From 693badad50f97b27a4be37b9ed9e39ec2135472c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pheng Heong TAN
+ tis to glorify the Compassionate and Most Merciful One, who is Sovereign over the Here-after,
+ Lord of lords, King of kings, Creator of creators, redeemer of worms, husband to prostitutes with
+ poor spirit and lowly heart, the Accepting of the repentance of wicked, ungrateful thieves
+ and theivesses, the Most
+ Accepting of repentance.
+ Inspiration is verse in the Bible: 'Just as Jonah spent three days and nights in belly of fish,
+ so, too, will the Son of Man spend three days in belly of earth'.
+ With G!D's help, if G!D is willing, one will help the other through a trial
+
+ from
+ that
+ G!D
+ causes. To trade stories, if you will. 'For I am strong when I am weak', as written in Scripture,
+ 'even though I am nothing at all [without the Anointed One,
+ through whom I can do all things], and
+ so, am made to be like a fool by you -
+ you have made me to be like a fool - boasting
+ like this, even though I am nothing at all.
+ I do not count myself among the most
+ eminent apostles, or the so-called super-apostles or uber-apostles. Still, I ought
+ to be receiving commendations from you lot. For we of the spirit of G!D
+ walk in each other's shoes, along the same path, and there
+ is no male or female, Jew or Gentile,
+ outsider or insider - all are one
+ through the Anointed One who calls himself Son of Man, Jesus,
+ son of Mary, who conceived with the help of G!D when no man has
+ laid a hand or rod on her. This is to build you up.'
+
+ As a verse in
+ Bible goes (yes, another Bible verse :-D ), (so grateful for Scripture), 'two is better
+ than one. if one falls down, the other can help the one up. if there is only one going at
+ it, that one has calamity upon them... him... her...'
+
+ It is the fifteenth day of the second month of the 105th year since a worldly nation
+ was publicly recognised. ('For everything of the world passes away, and is passing
+ away,' as Scripture has on record.)
+
+
+
+ I'm frustrated at my Heavenly Father's presence,
+ whenever I think about a mother-figure. It seems that He will not
+ cease or stop whatever He is doing to remind me of Him when I think
+ about creating a mother-figure that I have lost.
+ I feel grief at such a time - why? G!D, what is the message
+ behind these feelings of loss and anxiety?
+ I recall the octopus that I coloured rainbow, when
+ I was in kindergarten [before the age of seven, as the layman
+ knows it]. I felt hurt and unhappy that I had to colour it another
+ colour for [the] grades. I feel frustrated and boxed in.
+ I feel [like] that [feeling of] a square peg in a round
+ hole. I feel furious!
+
+ Like Father G!D [who is in Heaven and unseen and has no beings attached],
+ I created. That was an octopus
+ that could only be found in the rainbow
+ that formed from the dew-drops in a magical forest.
+ It was an octopus that you had to call into existence,
+ and to transfer to a water body large enough to contain
+ it. It was killed by the teacher, who was an alien in
+ disguise[,] and disliked magical beings.
+
+ No matter how much I create, I won't be able to create a
+ mother-figure
+ from the writer: As written in Scripture, 'a wise son brings
+ joy to his Father; a foolish son brings grief to his mother.'
+
+ Oh G!D, I am grieving. No matter how much magic I do, I won't be
+ able to get the same mother-figure, nor the memories of the times
+ with her. I lost someone who could have made great memories with me
+ as her son. She won't get any more memories with me.
+
+
+ from the writer: 'I despise all those who cling on to worthless idols
+ or carven images, or images of G!D, who has no beings attached.
+ All those who would speak up for worthless idols are foolish fools.'
+ All these can be found in Scripture, which implies you have
+ to take up a quest to search, if you will, and if G!D is willing.
+ 'I have observed an abhor-able, horrible thing in Ephraim and Israel:
+ my people prostituting themselves to other gods!' The LORD G!D says.
+
+
+
+ I thank G!D who hath counted me among ministry, and enabled me to me
+ among the faithful.
