Whats the Difference?

Whats the uniqueness of Christianity to others?

It is not the incarnation, nor the resurrection,
though these doctrines are essential to the Christian theology,
they are not unique.

The law of Moses,
the eight-fold path,
the five pillars of faith,
are all ways and practices to gain salvation by self works and deeds...

Christ taught something unique...
He taught about the grace of God,
that salvation cannot be earn by deeds or works of man,
but is the gift of God,
which all we need to do is to accept it...

Are We ...

... too proud?
... too boastful?
... too fake?
... too materialistic?
... too full of ourselves?
... too competitive?
... too egoistic?

We may not see ourselves that way most of the times...
but deep down everyone of us are guilty of that...
and we know it!

Been there... Done that... 3

Didn't think that I'd write this so soon after the previous post.
Matter of fact is... I've done it again!

Drowned my company's handphone last night.
It was a deadly fatality...
Hot boiling water and high speed (5xG-force at least?) spin...
Don't think it even had a chance of survival!

It lived a short life,
but it had served me well...

Washing machine VS mobile phone
the obvious winner --> w. machine

Don't try this at home!

Eat, Drink, and Enjoy Life

Can you believe that this verse is from the bible?
I would carry this sentence from the bible with me all my life to justify my enjoyment in life with food, drinks and pleasures.

So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. (Ecclesiastes 8:15a)

Unfortunately, what looks like its too-good-to-be-true can't be true. This is the problem nowadays people breaking up the scriptures to sentences they want to hear.

This is the second part of the verse:

That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8:15b)

Take note of the words 'hard work'...
No wonder life is hard...

Been there... Done that... 2

Climbed into the ceiling yesterday.
Dusty and creepy (because I watch too many horror movies? haha).
Found the source of the leak but unfortunately can't be fixed from inside the ceiling.

Therefore,
I climbed the roof today.
Walked the roof.
No, I should say I 'crawled' the roof.

The main roof beam tiles was full of cracks...
Looking at the cracks and listening to the tile-on-tile-frictions upon each step sends chills down the spine...
People say 心里不踏实,
I say 脚底不踏实...

In order to increase safety, I decided to use all four to crawl along the roof,
Not forgetting to imitate spider-man (to look cool not dodgy) just in case a passer-by see me.
The point with 'crawling' is to spread my full weight to my four limbs to different beams, roughly halving my weight on each beam.
(standing straight will concentrate all my weight to a certain point on the beam which I don't think is good)
At some weaker points, I even try sitting on the roof so I have five points of contact, so I can distribute some of my weight thru my butt as well.

Finally managed to crawl to the small crack in the tile.
Took a spare tile and cover the crack.
The spare tile was lying on the roof - don't know why.
That should roughly fix the problem and hopefully last for a few years.

Life is fragile...
Each step on the roof, the only thing that runs thru my mind was...
If the tiles break...
If I fall off the roof...
There would not be anything I could do to save myself at that point.
I might get some minor scratches and bruises,
or some fracture bones and rib,
or become paralyzed and even die.
All I could do was to take whatever safety precautions I can,
and be as careful as I can,
and say to God, 'the rest I leave it to your hands'.

I suppose the same goes for every other things we do in this life...
We can only do the best we can, and leave the rest to God.