God is an unchanging god

 So there's this idea that  God never changes right?

but if we read the Bible, multiple times people have been able to 'change' God's mind when they pleaded with Him. Think of Moses, Abraham and many other old testament prophets.

God was like, "I'm not gonna let the Isrealites into the promise land because they keep complaning and don't trust me, even after all I've brought them through" 

and Moses: "aww common, You did so much for us already! what would people say if you left us to die? They'll say You weren't powerful enough to defeat the Amalakites and deliver on Your promise. That'll make You look bad aye?"

God: "Yeah okay you know what, only the kids get to go into the land, and the two guys that saw what was good instead of the bad..."

If God was an all knowing god, already knowing what's going to happen in the future (predestined),

why does He still want to create anything in the first place? especially if it's gonna turn on Him or hurt Him? i.e Adam and Eve was gonna disobey Him, why put the tree of knowledge and give them a command that they could disobey? Humanity was going to sin, He would have to sacrifice His Son Jesus to save us, why make humans at all?

See, I think certain aspects of God is unchanging. His reason for doing things. His promises, His character, His personality. Those things don't change.  

but humans.. humans do change

see, slavery used to be bad aye?

blacks used to be lower class that whites...

actually almost everything in the past repeats a cycle over and over again.

from good, to bad to good again

and then bad

will God accept homosexuals? hmm well in the bible He did smite Sodom and Gomorrah, but was it because of their deviant behaviours? or was it because they were just wicked

God is love right? what is the most loving thing to do?

what would love do?

Progressive Christianity accepts gays and lesbians into their church

well, some churches still dont accept electric guitars and drums

hmm, its really really hard to put a finger on whom is right and whom is wrong

but i think its not so much about saying that the other is bad or not acceptable or not

gee...

how do we all live peacefully

hedgehog's dilemma

 heh the post on upgrading to win10 was actually my 1000th post.

what a way for it to have taken the spot eh...

to think that it would have been something mind blowing or substantial to be written out for such an 'iconic' post number. i guess not everything is glitters

today is 23rd August, Crystal's brithday btw, i didn't plan anything much.

we wanted to go to rainbows end, but i guess that cant happen now with the lockdowns

sigh NZ went back into lockdowns, COvid manage to sneak in from australia

watcching Neon Genesis Evangelion EP4

Shinji reminds me so much of myself.... "doing something" just for the thought of others.

so that other's wont need to 'suffer' or hurt themselves,

i'll be the one to sacrifice myself for the 'greater good'

heh, this messiah complex,

i wonder why i've still no gotten over it

he just.. ran away

just resigned

just... went on with being his own self

do the things that he wanted to do,

not because other people wanted it of him

the Hedgehog's Dilemma

he speaks out like that (in a un nice way)

because he doesn't know how else to express himself

finally upgraded to windows 10

     So it's about time eh

finally made the jump from windows 7 to windows 10

why?

because windows 7 couldn't run blizzards Diablo 2 

and i wanted to play with Wythe

but even after installing it,

i can't play it because the graphics of this Acer Aspire v3-471G laptop is only a Geforce GT 630M 2GB

talk about ancient tech eh. i still love this laptop so much

owh well

life is quite good without being able to play games anyway. haha

self knowledge

 i dont really know myself nowadays

i wish i did.

i think my life is being too fragmented by all the things that are going on in the world.

do i really need to know?

do i really need to care?

God's wisdom

All wisdom is God's, 

Whether written in His Word or not. 

linkedin dump for my info..... so cringy

 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters"​ - Colossians 3:23

I like to ask questions if I'm unsure of something. I believe that consistent communication is vital to prevent simple misunderstandings which may lead to bigger consequences. Hence, we should avoid assumptions as much as possible by getting as clear a picture obtainable. More important than money, interest and desire to learn are the main components of taking up a task. However if the need arises, servant hood is chosen above leadership.

Sabbath is a day of rest.

podcast n thoughts

Podcast

Are good

Makes me think

Wish i had time to pause and 

Wrote down thoughts to look back at later

habits

Habits and loops,

Ques, Rutines and Rewards

The small little wins, 

The freed mental space. 

