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4:58 AM
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle,when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls . He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes." The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.The students laughed."Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions--and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else--the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. "Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand." One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?""It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked."Oh yeah," said the son."So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."The boy's father was speechless.Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have. Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends! A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world.
I got these two meaningful and interesting stories in an email. Hope you've enjoyed the stories and learnt something from it. (: Have a blessed week ahead!
2:00 AM
V
Saturday, March 03, 2007
God cares
If God sees the sparrow's fall, Paints the lilies short and tall, Gives the skies their azure hue, Will He not then care for you?
-Anon.
Keep your eyes on the Lord; He never takes His eyes off you.
God Bless! JonC
1:03 PM
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
I supposed these are all the designs for the tribe tee and logo! (: A big thank you to everyone for helping, whether to design or to suggest! Well here are all the designs collected over quite some time, look through and decide how you all want to come up with a tee from all these designs! have fun!
Cassandra's designs:
Charmaine's designs:
Rogan's designs:
Joel's designs:
Rogan's Logo:
Kaiqi's Logo:
Yup! Alrighty, have a happy total defence day everyone! <3,>
1:25 AM
V
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
What can we do?
"It is finished!"
So what can we do but thank You, What can we do but give our lives to You! Hallelujah!
2:41 AM
V
Saturday, February 10, 2007
The Pain of Love
Love C.S Lewis
Love's as hard as nails, Love is nails: Blunt, thick, hammered through The medial nerves of One Who, having made us, knew The thing He had done, Seeing (what all that is) Our cross, and His.
Imagine guys, God didn't just stay "up there" watching from afar... He WAS Christ, dying on the cross, for you and me! As Christ cried, "My God, why have you forsaken me?", imagine, the bond that was never before broken in eternity past, was broken. That triune fellowship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit was broken as the sins of the world were poured onto Christ.
Where did the sins come from?
You and me.
Pain. Christ experienced it in such a real sense! Both physical and spiritual. Physical because it's painful to die. Spiritual, because imagine how unclean He felt with all the weight of the world's sins from Adam to the last man standing on this earth.
The cross shows "God struggling with God" and just imagine, Christ could have done it some other way but He chose to live with us and experience our full spectrum of temptations, yet without sin. Even at the last moment, as He drew His dying breath, He could have called on a host of angels to come down in the twinkling of an eye. But He didn't...
Love kept Him on the cross.
Truly, love is as hard as nails my dear bros and sis... I pray even during this time as you settle in your new tribes that you'll remember this fact when you're discouraged! "For God so loved the world..." and the world is us.
God Bless, JonC
11:10 PM
V About Us
Nona Me ; Children Of God.
We are Nona-Merians, always dying to self day by day, hence the name "Noname"!
Since we have no name, we are all strangers on earth yet citizens of heaven!
We pray that we will have a loving relationship with Him moment by moment every single day of our lives!
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
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.
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an off'ring far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all...
Are we giving our all to the Saviour today?
God bless you guys
Charmaine's designs:
