Sunday, April 11, 2004
I'm kinda being bombarded by the golden question by my friends recently...no, not "when are you getting married" (that's the diamond question), but "what are you going to do after you graduate?"
If I'm not giving the usual crappy answer "work lah!", my best response to this question would usually be...
Sad, isn't it? After my teaching application was rejected, I'm at quite a loss what I should be aiming for as my job. My dreams of being a teacher did not shatter completely, though. I'm going to try again after I've tried out the private sector. But then, who knows? Maybe I'll get so comfortable in the private sector that I'll shelf my plans of being a teacher indefinitely. Or somewhere along the line a secondary school teaching job may just land on my lap. It's nice even just to dream about it, even though dreams rarely come true if you don't work towards it.
Many of my friends, both Christians and non-Christians, asked me why am I not in church on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The reason, although a bit unconventional, is that my church doesn't have a centralized celebration service for Good Friday. Whatever celebrations are "decentralized", meaning it's held at the cell level. This allowed the various cells to be more flexible in their planning when inviting their pre-believing friends. As for Easter Sunday, my church does have services on Sunday, but I go to the Saturday youth service. It may be on different days, but the theme and attitude is still the same--to worship God and celebrate our Lord's resurrection!
Our Ethnos network has grown by another 4 decisions! Hallelujah! Even though our network is expanding, a principle continues to guide my thoughts:
"You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things." Cool. God's also into SAF's concept of "progressive training". Little by little...
And what's more important than the salvations is to see them becoming not just disciples, but disciple-makers for Jesus.
If I'm not giving the usual crappy answer "work lah!", my best response to this question would usually be...
"I spent 4 years knowing what I do not want to do; I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to be after I graduate."
Sad, isn't it? After my teaching application was rejected, I'm at quite a loss what I should be aiming for as my job. My dreams of being a teacher did not shatter completely, though. I'm going to try again after I've tried out the private sector. But then, who knows? Maybe I'll get so comfortable in the private sector that I'll shelf my plans of being a teacher indefinitely. Or somewhere along the line a secondary school teaching job may just land on my lap. It's nice even just to dream about it, even though dreams rarely come true if you don't work towards it.
Many of my friends, both Christians and non-Christians, asked me why am I not in church on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The reason, although a bit unconventional, is that my church doesn't have a centralized celebration service for Good Friday. Whatever celebrations are "decentralized", meaning it's held at the cell level. This allowed the various cells to be more flexible in their planning when inviting their pre-believing friends. As for Easter Sunday, my church does have services on Sunday, but I go to the Saturday youth service. It may be on different days, but the theme and attitude is still the same--to worship God and celebrate our Lord's resurrection!
Our Ethnos network has grown by another 4 decisions! Hallelujah! Even though our network is expanding, a principle continues to guide my thoughts:
"The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' "
Matthew 25:20-21
"You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things." Cool. God's also into SAF's concept of "progressive training". Little by little...
And what's more important than the salvations is to see them becoming not just disciples, but disciple-makers for Jesus.
Image hosting provided by 