pics taken during several mugging sessions!

today, i finally gotta rest ;) i enjoy having time for myself too. i like having a day off to do things in a unrush manner.

i was think how i can make my prayer life more interesting. and an idea came! i gonna start w having a theme per according to the fruit of the spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control)

this wk theme is:

Matthew 22:37-49

(NIV)

37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[a] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b]

(The message)

Jesus said, "'Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.' This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.'

(Contemporary English Version)

Jesus answered:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. 38This is the first and most important commandment. 39The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, "Love others as much as you love yourself."

What does it mean to love God?

we need to know God. as the verse says, love God w ur passion, prayer and intelligence. love is not blind! (not what the dramas teaches us) u need to know who u are loving , what is so worthy for this love. love is a devotion (Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person). to love is to give your all.

What does it mean to love myself?

Love others as much as you love yaself. be4 u can learn to love others, we need to learn to love ourself. its not those kind of self-centred love on ourself. loving ourself means to appreciate how God has created us to be, knowing that we are not lousy, we do have our shortcomings, we are imperfect but we do have our strength too! learning to love yaself is impt. if we cant even appreciate & love the way we are created, how can we love others?

wow, its interesting to find out more abt the Word. i learnt smth today!

my prayer:

"God, help me to learn to love myself as how u've loved and created me. times i feel lousy abt myself, may you remind me of ya love; that i am beautifully and wonderfully made ;). God, also help me to love you and obey you each day. so that in return i can love others more too. in ya name i pray, amen"

ok gotta go...will try to blog my learnings as often as possible ;)

**mac delivery call center, hire me k?!! haha. gonna call them up tml. hope i can work there!! ;p