Got a call from Pete around noon, going to meet Veron and others at King Arcade, arrived there around 1.30pm, eat, drink and chit chat till 6 pm... wow... what a day...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
One day trip to Malacca
Six of us took a one day trip to Malacca, start at 4.15 am on 23 July 2911, took a cab cost $19.20 to Pearl Centre to take the coach... clear the custom at 7.15 am... was held up a while at J B immigration, reached Malacca after mid day at 1.15pm have lunch at Nonya Sayang restaurant, after lunch visited St Paul hill,Jonker St, then shopping at Palawan Prade... left Malacca at 5pm.... dinner at J B around 8.15pm... arrived at Woodlands about 10 pm, took a cab back home, cost me another $13.50...
Hectic day....
Thursday, July 14, 2011
33 years
Today 14 July 2011, our 33 years of marriage...I praise and thanks God for this day!
P cooked fillet steak for dinner,nice with mash potato, carrot and tomato.
Sharon is in the way back from phnom penh...
It was a simple dinner but delicious!
The next picture is the view from hilltop around 6pm...I like the sky colour especially the cloud...
Friday, July 08, 2011
Until the right moment comes, trust!
Good News Reflection
Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
July 8, 2011
Today’s Readings:Gen 46:1-7, 28-30Ps 37:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40Matt 10:16-23
http://www.usccb.org/nab/070811.shtml
USCCB Podcast of the Readings:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_07_08.mp3
Until the right moment comes, trust!
We are so impatient.
We want to know NOW that everything worrying us is going to turn out okay.
Whatever relationship we're struggling with, whatever task seems too hard, whatever wolves we are facing, we assume that we could deal with it better if only we knew the outcome and if only we could see that it will all be worthwhile.
So we try to envision the future. We think we can correctly guess what will happen to us if we stay on our present course of difficulties, and usually we predict disaster.
If we're not following Jesus, we're probably right, but if we are doing what the Lord is asking of us, when anything that becomes troublesome, the biggest problem is self-made: We lose our patient trust.
God has a good plan that will benefit us as well as everyone else who's part of our trial, and yet we worry. We negate the prayer that the priest makes during the “Our Father” in the Liturgy of the Eucharist: "Free us from all anxiety.
"In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus makes it clear that we are not to worry, because the Holy Spirit will help us WHEN THE MOMENT COMES. Not one second sooner. Jesus says we're to be like sheep in the face of the wolves who threaten our peace – sheep who are shrewd like serpents and simple like doves. He's not telling us to be sheep that stand dumbly in the path of the wolf wearing a sign that proclaims, "Bite me, I'm standing still." No, we're to be clever (shrewd) enough to wait for the right moment before standing up to the wolf, and simple-minded (read that as "single-minded" not "stupid") enough to trust that the Holy Spirit will provide the wisdom and the words when that right moment comes.
Living in the kingdom of God causes us difficulties.
Jesus is very clear about that. And therefore, although we tell God that we really do want to serve him and we really do trust him, fear asks: "Is everything going to work out okay?" And then impatience demands that we get the answer now.
How shallow is our relationship with God if we aren't content to trust that the Holy Spirit is taking action on our behalf!God is good to us.
We have the Holy Spirit as our aid. There is nothing more reliable in the whole universe! The power of the wolves is really so much smaller, very hugely smaller; in fact, it's nothing compared to the power of our Lord who is at work in us.
If you can't feel God's power yet, if you cannot hear his wisdom or his words, at least trust that it's there, already inside you like electricity waiting for the flip of a switch. You can't feel it surging through you, because it's not the right moment yet.
Pay attention.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
The right moment WILL come. In the meantime, closely follow your Good Shepherd.
© 2011 by Terry A. Modica
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Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
July 8, 2011
Today’s Readings:Gen 46:1-7, 28-30Ps 37:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40Matt 10:16-23
http://www.usccb.org/nab/070811.shtml
USCCB Podcast of the Readings:
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/11_07_08.mp3
Until the right moment comes, trust!
We are so impatient.
We want to know NOW that everything worrying us is going to turn out okay.
Whatever relationship we're struggling with, whatever task seems too hard, whatever wolves we are facing, we assume that we could deal with it better if only we knew the outcome and if only we could see that it will all be worthwhile.
So we try to envision the future. We think we can correctly guess what will happen to us if we stay on our present course of difficulties, and usually we predict disaster.
If we're not following Jesus, we're probably right, but if we are doing what the Lord is asking of us, when anything that becomes troublesome, the biggest problem is self-made: We lose our patient trust.
