Its strange how I sat on my bed and shed tears of joy as I pray. I couldnt stop praising God! He's just so good to me :)

Today's sermon gave me some great insights on how I should live my everyday and Bible study seminar taught me to appreciate people around me more.

Uncle Chien Chong taught on "What you never knew..." about what parents appreciate their children for, vice versa and what are some of things that bites us. Well.. it was almost like a 'get to know you' session. Hee. It was fun and the lesson that followed was very well applicable to today's society.
Since creation, the basic unit of a society is the family. It still is today. Even the secular government recognises it. God has created to be so what..1 man 1 woman since the beginning lo.(who says you cant prove God?) The crumpling of the families will eventually lead to the collapse of the society. Isnt this happening all around the globe, where the number of broken families and single parent children increases rapidly as the days go by? Families only flourish when they an draw deeply from virtues like love, commitment, compassion, and sacrifice. Where these things are missing, it is hard for them to breathe.
And christian families are given extraordinary opportunities to witness for Christ as they follow the ways of the Lord in building the families. Patterns of courtship that preserve both passion and purity and wives live out submissive love. They'll probably see a complete picture in homes of fervent christians where Christ is at the center and his gospel is the air that they breathe. In our Asian culture, many are taught to be filial and kind and whatever that Confucian has taught but these are also the people that carry out duties sometimes with a wrong motive. Doing it for the sake of it and to prevent being scolded. How many parents really care to maintain love, commitment, compassion and give unconditional sacrifice for the sake of the children or even spouses, that makes love grow? How many kids are willing to give up their own ambitions to live their lives for others and for the sake of their parents? In fact, children are pushed to pursue their own goals in life. In this individualistic, fallen apart world, can we still find love, joy and peace in today's families..?