Mother's love..

Why are you crying, a young boy asked his Mom?

"Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said,
"And you never will, but that's O.K.".......

Later the little boy asked his father,
"Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?".
"All women cry for no reason," was all his Dad could say......

The little boy grew up and became a man,
still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked "God, why do women cry so easily?"

GOD answered......

"When I made woman,
I decided she had to be special.
I made her shoulders
strong enough to carry
the weight of the world, yet,
made her arms gentle enough to give comfort...

I gave her the inner strength
to endure childbirth
and the rejection
that many times will come
even from her own children.

I gave her a hardness
that allows her
to keep going and take care
of her family and friends,
even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and fatigue without
complaining....

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all
circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly....

She has the very special power to make a child's boo-boo feel better and
to quell a teenager's anxieties and fears....

I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults
and I fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart....

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but
sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly....

For all of this hard work,
I also gave her a tear to shed.
It is hers to use
whenever needed and !
it is her only weakness....
When you see her cry,
tell her how much you love her, and all she does for everyone, and even though
she may still cry, you will have made her heart feel good.
 

She is special!
Please send this to women you know, and those with mothers,
sisters, and special women in their lives.
 

But, also send this to men so they will understand about what a
wonderful thing a woman is.
Each day is a mountain that must be climbed; with courage each step
gets easier.

Love your Mother Always

and keep her Smiling

Sharing is caring..(this one is from my previous blog..)

            

The Beginning of Adventism

                  

                   When Jesus died for all mankind, was personal salvation secured for all who chose to receive it? Could the disciples of Jesus have the assurance that they would be saved because of the cross? Absolutely. Were there any Seventh-day Adventists standing around the cross? No. That happened eighteen hundred years before Adventism appeared on the scene. Yet forgiveness of sins and the assurance of salvation was offered right then to all who believed. So Adventism was not called into existence to offer the people the assurance of salvation, was it? That was taken care of long before there was an Adventist.

                    When Jesus was inaugurated as our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary, to intercede for mankind for the next eighteen hundred years, were there any Adventists around then? It seems that Adventism was not needed for that work either. The work of Jesus in sprinkling our prayers with the incense of His righteousness was initiated long before there was an Adventist. The ministry of the Holy Spirit in nurturing and caring for Christians in a church setting did not need the existence of Adventism at all.

                     Now all of these things are vital to Christianity, and we are to hold them as very important for us today, but Adventists have inherited these truths from others. These truths were established without any need for the existence of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Then why was Adventism needed? Revelation 14:7 tells us to “Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.” Now the hour of God’s judgment began in 1844, and with it began the final atonement, the cleansing of the sanctuary, and the blotting out of sin. Was this the time period when Adventism appeared on the scene? Could it be that the existence of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is directly and intimately related to the cleansing of the sanctuary? Is that the reason for its existence? But what does this all mean? What are the issues at stake?

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Priorities

                         The primary mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the vindication of God. It will be accomplished though the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary. But before the sanctuary in heaven can be cleansed from all the records of sin, the sanctuary of our hearts must be cleansed from the pollution which continues to dishonor God’s name. Adventism is all about God’s victory in the great controversy, as He finishes His six thousand year struggle against the lies of Satan.

                          The secondary mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is world mission and outreach through Bible studies and soulwinning. When the primary mission is understood and addressed, the secondary mission will find abundant success. If we try to reverse these priorities, as we have been doing for many years, we will continue to fail. Outreach alone is not the solution to our sickness. We have been putting the cart before the horse, and it simply hasn’t worked. If outreach is to be successful, it must flow from a consecrated and obedient heart.

                             Remember that Christ’s efforts while on earth were to restore His people to obedience from the heart. Likewise our outreach must flow from total obedience and total love, with no more rationalizing so that we can do what our selfish hearts desire. We must abandon cultural values to determine what is right and wrong. Most of the problems in the Adventist Church today are the result of placing cultural values above a “thus saith the Lord.” Will we decide once and for all to obey God, or will we continue to try to force Him to do it our way? The way we answer this question will determine the success or failure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

The advantages of multiculturalism..(another writing's work.. sorry for any error that I'd did)

           If you’re not lazy, you’re not Malay,

           If you don’t cheat, you’re not Chinese,

           If you don’t drink, you’re not Indian.

          

           Quoted from a book entitled ‘Honk! If you are Malaysian’ by Lydia Teh had clearly reflect on the racial stereotypes of some or most citizen in Malaysia, an example of multiracial country. These lopsided viewers of different races and cultures were not just existed in this country but also in other different multiracial country. Why should this non-relevant issue raised instead of being grateful with peculiarities of many cultural practice shared and gained as a multiracial country? Due to these, nurturing multiculturalism spirit is vital as it give many advantages to multiracial country.

