Self- Worth

I was watching Extreme makeover and this new show called nip tuck yesterday(dunno how come tv had so many shows on plastic surgery). It is about the life of 2 plastic surgeons going through thier mid-life crisis. It was the most disgusting show i have ever watched on tv. They showed in detail some clips from the surgery....the cutting up of the face, nose, cheek..etc. Brian was quite disgusted and kept on asking me to stop watching it. But i continued to watch it not because i like to watch people getting cut up but because that show portrayed the popular worldy view of life which is wealth, looks, power, and sex.
So what does God think?? As all of us know from Sunday school song,"Jesus Loves me this i know, for the bible tells me so". Each one of us are precious in Gods eyes. There are so many verses in the Bible that emphasizes this theme. To name a few....Luke 12:7,Matthew 10:31... where it says every hair of ours are numbered....and also in Matt 6:26. In conclusion there no question of how much we are worth in GOds eyes...God did send Jesus , his only son down to earth to die for all of us sinners who, if u think about it,is not worth dying for. But because of Gods infinite love for us, He did what he did..So noone can say that God doesnt love me or we are just one of the many billions of Gods creation which is not worth anything.
So the question is where or who do we put our worth on? As the show portray...the world puts its worth on money, looks, power and sex and once u reach 40 and your skin starts to sag...u go to a plastic surgeon to lift it up again. The bible has many verses which speaks on wealth and its worth. I think we can generalise wealth to represent the worldy values. One of the verses that cleary address this issue is Psalms 49. In verse 5-6, those who trust in their wealth and boast in thier great riches are considered to be wicked deceivers(vs 5). The key verse is vs 7-9 where it says..."No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him-the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough that he should live on forever and not see decay". No matter how much worldy wealth it is not enough to redeem our sinful life which is condemed to death. It is also writen in vs 12-14..." But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish......etc etc...(read it yourself)." The modern world has lost sight of eternity and now only live for the present and probably only until thier death. What happens after death is not in thier mind. As vs 14 says..."Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them". Despite all these, in vs 15..." But God will redeem my life from the grave; He will surely take me to himself."....we are assured that God will redeem us and this is done through his son Jesus Christ.
Vs 16-20....tells us we should not envy a person when his wealth grows because when he dies, his splendour wil not go with him. The final verse ,vs 20 ...."A man who has riches without understanding is like a beast that perish."
I dont think being rich is a sin but, i think this chapter rebuking the ppl who put thier trust in themselves and thier wealth instead of GOd. Throughout this chapter of psalms the writer emphasizes the worthlessness of wealth in the eyes God because no matter how much wealth we have we are still sinners condemned to eternal death. So what if we have all the riches in the world but when we die go to hell....not that we can bring all our wealth with us when we die. As Christians, we are blessed to have the assurance of salvation and for eternity. And for eternity this is the only thing that matters. But because we are in this world, we are constantly being sucked into the things world. We lose our sight on GOd and focus on the weath that the world offers for our temporary pleasure. We must know that everything good is from God adn be thankful for whatever we have. Its not like wealth, power and sex is bad. It becomes bad when our focus is diverted from God and on to these worldly things. All these worldy things are not constant and is decaying as time progresses. The only constant thing in this world is Gods love for us and the salvation we have through Christ JEsus. So if we think rationally where should we put our worth on? Answer it yourself....
So in conclusion.....we should put our worth on what really matters for eternity and that is on our Lord Jesus Christ. The furthest the things of this world can bring us is to,is to our funeral. So let us rejoice because we have been saved through Christ and have eternal life and not because we have wealth....So i pray we would all find our refuge and worth in our Lord Jesus Christ....Amen

