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Tuesday, January 15, 2008,

Thank God for the great few days I had. It
It was a ministering night for me, yesterday.

These few weeks, my heart was hardened. It wasn't the way that it should be.
How do I know that?

It's very easy. (:

My temper flares, which should not be that case.
My self desire and self centredness rise, which should not be that case.
While reading the Word, I found myself, half understood this and half understood that.
Towards the works of the others, and do I have even hav empathy? No.
He has given me a Word - Sheperd. But how much do I understand by that? Little.

Where does the word "sheperd" came from?
It came from candy cane, a usual Christmas sugar treat.
Have you ever wonder where does it comes from? (:

It actually symbolized the humble sheperds in their fields near Bethlehem, who were the first to receive the news, "unto you a Saviour is born."
What amazed me, is this, I saw the cane represents something else, in the hospital! It represents the SHEPERDS who were still guarding their sheep at late night.
IT is simply amazing! MAybe it's time for me to eat some candy canes also. (: People made it because it represents Him, the Good Sheperd, a.k.a, Jesus Christ. Well, Our Father in Heaven is definitely sweeter than any candy. (:

I thank God yesterday, because after being ministered by Holy Spirit, and Our Father, I realised what it is talking in this passage. I have asked myself the whole day and been thinking about it. But none came till after the moment I am being ministered by Christ. (:

11See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!
12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13Not even those who are circumcised obey the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your flesh. 14May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which[b] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. 16Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God.
Galatians 6:11 to 16.

I was like one of the Jews, asking others to be circumised, and looking good outwardly, trying my best to portray how Christ is in me,and showing others. Yes, something that is very true is that I am trying to run away from persecution of the Cross of Christ. And I hardly obey laws... but what's the Law?

14The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."[b]
Galatians 5: 14.

What makes this new creation, in Jesus Christ, new from the others? How does Peace and Mercy came, from a King who despised sins?
That is Love.
The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowlegde and wisdom, but the Love of His is the growing process and building block in us. (:
If God, One who despised sins, will you think peace and mercy will come as there is not love? Certainly not.
Through Love came grace, and this entitled Peace and Mercy. (:
Ultimately, hope, faith and love, the greatest of these three is still Love. (: If all not done in Love, it is considered nothing.

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
Since this gift of God is no by works and no one can boast about it, let us praise God! (:

Thank God for everything. (:

11:52 PM