             Multiculturalism is defined as the acceptance or promotion of multiple ethnicity culture applied and being together in the same society. It helps people that come from different background to learn and understand more about others social background. This will help to avoid misunderstanding and racial prejudices among citizen which can cause riot and lead to a political instability. Besides, we should not feel threatened with other culture and religious. It is really not a big deal at all, instead, the citizen will become more aware and appreciate their own culture and religious to assure the continuity of their culture and learn deeper about their religious so that the next generation knows better about it. As quoted by a French social philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1889), ‘Though is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life, what is most important for it is not that all citizen profess the true religion but that they should profess religion’.

             Furthermore, multiculturalism is also an effort in recognizing cultural diversity and promoting the equality of all cultural and tradition which will give great absurdities of multicultural country’s lifestyle. The problem of ethnocentric can be overcome and people will find it easier work hand in hand when doing things that required commitment and corporation among them which comes from different culture. Through this, unity bonding will become stronger as there is more cultural relativism between the people in the country. In addition, people that instill multiculturalism within themselves are less likely to suffer from culture shock when go abroad or enter a new society as they are easier to accept new culture and adapt themselves in a new place.

            Apart from these, it can become the asset of tourism. Varieties of culture that practices in the country can attract people from around the world to know more about this and visit the multicultural country to experience and watch the uniqueness of varies culture there. This will help the country to be better known in worldwide, and help in increasing the country’s income. As stated in the TravelDailyNews.com in the article entitled ‘A New Model For European Tourism Is Needed’, ‘The necessity for European Union (EU) to develop a new tourism model based on European multicultural principle and values was highlighted by the Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Mrs. Irini Pari at her key-note speech during the luncheon of the conference.

           In conclusion, multiculturalism should be highly considered and instill in all of us especially when living in a multiracial country. As the saying goes, ‘there is no peace without unity’, through this, prosperous and peaceful country will be gained and no more pain and problem of culture rivalry among the citizen of multiracial country.

Malaysia in 2057 (one of my first writing's homework, sorry for the grammatical error and etc..)

Previously, we had heard about the ‘2020 Vision’ that was been stated by our fourth minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir. This is the time when our country is expected to become a well-developed country. However, have we ever wondered about what is waiting for us beyond the year 2020? Probably most of my 19-year-old contemporaries do not think beyond the year 2030, let alone myself but to be asked about the future that illuminates 2057 the current trend of development is a foreshadow of what is to come 47 years from now on. In 2057, our country may be one with advanced technology and preserved cultural values, but the recent trend of advancement in our country suggested that these two elements will not walk hand in hand.
It is acceptable to say that Malaysia may become a superb well-developed country in 2057. Nature friendly cars will be available and used by all the citizen of Malaysia instead of using the heavy polluting of carbon fuel car that we have now. The risk of polluting the air will be reduced with the usage of this technology. Apart from these, big improvement in public transport such as eco and nature friendly vehicles. For instance, our monorails, buses, and other public transportations will be substituted with superb transportations that are complete with amazing technologies. These transportations will be faster, safer and reachable to almost every part of Malaysia. Besides, there will be many sky crappers and facilities around Malaysia. These will make Malaysia’s to be on par with other developing countries.
As the saying goes, ‘there’s a price for the development of technologies’. The acceleration of our technologies will cause the deprecation of cultural values. It will bring a bad future for our culture as to pay the price of modernization that we enjoy during that time. Most of the youngsters are lack of knowledge about their culture, either their traditional culture or the previous Malaysian norms culture. They will not have interest in joining the traditional festivals that our forefather used to celebrate every year. More than that, they also might lose the ‘assabiah spirit’ which is the spirit of living together as one big family in a community as they are busy enjoying the technologies. Their outfits are also be heavily influenced by the western style with shorter and small shirts that considered as trendy and nice to be wear in public. The worst thing is that most citizens might lead an immoral lifestyle. Pre marital sex, same-sex relationship and abortions will be common to us due to the levelling of our country development with other developed countries.
But, since we cannot predict but we can expect our country to be according to the trend that we have nowadays, the problems of having a bad future culture can be avoided with the aid of alternative situations for technologies and cultural values to co-exist. For example, in religious term, mobile phone manufacturers have developed popular phones for Muslim users that support their religious practices. Firstly, by reminding them when it is time to pray, secondly by orientating them towards Mecca and thirdly by disabling incoming calls for 20 minutes. Although these phones are already being produced, but it still can be improve in 2057 to be better with more features such as make reminders of any festival celebrated or providing more information about religiosity and cultural information in the gadgets invented.

Thus, although Malaysia will grow into a well-develop country, the cultural value that we have should not be left aside. Some sort of things that we have in our life would be better if undergo improvement. But, there are valuable things that should be preserves for the sake of our well-being.