Speck in the eye
Saturday, November 05, 2005
the eleveth hour
Nov6'05
long time no blog-ed.
Sometimes, i wonder, why do so many people wait till the eleventh hour to do the stuff that they really want to do? The exams are coming, i wonder how many out of so many people are really prepared to face those important papers that mean alot, qualification wise. I believe that there be alot of people rushing through, trying their best to get as much as possible into their heads for the exams.
In life, i realize that we always do many things at the eleventh hour. Take for example, the deadline of something important is due like 2 mths later, but i realize that many people usually start, in Singaporean lang, "cheong-ing"( rushing, plus sometime panicking) near the deadline, if not, when near the deadline, would realize that actually, alot has not been done yet.
Seriously, i think the world is always rushing, but thats another topic.
A big example would be death. Ok, imagine that you are going to die, at your death bed, do you have things to say to various peoples? things that you have not said yet, but its too late to tell them how you feel for them, tell them that you love them. However, its abit too late to do that.
Sometimes, life is just cruel, face it, when there is not even an eleventh hour to use.
Then i was also thinking. What if one day my cell was to split up? oh my, that thought really makes me ... Would people try their best to get to know more of fellow members who they dont really know asap? Its when the realization that hey, a group that is part of my life is going to split, break up, dis-band or whatever the words. By then it be the eleventh hour(to me). Would it be late to start really cherishing cell time when it is going to end soon? think about it.
This context can also be applied when its like you know that you are going to die(touch wood) in like soon, have only a number of days left to live. Then only then you start cherishing your life, with the limited number of days you have left. Isn't it abit too late to treasure life only now and not before? Maybe you might feel desperate wanting to alot of other things that you have not done yet.
The eleventh hour i have come to realize, usually comes smack in the face in dismaying reality when we sometimes want to do something IMPorTant. Today, in cell, there was this discussion about people waiting until the "grand" age of 80, to accept Christ when they have known of his existence all along, at an age that i would call the eleventh hour. Why wait until then to accept Christ? When they about to die, then acknowledge the truth? Its to me, really a loss, for they cannot really enjoy God's goodness, love and all his wonders in their life. Coming to think about it, i realize that most of the Bible is really about how God wants to bless, gulide, protect, instruct us, about glorifying his name along with many other things. Imagine, if they had accepted earlier, they would really have enjoyed God, served him and above all, experience the father's love that is so amazing while they are alive. I admit to to me, they are missing out in alot of wonderful things. sorry.
However, God's love is still the same no matter when we come to believe in him, no matter how long we have been believers. He is a God whose love is unconditional.
Therefore, Try not to wait till the 11th hour to do things.
Cherish what you have now, dont wait till the last minute to discover that there is alot of things yet to be done.
i am sorry for talking alot about death here, but death is to me a good illustration.
i think we live in a Cheong-ing( the panicking/rushing defination) country sometimes. hehe.
God bless! :) ¶ 11:53 PM 0 Comments
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THe eleveth Hour
Hello,long time no blog-ed.
Sometimes, i wonder, why do so many people wait till the eleventh hour to do the stuff that they really want to do? The exams are coming, i wonder how many out of so many people are really prepared to face those important papers that mean alot, qualification wise. I believe that there be alot of people rushing through, trying their best to get as much as possible into their heads for the exams.
In life, i realize that we always do many things at the eleventh hour. Take for example, the deadline of something important is due like 2 mths later, but i realize that many people usually start, in Singaporean lang, "cheong-ing"( rushing, plus sometime panicking) near the deadline, if not, when near the deadline, would realize that actually, alot has not been done yet.
Seriously, i think the world is always rushing, but thats another topic.
A big example would be death. Ok, imagine that you are going to die, at your death bed, do you have things to say to various peoples? things that you have not said yet, but its too late to tell them how you feel for them, tell them that you love them. However, its abit too late to do that.
Sometimes, life is just cruel, face it, when there is not even an eleventh hour to use.
Then i was also thinking. What if one day my cell was to split up? oh my, that thought really makes me ... Would people try their best to get to know more of fellow members who they dont really know asap? Its when the realization that hey, a group that is part of my life is going to split, break up, dis-band or whatever the words. By then it be the eleventh hour(to me). Would it be late to start really cherishing cell time when it is going to end soon? think about it.
This context can also be applied when its like you know that you are going to die(touch wood) in like soon, have only a number of days left to live. Then only then you start cherishing your life, with the limited number of days you have left. Isn't it abit too late to treasure life only now and not before? Maybe you might feel desperate wanting to alot of other things that you have not done yet.
The eleventh hour i have come to realize, usually comes smack in the face in dismaying reality when we sometimes want to do something IMPorTant. Today, in cell, there was this discussion about people waiting until the "grand" age of 80, to accept Christ when they have known of his existence all along, at an age that i would call the eleventh hour. Why wait until then to accept Christ? When they about to die, then acknowledge the truth? Its to me, really a loss, for they cannot really enjoy God's goodness, love and all his wonders in their life. Coming to think about it, i realize that most of the Bible is really about how God wants to bless, gulide, protect, instruct us, about glorifying his name along with many other things. Imagine, if they had accepted earlier, they would really have enjoyed God, served him and above all, experience the father's love that is so amazing while they are alive. I admit to to me, they are missing out in alot of wonderful things. sorry.
However, God's love is still the same no matter when we come to believe in him, no matter how long we have been believers. He is a God whose love is unconditional.
Therefore, Try not to wait till the 11th hour to do things.
Cherish what you have now, dont wait till the last minute to discover that there is alot of things yet to be done.
i am sorry for talking alot about death here, but death is to me a good illustration.
i think we live in a Cheong-ing( the panicking/rushing defination) country sometimes. hehe.
God bless! :) ¶ 11:53 PM 0 Comments
