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"Without God, life has no purpose. Without purpose, life has not meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope. The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose."
I got the above quotation from "The Purpose Driven Life" written by Rick Warren. If you are keep to date about the Christians publications trends, you may feel that I am quite "out-dated" as this book was once well-known but the cravings of it seem to be no longer visible. To be honest, I am now at Chapter 4 our of 40 of that book, and I am proud of it. The book is not mine, it belongs to the National Library Board of Singapore. I believed that it was God who guided Jonathan to borrow it for me (without me knowing). Well, thus, I believed that there is a purpose for my encounter with this book. Thus, I would do my best to explore this book religiously. Well, today is the fourth day I am reading it and it really helped me with my life. It changed my life indeed! I learnt more about my purpose here, despite I only finished a tenth of the book. Well, I managed to follow by what it says by knowing that He will be there and to do things with a purpose in mind.
My first encounter of the above quote was somewhere last year. Well, I was introduced to a Christian website http://www.heartlight.org. They offer daily newsletters on many things, from daily devotion to daily quotations (Quotemeal). Well, I eventually subscribed them, they are free anyway. Well, at first I thought I was only a typical online freebie, but it really provides powerful quotations that can change lives. Well, this quotation caught my attention since the first time I read it. Well, since I managed to really read the souce (the book), I know that it's not just a coincidence, but it's God's will that I would have to read it.
Well, this is not the only one book that I am currently engaged in. I am also trying my very best to really read the book titled "God's Smuggler to China". It's a true story written by a famous missionary, David. Well, in his book, he mentioned about his youth days, about how he reject Christianity, reject God in his life. And also, the moment when he actually received Him and how He has gained his trust, faith and hope. Well, I am at about the 2nd quarter of the book. It's really inspiring and I would recommend everyone to read. It's also about how Brother David planned to bring in bibles into China, which was closed to outsiders. Well, I am still at the part where he took his first step and I am really crave to finish it as soon as possible.
Frankly speaking, I never once complete any book that I read, except my literature text when I was in lower-sec. However, I have finally found the treasures that books can bring. How books can change a person's life. I believe that it's not by chance that I suddenly possess such desire to read. I know that it's the Lord's calling. Furthermore, I do find similarities in my life compared to the events that took place in the books. This is indeed wonderful! It's like having Someone to go through life's problems with you. And that Someone is God.
If you have yet known Him or find yourself not relating to Him, I urge that you do pray to Him according to this. I believe that He, who is faithful till the end, would answer Your every prayer and guide you step by step back to Him.
"A Christian's life does not change and remained still once he accepted Christ, but it is a long period of constant revision and alterations along the journey with Christ Jesus, the Lord."
The above quotation is 100% copyrighted, Therefore, do not copy. hahaz... it just came out from my mind out of a sudden. It means that it's untrue and incorrect to think that once a person receive Christ, he will gain eternal life and that's all about a Christian's life. However, being a Christian is like taking on a journey with Someone (God), whom you take in as a role model and constantly discover your mistakes and the dark side of your life and make ammendments to them. Thus, being a Christian is not as simple. Some people are just "Christians by name" Which means that they claimed that they are Christians, but they live their lives as though they are not.
I have a thought for you, Are you a Christian by name, or are you a Christian of committments? You have the answer.
It's not too late to change! For He is always faithful.
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