K9 Web Protection

If you need any filtering software for kids or yourself while you're surfing the net, my buddy recommended this.

k9webprotection

Prevention is better than cure. There are many 'predators' out there that you want to flee from. Talking about predators, I just had a weird dream of killing crocodiles earlier this week.

Back to the software. After the installation, when the program ask for admin password, ask someone to key in (and remember it) if it's for yourself. Double protection.

After you'd installed it, you might find it slightly slower when you surf. The speed will be back to normal when you surf the same site the second time. So be patient with it.

Hope it serves you well, and most importantly, it's free. :)

Fallen

Been feeling unproductive lately. Too lazy to do anything. And ya, I didn't even send out any resumes to any companies. Somehow this slothfulness really stings and cause paralysis in 2-3 weeks of my time. Felt very duo4 luo4 (liken in a fallen state).

Looking inside, I know there's some areas that I had to overcome.

As I walk through the route to the company this morning (looks like I'm getting revelations each day as I passed this particular place, uh?), I was prompted with the parable of the prodigal son.

A rebellious son, in his own rebelliousness, left the family, seeking pleasures and 'freedom' from discipline and authority. So often we viewed freedom as having our own ways ended up with a bed of roses, the reality is the bed is, yes, made of roses but it comes together with all the thorns. Now imagine sleeping on it. (Footnote)

Later part in the parable, the son had no where to go, and last resort, he thought of turning back to his father, hopefully to be accepted as a servant in his father's house. He felt shame in himself, not worthy enough, unwanted; and with all the stuffs he did last time to his father(asking for his part of inheritance is like asking for his father's death), he thought it's the best position he deserved. He was surprised to be shown grace and abundant mercy by his father.

Likewise, so often, we shower ourselves with guilt and self inflicting punishment when we fall, feeling unworthy to get back to our Heavenly Father. Truth is, when we repent and turn away from our old ways, we're shown abundant grace, abundant mercy; accepted back as a family member.

Footnote:

Romans 6: 15-23

Slaves to Righteousness

15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

19I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in^[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Speak Life

Was reading a book of testimony titled :Message from God. It was about Mom writing a real incident about her family meeting an accident, and her eldest son got badly injured - coma, brain damage etc. He went to heaven but was sent by God back to the world to share his testimony around the world. He was miraculously healed stages by stages and the mom wrote down all her experiences with the family and with God in this book.

This part of the book stuck with me the most for the time being. When the mom was praying and ready to let him (Aldo) go to the Lord, suddenly she saw the vision of her boy saying :"Speak life unto me Mom. Speak Life." And God breathe life into him.

How often we always speak of condemnation and things that are not good. Especially as chinese, somehow we always say : "Si liao. /Die lor." We don't realize our tongues actually bear fruits.

Speak good things. Speak life. Speak blessings. Just when you wake up quote Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Well, go and read the book, it's definitely a great encouragement for us to live life for Him alone. I can pass you the book if you're not out of reach in physical distance. :) Or visit http://www.godmessage.org/

Home sweet home

Had been a while since I get back to my hometown. Too bad it's not durian season yet.

Looking forward to enjoy the family fellowship this weekend before my class starts.

Anxious

Been anxious about my studies and my career. So many what-ifs running around in my head. If only I could just shoot down each one of them.

His words has always been an encouragement, though at times I tend to forget and start playing chase with the what-ifs. Planting His words down in my heart, and here's some to share with you.

Phils 4
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Matt 7
7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

9"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Read it over, perhaps what I should do is really to ask(for a job), seek (for a job) and knock on the door of the employers. :)

Thank you, God - Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit.

Thoughts

Just some thoughts while walking to company this morning.

Adam and Eve sinned because of fruit of tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God commanded them not to eat it but they did. Sin came in. The act of disobedient itself separated man and God.

Eating the fruit may look innocent if one separate the command of God and the act itself. Likewise, a lot of acts these days maybe seemed innocent/sinless/no harm, but God has called us and commanded us to obey His words.

Stick to the highest order God has commanded us. Which reminds me of what I learnt in one of the seminar.


Generations or their mindset tend to deviate further and further away from God's standard. (ex: divorce) Always bring God's standard in, so we won't deviate from the truth.

Greener pasture

Finally made a decision to look for greener pasture elsewhere.

Signs are popping up. :)