God has a good plan that will benefit us as well as everyone else who's part of our trial, and yet we worry. We negate the prayer that the priest makes during the “Our Father” in the Liturgy of the Eucharist: "Free us from all anxiety.
"In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus makes it clear that we are not to worry, because the Holy Spirit will help us WHEN THE MOMENT COMES. Not one second sooner. Jesus says we're to be like sheep in the face of the wolves who threaten our peace – sheep who are shrewd like serpents and simple like doves. He's not telling us to be sheep that stand dumbly in the path of the wolf wearing a sign that proclaims, "Bite me, I'm standing still." No, we're to be clever (shrewd) enough to wait for the right moment before standing up to the wolf, and simple-minded (read that as "single-minded" not "stupid") enough to trust that the Holy Spirit will provide the wisdom and the words when that right moment comes.
Living in the kingdom of God causes us difficulties.
Jesus is very clear about that. And therefore, although we tell God that we really do want to serve him and we really do trust him, fear asks: "Is everything going to work out okay?" And then impatience demands that we get the answer now.
How shallow is our relationship with God if we aren't content to trust that the Holy Spirit is taking action on our behalf!God is good to us.
We have the Holy Spirit as our aid. There is nothing more reliable in the whole universe! The power of the wolves is really so much smaller, very hugely smaller; in fact, it's nothing compared to the power of our Lord who is at work in us.
If you can't feel God's power yet, if you cannot hear his wisdom or his words, at least trust that it's there, already inside you like electricity waiting for the flip of a switch. You can't feel it surging through you, because it's not the right moment yet.
Pay attention.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
The right moment WILL come. In the meantime, closely follow your Good Shepherd.
© 2011 by Terry A. Modica
This work is NOT in Public Domain and may NOT be copied without permission.
You may print one copy for your own personal use.
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
The Secret Of Power
By Dr. James R. Miller(modern English version by The Vine © 2011)
He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luke 9:1
The first thing is always to come to Christ Himself. We can do nothing until we have been to Him. Everything we do should be as if Jesus Himself instructed us to do it, and sent us on our way with His blessing. There is nothing too dangerous, no work too hard, no job too responsible, that can't be done, if, from the outset, we have Christ's hand of encouragement on our shoulder and his words of inspiration.
Christ alone can give power for the work He asks us to do. His followers are to have authority over demons. Any one who tries to cast out demons in his own strength, whether the demon be in himself of in someone else, will only meet miserable failure. A man may rule nations and conquer kingdoms, and yet be unable to rid himself of a demon. Alexander The Great conquered the world, but he was overthrown by the demons of appetite and passion. Men are forever foolishly trying to battle the evil of their own natures without help and they always fail in the struggle.
The same is true of power over demons in others. Once the disciples, in Christ's absence, tried to cast out an evil spirit, and could not do it. Yet they ought to have been able in Christ's name to cast out the demon. Jesus told them that the reason they could not do it was because they didn't have faith. He wants every follower of his to have power over all forms of evil in this world; not miraculous power, such as he gave the apostles, but real power. If we have faith in Him, He will always give us power.
He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luke 9:1
The first thing is always to come to Christ Himself. We can do nothing until we have been to Him. Everything we do should be as if Jesus Himself instructed us to do it, and sent us on our way with His blessing. There is nothing too dangerous, no work too hard, no job too responsible, that can't be done, if, from the outset, we have Christ's hand of encouragement on our shoulder and his words of inspiration.
Christ alone can give power for the work He asks us to do. His followers are to have authority over demons. Any one who tries to cast out demons in his own strength, whether the demon be in himself of in someone else, will only meet miserable failure. A man may rule nations and conquer kingdoms, and yet be unable to rid himself of a demon. Alexander The Great conquered the world, but he was overthrown by the demons of appetite and passion. Men are forever foolishly trying to battle the evil of their own natures without help and they always fail in the struggle.
The same is true of power over demons in others. Once the disciples, in Christ's absence, tried to cast out an evil spirit, and could not do it. Yet they ought to have been able in Christ's name to cast out the demon. Jesus told them that the reason they could not do it was because they didn't have faith. He wants every follower of his to have power over all forms of evil in this world; not miraculous power, such as he gave the apostles, but real power. If we have faith in Him, He will always give us power.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Sharon is 26
Time and tide wait for no man... Sharon is 26 on 29 June 2011... It is also feast of St Peter and Paul.... Blessed day...
we had dinner on 26June 2011 Sunday at Sushi Tei and Swensen's on the actual day...
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