The Show Must Go On.

Attended a family function yesterday and thankfully, survived. Granted, much of the evening was spent with me shuttling from room to room trying to look busy, sitting in the corner trying to look busy, and attempting to subtly wrestle the Wii controller from my toddler nephew. Sometime in between all these, I managed to cram in other productive activities such as:

1. Getting trashed at some DJ-ing game on the PSP
2. Attempting to read a Chinese magazine
3. Flinging the magazine, along with the PSP against the wall in frustration.

Fun stuff indeed.

Onto other things... Not sure of it's as acutely felt down under, but the local media have in recent days, been dominated by news about the Sichuan quake and Cyclone Nargis. Honestly, I feel quite disconnected with the ever increasing numbers (of casualties) reported daily. Maybe it's cause I've been religiously avoiding all those fund-raising special on TV (emotional blackmail)? Anyway, it's hard to remain optimistic in times like this. The mom was saying how there's no god, nor angels. How to explain the sufferings otherwise?

But I beg to differ. Yesterday morning, pastor preached about the need for us to have Faith in God. But this is a different kind of Faith, he called it "fidelity" or something like that. It's not a blind belief but a fierce loyalty and trust in the inherent goodness of God.

Nothing too abstract, but still highly challenging. Can you trust in Him even if nothing good ever happens? I don't wanna act intellectual and all pseudo philosopher-ish (philosophy seems... redundant, at least in my undiscerning and probably under-developed mind), but then really, what is good anyway? What seems good to us may not be good in His eyes, right? At the end of the day I guess we all need to go back to Rom 8:28, and remember (+ believe) that truly, "ALL things work together for good to those who love God..."

So while "the world is burning to the ground" (Cynic, 2008), let's continue to be thankful for the little blessings we have, and trust that He is still faithful and of course, inherently good. And, work at cultivating that "fierce loyalty" towards our loving Father.

Step 1: Pray, more.


Cheerios!