A word from heaven.

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Appetite

When we dine at Chinese restaurants, they will normally serve some finger food before the main course is served. Most of them come as peanuts and maybe some crackers. Because they are normally presented to us when we're hungry and waiting for the 1st dish, many people just can't stop eating them. Sometimes, we eat so much of it that we become pretty full by the time the main course is served. We can't expand our appetite. Whether we feed ourselves with junk food or with proper food, we become full after eating something. It is a fact that no one can change.

This is the same for our spiritual lives as well. There are many things in my life that i once was hungry for. I was once hungry for dota. I was once hungry to get into a relationship. I was once hungry for success. I was once hungry for people to think well of me. I was once hungry for people's approval. On the outside, they may seem to be harmless. I can't really call dota a sin right? But question is, is that what we really want to feed our hungry souls with? Remember that for every junk food that you eat, you have less appetite for the things of God. And mind you, these junk food may seem perfectly "harmless"

For every emotional and mental energy i spend on being hungry for dota, i have will have less hunger for the things of God. If i am purely hungry for success for the sake of self actualization, than i am not leaving much space for the main course of God. We are all finite beings at all.

Don't get me wrong, i have nothing against dota. I'm also not asking everyone to be a priest but we can be in the world but not of the world yeah? but I am just stating the fact that we need to be very choosy what we want to cloud and concern our heart with there are 1001 things that may be crying out for your attention but maybe only 10 will be really relevant to the kingdom of God. Don't just eat and be concerned about whatever rubbish the world feeds you.

What are you feeding yourself with today?

Regards,

jie hui

The kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009