Coogee

What a bad day to go to the beach....the wind was so strong and cold. I was shivering on the beach. Fortunately i brought a jacket along. I felt kinda weird wearing a jacket on the beach on a summer day...i think i was the only one wearing a jacket. Everyone else was half naked lying on the beach and here is a lame asian guy wearing a jacket on the beach...:-P...And i fell asleep on the beach...sleeping on the beach was so cool...felt so comfortable and the sound of the waves crashing on the beach was kinda soothing. But unfortunately nvr put sunblock. Now my hands and legs got sunburn...the skin is starting to peel and it really hurts...haih...how could i have forgotten the sunblock...cei.
On the way back from coogee...i fell asleep in the bus...fortunately brian was awake. After that went for dinner with Brian in the hotel at the corner of dumblane. Had a meaningful chat with brain. Asked him stuff like "y did he stay in OCF?....What did he think of ocf?...What will he tell his friends abt OCF when he get back to US?...etc". Suddenly i get to c a brian i nvr saw b4...a more serious and wise brian. I think i am going to miss him when he leaves on saturday. Then i will really be alone.
Speaking of being alone, when we were at carols at some park....i suddenly felt lonely. It started when some singer started singing O Holy night... haih....365 days ago i was at home with my brother....now....noone.

Carols in *somewhere* (forgot)

This weekend has been a great but tiring one. On saturday me,pheleep and jia went for yum char. It was a great time of fellowship after not seeing each other for nearly a month. Discussed so much on stuff like BGR....life....life after uni. After that i went for carols in *somewhere*(cant remember the place) with the remaining OCF ppl. We went there at 4.30 to get a good spot but unfortunately 4.30 was too late. The whole place was full and we couldnt really get a good spot. We were depending on the large screen to watch the show.And the large screen was partially blocked by a bush(come to think of it, we could have just stayed home and watch the show from TV). U must be wondering what so good abt the show...well...to me the show wasnt that good after all...except for a few singers. Most of the singers were singing opera style, broadway style...and worst of all...."the wiggles"(the group consisting of 5 adults singing kids stuff..sumthing like hi-5 and i do prefer hi-5 to them)....Suprisingly many girls( teens and adults) like the wiggles.They were dancing to thie singing. But i guess everyone is entitled to thier own preference. Guy sebastian and Casey also appeared. One lame thing that happened to me and wernz was our 20 minute pilgrimage all the way from the park to wesley church to go to toilet because the toilets near the park was soooo fullll. We left the place after around 10.15. Everyone took a bus home, but Brian Shu and i decided to walk home. B4 that we went to hungry jacks to grab a bite..We reached home around 12.30. It was a good walk. Glad to be able to get to know Brian better before he leaves Sydney. I sleapt around 4. The next morning had to go to church ...so sleepy man...after church ate lunch with the remaining wesley guys....which was andrew, wernz, and a visitor (David-E2). After lunch, me and wernz went to David Jones...and then the "death metal shop". I discovered that the death metal shop sold the satanic bible. Unfortunately couldnt read it cause it was wrapped. Not that i want to be a satanist...but its good to know what attracts ppl to satanism and y do ppl still enter satanism eventhough they know GOD is Greater than satan. After that, i went to my aunts place to wait for the arrival of my grandmother. I didnt know she sould land at 9.30 at night. We were suppose to go out to some restaurant for dinner when my grandma arrived. Unfortunately they only arrived back to the hse at around 11. I was so so hungry man....but it was worthit...the dinner at the restaurant was good. Got lobster, pigeon, duck...etc etc. And my cousin just got Sony PS2...cooll...I think now i will visit my cousins more often...haha....can practice time crisis 3 and master it first b4 i venture out to the arcade..dont really wanna waste money practicing in the arcade. My grandmother brought heeps of stuff for me....a new Bible, some new clothes, some old clothes, alot of maggi mee, marmite, and she purposely made some asam paste, fried onions so that i can marinate my cooking. Coolzz...The most stupid thing i guesss was y the crap did my father ask my grandma to bring my old clothes. If i really wanted those clothes i would have packed them with me when i came back to sydney. Now he waste so much effort just to bring my unwanted clothes over all the way from m'sia to sydney. Those clothes are still in relatively good condition but they are old, the colors worn off and dont fit me anymore. For u guys who know how my clothes are......these are worst.When i got it yesteday i was quite dissapointed. How come my fahter is so foolish??? Not like i am going to wear them here in sydney. BUt i guess the way he thinks is different. He just thinks the clothes are still in good condition and can still be worn..without taking into consideration other factors...like presentation, size,etc etc. But i guess i should be glad that my father still cares for me...Anyway...going to coogee with brain shu now...