The Path!

There are 3  options you can choose to get to your destination and I wonder which way will you choose.

First

You rely completely with your own efforts.  You asked for the address, took out the map you relied on and try to find the way to get to your destination.  This way, it takes up more efforts because you will need to study the address and the map carefully.  In the event that you get to a wrong way, you need to stop by the side of the road, re-check the map again, look at the surrounding and identify which way you need to follow to reach your destination.  If you are smart enough, you will find your way, if you are bad in direction, I am sorry, for a journey of 10 minutes, you probably need to allocate 30 to 40 minutes more.  If you are in a hurry, I suggest you do not go for this option.

Second

You asked someone how to get to the destination.  If their instruction is clear enough and you have roughly been to that area before, chances of you finding the place fast is high.  If you have never been to that area and by listening to the instruction alone, you will have the fear of whether you will be able to find your destination.  You tend to ask a lot of question, and afraid you will miss a junction or an instruction.  You might get to your destination if you just remember exactly the instruction given to you.  If you did not, you will get lost.  So you will be very careful in listening to instruction, jotting down instruction and going to the destination in accordance to the instruction given to you.  You will still call that someone half way through to see if you are on the right path, if you do not have enough confidence.

Third

This is the easiest and definitely non-lossing path.  In this option, you bring along someone who has been to the destination with you.  In your car, he/she will tell you to stop, avoid the traffic of certain road, avoid some uneven road, etc.  and without any worries, you will reach your destination within minutes, if not seconds.

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I am not sure which option you choose... on your path walking to heaven.  Most people choose the second.  Some even the first... and i would rather to choose the third.  Jesus has been in and out of heaven.... He knows the best way to go.  Why worry? Why not let Him leads you to the destination by just relying on Him and His instruction? Yes! Not just through phone as what stated in the second option.  Bring Him in WITH you.

May be it is time to be reminded not to drive around like a crazy headless and aimless creature.  Focus, have Him with you in your daily walk, daily lives.

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Bible or Law book?

There's this incident where some 'scholars' or 'educated' people who has their reputation built, comment that the person involved should be penalised.  Some even said, the leaders of the church should be penalised, by the law of this country and by what a normal society private and public company should do.  Those who cannot 'cope' the job / task should be expelled from their current position.  Someone who is known by many even posted in the FB seeking 'support' of what he thinks is right to do and he even asked through the post, priest and lawyers what we all think about it.  Whether we should report the incident to the authority.

We all know when there's theft break into your house, the first thing you will do is to report police.  However, I do come across some people who won't for some other reasons.  I believe, everyone handle matter is different.  The church and the biblical teaching on this issues are different from what we ought to do too.

Remember the story where a women was found to have committed adultery.  People gathered and brought her and everyone says they are to cast a stone on her to punish her (Not so sure why is the man not being brought to be punished).  Jesus said those who are without sin can cast the first stone.  Everyone left at the end.

I am asking the same, when you are thinking to punish others for their wrong doing, are you, yourself without sin? If you have sin, what rights do you have to punish others? More so, the person who posted doesn't even belong to that 'family'.   And i wonder what's right he has to raise such a question and insisted that we deal with the issue his way?

I remember i used to steal my dad's RM100.00 from his wallet.  I did get my punishment, from my parents.  But thankfully, they did not report me to the police.  Thereafter, I never steal even a candy.  I have learned from my mistake.  I was given a second chance and I grew up and became a lawyer.  May be there are family who will report their daughter to the police when their daughter stealed RM100.00 from them.  I don't know.  I am just being thankful my parents did not.

This is a family issue.  Who has the rights to decide what to do to your son and daughter?

Do you want to focus on the book of laws or the teaching of Jesus? It is up to you.

Yes.  That's sums up how struggle I am being a lawyer.

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Worse year?

"Everyone will have the worse year in their life, mine was 2009, when was yours?"  Hmm.... I did ponder for a while after I heard this.  And I cannot remember, was it 2010 or 2011? I think it started in 2010 but I suffered all the 'consequences'/aftermath in 2011? Anyway, I think it's more than 1 year. Those were the days I lost myself, my right mind, work/career, the church, friends and dad.  Life isn't the same anymore after 2011.  

Amazing, just when I thought I lost them all, through it, I have more gain then losses.  I found even better career, better job, better income, better mindset, better church, better friends, and dad is still encouraging me if you haven't realised.  I have definitely found my mom.  I have never been this close with my mom and I just got closer to her more and more.  

I realised in court these days, be it the senior lawyers, junior lawyers, the court clerks, the judges.... they all kind of know me.  Ever since I witnessed lawyers being scolded by judges and that I realised I wasn't being scolded for a long period of time, I know I was trained well and I certainly did not offended any judges so far.  

Life did took a sharp turn after all.  I am reminded of course, even though I experienced worse year, by holding on to Him (not the church), God will protect, protest, bless and provide.  So, if you are in your worse year, hold on to Him.  It will be over soon (my dad always told me, all bad things will end) and blessings will follow thereafter.  

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