Quote of the Day

"Is that the guy you hate as much as your religion will allow?" asked he.

"Yep!" says I.

Then I referenced Proverbs 25...

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

²² In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the LORD will reward you.

If I really believe in a big powerful God, it's much better to entrust Him to give justice. He's bigger and badder than I am.

you studied WHAT in college?

Received the below in the email bin recently:

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To: lg

From: recent acquantaince

Subject: From theater to facilities management???

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My degree is in musical theatre performance, proud graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. It was a fantastic program and I love the great American Musical! And yes I know every word of every song in Oklahoma! And today I'm in corporate America.

The story is that I went into college with Broadway in mind, and came out of school with Jesus in mind. During my college years I read the Bible for the first time. Just picked it up and read it, and was really surprised! It was good! All kinds of good stuff about life, about God, about how people work, about history, really fascinating. And I was reminded of something I already sort of knew - I was a sinner, Jesus was perfect, and his death was a payment. More on that here.

So I knew I wanted to learn more. And I knew the life of an actor was taking any job at all in any city, any continent, and frequently touring. So I prayed, "God I think I should stay in one spot to learn about You. And I know you can give me an acting career later on. Would you give me a job I like just a little bit in the meanwhile?"

Landed at a fun tech company in the facilities management department, all the while in one city, able to attend the same church and regular Bible studies. And I like the job! :-)

Pleasing

“A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

- Ghandi

“But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.”

- Oscar Wilde

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby

For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

- Bible

If we agree with the above quotes, we would agree that pleasing everybody has its pitfalls. The pitfall - I think - boils down to choosing the easy immediate rather than the long term best. And as a follower of Jesus, I believe that the long term best is being loyal to Jesus above all else. Not that I am always successful at it - but it's a goal :-)

Whaddya think? Agree? Disagree?

Ah, Chinglish...

Received today:

Laura had been to Chinese country but she haven't users the Laptop in the Chinese country,