Psalm 7

Psalm 7 A David Psalm

God! God! I am running to you for dear life; the chase is wild.
If they catch me, I'm finished:
ripped to shreds by foes fierce as lions,
dragged into the forest and left
unlooked for, unremembered.

God, if I've done what they say— betrayed my friends,
ripped off my enemies— If my hands are really that dirty,
let them get me, walk all over me, leave me flat on my face in the dirt.

Stand up, God; pit your holy fury against my furious enemies.
Wake up, God. My accusers have packed the courtroom; it's judgment time.
Take your place on the bench, reach for your gavel,
throw out the false charges against me.
I'm ready, confident in your verdict: "Innocent."

Close the book on Evil, God,
but publish your mandate for us.
You get us ready for life:
you probe for our soft spots,
you knock off our rough edges.
And I'm feeling so fit, so safe:
made right, kept right.
God in solemn honor does things right,
but his nerves are sandpapered raw.

Nobody gets by with anything.
God is already in action— Sword honed on his whetstone,
bow strung, arrow on the string, Lethal weapons in hand,
each arrow a flaming missile.

Look at that guy! He had sex with sin, he's pregnant with evil.
Oh, look! He's having the baby—a Lie-Baby!
See that man shoveling day after day,
digging, then concealing, his man-trap down that lonely stretch of road?
Go back and look again—you'll see him in it headfirst,
legs waving in the breeze.
That's what happens: mischief backfires; violence boomerangs.

I'm thanking God, who makes things right.
I'm singing the fame of heaven-high God.

Bible according to The Message

Psalm 96 Sing God a brand-new song!

Psalm 96

Sing God a brand-new song!
Earth and everyone in it, sing!
Sing to God—worship God!

Shout the news of his victory from sea to sea,
Take the news of his glory to the lost,
News of his wonders to one and all!

For God is great, and worth a thousand Hallelujahs.
His terrible beauty makes the gods look cheap;
Pagan gods are mere tatters and rags.

God made the heavens—
Royal splendor radiates from him,
A powerful beauty sets him apart.

Bravo, God, Bravo!
Everyone join in the great shout: Encore!
In awe before the beauty, in awe before the might.

Bring gifts and celebrate,
Bow before the beauty of God,
Then to your knees—everyone worship!

Get out the message—God Rules!
He put the world on a firm foundation;
He treats everyone fair and square.

Let's hear it from Sky,
With Earth joining in,
And a huge round of applause from Sea.

Let Wilderness turn cartwheels,
Animals, come dance,
Put every tree of the forest in the choir—

An extravaganza before God as he comes,
As he comes to set everything right on earth,
Set everything right, treat everyone fair.

Bible according to The Message

Psalm 23

Psalm 23 - A David Psalm

God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in the right direction.
Even when the way goes through Death Valley,
I'm not afraid when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd's crook makes me feel secure.
You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing.
Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life.
I'm back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.

Bible according to The Message

The goal of The Message is to engage people in the reading process and help them understand what they read. This is not a study Bible, but rather "a reading Bible." The verse numbers, which are not in the original documents, have been left out of the print version to facilitate easy and enjoyable reading. The original books of the Bible were not written in formal language. The Message tries to recapture the Word in the words we use today.

Thought of the Day

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Mothers Day 2009 Present for the Home

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Finally, we replaced our Electrolux with LG, this is an amazing break-through if you know how we were so convinced and loved Electrolux Washing Machine and we bought ours 15 years ago at the price of RM1350! After 15 years, 4 kids, the Electrolux was actually still working except the door had been badly abused by the previous maid and there is just no spare part to go for ! Sad news for Electrolux ! After advertising and telling the world that their machines can outlast half a century and it was shamed by no spare parts ! This is what we call self-destruction !

Why LG? It was recommended by close friends and we love the 14 Kg heavy weight load ! Our Electorlux was just 4 Kg ! LOL ! This giant washing machine is like amazing machine ! We got it delivered on Mothers Day on 10 may 2009, 24 hours after the temporary maid ran away as we recognised that the top priority is to wash our laundry !

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Many Pairs of Hands at Work at the First Good Friday

There were many pairs of hands at work at The First Good Friday. The crowd gathered around Jesus, followed him through the events, witnessed the entire process. Many pairs of hands were working then. Some of the hands' actions are what we do today. This is a good reflection of what we are to use our hands for. May the Lord has mercy on us that we do not use our hands for vice and evil, rather with the Lord's help, we bring love, hope and peace to this world.

The hands that washed the feet - Not just anyone's feet, Jesus washed his own disciples' feet after they declined to wash for each other as there was no servant that day. To serve men we need to have humility before God!

