Kai, The Informologist

Wonderful.

Where’s our future gonna be?

If you had skipped Happy Feet because its a children’s movie. It’s time to get whacked and look into the most important :30 of the movie. The :30 that reminds us of who we are, where we are living in, and what we can do about the damages we have done to the world.

It starts out with a penguin who tap-dance, no big deal, its animation after all.
Then it just kept breaking through, Mumble did.

And I thought he’s meeting his demise in the zoo, but who would have guessed.

Even at this stage of world, we put on our suits and continue to argue for our own well-beings in exchange for everything natural.

Wake up call?

Mark just called Sam and I over and asked if we want to go and flood the toilet on the second floor (of course he was kidding).

Even though this generation seen its decline in response to being moved, getting excited, feeling happy and all of the feelings. There are still many slight reminders of how awesome the world is.

Just in this week, I saw Sam’s team entering into the baseball small league’s championship by beating the Wolverines at the Semis (and went on to win the championship while I was away); people got moved and saved at the summer camp that was so blessed by God himself with all the wonderful co-workers and counselors, and finally Katie graduated from 5th grade.

We may be so bothered by work, relationship, and all the junk that’s jumbling in our mind, but there’s these bunch of memories to remind us the good of God.

I was at GC last night and Pastor Judah was talking about friction and submission.

“What is more pleasing to the LORD:
your burnt offerings and sacrifices
or your obedience to his voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and submission is better than offering the
fat of rams.” – 1 Samuel 15:22

He talked about how we tried to give different sacrifices and offerings, such as serving in church and godly acts to cover up our disobedience, our unwillingness to submit to authority and to one another. But in the eyes of God, what is most pleasing to him is not doing all the godly work and not obeying Him, but submit to Him and answers His calling.

Judah used the example of knowing your wife is unhappy with you to illustrate how we can also feel that God is displease with us.

One of the reason that I have came to Seattle again is that I was saved here and I feel replenished whenever I come back here. The truth is I feel worn out and dry from the last six-weeks of serving. I feel like at times I’m going through motions, even when I worship. I don’t feel the presence of God within me. Now I think I know why.

My cadre leader from GC told me that I need to read the bible daily, I need to pray daily, and I need to do devotion daily. Not that I can become a better Christian, although that could be part of it, but it is to have a better relationship with God. And for certain when you have a good relationship with somebody, you have peace with that person, and you are right with that person and you have no friction with that person.

Honestly, I left out daily bible reading for the longest time and only flipped through them when I need a verse for a friend or getting ready to do bible study. When Judah related verses together the way one of our own at BCCC did, I was amazed. From Genesis to Revelation there are a total of 1022 pages in my bible, all of which are from God. There must be links from one to another, from the OT to the NT (hip from Old Testament and New). I need to work on that. Judah then said: my job here is not just to show you how the bible relate but to teach you to read the bible and relate them yourself. And I think that’s what God wants me to do right now, reading the bible, and reading the bible.

We often come unexpected, but there’s plentiful already and ready for us. Thanks be to God.

The flight was quite hectic, for me at least. Just because I was too greedy and bought a bigger cage for Pipi, he had to be transported in the cargo and I had to fork out a further $59. And landing in Seattle, Pipi was a mess (can’t blame him, the landing was crazy), and I can’t even recognize my luggage (almost had to report to the NWA).

For those who’s concerned, he is settling down pretty well. Laying on the ironing board and looking into the zebra finches’ cage, probably waiting for the right moment.

Seattle is still so pretty. I was at Sam’s baseball game, and the setting was just perfect. Nice clouds, sunny weather, families and communities gather together to support their kids in playing the game that will take them to the championship.

And they won it, in a very courageous fashion. The kids (Royals) were down by 2 in the fifth inning and the parents are getting restless. Then one hit, two base run, another hit, then more base run. The inning wrapped up a 6-2 lead and even though the wolverines tried to come back, the score finished at 6-4 with the Royals heading to the championship game at the Huskies Softball Stadium (University of Washington).

