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SIGH

Posted on | January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment


I haven't been so emo in my life. My heart is seriously broken to pieces. What IN THE WORLD?

I'm not sad because churches are bombed, I'm not sad because of condemnation and oppression. I'm completely crushed by the fact that people just missing the point of it all. I can't stop thinking... WHY... WHY IN THE WORLD did the issue even started? WHY the CHILDISH... NAIVE... argument of who the word Allah belongs to.

DUDE! WE BELONG TO GOD! He is supposed to be the one taking the wheel of our lives. HE is the one shaping us. HE is LOVE and HE is our loving Father. Why does it seem that the whole thing is upside down? Why are people trying to FIGHT for one word like babies fight for TOYS? We are His!

It is in fact non-relevant at all to our personal relationship with God and how much it makes US His proud followers. Why the uproar? Will the fight make you anymore closer to God? Will the fight make you anymore 'spiritual'? Will the fight make any uplifting difference at all to your life and the life of others? Will it? NO! So why the fight?

I don't think I am pissed, I don't think I am angry, I am just really really crushed inside. I can't really explain why. Maybe this is what it feels to have your heart broken for what breaks God's.

My response?

"But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" - Matthew 5:44
"Tetapi sekarang Aku berkata kepada kamu: Kasihilah musuh kamu dan berdoalah bagi orang yang menganiaya kamu." -Matius 5:44

"Do to others as you would have them do to you. " -Luke 6:31
"Apa yang kamu ingin orang lain lakukan untuk kamu, lakukanlah hal itu untuk mereka." - Lukas 6:31

"Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." - Luke 23:34
"Yesus berkata,"Ya Bapa, ampunilah mereka! Mereka tidak mengetahui apa yang dilakukan oleh mereka."" - Lukas 23:34

All I feel like doing right now is to get a whole bunch of people and start praying, walls need to be torn down, justice needs to prevail, righteousness needs to be uplifted. We need to love each other so much more no matter who we are and where we are from. Malaysia needs freedom and liberation, this is about the free will we are given by God, this is about human rights not respected. Just like how prayer brought down the Berlin walls, this invinsible wall we have here needs to be torn down, something must be done. People are saying things like waiting for the world to change, but I believe we are all called to be a part of the change.

The people at Sabah and Sarawak who are a thousand times more liberal in this sense which I believe is because of their great relationship with God is fully in shock about this. They have signboards of churches everywhere, verses of encouragement by the roads and prayer rallies in public 'datarans' forever. And most definately not mentally chained and restricted to publicly talk about their faith. A few of us had a chat with Tabitha (a new friend we got to know) from Sabah who joined us for conference at the Subang Parade McDs the other day. She was actually very curious and astonished by how we do not have the freedom to everything they have freedom for, so much so that sometimes they even take it for granted. The 'A' word has been used in their Bible for as long as before the country even achieved independance, in fact I am a proud owner of one and no UPROARS happened whatsoever.

For those who still don't get the naiveness of this issue. I have 2 friends, Timothy Goh and Timothy Hong. It's like both of them ended up fighting to use the name Timothy because apparently that word DEFINES who they are. Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, I would like to make it clear that WHO YOU ARE is defined INSIDE.

Tun Mahathir was probably right, this issue shouldn't be settled by law.

I shall add on: It shouldn't exist at all! =)

JoFan. Turn from ourselves, look beyond, there is so much more than this.

Tear down the walls see the world
Is there something we have missed
Turn from ourselves
Look beyond
There is so much more than this
And I dont need to see it to believe it
I dont need to see it to believe it
Cause I cant shake this
Fire deep inside my heart

Look to the skies hope arise
See His majesty revealed
More than this life there is love
There is hope and this is real

Cause I dont need to see it to believe it
I dont need to see it to believe it
Cause I cant shake this fire burning
Deep inside my heart

This life is Yours and hope is rising
As Your glory floods our hearts
Let love tear down these walls
That all creation would
Come back to You
Its all for You

Your Name is glorious
Glorious
Your love is changing us
Calling us
To worship in spirit and in truth
As all creation returns to You

Oh for all the sons and daughters
Who are walking in the darkness
You are calling us to lead them back to You
We will see Your spirit rising
As the lost come out of hiding
Every heart will see this hope we have in You

PS: Janice and Selena is right, there's nothing I can skip bolding in this lyrics.

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  1. Janice
    January 9th, 2010 @ 4:16 pm

    Honestly bro , you've written down everything I would wanna say. And it's great to have an awesome bro like you who can link with me ;D We shall have a long journey together ahead of us , along with all our bros and sis in Christ , united together to serve our big J. Prayer meeting mou ? :D

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