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May 29 Thou Shalt Not Kill"Thou shalt not kill", as we all know, is one of the ten commandments of God. This has been stated in Exodus 20:13 and has been reiterated in Matthew 5:21,
21Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: However, atheists claim that God himself is guilty of this law. God killed people during the Great Flood, He killed during the destruction of cities such as Sodom and Gomorrah, and there are a lot of events in the Bible that God had to kill people. But atheists are mistaken because they took "though shalt not kill" literally. I'm not familiar with the Hebrew translations and stuff, but from what I understand, the sixth commandment means "Do not put anyone to death without cause." To better understand the 6th commandment, please visit Biblestudy.org. Anyway, it is true that God killed people, but I still believe that He did it because He had a cause. Godandscience.org answers the question, Thou Shalt Not Kill: Does God violate His own commandment? Though this law seems easy to abide But what makes man choose to kill or not to preserve life? Well I need not discuss all the 7 deadly sins. But there's one thing that almost everybody loves so much that sometimes they tend to love it more then Jesus. Money, money, money. According to a recent article in Planet Ark, plantation workers chose to kill endangered orangutans (note: hands cut off and slashed to death with machetes, and others with bullets through their foreheads) rather than putting up a fence or a snare to prevent these apes from stealing their crops just because they said it is cheaper to kill them. This clearly shows how man chose money over the will of God. To end, you may ask yourself, "Is killing a mosquito or a cockroach disobeying God's commandment?" Well answer first why those pests are there in the first place. May 23 Sincere Love is Humble
Pride refers to a strong sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, group, or object that one identifies with. In Christianity, pride (also vanity or arrogance) is the essentially competitive and excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God, or the worth which God sees in others; for example, Psalm 10 verse 4:
Kinds of Pride
I know that most people think that I am very proud of myself. I think so too. I also know that I am proud of my achievements, my intellect, my country, and my race; but I have learned that these are things that are just borrowed from God. So instead of being proud of myself, I would be proud of my God. Now you might think that it would still fall under spiritual pride (which in my opinion is the worst kind of pride). But being proud of Jesus does not fall under this kind. Spiritual pride refers to people who believes that they are better than others because of their religion or spirituality. As an example, "I am better than you because I am Christian and you are not." Or, "Why would I listen to someone who doesn't even believe in God." Some Christians, unfortunately, act this way. And this causes negative impression to all Christians. Although I believe their intention is to glorify God, but the way they do it, for me, is wrong. Jesus calls this type of people as hypocrites. Manifestations of Pride
Have time to think and contemplate. Are you free from pride? I did, but I'm not free from all my pride yet. But I'm working on it. God bless! May 13 Omniscience of GodLast month, I shared about the omnipresence of God (GODISNOWHERE); He is always with us anytime, anyplace. Today let me share with you about the omniscience of God I just learned in today's service in Christ Christian Fellowship (CCF). Psalm 139:1-6 describes how omniscient God is: 1O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. From the passage above, we can say that God is omniscient because:
God Knows Everything Perfectly 23this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. (Acts 2:23) Predetermined. Foreknowledge. These words indicate that God also knows the future. He knows everything that will happen. He lives in the past, in the present, and in the future. I know it is probably stupid to mix science with faith, but I can't help but wonder about Einstein's time theory. He said, "There is no difference between the past and the future in the 4-dimensional space-time-world. The present is only an illusion." Time is an illusion. I am not an expert on that topic, but from what I understand, 1 second here is not the same as 1 second in space. Even on sci-fi movies or novels, we can say that 1 second in space is probably a day or more in Earth. Since God is omnipresent, He can be in a very very far off place - too far in space that is too unimaginable by man. So God's second there can probably see the past, present, and future here on Earth. Anyway, I'm already mixing science here, but Einstein's theory is just an interesting thing to think about. Although one could argue that if God knows everything, why did He give man his own will? Well I believe that God does not make mistakes. He knows that