The hands that prayed - Jesus knelt down and prayed to the Father, "Not my will but yours be done." His hands submitted to God. The hands that surrender to God has perfect peace.
The hands that sold Jesus - Judas took 30 silvers and sold his master and friend out. Betrayal is not just a political tactics, its human nature to be tempted to trade for something better and higher!

The hands that captured - A group came to seized Jesus in the secret dark hours, carrying out their plot with their hands. When we do things that are not right before God, we always have to hide it, do it in the dark against our conscience.

The hands that chopped - Peter seeing the crowd, took a sword and chopped off one ear. He thought a bit of self- defence could prevent disaster from happening. How often in life, we take matters into our hands, doing it our own way and thinking we are doing God a big favour. But actually, we mess up God's perfect plan!

The hands that healed - The Lord Jesus used his very hands to heal the "fallen" ear. But alas, his words and deeds have fallen to deaf ears. Many desire the healings but not heeding the word of God.


The hands that accused - The group of leaders schemed and framed Jesus and told Pilate that Jesus incited spirit against the Romans. How evil can evil be? When we accuse someone, always remember that we point with one finger and three other fingers are pointing back at us. "He who has no sins, let him cast the first stone!", Jesus told the crowd when they wanted to stone the woman caught in adultery.


The hands that did nothing - Although the crowd knew that the accusations were false, they did nothing and moved along with it. They were just being spectators. In life, when we are unsure of certain accusations made against someone, we do no justice when we just sit around and say nothing to defend or worst still, we help spread the wrongful statements around!


The hands that pushed off responsibility - While Pilate had the power to release Jesus after finding no sufficient faults against Him, he chose to refer to someone else, so that he did not have to do the bad guy job. Passing the bugs, blaming others are the very traits of human beings. What we do not like to do, we pass it on! It is easy to give comments after someone have done it!

The hands that have been washed - Pilate thought that by washing his hands, he became not guilty when he judged an innocent man of death penalty! How naive can one be? When our hands are caught with the blood of the innocent, we simply wash it off and thinking all is well!

The hands that punished Jesus - The Romans soldiers who beat Jesus and fooled Him around did more than their duty call, for they had no fear of God in them! Even Pilate's wife feared so much that she sent messenger to Pilate to have nothing to do with causing harm to Jesus!


The hands that was nailed to the cross - Three pairs of hands were nailed to the cross that day, one pair repented before Jesus and accepted by the Lord; the other pair rejected and laughed at Him. But that ONE PAIR who took away the iniquity of us all ! That ONE PAIR was crashed through the bones pierced for our sake!


The hands that took Jesus' body for burial - Joseph did something very noble. He stood up against all odds to ask for the crucified body of Jesus, he was not even family member. He was not afraid or ashamed. He gave his new family tomb to Jesus! In our life, we need to learn to show acts of kindness to people of other races and creeds.


We have much to learn from all these pairs of hands at work on that day when Jesus was crucified. Think before we use them! God give us one pair of hands so that we can put it to good use. It is never too late to repent and turn around to God.


Inspired by God to write this on Good Friday

Doria Tai
Sabah
10 April 2009


At this holy event, my favourite hymn is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Isaac Watts written in 1707. Charles Wesley reportedly said he would give up all his other hymns to have written this one.

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.


Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.


See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?


His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.


Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.


[Added by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern]


To Christ, who won for sinners grace
By bitter grief and anguish sore,
Be praise from all the ransomed race
Forever and forevermore.

Doria's Nephew in Australia

Grange youngster’s formula for successSport - Soccer
16 Jan 09 @ 10:52am

Yohan Schmutz-Leong is a state maths champion and an award winner in short story writing.

GRANGE: Yohan Schmutz-Leong has found a successful way to combine maths and soccer. He has worked out a formula to determine if he is a valuable player for his under-9 team at Grange Thistle. The formula works, with the Grange nine-year-old claiming first prize in the Maths Investigations 55th Queensland Science Contest. It comes on top of an Australian Children Literacy Board’s Young Australian Writer Award for a short story Yohan wrote. The story was about his dad Beat and a pirate called Captain Blacktooth. Yohan said he enjoyed playing soccer, writing and performing on the violin, but his future was in science and maths. ``I want to keep doing what I am doing. I am interested in studying living things,’’ he said. His mum Set Lee said it was just like Yohan to find a way to combine two of his loves. ``He wanted to know if he was a good soccer player. ``He is a defensive player, so he was not scoring, but he wanted to find out if mathematically he could determine if he was a good player. His dad was confident it was workable. ``Then Yohan looked at the averages of games to see if he might figure out if he could compare the two teams. The trick is to look at the gap between teams in scoring.’’’’

Note by me :-
I re-posted this from the link my cousin sent me. I decided that such an achievement of my family must be a keeper for reminder of what we are all capable full if we release the full potential.