Cries of innocent babies

Please do not dump me! I want to live! I want to grow up! I want your love! I am a gift to you, a life God entrusted into your care! Mum, Dad, please  look after me, take good care of me! I am your own flesh and blood! See how helpless and fragile I am!  Please do not throw me away! Please do not abandon me!

There are many who are childless and in desperate want of a child, and though they pray, sometimes, their prayers are not answered and they cry silent tears of longings for  a child. I am already here,gifted to you. Thank God for me!

The Virtues of Discipline- Hebrews 12

Funny, never thought of God disciplining, those whom he loves and receives into His fold.  What values Discipline and what significance its role in life's journey???? The picture of a loving Father correcting and moulding us his children, for our good that we may share in His Holiness! Awesome!

If we could  practice teaching and disciplining our children because we wish the best for them, , how much more the Father of Life, for us,whom  He had accepted as His sons and daughters???. When we love and care enough, for certain people in our lives,  it is natural that we   point out their shortcomings and faults that they may correct themselves, improve, change for the better  and progress well in life. If such attributes are not there, would anyone bother to speak out???  Marie for one, would just zip her lips and look the other way.....perhaps ,  a polite smile and a look of "no comments" , on her face! But if it is people she cares for....you can't stop the ocean of words that rolls off her tongue...Tell Marie if that is not the same with you folks as well!!!

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later  it yields the peaceful fruits of righteousness to those who have been trained by it....Hebrews 12:11

Now people! isn't that truth, in its purest form??? Marie is just amazed how relevant every single word and text which comes out of the Bible ....Those who had  received discipline and learnt from them, emerged from the narrow and crooked into the wide and straight roads....where they continue their journey in peace and contentment, and there is great promise of reaching home safely- to be with the Lord.  Those not blessed, with discipline and chastening , and allowed to grow in their crookedness.....cries in bitterness when no good came of their unlightened ways and suffer they, the consequences of darkness and pain.

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This brought to mind, a story, told by Marie's mum  when she was young... A real story...and the scene - a prison somewhere in Taiping. A mother visited her only son for the last time in prison- before he was sent to the gallows.... He was her only son and she loved him so much that she gave in to his every whims and fancies. She had such high hopes for him.....As she  lovingly fed him his last meal, he pushed the food away, wept inconsolably  and asked her, " Why didn't you disciplined me when I was bad Mother?? Why didn't you punished me when you should???If you had scolded and canned me. then mother,..I would not be here today!"   The mother was utterly heart broken!  She was struck by a grief beyond words, with the  Realisation that  She was the one who sent her only son to the gallows.....and story has it that she lost her mind and wondered around the village, ..until mercifully death claimed her.....

Discipline! you are the virtue that  spells goodness nurtured !

Sleep vs exercise

Which  is more important, getting enough sleep of at least 7 hours per night, which means enough rest for your body to self heal from within  or exercise yourself to the lean and mean? Say, you lead a very successful but stressful life, and manages with 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Will exercise make up for the lack of rest ...pump you up with  health  and increase your life span???

Recently,  media attention were drawn on people, who exercise a lot, appears healthy  and fit externally,  successful....mostly the "have it all"... but dying of heart attacks at a relatively young age..and at the prime of their life and career-early forties to be exact. A few days ago, a radio talk show, discussed this topic in depth.   Appears that an overdose of exercise could be actually bad for the body....you may be injuring yourself, hurting  your bones  etc.. with  wrong types of exercise, wearing wrong shoes etc..and that could  lead to osteoporosis, later on in life. Athletes and sportsman are known to suffer from   health problems , knee, ankle, back problems, muscular pains etc......quite possibly caused by over strenuous exercise;  pushing themselves above their limits etc..

Marie for one thinks too much exercise is bad. Infact anything in access is BAD news! Further more, once a person enters into an exercise regime, that person has to stick to it for as long as goodness know how long....maybe forever.... otherwise...for some reason, weight bounces up and fat accumulates...some people like Yours Truly,  double their size once they stop exercising. She remembered wearing size 29 jeans up till  her daughter was 10 years old. Unfortunately, she though she was overweight  and starting  jogging and exercising. Then, work put a stop to all the exercising AND.....she just ballooned up..up and up........Never could slip  into a size 29  jeans ever again....maybe one leg....Now with all the weight gained, her knees suffered...and her bones creaked....not to mention, the granny feeling.

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And sleep?? YT is a great believer and a great fan of sleep. Even with 7 hours sleep, she still feels sleep deprived. Her  friends talk about waking up after 7.00a.m.- seven something they said... that,  dear people, would be a  luxury to madame. Happy are those who  work near the vicinity of their homes. 8.00a.m.,  and there is still plenty of time to enjoy a hot cup of coffee, some toasted bread, with half boiled eggs, and then take a slow drive to work!  Yea, That would be life!
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What do you think?? Which is more important..sleep or exercise-???? Perhaps a little exercise such as walking, yoga, tai chi, swimming and more sleep huh???

