Psalm 23

The Lord IS my shepherd, I shall not WANT

He makes me LIE DOWN in green pastures,

He LEADS me beside STILL waters,

He RESTORES my soul...

He LEADS me in paths of RIGHTEOUSNESS

for HIS name's sake

Even though I WALK through the valley of the SHADOW of DEATH

I will FEAR no EVIL

for You ARE with me

Your ROD and Your STAFF, they COMFORT me

You PREPARE a table for me IN THE PRESENCE of my ENEMIES

You ANOINT my head with oil

My cup OVERFLOWS

Surely, GOODNESS and MERCY with FOLLOW me ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,

And I will DWELL in the PRESENCE of my Lord, FOREVER!

It's... Overwhelming...

God

Is

Awesome!

MAL

:-P

And I am Reminded of You Again... And I'm Blown Away, Again...

Today in church I was reminded again of something I had almost forgotten...

Once again tears came down my face...

So the preacher was talking about how we always question...

And for some reason, this question ran across my mind and stayed there...

"Jesus... What held You to that cross?"

And then it struck me...

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).”

It wasn't the nails that hung Him there...

It was ME...

The prophet Isaiah said

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed".

"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53 :5,6

And what did I do when You were hanging there, Lord?

³²As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.³³They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). ³⁴There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. ³⁵When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. ³⁶And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. ³⁷Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁹Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"

⁴¹In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. ⁴²"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' "⁴⁴In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

I... I hurled insults at You too...

But You hung there... For the same guys who cursed You, who spat at You,

And for me... You who knew no sin...

You became sin...

I just wanna say...

I love You...

And...

Thank you again Lord Jesus =)

MAL

:-P

Wake up...

Myth:

Does heaven have layers?

Those who were born say, Jews, would be at the top layer?

Then those who were born, I don't know, Arabs?

Maybe then the Caucasians?

Then maybe, umm those born in the Asian countries?

And even then, those from Asia would be divided into ethnic groups, no?

After all, we're all so different, right? Right? Right?

Truth:

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

No, in essence, we are all human.

Say what you want, love me, hate me...

People need to learn, racism isn't something we should go through...

Wake up! Are we really that different? Look closely! The guy beside you, is he REALLY that different from the OTHER guy across the street?

I've always disliked politics 'cause they use people as tools for their own agenda...

Can't you see? Racism... It's another tool of politics, nothing more...

Nothing more...

"If heaven doesn't divide its' inhabitants via colour, what right have we to divide ours in that way?"

MAL

:-P

P/S: It's only meant for those who feel hurt reading this, and if you do, i'm sorry... But I urge you to look at it openly... (and I know it's not those who generally read this blog) =D

Has Anybody Ever Thought of How Disgusting It Is?

The most filthy thing in the world...

The carrier of the worst diseases...

Yet so many are enslaved by it...

They demand it, they worship it...

So many live their whole lives craving more of it...

How many have given up families,

Given up their health,

Given up all they ever really owned for it?

The ones who own it "succeed"...

The ones who don't, are either "backwater" or "failures"...

People kill for it,

Or they steal for it...

...

But is it worth that much?

'Cause at the end of the day,

As they lie in their bed,

Most say...

"I wish I bothered more about other stuff than...

MONEY"

MAL

:-P

P/S: Then again, the very last bed they sleep in, the tomb that they're buried in... I guess that calls for abit of cash too, don't it?

...

Then I guess money does rule our lives =D (And our deaths too!)

Sometimes...

You blame yourself too much...

Hey, don't take ALL the credit! It ain't all about you! =D

MAL

:-P

P/S: Grandpa, it's been 2 years... Wait up, I'll see you again someday =) I love you, always have and always will! We all do...

In a Perfect World...

Happy 100th post, blogger my friend =)

In a Perfect World

In a perfect world,

People won't see the colour of the skin...

But rather, the moisture that flows within...

In a perfect world,

There won't be darkness in every heart...

But love, and honour, like beautiful art...

In a perfect world,

Others we'd see before ourself...

The art of giving, not taking, we'd delve...

In a perfect world,

Swearing, cussing we wouldn't see...

Man, I think we'd all have a great vocabulary...

In a perfect world,

There'd be no tears...

But man, there'll be rejoicing! And partying that'll be fierce...

In a perfect world,

There shan't be begging in the streets...

But manna for all, or even some sweets...

In a perfect world,

They'd all do what they all love...

And when the day's done, thank their Father above...

In a perfect world,

They'd all know where they should go...

And all those smiles, hey, that would show...

In a perfect world,

Doubtless would all people see...

And say "this's where i'm meant to be"...

In a perfect world,

"There'll only just be you and me"...

Well, that's just a corny line, you see?

So nah, that just ain't gonna be...

In a perfect world,

Wars, droughts, they ain't gonna happen...

Why? Coz they just ain't got a reason...

In a perfect world,

There won't be a lie about what we fear...

Both sides of a story we'd ACTUALLY hear...

In a perfect world,

I wouldn't be

Just... One... More...

One more... One more buddy... One more...

Speaking of one more...

Let's go into this:

ONE LINERS! xD

Okay, I figured i'll start doing 1-liners each day as a tribute to whatever happened during the day (but i'll only start after the next post... You'll see why on the next post I write =)

For example, i'll just write something like...

A one-liner a day keeps the boredom at bay...

or something like

If I had something that is basically nothing, and nothing that is basically something, then I would have something, but yet it would not be nothing... Would it?

And that would be all I write for the day...

Pretty cool huh? (And totally uncharacteristic of Malcolm lol xD Let's see how long this can last hehe xD)

MAL

:-P

P/S: Of course, I'll still put the trademark MAL and the :-P at the end, just for you xD