man's will can choose to go against His will, but He took the risk because He loves us too much that He wants to mold us and He wants us to learn how to love Him as compared to creating puppets that will love Him just because He wanted to. God Knows You Intimately Have you ever experienced someone betraying you? Or have you judged someone because of their immoralities or sins that you never expected them to do? Back in college, I had a friend who I get along with very easy. We both like sports, we both like eating, we both like studying, we both like talking about girls, and we even both like to serve or give something back to our community so we both ran for student council. Unfortunately, he wasn't the friend I expected in work - he prioritized his girlfriend more, he rarely attends our meetings, and he leaves me (and my co-representatives) in the middle of a project. It got so out of hand, that we ended up fighting and say, "If only I knew he was like that, I wouldn't have asked him to run for council (since I invited him to run as well when I decided to run)." But God knows our thoughts, God knows our ways, God knows everything about us, but He would never utter the same thing I said to my old friend, or something similar. God loves us despite our sins. He knows us and He loves us. Again, one can argue that if God knows us, why does He makes us suffer? Well, most sufferings are man-made. So it is not correct to blame God for it. I used to blame God when my dad lost his job back in January 2006 (and he never got one ever since) and left our family in hunger and in poverty for 3-4 months. Now that I look back to it, it was my Dad's fault; and I have to thank God for molding me into a person I am now, enabling me to win awards with cash incentives and providing me a superb job that pays me well to support my whole family. God Knows What's Best for You God knows the future and we don't. So He knows what's best for us, and we don't. We are blinded, most of the time, by the things we want (like money, power, or short-term goals) and that usually becomes our measure of saying that something is good for us. We don't even know ourselves completely to know what is really good for us. Right now, I am ill with varicocele and I don't know what to do. I'll keep to myself what God's trying to say to me, but I know this helped me get to know Him more, and it also helped me to become a better person for me and for everyone else. I also know that He has plans for my future. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24) May 12 Laughter is the Best MedicineFor the past 3 weeks, I've been a gloomy Geo. I couldn't eat well, I couldn't work out, I couldn't go out much, and I couldn't relax I do appreciate the simple hi's, hello's and how are you's may it be online or face-to-face; but I just love when they make me laugh. After all, laughter is the best medicine. Ok, although there is a neurophysiology behind laughter, it still won't cure my varicocele. But at least it does make me feel good and makes me forget about the pain I'm having constantly. I have to thank my  This is just a warped face of Mela Sogono taken by Carlos Lasa Hilarious. That picture always makes me Laugh.Out.Loud. I even saved it in my phone so I can always look at it and laugh at it. I also saved the Facewarp application in my Nokia N70 to take more warped faces of my friends.  May 10 The Balls to Check Your BallsTwo weeks ago while working out, I was bothered by a dull ache on my testicles. So after working out, I did a self-examination in the shower to check if I feel hard bumps on my balls. I don't really know how to do it, but I thought it was somehow similar to Sariling Salat sa Suso advertisement back when I was a kid. Basic check: are there any hard bumps? NONE.
But after a few days, I was still feeling that dull ache and it was really getting bothersome. I had no choice but to go to our clinic. It was really embarassing at first (since our Doctor is a girl), but I had to do it. Based from the description I told her, she thought it was hernia; also because I work out without wearing a supporter. But she advised me to go see a specialist - a urologist.
So I went to Makati Medical Center to see Dr. Stephen Nazareth.
So what is it? Varicocele is an abnormal enlargement of the veins in the scrotum draining the testicles (Wikipedia). To make me feel not so bad:
Although they don't happen to every guy, varicoceles are fairly common. They appear in about 15% of guys between 15 and 25 years old, and they mostly occur during puberty. (Teenshealth) Guess I'm part of the 15%... and unfortunately, there is no way to prevent a varicocele; it usually needs no special treatment. So I just need to endure the dull aches that I might be having once in a while. Poor me.... And for those of you who are wondering, I still have the ability to impregnate. Though some experts believe that varicocele might damage the testicle or decrease sperm production. But if that's the case, I can go for a surgery. Oh noes!
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