"For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."
~Isaiah 66:22,23
Training period is officially over. Yey for no more setting up the alarm 5.30 in the morning for work. Hoping to have a more relaxed devotion time in the morning. But 3-11 shift awaits me Monday.
I have set the 'home page' of my chrome browser to Bing.com. When my friend stayed over a couple of weekends ago and saw Bing popped up, he was shocked. "Andrey, you use Binggggg?" He said, as his eyes grew larger in awe. My friend was a Mac enthusiast and would prefer to have nothing to do with Windows if he could so help. hehhe.
The reason is simple actually. I really like Bing's startup page that shows unique pictures from different parts of the world. It changes every single day. The photo geek in me could not resist (But i still rely on google for my search purposes. :)
Spring is almost here. Here's a recent cloud movement of our North America.. notice the green color of clouds are no longer accompanied by white percipitations. :) It has truly been an abundant winter, this 2010/2011 season.
As much as a my friend was amazed of Bing, there's yet another kind of 'maize' I'd like to bring up to mind... it's found in the gospel of John (but it's actually a wheat plant not corn :)
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."
John 12:24,25
'Hateth life in this world?' Some strong words. It could not possibly mean its literal means. Or could it? Yesterday my friend shared with me, when he was selling religious books two summers ago to raise money for the following semester, whenever they were dropped off in a rich neighborhood, it was very unlike that they'd make much sales. It was more likely for them to go to neighborhoods where the people were 'poorer' than these wealthy people that the colporteurs would sell their books on health and the gospel. I never knew that before. I would have thought the other way around.
"Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."
First week of work was hectic. So much to learn, so many confusing things, so early in the morning. But things are rolling smoother these days. I'm starting to know where things are kept in the lab, where boxes are stored, where things are made. I can actually help out in 'times of trouble', when tubes come in like streams of water. Just happy that tomorrow is Thursday.
Earlier today I had my breakfast in the hospital cafeteria. It was already around 9.30 when I decided to take my break. Most of everyone in the hospital had already taken their morning break, so the cafeteria was more on the empty side. It was late enough that I almost missed out on my hot cereal/oatmeal bar (not sure what's the difference), as the cafe lady was in the middle of setting up the soups for the lunch meal.
As I was eating my food next to the window aisle, I looked straight across the room and saw a man, also sitting next to the window, feeding/cheering his baby boy. Apparently the little baby needed a little persuasion to take his breakfast with joy. hehhe. Having no other form of entertainment, I took the liberty of just watching the baby's change of expression from crying to joy as meal time resumed. I thought to myself, "Man, babies take a long time to grow up don't they?" lol. "It takes at least a year until they can start to walk, another year or two until you can dialogue with them. What an effort to raise up a child. Did my dad actually go through all that in raising me?" Not long after, the man's wife came back with another toddler/still-baby-looking girl, maybe a year older than the baby boy. Looking at them this morning, made me think of my parents back home.
The Bible says, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6
"What father among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him stone? or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Luke 11:11-13
Here's a traditional song from my dad's hometown (far western part of Indonesia). I don't really understand the dialect, but the song's message: "Not by my own strength, that I'm able to walk this road. God is my Help." (Thankful for my brother-in-law who shared this song).
