reversehaven

Deplorable...
:Wednesday, June 08, 2005:

Very deplorable I see things now. Many thigns disappoint me. First of all, we have a shepherd who suddenly wants to disown her sheep! Come on! does this certain shepherd(whom I would not name) think that it's her right to be a sheep of someone and her right to have her sheep to be a responsible person and stuff like that?

Sighs. Even our God would be so sad to hear this. Because we are his sheep, and he has, like a faithful shepherd, never abandoned us. And if you think this girl i'm talking about has a very obnoxious sheep? in the first place, we all, humans, are so obnoxious to God. So detestable, so hateful. All because of the sin in our bodies. All because of the sin that is in us. Do we, or can we therefore have the right to look down on people? or do we have the right to neglect our sheep&shepherd duties?

Well, if there is so little love nowadays... much less love there will be in service, if this is the case. More and more, I'm seeing people serving for the sake of serving, serving because their friends are serving, serving for their own glory, or worst still... the most deplorable of them all,... not serving at all. Much more would they rather go for their CCA and other activities than having fellowship with likeminded brethren. At this point in time.. I can't say anything more than "check your salvation." Because as a true christian, nothing would interest you more than fellowship with likeminded CHristian brethren.

Love in service is the most important. Without love, the service you have done is without substance. imagine if the kitchen aunties in church (like my own church) prepare refreshments or cook breakfast or meals for YF camp without love. Imagine they are doing it solely because their friends are doing it. Imagine if they're doing it for themselves. how bad the food will taste! or perhaps this is not a good example. If the camp committee does not plan camps in love. If they are in the camp committee solely because their friends are in there.. What will end up is that the games will be centered on giving themselves fun rather than the campers.

Sadly enough... more and more you see these activities (camps;; etc) becoming more meaningless.. WHY? because people are lacking in love. Lacking in the right mindset, of serving God because they love God, and since they love God, they love his people too. Some ultimately stop serving because they see people who serve for their own glory and are stumbled. Well, that should not be the case, because since you gave up your service, it's as though you served originally because those people were faithful. or worse still... your pride couldn't accept the fact that they are getting all the attention.

The reversehaven spoke at 1:51 PM