Thoughts

There are no understatements in the Bible: so if any preacher/teacher shows that there is such despite being loyal to God and scripture alone, has unwittingly despised God and His Word. It might not be an objection or anything negative, but a nonchalant attitude towards certain passages in the Bible would suffice they to be treated automatically as understatements, as if they are too easy to understand, be predictable, and need no further analysis, as if they are not even needed to be mentioned, regardless of the teacher's stern stand on not removing any parts from Scripture.

Music for the church: It's an art. The composition, the artist, should design the worship and praise before a divine presence and not like going to a prom date.

Something just hit me: Rev. Laura Lin once tried match making me with a great preacher's daughter. I had no information other than a dinner date she would bring us to. Although one principle I already had was: Not a big fan of match-making, and I believe a great judgment is upon those who do that, as it shall align with Matthew 7 on judging. When we attempt at match making, we are judging the qualities of both parties. Of course, in Rev. Lin's case, the girl's mother commented to her (which she conveyed to me later): worry about your own church's single people. As for me, I would later note that this perhaps was one of the many causes that attribute to Rev. Lin's church becoming barren. Not to mention that her nonchalant attitude was obvious: If it worked out, great! If not, then still no problem.

So today when I came across such thought again, I thought of a better response to take it seriously, a response to Rev. Lin:

If it works out, I shall be very grateful to Rev. Lin;
If I like her and she doesn't, still no matter, not Rev. Lin's fault;
If I don't like (as a match) her, then I shall leave this church.

Thus is how serious the matter is, were it to be seen in God's eyes, at the very least.

Of course, this has nothing to do with me and Nadia. For all is in God's plan, grace and mercy. It is a matter of how we react to others as God's servant in all sensitivity in matters of holiness and righteousness that is in question here.

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