"Yes, even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of anything, because You are with me. You have a walking stick with which to guide and one with which to help. These comfort me. "
- Psalm 23:4 (New Life Version)

I have put it up in this NLV version, which is easier to understand it.. What I mean by "the valley of the shadow of death", to put into our modern context, is about all our tough times in our life, all the obstacles, difficulties or troubles that we faced in our life.

Speaking of which, God reminded me about all of us here living in a broken world..

"We live in a broken world which has never been healthier, wealthier or bizarrely, free of conflict, but some 500 kilometers south of here they die of want, ... It's not only intellectually absurd, but also morally repulsive."
-Bob geldof

This quote really describes this world very well.. Especially the one about "free of conflicts".

And this reminded me back of my friends, especially bus enthusiast friends.. Every night when i view through sgforums, a very well known bus forum in Singapore, I see bus enthusiasts "shooting" one another, sometimes in a very unpleasant way.. It kinda makes me feel very heartbroken, that it really defeats the purpose of having this forum. Although I am not 1 of the moderators in this forum, but what I wish to say is that a forums is a place that is meant for friendly discussion, and sharing of knowledge to other bus enthusiasts or any other forumers. This is especially for the newcomers of this forum. They may not know whether they have offended other bus enthusiasts in any way, and unwillingly, they are the ones who are been "shoot off" by the more senior bus enthusiasts.

What I personally feel is that they should not deserve this kind of treatment here, and they should be given equal opportunity to learn from their mistakes, even it's a repetitive one, because some bus enthusiasts just need more time to change themselves. We have to be patient at times, and to be able to tolerate all these things..

Okay, coming back to Psalm 23:4, all these unpleasant things that we are currently facing/going through in our own life, we shouldn't be afraid of it. Especially for Christians here, we know that God sees through all the things in every single one of us here, and God is with us all the time, hence we can just pray (and speak) to God for help, and God would be there for us.. This is when the "walking stick" in this verse came in, whereby the "walking stick" is the aid which God gives to us, and comfort us in a special way..

Sometimes over here, you just feel that the more you afraid of a particular things that you are going through in your life, the more you will feel that things are getting worst, and feeling even more afraid in a sense..

For me, as some of you here may have known about it, that my grandma is still hospitalised in NUH, and last week, my parents told me that "for now, we just wait for the time to end" in chinese. Upon hearing it, instead of being very depressed and keep worrying and crying, I had decided to tell God about it, and cast out all my worries and burdens to God, and let God decides everything for me... No point crying over it just because it has/going to happen..

All these things that happened in my life, God knows about it, and for me, God wants me to go through it, and to be able to overcome it. Thank God for allowing me to go through and testify my faith and trust, and once the crisis is over, that I would grow spiritually stronger in Christ..

Hmmm... I hope this entry here will inspires and encourages all of you here, especially those who are going through tough times right now, and hope it really impact your life a lot...

Cheers to all and God bless.. ^_^

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