Wii is doing a good job with the family too.

I know these days the posts are hard to endure, but because you are my friend (and that you are here), endure.

How can we be so forgetful and have so little faith?
I just went through James 1, not even a month ago, and was reminded of it a couple of days ago through Pastor Wendell Smith’s podcast.
Let me show you…

“…let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” – James 1:4

Yea, now I should go wash that sink of bowls.

Joy to the world baby.

This is crappy cuz I felt like I’ve been thrown into the middle that turns off the capabilities to express at will.
And now, it seems that distance is going to grow even before I head off as ridiculous as it might be.
A phone call at 3:49AM could have been a pleasant surprise.

I can’t seem to shake it off.

This is crappy cuz I felt like I’ve been thrown into the middle that turns off the capabilities to express at will.
And now, it seems that distance is going to grow even before I head off as ridiculous as it might be.
A phone call at 3:49AM could have been a pleasant surprise.

I can’t seem to shake it off.

There just seems to be everything to be done today. We draw out lists of tasks and to-dos.

For each and everyone of us there are 24 hours in a day, that’s 86,400 counts of one. Try tapping your finger rhythmically on the keyboard for 60 times, that’s a minute. Keep up with it for 3600 times and you got an hour.

I just realize that most of the time, for one reason or another, we avoid doing the tiniest of the tasks. Such as paying the rent online. I mean, its like, click, type, and click and you are done. 5 minutes tops, plus verification. Then there’s the phone calls, the emails that probably takes a minute each or a little bit more. Whatever the sum of the mentioned work is somewhat of a fraction to the 86,400 seconds we have each day. As college student, especially, I should feel ashame of not getting some of those work done since I sleeps at 5 each morning (assumable).

So check your schedule and buck it up.
You would actually feel better clearing them up then leaving them on the list for several weeks on a roll.

After God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac, He prepared a ram for Abraham as a sacrifice in place of Isaac. And in Genesis 22:14 – “Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”)”.

Providence is possibly one of the the things Christians (and non-Christians for the case) prayed about most. Provide us with food, provide us with good grades, provide us with finances, provide us with safety, provide us relationships, provide us with wisdom. We need to be provided in so many ways, and so we pray.

But at times, the going gets tougher, and we forgot about our prayer, we were not patient as James encouraged us to in James 1:4. We grew and cultivates doubt. One day went by, another week and the week following. We think we are forgotten. It is so, at least in my case.

I had so much ideas and was really excited after becoming the co-leader for Timothy. I wanted growth for everyone in every possible way. And after browsing the Book of James, I thought its would be a good opener for Summer One as it teaches us about being doers of the word, being faithful, being patience and all the good stuff.

Week one into it, I felt under-prepared and the study was way off from its fullest. I prayed that God will provide wisdom as it said in James 1:5. Week two, we had a BBQ, the food was great and we have quite a big group, the discussions were great and so forth, but I didn’t thought it was especially strong in strengthening us. Week three, I missed fellowship because of the Chicago trips. And week four which was last week, was simply disastrous. I had wanted to find a hole and hide when people start doodling and making paper airplanes. I know its not their fault but mine.

I felt so distant from God, it almost felt strange.

I had wanted to talk to some of the group leaders but wasn’t sure how I should approach them. Then today, I got an email from one of them as encouragement and advice, I was so glad that it came. And as I browse through the collection of podcasts from the City Church, I saw the title “Book of James” and then “James Part 1″ all the way through Part 4. Dated back to May 5th.

It’s ironic how I prayed blindly without looking at the things that are already made available to me. It’s like the brother of the prodigal son who was upset that the father did not host a party for him. I almost felt the same way, but just like it said in the bible “you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.”

Thank you God, Jehovah Jireh, You who provided.

caption: we were made to be worshipers. – Christine Bare

A year ago, I saw a MV made for Leeland’s Tears of the Saints, I was really moved by the lyrics.

And all Your children will stretch out their hands
And pick up the crippled man
Father, we will lead them home
Father, we will lead them home

I hope it reminds me where my focus should be.