My Korean friends

Hmmm..one of the best things that i expereinced in the seminary is the number of Korean friends I met. Well, every story has a beginning and it all begins when my new roommate moved in. He is from Korea. His name is Daniel and he is a great guy. Always had the heart to worship God and also a desire to learn English. I call him pig or 'tueji' in Korean because he eats a lot and is always a funny guy. He is always angry with the lizards that are making noises in the room so one day, I adviced him to go and find papa lizard to educate the baby lizards to stop making noises. Haha. Well, they have always reminded me that although we are from different language and country, we served one God and is baptized under one spirit. It is truly amazing when we could see beyond all differences and share the love of Christ.

My roommate, Mr. Tueji...Haha..

My Korean friends; from left: James, Joseph, Dr. Lee, Justin,

Sabrina (from China), me, Joseph's dad and Mr. Tueji..

The Crisis Around Us

Recently, we are not spared from being bombarded by bad news all around us especially with the political turmoil, the sudden change in the weather and also the economic crisis. Just yesterday, one of my friend said that it has not been raining for 3 months in China and it is affecting a lot of people. It is spring right now and plants should be growing but it was the opposite. With such an effect, the prices of food would increase and thus, putting a heavy burden to the current economic crisis on the people in China and all around the world.

What are we as the follower of Christ do? Well, truly we are assured that God is in control. Let's pray that this crisis will remove our faith from the things of the world and plant it in God's assurance. There would also be many insecure people going around to look for money as much as they can by hook or by crook but let this verse from Psalm 37:16 comforts us, "Better is the little that the righteous has then the abundance of many wicked." Hear ye, all you who claims to follow Christ, may He be your supreme satisfcation and just to be in his temple is all you would ever desire, to gaze at the beauty of the Lord. He is our provider, we shall walk righteously in his presence and not be like one that chase after things that won't last forever.

Faith

Of First Importance
“Faith speaks in an entirely different manner . . .”
Posted: 10 Feb 2009 09:24 PM PST
“The man who has faith is the man who is no longer looking at himself, and no longer looking to himself. He no longer looks at anything he once was. He does not look at what he is now. He does not [even] look at what he hopes to be as the result of his own efforts. He looks entirely to the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work, and he rests on that alone. He has ceased to say, ‘Ah yes, I have committed terrible sins but I have done this and that…’ He stops saying that. If he goes on saying that, he has not got faith… Faith speaks in an entirely different manner and makes a man say, ‘Yes, I have sinned grievously, I have lived a life of sin… yet I know that I am a child of God because I am not resting on any righteousness of my own; my righteousness is in Jesus Christ, and God has put that to my account.’”
- D. M. Lloyd-Jones, quoted by Timothy Keller in The Message of Romans (Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2003), 59.

Blogger's note:
May we not longer look at ourselves but at the finished work of Christ. Lord, may I rest in you and you alone.