Monday, August 22, 2005 - "God, I don't have the time!" :
"Dear God in Heaven Above,

I have been so busy lately! First is my PSLE, which i must score 260+++! so God, forgive me for not spending time with you, but my studies are so important.
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God, I have got good news! i scored 287 for my PSLE! now, i got O levels to worry about. God, forgive me, but the O levels is the most important exam in my life. I have to get it right! I just don't have time for you God.
Oh, and also, i got a girlfriend! she's the fifth one so far and i love her very much! but then, she can get a little bit petty, and wants me to go Orchard with her every saturday and sunday so that she can hao lian me to her friends. i'm sorry God but i just don't have time for You now. but i will after my O levels!
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God, its my A levels now, and junior college life is so stressful! i have my CCA and academics to excel in. God, i need to do well to get my scholarship! I promise that i will spend time with you after my A levels alright?
Oh ya!! i got a girlfriend! she's the eighth one now, and i love her very very much!
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God, i'm in army now. i got to spend time hanging out with my bunkmates! they are such a cool bunch of people!! they speak hokkien and shout out expletives and it sounds so cool! i'm sorry God, but i have to get to know them if not i'll be very lonely in camp!
I also met this very nice girl in a pub yesterday!
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God, im married now with three kids. i'm so busy taking care of them and my wife. i really really can't spend time with you. i got to feed the family!
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God, my children have all grown up. my wife is old like me now, both of us retired. now i have time for you God.
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God, who are You? i don't have the strength to run after You anymore. My heart is weak, in flesh and in spirit. i am old, ready to die, ready to move on. but Lord, i do not know You.
My PSLE, my scholarship, my O levels, my A levels, my relationships, my achievements, my failures, my ALL. they were...for nothing. i gained nothing at all.
LORD! Where are You? Who are You?
Please. Answer my call...
Yours Truly."
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Just so you know, all the above was FICTIONAL

any resemblence to anyone dead OR alive is PURELY coincidental.

the little monologue, is an exact replica of the kind of life that we lead. a life that seems so meaningful on the surface.

a life that seems so exciting, so fulfilling.

but in reality, at the end of our lives, when we look back, its all for NOTHING

that posh car, that Hugo Boss suit, that swanky condo, that oh-so-delicious foie gras.

we think that we have it all. that we're there, as if we reached a certain echelon in the world and that we achieved something.

Have we?

just what have we gained? sure.. we get the pleasures of life. custom cars, million bucks, hot chicks.

but at the end of our days, when we look back, will we say,

"Good job man. You enjoyed life."

or will we actually say,

"I got all the money i dreamed of. I got all the cars i coveted. I got all the houses i imagined. i have everything. but yet, i have nothing. i have all the things that can been seen, yet my heart feels so empty. just what, did i do with my life?"

that is exactly the question.

Just what are YOU doing with YOUR life?

there has got to be more than the cars, the cash and the condos.

there has got to be more than the women, the glory and the fame.

there has got to be more.

and that can be found, in the days of your YOUTH.

King Solomon, was a man, who earned well beyond the GDP of America in his days. He had thousands of wives. He had fame in all the world for his wisdom. He had wisdom beyond the possibility of a normal man because God gave him so.

and for this man, to have everything, at the end of his days, said,

"Chase after the Lord, in the days of your youth."

it saddens me to see, so many christian youths of today, looking at the temporary highs.

girlfriends, clubbing and video games.

then when the time comes for them to have a family, their spiritual life fades away, all because they never seeked God in the days of their youth, and in doing so built their Christian foundation on sand instead of stone.

I challenge you Christian readers.

CHASE AFTER THE LORD. not this world or girls or boys. not plastic surgery or clubbing.

SEEK HIS FACE. for He is our exceedingly great reward.

don't wait, until the end of your days, when you look back only to find that your entire life has been for nothing, when you could have done great and mighty things for God.


C.K blogged at 8:50 AM