolen too couple of months ago just after bible study. Are we being targeted? Need to pay closer attention to each other’s bags next time.

Then there was soccer game. It’s just one weird match. We had a referee, this never happened before. Having a referee proved to be a little usage after all. Some of our opponents were quite eager to win the match, resulted in some injuries in our side. There were at least four people injured today. I feel a little bit dissapointed, after all this was a match of two churches, why can’t we all play for fun and becareful not to hurt each other. I am beginning to hate this soccer thing, I was a goalie for most of the game, not that I am good at it or like being one. hmm, what else could I do if I dont play soccer anymore? maybe I can use the time to meeting up with non soccer guys to do bible study or stuffs… just maybe..

And boy, today is cold.. It should be spring by now, but the winter seems want to linger a little bit more.

When sending Lina home just now, I passed Moore Park. Apparently Livid Music Ferstival is on. I saw a glimpse of my favourite band Linkin Park playing my favourite song from Meteora “Numb”. Was tempted to get off the buss and watch, but can’t be bothered in the end.