Discipline and will power, 

Mental conditions and states of mind,

The brain physically changes, 

Biology is based on chemistry. 

Dopamine, cortisol and hormones, 

Feelings of euphoria in rewards, 

Cravings.... 

Get into a safe environment, 

Have people around.

Not in a room by yourself, 

With the door held open with a stopper

loss of contentment

You dont need to know everything

lost and found

Monday morning so foggy,

Tuesday wind blew strong, 

Lost my redmi casing, 

Found on a Wednesday morning.

law breaker

As an unclean woman she should have stayed away from people.
Her faith resulted in disobedience to the rules and norms of Jewish society.

Her faith may have resulted in disobedience, but more importantly her faith led her to Jesus.
Faith leads people to Jesus.

temperature (DHT11) with LCD (via i2c)

# Drive 16x2 LCD with i2c LCD

import smbus

import time

# get drives for dht11

import dht11

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

# define device parameters

I2C_ADDR = 0x27 #address for GPIO pin to LCD

LCD_WIDTH = 16 #Max characters per line

# define GPIO to LCD mapping

Temp_sensor = 14

# Define some device constants

LCD_CHR = 1 # Mode - Sending data

LCD_CMD = 0 # Mode - Sending command

LCD_LINE_1 = 0x80 # LCD RAM address for the 1st line

LCD_LINE_2 = 0xC0 # LCD RAM address for the 2nd line

LCD_LINE_3 = 0x94 # LCD RAM address for the 3rd line

LCD_LINE_4 = 0xD4 # LCD RAM address for the 4th line

LCD_BACKLIGHT  = 0x08  # On

#LCD_BACKLIGHT = 0x00  # Off

ENABLE = 0b00000100 # Enable bit

# Timing constants

E_PULSE = 0.0005

E_DELAY = 0.0005

#Open I2C interface

#bus = smbus.SMBus(0)  # Rev 1 Pi uses 0

bus = smbus.SMBus(1) # Rev 2 Pi uses 1

def main():

  # Main program block

  GPIO.setwarnings(False)

  GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)       # Use BCM GPIO numbers

  instance = dht11.DHT11(pin = Temp_sensor)

  # Initialise display

  lcd_init()

  while True:

        #get DHT11 sensor value

        result = instance.read()

    # Send some test

        if result.is_valid():

                lcd_string("temp:"+str(result.temperature)+" C",LCD_LINE_1)

                lcd_string("humid:"+str(result.humidity)+"%",LCD_LINE_2)

                time.sleep(3) # 3 second delay

                lcd_string("wohooo ",LCD_LINE_1)

                lcd_string("now to get it online",LCD_LINE_2)

                time.sleep(3)

def lcd_init():

  # Initialise display

  lcd_byte(0x33,LCD_CMD) # 110011 Initialise

  lcd_byte(0x32,LCD_CMD) # 110010 Initialise

  lcd_byte(0x06,LCD_CMD) # 000110 Cursor move direction

  lcd_byte(0x0C,LCD_CMD) # 001100 Display On,Cursor Off, Blink Off 

  lcd_byte(0x28,LCD_CMD) # 101000 Data length, number of lines, font size

  lcd_byte(0x01,LCD_CMD) # 000001 Clear display

  time.sleep(E_DELAY)

def lcd_byte(bits, mode):

  # Send byte to data pins

  # bits = data

  # mode = True  for character

  #        False for command

  bits_high = mode | (bits & 0xF0) | LCD_BACKLIGHT

  bits_low = mode | ((bits<<4) & 0xF0) | LCD_BACKLIGHT

  # High bits

  bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR, bits_high)

  lcd_toggle_enable(bits_high)

  # Low bits

  bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR, bits_low)

  lcd_toggle_enable(bits_low)

  # Toggle 'Enable' pin

 # lcd_toggle_enable()

def lcd_toggle_enable(bits):

