consumption

create and not just consume.
that is the way to maintain individuality.

is there another way? what is it

if i could ask one question to Dr Z.N:

what is heaven to you?
and is there any other way to go to it,
other than the one you are believing in right now?

Rent distribution

If you think. Giving more profit to the contractor firms instead of royalty to the state will decrease the amount of logging they have to do to achieve the same amount of money.

You're wrong. Greedy people will take more when more is offered to them.

So screw them, make logging something freaking hard and unprofitable to do. That'll keep our forest sustainable.

on the road

i'm still learning to make the right choices,
thank you for, your grace and mercy, to forgive and still accept me.

i'll become a better person,
and make wiser decisions

camping

it is really a joy to camp,
a blessed to find a person to enjoy it with.

will prepare better for the next one,
to be as comfortable for a cozy night.

things are not actions

rain.

went to inobong to camp the night.
went too late, the gate was closed. (it closes at 5.. so yeah)

in the tent we could hear the rumble of thunder in a distance,
that forecast a rainy night

woke up at 12 to take a piss,
tide down the flysheet and looped the ends over the edges,
realized that i didn't bring cordage to tie the guy lines that pull out the middle part of the flysheet to prevent it from touching the inner layer,

so much for being prepared.

"it is no used to be prepared in things, when no action is taken to use them"

choose - better

choose to be a better person.

"better person" is NOT a goal

to achieve the outcome,

it is by making the choice that

makes one a better person

"choose" is the goal

"better person" is just a natural response to it

make the right choices in life,

ask God what they are.

The little one

my plant has had bite marks on its leaf for quite some time.
i was looking for that little bugger...

today i saw it, green and fat...
a tiny bit of anger flushed through,
i picked it up with my fingers (a lil scared that it'll make me itchy)
it did the same thing of throwing up green goo that i saw happen when i did it to a younger one last time...

and dropped it onto the floor...
and was about to squash it,
the last time i let a younger one live,
my problem didn't go away..

then a flush of sadness came over me,
i suddenly remembered...

i haven't seen a butterfly for quite some time

i picked the cute lil guy off the scorching hot cement floor...
and placed him back on the the leaf i took him from...

"eat all you want lil guy"

i'm...... sorry

hope you get to grow up,
unlike some who don't get the chance

God over family

what francis chan was talking about on Christ Mission before Families

important that both parties see it commonly.

Seeking His Kingdom and righteousness first does equate that certain things will follow (riches over poverty, success over failures)

i've heard and met of many with "Pastor's Kid" syndrome. An absent dad/mom due to being 'too busy' with church affairs. (then again, it can happen to any occupation).

So as much as we love and serve God. We must also remember to love and serve others around us, our families and friends. For that i'm sure, is Christ Mission for us too. (A close balance, Matthew 12:47 Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You." 48But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?")

Matthew 19:29"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

i believe there is a right time for everything. One should not misuse "God's Work" as an escape for doing the things he should do at home.

weeds

God,
i'm like the seeds that fell among weeds.
i know your Word, it's just that i'm being chocked by this world.

i wish i could be like the seed that fell among the good soil,
multiplying for you. but i'm not like that.

God i am not like that.

take out the weeds in my life.
i want to live for you

"Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain. Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!” - Mark 4:7&8