Answers vs Doubts

All of us have doubts...... Have you ever asked before what is the answers towards your doubts?
Both my eyes were wet when I heard the sharing in Lighthouse last week about a Buddhist nun having doubts although she can handle all the crisis of her life very well.
She finds herself having a lot of doubts and I believe she feels hollow and emptiness inside.
Rituals are just rituals. You can't earn to go to heaven by doing good deeds and you will dry up sooner. You don't kill an ant but your selfishness, unforgiveness and hatred inside you will not help you to decrease any of your sin.
All of us are sinner as we are not flawless person. That is why you can't replace any of your sin by doing good deeds.
At that instance, I miss a friend so much but I wonder how is she doing now and tears can't stop running down from my eyes.
I miss you, my friend =( I wish you can experience abundant life like all of us and I urge if everyone who read this, it is an urgency of gospel.
The missing link is a relationship with the true God and it is the only answer which can satisfy all the emptiness that one felt. If you are a christian, can I ask your favor to pray together for this friend of mine and ppl in the same shoes? Indeed, I hope to meet her again!!

Forgiving and Forgetting

1. Forgiving is allowing another person to be human for faults, mistakes or misdeeds. Forgetting is putting these behind you; they are no longer brought up and no longer remain a barrier to your relationship.

2. Forgiving is letting another know that there is no grudge, hard feelings or animosity for any wrongdoing. Forgetting is the lack of further discussion, with no ongoing negative references to the event.

3. Forgiving is letting the other person know that you accept as genuine the remorse and sorrow for actions or words that hurt or disappointed you. Forgetting is promising that this deed, whether of omission or commission, will not be brought up again.

4. Forgiving is accepting the sincerity of penance, sorrow and regret expressed over a grievous personal offense; making it sufficient to clear the air. Forgetting is your commitment to let go of anger, hurt and pain over this offense.

5. Forgiving is giving a sign that a person's explanation or acceptance of blame for a destructive, hurtful or painful act is fully accepted. Forgetting is the development of a plan of action between the two of you to heal the scars resulting from the behavior.

6. Forgiving is the highest form of human behavior that can be shown to another person. It means being vulnerable to being hurt or offended in the future, yet setting aside this in order to reopen and heal the channels of communication. Forgetting is is also a noble human behavior; it is letting go of the need to seek revenge for past offenses.

7. Forgiving is the act of love between you and a person who has hurt you; the bandage that holds the wound together long enough to heal. Forgetting is also an act of love; in rehabilitation therapy, helping the wounded return to a full and functional life.

8. Forgiving is the God-like gift of spiritually connecting with others, touching their hearts to calm the fear of rejection, quiet the sense of failure and lighten the burden of guilt. Forgetting is the God-like gift of spiritually touching others' hearts with the reassurance of a happy and full life with no fear of recrimination.

9. Forgiving is the act of letting go of temporary ill will, disappointment or the disgust that arises from the break in your relationship. Forgetting is bridging this gap in the relationship, eventually strengthening it against such a break in the future.

10. Forgiving is an act of compassion, humanity and gentleness by which you let another know that he is indeed a child of the universe upon whom a variety of graces and blessings have been showered and that current or past offenses need not be a barrier to goodness. Forgetting is the act of encouragement, support and reinforcement by which you assist the other person to rebuild, reconnect and re-establish a loving, caring, healthy relationship with you and the world.

The great fulfilment of life

A lost soul- A 37-year-old Sammi Cheng describes the woman she once was. "I joined the entertainment world in my teens. I made lots of money and owned lots of things in the course of just few years," she recalls. "Then I could no longer find my way around in the vanity fair."

"I was used to a certain value system; I thought the value of my existence depended on success and achievement. When I came to possess all those things, I felt hollow inside," she says.

A new perspective
On Dec 9, 2007, Sammi was baptised as a Christian and started finding joy in giving back to society. She has visited the the less fortunate in Africa, Laos, Mongolia and Sichuan and sponsored more than 10 poor children.

"I love praying with people around me, and love praying for others... Nothing conveys our love better than praying on someone's behalf."

"I've learned to accept what life holds for me with composure. People ask me about marriage. I would say: it could be today, or when I am 40, whenever, as God would have it. I have no worries as I entrust myself into His care," she says. "Now, I wake up everyday find I like myself, despite all my shortcomings."