  # Toggle enable

  time.sleep(E_DELAY)

  bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR, (bits | ENABLE))

  time.sleep(E_PULSE)

  bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR,(bits & ~ENABLE))

def lcd_string(message,line):

  # Send string to display

  message = message.ljust(LCD_WIDTH," ")

  lcd_byte(line, LCD_CMD)

  for i in range(LCD_WIDTH):

    lcd_byte(ord(message[i]),LCD_CHR)

if __name__ == '__main__':

  try:

    main()

  except KeyboardInterrupt:

    pass

  finally:

    lcd_byte(0x01, LCD_CMD)

    lcd_string("Goodbye!",LCD_LINE_1)

    GPIO.cleanup()

did trees die before the fall of man?

 i wonder if trees ever died before the fall of man.

was death caused by 'sin'. adam and eve's disobedience to God's command not to eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge?

heaven, what if it really is like a place with no suffering,

where everyone just accepts their lot in life,

i dont want to have 'responsibilities' after i die, (yeah i'm kinda lazy, and the word kinda makes me think of 'work')

however, if it was do something i'd love to do for eternity i wouldn't mind...

what if heaven is like that, being able to do what we were intended to do from the start

what did God intent for me to do? what was His plan?

hmm...

in nature, everything plays its part,

every organism has its role,

no one is bad nor good,

things grow, reproduce seeds, die

bacteria decomposes the dead into nutrients

for the next generation to use,

it's all a cycle really,

a circle of life,

death and rebirth,

and endless cycle

(i guess that's why the Buddhist keeps trying to escape it)

hmmm..

heaven

where everything is in perfect harmony with each other

no more suffering, no more pain,

no more wars, only peace....

will there still be freedom?

will there still be individuality?

how could a place be conflict free if everyone was still able to keep their own mind,

transformation,

the process of sanctification here on earth 

that's why its so important,

this Christianity thing,

it's preparing each of us for eternity in a way no other process would

heaven isn't a goal, it isn't a destination

it's a process, it's a place where we come to at the end,

it's what's beyond the journey,.. after we've walked it

and it's in this journey,

that we face the struggles, obstacles and challenges in life

that would give us the opportunity to make choices,

that would mould our character

yes...

this is why we're still on earth,

we're not ready for heaven yet

keep on living

there will be joy

purposely intention (刻意 Kèyì) vs special intention (特意 Tèyì)

 刻意 -Kèyì

so apparently, there's this saying in chinese called Ke(4) Yi(4) which means "deliberately" when translated into english. But see in english the word deliberately can be used for both good and bad actions/intentions.

Ke yi is doing something on purpose KNOWING that it is bad.

like, i know it its wrong to do this at my work place,
but i still choose to do it.

mind blowing eh,

if you have a word in language that actually describes this malice (恶意, Èyì)

... hmmm... well maybe the english language also has it haha.

but anyways..

the oppposite of Keyi is Tèyì (特意)

Which is like.. doing something good, (but translates to "specially" on google translate)

i think it's like.. benovelent? (仁慈 Réncí)

anyways... i just asked my GF whom speaks chinese.

so yeah the 意 Yi means intention

刻 Ke is purposely

特 Te is specially 

so the examples she gaves was

use keyi for not throwing out the rubbish (even though you know you should do it)

and teyi for preparing a present for someone (something good you'd wanna do)

tadaaa! some chinese lessons for today,

feel free to correct me in the comments or give your opinions about it

owhhh and there's another: 故意 Gùyì

its used when you're accusing someone of doing something bad.. lol

male vs man

"A male seeks to be served; a Man seeks to be of service." - Dondré Whitfield

loss of contentment

You dont need to know everything

universal theme: wisdom

Elim church: a little bit of wisdom

A book on wisdom by tim keller

Book of proverbs chapter 1

wellbeing

Wellbeing 10/10

Omly possible with Christ

hi God

"hi God,

How are you feeling today?" 

Ia a conversation I'd like to have in the morning

authentic salvation

Salvation is

Fully Becoming who we are supposed to be