hyped up over nothing
to all those who follow my blog keenly [adrian...:P], sry fer not posting for a few days..was kinda busy
so actually im writing this on sunday based on saturday, so yeah, this is wat happened on sat. woke up for piano class..went for computer class...then came back for lunch. At 4 o'clock i had our first youth fellowship of the year in church. woo super fun :P
after youth, which was about 6 somethin...my dad came and picked me up. today was actually like a house-refurbishing and rearranging day so my mum was really busy arrangin stuff and managing even more stuff. one of the things that was changed was my mum's crystal collection. it was at a large shelf for a few years so she decided to change it. turns out, the screws used weren't strong enough and the top shelf crashed down...breaking a few of her prized collection.
my dad called her on the way home asking how was thangs..my mum said she was waiting for the carpenter to come...between sobs. then i thought dat was kinda weird...but then again my mum had been collecting it fer bout 10 years? yeah.
but why cry over materialistic things? things people make with their hands, and are bought with some flimsy paper we call money...we seem to care about it a lot. but WHY? why mourn over things that changes nothing in you and the people around you? it's not like it was a waste or would bring our whole family down. we just get so hyped over nothing, you noe wat i mean?
bible. word of God. sword against temptation and path in my life. wat it said was 'do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal' (matthew 6:19-20)
what this basically means is that don't try and collect materialistic things where they are easily broken and gone forever. Instead store up treasures in heaven, which doesn't mean like throw gold into the sky and hope it goes to heaven. It means do the will of God and he will reward you in heaven. That is how you store it up there.
we always seem to be attracted to things that 'enhance' our life. TV, computer, playstation, fancy-pantsy clothes and stuff like that. Some even collect weird stuff like coke bottles or stamps just to look at it and say wowee, i collected some man-made stuff. Just so you know, these things don't last forever. One flood BAWM there goes your paper aeroplane collection. (I have no idea whether ppl collect that). So yeah. Concentrate on things that matter. The souls around you, family and friends. The word of God. God himself! All these things last a lifetime.
but hey, u smart alec ask. if a flood comes, won't your bible be gone too? Yeah, but the teachings will live forever in our hearts. (Plus, they're the most sold thangs in the world, it's not hard to get another one :P) So don't waste your life thinking about things that don't matter, concentrating on pointless things. Focus on bringing each other up and living a meaningful life. What is the meaning of life? well, i'm gonna say dat later in another post, cause me mum's comin and if she sees this IM CHICKEN CURRY!
by the way, the bible also says to honour your parents..so im not belittling my mum's thinking, i just thought bout materialism in general. anyways, she realized it's not important anyways and was thankful that the glass had broken, not her head :P
she's still the greatest mum to me :D
so actually im writing this on sunday based on saturday, so yeah, this is wat happened on sat. woke up for piano class..went for computer class...then came back for lunch. At 4 o'clock i had our first youth fellowship of the year in church. woo super fun :P
after youth, which was about 6 somethin...my dad came and picked me up. today was actually like a house-refurbishing and rearranging day so my mum was really busy arrangin stuff and managing even more stuff. one of the things that was changed was my mum's crystal collection. it was at a large shelf for a few years so she decided to change it. turns out, the screws used weren't strong enough and the top shelf crashed down...breaking a few of her prized collection.
my dad called her on the way home asking how was thangs..my mum said she was waiting for the carpenter to come...between sobs. then i thought dat was kinda weird...but then again my mum had been collecting it fer bout 10 years? yeah.
but why cry over materialistic things? things people make with their hands, and are bought with some flimsy paper we call money...we seem to care about it a lot. but WHY? why mourn over things that changes nothing in you and the people around you? it's not like it was a waste or would bring our whole family down. we just get so hyped over nothing, you noe wat i mean?
bible. word of God. sword against temptation and path in my life. wat it said was 'do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal' (matthew 6:19-20)
what this basically means is that don't try and collect materialistic things where they are easily broken and gone forever. Instead store up treasures in heaven, which doesn't mean like throw gold into the sky and hope it goes to heaven. It means do the will of God and he will reward you in heaven. That is how you store it up there.
we always seem to be attracted to things that 'enhance' our life. TV, computer, playstation, fancy-pantsy clothes and stuff like that. Some even collect weird stuff like coke bottles or stamps just to look at it and say wowee, i collected some man-made stuff. Just so you know, these things don't last forever. One flood BAWM there goes your paper aeroplane collection. (I have no idea whether ppl collect that). So yeah. Concentrate on things that matter. The souls around you, family and friends. The word of God. God himself! All these things last a lifetime.
but hey, u smart alec ask. if a flood comes, won't your bible be gone too? Yeah, but the teachings will live forever in our hearts. (Plus, they're the most sold thangs in the world, it's not hard to get another one :P) So don't waste your life thinking about things that don't matter, concentrating on pointless things. Focus on bringing each other up and living a meaningful life. What is the meaning of life? well, i'm gonna say dat later in another post, cause me mum's comin and if she sees this IM CHICKEN CURRY!
by the way, the bible also says to honour your parents..so im not belittling my mum's thinking, i just thought bout materialism in general. anyways, she realized it's not important anyways and was thankful that the glass had broken, not her head :P
she's still the greatest mum to me :D
