it's all beeyooteefool -

January 1, 2007

@2:04 AM

& thus, the new year came.

should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind
should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne

for auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
we'll take a cup of kindness yet
and days of auld lang syne -

the testimonies during watchnight prayer service today were amazing. but one of the things that struck me the most was something auntie april said about blasts somewhere that killed and injured a considerable amount of people. we can only thank Him that we're living somewhere safe where we can worship freely without fear of condemnation, a place that hasn't yet been struck by terrorists or met with natural disasters, a country where people think of business successes, money, academics and not worrying about what little they have to eat.

perhaps this is a rather sordid way to start the new year, but it really got to me that we're living in the end times. for all we know, the oceans will rise and our little island will get buried beneath the waves this time tomorrow. for all we know, bombs could go off in crowded malls all over the country killing thousands, or a group of unknown people are plotting to commit genocide this very moment. it's fantastic, i know, and unbelievable to rational minds like yours, but who knows what the new year will bring in its coming - good? bad? destruction? joy?

we don't 'usher' in the new year, no, it bangs your door down, slaps you on your face and does as it like. i'll admit, im scared for a lot of things - from trivial matters like whether i'll cope next year with all the random commitments that pop up from nowhere, to more serious matters like the troubles of the world. ultimately, though, i fear for those who do not yet know Him. if it is the end times (which i believe), there is very little time for us to reach out and bring the strayed and straying to Him, and there remains so many people who're untouched. we'll have to start, now, no matter how hard it is - and it is hard, especially people like me who hardly know how to talk to people in a proper social sense (seriously, with most people i run out of topics to talk about by the 6th minute).

there you go, my new year resolution, spreading His love and His word. i like the way ezra puts it. " if you knew the cure for aids, would you tell other people?" obviously. " in the same way, if you know the way to eternal life and the cure for eternal damnation, would you tell other people? "
- i would. and that's what Jesus is.

wishing all a very happy blessed new year.

& i embraced the world;