Feast of the Assumption

Welcome! This morning, It's Father Timothy from Rome with a rich message on the Blessed Virgin Mary's " Bottle of YES" to God.... . What better time than - the Feast of the Assumption , to be reminded of Mary's YES es which has brought  Christianity  into this world. Indeed without the obedience and YES of the Holy Mother,, the new covenant  and renewed bonds between God and man would not have manifested and LOVE would not have shone into this World, the way, it did.. The  difficult part. is ..imitating the Holy Mother's   acts of obedience...   picking up each of our YESes to God and storing them into a  bottle......as a sign of our love and commitment to the will of God.

Holy Mother Pray for us!

Cahayasuara Communications Centre-Media Skill Workshop

Marie was at the Holy Redeemer  Church  one morning and  something at the church bulletin board caught her eye. A Write Design Media Skill Workshop and at a cost, she could afford! Impulse and Curosity  whispered, "Why Not??"

Finding the place was a muddle,  for Madame Marie, that seems to be the norm, she got lost yet again, rounded the inner roads of Kuala Lumpur no less than three times, before she finally decided to stop and asked for directions and hey Ah Beng! it was just two right turns and a left and there you are, your destination!

Did she find the course useful and interesting??? Perhaps,a little on the basic side..Can't really complain though-RM60/- for a full day's course, two tea breaks and lunch thrown in, that's  value enough there, but hey folks, the bonus was a young and talented Miss A Karen, a main stream media reporter sharing her knowledge and expertise, dishing out some very useful tips and don'ts.   And she did a great job too. The morning session that is,  was of a standard, Marie had not expected, and although Miss Karen lost it there for the afternoon session,- folks,  the big pie was  distributed in the morning itself and  ...overall, that course was worth every single cent and more!

If you are just starting out and wanting to learn how to write..it is definitely a must attend.  There are two more sessions coming up...Saturday 21st (feature writing) and 28th August 2010. (publications)....so would be writers.....those seeking basic writing skills ...,  give it a try. Might pick up a gem or two.

A group of interesting,  experienced and qualified participants and Marie sure enjoyed her day socialising and brushing up on her skills!

9-8-2010 The Convocation

Congratulations! Miss Anne!

You are now a Masters Graduan and Master of your own destiny! As you walk and achieve your dreams, remember it is to God that we owe our gratitude, and it is to God, we owe our thanks. So long as you keep the Light from above radiating in your heart,you shall surely act and walk in the certainty of wisdom , blessings and contentment , any direction asked of you..

In Trust of Faith

Does not the  air of a completely new day, smells fresh and sweet!

Ah! Wondrous the confidence of assured grace  and serene the path of  trust and faith!

Faith

Faith is believing with a certainty in something that is yet unseen..... confident assurance. YT like that definition.  Yes, Sir, she does...Faith is Strong belief in or trust of someone...Absolutely! but it is having the trust with a certainty in the yet unmaterialised, yet  unseen....that is worthy of note. ....Faith gives us that urge and the push to keep on going, to conquer terrains, to climb mountains and  tame challenges. And people! faith give us that strong conviction to keep on living....to achieve, to attain.....to hold on firm to our belief and principles despite opposition and persecution. We visualize, we crystallise and make solid that vision to make that a part of our achieved goals.  The Lord tells us that everything is possible with faith and all things are possible to him who believes...

We know not what tomorrow brings but we trust and believe in a certainty that there will be a fresh new day , ...there will be continuity..... When we place our faith in God, that is divine, we are safe there....but we humans have the habit of cultivating bad faith, trusting the wrong people in our lives, falling into temptations and doing the wrong things. We somehow have the tendency to sway towards nebulosity, we are easily snarled by the seemingly smooth fronts of people, surface beauty and then we fall into the traps of life's failures and hurts and then the  questioning begins...Keep awake and light your lamps, the Lord says, in readiness to open the door when the master of the house comes home and knock on the door...it is a reminder to keep our human weakness in control and keep our spirits in the light of the Lord...

8th of August 2010, Marie greets you! Father Time Peace! Happy You  and happy and  peaceful the days ahead of her!

And the Self love and pampering of the day is... yeh,  sO very gooooooOOOD!!!!

Acts of the Apostles -narrated by Bruce Kuhn

Brillant! and quite a Narrator, that's Bruce Kuhn!  Some Performer too!  It is astonishing how  one man  could hold the attention of an auditorium full of audience for nearly two hours; taking on the different roles of the early Christians effortlessly ..in a journey through the Acts of the Apostles. Interesting, yes, quite interesting indeed!