Making sense with nonsense

A tea party with the theme of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland? Sounds good to me, because I love the story. I've got the book and I love watching the 1999 film with Miranda Richardson, as the Queen, having a blast screaming "Off with his head!!!" Oh, did I mention that the book was almost given away and never to return like many of our books, but I 'thickened' my skin and got it back? Rawr.

One of my favourites where the Mad Hatter puts out the question: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

and after some time

'Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.

'No, I give it up,' Alice replied: 'what's the answer?'

'I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter.

Recollections: Human relations, and then some.

As far as I can remember, we learnt one day that we (humans) are somewhat related to monkeys, mosquitos, and rice. Oh, spinach too.  

I also remember laughing about how "MonHum" (very loosely, the term for the Human-Monkey relation; or Monkey-Human relation) sounded so Cantonese. Ngor hai mon hum.

Cheers.

Should I...?

You know you've gotten into the humdrum of corporate work, when you type an email to friends, and you hesitate like forever before clicking 'send', thinking and considering if it was typed appropriately or inappropriately, if it should be sent or not, if it was proper or improper, if some things should be rephrased (and you rephrased them), if you should ask someone first, if ... ...

Yeah.

FFT: Are formalities biblical?

One thing's for sure, they're a huge pain in the a-, er, backside.

Peace

When people around you are away due to their individual circumstances, you can't help putting yourself in a position of self-pity. That's human nature. In order to make sense of things, we constantly try to identify similarities, identify patterns. And so we think everybody's leaving me!!!

But I am a follower of Christ. Thus, I have joy and victory over things that seem miserable. Because I have hope in Christ, not just in the 'eternal life' sense, but in everything else in life, no matter how big or small. Phew! In the past I would have let myself sink into melancholy and listen to sad music and think about how heartbreaking everything is.
Now, I might go there but then I'll stop myself. Or rather, the Holy Spirit stops me, reminds me of who I am, snap me out of useless fantasies, and focus on Christ. We've got to realise that there is no separation of anything in our lives from God. This life with God, is life itself. No thing has nothing to do with God. (Oh, was that a really smart phrase or what!!!)

So in this time when loved ones are away, I will do the only thing I can do. Pray and trust in the Heavenly Father, for their lives and for mine.

Jesus said "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

Following Christ.

Love
For God so loved the world... The greatest of these is love... Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength... Love your neighbour as yourself... Love is patient, love is kind.. Love keeps no record of wrongs... Perfect love drives out fear...
May the love of God flow through me to others. I have learnt that, for me, I have no capacity to love unless I have the love of God. We love because He first loved us!

Faith
The biggest factor in the turning point of my life. Believing in what I cannot see, believing and trusting even when I do not have full knowledge of things. Die-die believing. For the love of God and His grace are as good as facts to me. It has always been up to me to accept them and put faith in God. I believe in God's power and God's goodness and God's love.

Prayer
Ah, not so good at this. Sometimes I don't even feel like saying because, well, God already knows right? But God is such an awesome God. Even though He is omni-everything and so mighty, He wants to connect with us, to talk with us, to interact with us. What is man that He is mindful of us? A quiet time passage talked about persisting in prayer. This is one meditation I can't seem to understand. What does it mean to persist in prayer, to wrestle in prayer, to struggle with God like Jacob did? Hmm.

Life is changing for me. End of studying, start of career. And only by God's grace, I am employed without going through endless job applications, I hardly even tried to search for a job! And again only by His grace, I also received a precious blessing.

This is only the beginning of a new phase! Or two.. Like a friend's friend said, starting out on a career will be the real test of my faith in God; will I stay rooted or uprooted? Ultimately we know nothing about the future. But I have this hope, that God is good, and that I can and will trust in Him.

God's word is a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path. I will keep God on top by remembering this:
Trust in the Lord your God with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Amen!