It set my heart all a-flutter...
Also, while looking for the picture above, I found this incredibly useful post by someone with a macaron obsession.
By the way, this month at Bakerzin macarons are S$0.90 and cheesecake is half off!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Be an alien.
1 Peter 2:11-12 (New International Version)
11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
Hebrews 13:14 (New International Version)
14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
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I really liked this devotion below when I read it, and was just reminded of it by an email from a friend who asked that I pray for her because she gets quite disturbed by the work culture at her office.
Adapted from DailyCare June 28 2009: Aliens & Alienation: by Elaine Young, McGuire, Lilburn, Georgia
Alienation calls to mind feelings of separation, or of being misunderstood.
But being an alien as used in 1 Pet :11-12 carries a positive connotation. That is what we should be as Christians in this world. We should be disturbed by the content of many mainstream magazines and books, the language in the media, lyrics of popular music, the materialism promoted by advertising... the list goes on. If you don't fit in this respect, good.
It is good to be alienated from such a society that you grew up in.
As a Christians, we need to worry when we do fit. We need to be concerned when we feel too comfortable, too at home, too happy and content with our earthly surroundings and material goods. We need to remember the words of an old song, "This world is not my home, I'm just a'passing through."
Dear Lord, make me feel alienated in this terrestrial world, and put within me and deep longing for your heavenly one.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Maintaining a state of alienation is challenging. I find that I need to be on my guard and always checking myself to see that I am living according to God's standards and walking the straight and narrow path.
Romans 12:2 (New International Version)
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
"Be Transformed not Terminated" banner in front of Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. They always have interesting banners and a prime location to display them since they are opposite The Cathay which happens to be showing Transformers 2 now and just ended its run of Terminator.
Matthew 7:13-14 (New International Version)
13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
getting to where you want to go
This is a really useful website! : http://www.gothere.sg/
It has directions for bus (inclusive of waiting time), mrt, taxi (with approximated fare) and driving directions (sometimes with ERP avoidance routes).
It even gives tongue-in-cheek chastisement to not be lazy and walk if the place you are searching for is actually really near your starting point.
Sometimes I wish there were Wi-Fi on the street so that we can use this anywhere in Singapore.
Recently when I was walking around the area where I live I got asked for directions quite often from poor lost people including a sophisticated Indian business man, a foreign model and an out-of-breath person late for his appointment...
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