Whirlwind

Awesome I get two double u’s in this one title alone. So it now becomes a double double u… err…. ba dum ching!

I love wordplays and puns, that probably does not qualify as one, however this is one really good one (or bad one depending on how you look at it) that I got from an Archie comic is “Why are noses in the middle of the face?”… “Because it is the scenter“. Cool. I digress.

Time really did fly by like a whirlwind. And just like a whirlwind, it left rather eventful happenings in its wake. For the purposes of this post, I’m implying a whirlwind to be similar to a tornado, but I’m pretty sure there are marked differences between the two, but who cares.

Keeping it simple, it’s so close to the end of the year, it is very tempting to make this the reflective post to consolidate the happenings of the year however it won’t quite do justice to what really happened in the past couple of months. So I guess I’ll talk about November and December here, (after the break) and in a subsequent post which should be out in a couple of days will ramble about the year in general (no promises though).

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Worship

[Note: This post was completely intended for the 13th of December, did not manage to post it up because my time ran out in the net cafe lol, nonetheless I'm posting this up just purely out of the interest of any potential readers lol.]

I would much prefer to keep a title like this for something very deep and meaningful, expounding on the necessity of worship in a Christian life. However, this really is a sorry excuse to try and keep my titles all starting with the wonderful letter “double-u”. I don’t know why it’s called double-u when it appears to look more like a double-v. Oh well. Apologies to the odd reader who would have read my shodily created post prior to this one. Just read it again, and well put plainly, it does not do those beautiful watches justice. I’m sure there was plenty of gramatical and spelling errors, but I’m sure it would be forgivable, considering those that I have seen here in Hong Kong.

Example would be “Levi Color Pants Have Back!”, it took me a good few minutes to decipher what the hell that meant exactly. I mean, how colourful can your ass be? Then it dawned upon me that it meant “Levi Color Pants ARE Back”. But the one that takes the cake (actually there are plenty, just that they are not coming to mind now) is a sign outside the majority of small shops in a young trendy shopping arcade area that says “Sales Wanted”. Now I actually find this quite funny, because what shop does not want sales?? But with further unravelling it actually means Sales people wanted.

Okay was goign to talk about something else that that paragraph could have linked to, but now this 10 minutes remaining in Chinse sign is flashing, so i probably could not have finished with the original intent of this post of which I’ve deviated from with 300 words from this point here. (Serious)

So what I really intended this post to be about was actually a recap of what was, is and is to come in my Hong Kong and soon to be China trip. However I shall just ramble on my anticipation for this weekend. (5 mins oh noes)

This weekend, on Friday night and Saturday arvo, will be having to run some worship sessions. Friday night would probably be some preaching on biblical principles of worship, and Sunday arvo is supposed to be a very practical session on how to have the worship flow, skills etc. ALL THIS FROM just a very ordinary keyboardist who can’t sing, and keep rhythm. LoL. As Chu Sir says from the word of God, not by might not by power but by the spirt. So let’s put it this way, in this next 2 mins, I really need to depend on God. Thought there would be an experienced translator, but no, it’s going to be ps david. Let’s pray that nothing would be lost in translation. Nonetheless word of god is there and most important, the spir

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Watch

Right now I’m in a net cafe with 5 minutes left to try and write something nice and flowy.

Walking around the streets of Mong Kok reignited my fixation on beautiful simple watches like this one by Issey Miyake.

I’m tending towards the blue one… but no money lol

Another really manly watch struck me at that shop, but can’t remember the name

most likely will walk by it tmr and maybe pick up some clothes

Sucks in that now hong kong the fashion is mainly black white and grey….

oh well picked up a pair of shoes… post that picture when i get more time

i think this is all i have time to write

but will try and make another post about whats going to be happening for the weekend

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White Throne / Wake

As of 1 month and a bit since my last post, I am found on my white throne pondering and awaiting on my next epiphanic inspiration to continue on with this blog. The one and only one excuse, is that I was busy…. actually it was more of the case of could not be stuffed coupled with some shaped internet but as I might have alluded in the creation of this blog, the white throne and the many stories that accompany it might surface on this blog eventually, just not today.

This really brings me to the 2nd title that follows the forward slash (or is it backwards, I really don’t know). Wake. Why? Because right now its 7am, I have not slept to actually experience waking up for the day, however I am at the wake of embarking on another “mission trip” to Hong Kong / China. In about 3 hours I’ll be flying off from Perth airport into the blue yonder to touch down in my beloved fragrant harbour.

Mission trip in quotation marks because that is how the church tends to like to see it as. Personally, I believe it detracts away from what the original intention of the word “mission”. The word mission is frequently synonymous with going away from home (usually overseas) for a period of time to do the work of God. However when you sit down and think about it, going overseas for a couple of weeks to minister and spread the gospel, how much impact is there really? Sure God is sovereign and He definitely does all things for good, and good will be gleaned from the seeds sown in the short trip, however that cannot be just it, it has to be a long lasting impact. Afterall somewhere in the Word of God it says something along the lines that if a person was to be born again into the truth and salvation that Jesus brings, but then turns around back to his worldly ways again, his spiritual being will be damaged even more (like I said, not to sure about this passage exactly but the gist isthere).

With that thus, these “short-term” mission trips that we frequently partake on, really is an awareness trip. Rightly so in that it allows us to become aware of the needs of those that we don’t immediately see, and to stir within our hearts to recognise what breaks God’s own heart. Afterall, Jesus came to save those that were down and out, lost and hurting, and the sinners.

The word missions often evokes within me a sense of a goal that is to be fulfilled. Hence if going on a short 3 week trip to Hong Kong and China to evangelise and minister is considered missions, I believe that does not do the biblical definition of missions justice. When you take into account that the great commision has all Christians to bring the word and disciple people in all nations, and all means all, no buts, therefore the momment we step into salvation we begin missions. Missions is a lifestyle neccesary of the Christian faith.

I’ve rambled on this quite a bit, but now my ride to the airport is here so I’ll try to update this blog when I get the opportunity to. Till then pray for me 

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