HEY SALTies :D

There's SALT on friday in the library from 2:45- 4:30. We're allowed to wear the SALT shirt (with pinafore :))!

seeya there :)

Movies and morals (or, another fail!entry)

So. On last last Saturday, there was this sort of emotional breakdown and just my luck, Happy Feet was on Channel 5. (I've never watched it before; that's how much of an introvert I am, heh.) So in a few minutes I was feeling perky again (not to mention a load of help from someone else).
At the end of the movie, my parents came home and my mum, with whom I had had quarrelled with before she'd gone out, asked me what I was watching. And then, I had this kind of epiphany.
'Kind of' being the key words. I just garbled this to my mum in a stroke of epiphany-ness.

(If you've watched Happy Feet before, you might get this. If you haven't then. Uhm. Go and read it up on Wikipedia or something ... I guess.)

Mumble can't sing. So what does he do? Instead of singing, he dances. What's that fuss?
Humans can't understand PenguinSpeak. However, Mumble's dancing - his actions and behaviour - catches their attention and this enables the penguins to reach out to the humans and have them stop overfishing and depleting the penguins' fish supply.

The moral of the movie : Actions speak louder than words.

"But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. ... but the one who lives it out - he will be blessed in what he does."
- James 1:22-25

Read and heed James' advice. Do not just listen to the Word and go 'uh-huh, yuh yuh' or spout stuff about God and be done with it. No. Live out God's Word. Demonstrate His love in your doings; show compassion and understanding and bring people to Him through your actions.

"What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have the works? Can this kind of faith save him? If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it? So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself."
- James 2:14-17

As much as you say you're an angelic person with a kind heart, quarrelling with people, not helping others and being rude proves your point wrong. Listening to the Word and still partaking in sinful indulgences; saying one thing and doing another; believing in God and not being a good testimony only results in one thing : Redundancy.

Always bear in mind that your behaviour and actions are things people notice more about you.

On another note: If you have anything to say to anybody now - an apology, a thank-you-very-much, then say it - and don't forget to be it. Saying 'sorry' with airs and a hoity-toity attitude isn't going to help much. It takes a load of your chest and it's always better to say or do things when there is time to say or do it.

There. I do hope I managed to get the basic points across without too much wrinkling-nose-in-disgust-or-confusion. I do hope I get better at this sort of postings, too.

God loves you. Very very much.

-eatingpaper



"2 May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.

Growing in Faith
3 By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the one who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.

5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.

10 So, dear brothers and sisters,[c] work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

- 2 Peter 1:2-11 NLT

Ever felt frustrated? Ever felt really tired of trying? Ever felt like living this life God has called you is such an uphill task, almost impossible? (I have! :P)

Everyday school life can be is really stressful.. Sometimes, it can be so hard to be loving, patient and well, Christlike. But the truth is (though it doesn't always feel so), God has given us everything we need to live a godly life!(2 Peter 1:3-4) 'For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.' 2 Cor 1:20 What does this mean? It means that His promises don't depend on our merit, on our mistakes, or our 'good works'. Christ has already paid the price for our sins, and made a way for us to go to the Father!

His promises enable us to live a godly life. (On the flip side, it also means that on our own, we are unable to live a godly life depending solely on our own effort.) Even it doesn't feel like it, its true, if you're a believer in Christ.

"3 By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the one who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires." 2 Peter 1:3-4 NLT

So the next time you feel tired, stressed or frustrated, (or even when everything is going good haha) talk to our heavenly Father about it and trust in Christ's work and all His promises :) and if you fail or fall, (cos it does happen), don't worry, just remember Christ's work on the cross and ask His forgiveness :) God gives grace :)

(Oh btw, one teacher suggested to us to listen to and keep and remember a particular promise of God every week. haha it helps :))

-bees

PS yeah, do point out any mistakes etc :)

"14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most." Heb 4:14-16 NLT

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