+
+ I praise You, G!D, for you have shown lovingkindness. I will tell the
+ world about your wonderful deeds in my life, You who
+ grant even passage of boats across oceans and unknown waters,
+ and brings wealth from the sea, houses I did not build,
+ rocks that I did not create, life I did not call into being,
+ fruits I did not sow the seeds of, and even divine reconciliation
+ to G!D and godliness, a peace that the world does not give,
+ and a redemption and promise and eternity that the world cannot
+ give - does not give - and You are sure to keep Your promises, O
+ G!D of Truth and truth and Ruth and Naomi, who asked to be
+ named Mara, which means 'bitter', for she was embittered, even
+ though her name, 'Naomi', meant 'pleasant'.
+
+
+ It seems as if G!D wants me to go to Him as He creates, not stay on my side,
+ looking for Mother.
+
+ from the writer: oh, how horrible - looking for Mother, so-called mother.
+
+
+ Whenever the mother-figure came into my life, she is dead now. I have hardly
+ any memories of her; the feeling remains in me.
+
+
+ From the writer: No longer. Rejoice in the LORD. I say again, rejoice!
+ You were bought with a price. Remember G!D's terrors, signs and wonders
+ that He hath rehearsed to you. Everybody has heard about your obedience,
+ and I rejoice. As the Son of Man said, 'Blessed are you who
+ are mourning, for you will be comforted.'
+
+ As Scriptures have on record: 'little ones, continue doing what
+ you are doing. Your Father approves.'
+
+ On a related note, since came to Mind, people asked or told Jesus,
+ who was teaching in a synagogue: 'Your mother and brothers and sisters
+ are outside the city gates, waiting for you.' Jesus said,
+ 'my brothers and sisters and mother are those who obey G!D,
+ and keep His commandments, and obey them.' This is in Scripture, too.
+
+ On yet another related note, a famous Zen saying goes,
+ 'When you see the Buddha, kill him! When you see your parents, kill them!'
+ As fierce as that may 'sound', G!D will show you Truth and truth, if He is willing,
+ and if you try your best (with all you have: your time and energy and
+ resources) to seek Him. For as Scriptures say: 'Seek ye G!D with all your
+ heart, and ye shall find Me'. And as the Son of Man said
+ to those who said to those who cried to him - 'We want to enter
+ the kingdom of G!D, too! We want to enter into Paradise! How should we
+ do it?' - 'the road to the kingdom of G!D is a narrow one. But try your best.'
+
+ On yet another related note, the Buddha was asked which was more
+ important: wisdom or compassion (something like lovingkindness). The Buddha
+ answered: 'Effort. Effort is most important'.
+
+ 'Brothers and sisters, I do not think I have made it my own. One thing I do:
+ forgetting what lies behind, and pushing on-ward, for the upward call of G!D
+ through the Anointed One, Jesus, through whom I am crucified unto the world,
+ and the world unto me.' This is in Scripture, too.
+
+
+ There is no one woman who is Her, or can compare to Her.
+
+ From the writer: oh, how disgusting. Kimochi warui, a Japanese expression
+ or pronunciation goes. Feeling a sense of despise.
+
+ On a related note, 'Kimochi warui' is the last line in the ending scene
+ of a movie in the animated story, 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', which is
+ described as 'anime (or animated stories) for adults'. The ending scene
+ featured a cross that evokes a remembrance of the crucifixion of
+ a famous figure. A sacrifice, scary in nature or feel, if you watch
+ the scene, of the protagonist, who is somehow in a robot that
+ seems to be- well, G!D knows, and I do not know. For these are worldly
+ things, yet the series is popularly posited to be subtly
+ touching on themes of psychology, if you believe the rumor that goes around,
+ and yet Bible - Scriptures - express concern that 'I will not like
+ what I see in you when I come to you, and you will not like
+ what you see in me. What I will not like to see in you:
+ deceitfulness, divisions, jealousies, gossip and gossips, slander,
+ arrogance against godliness, and delight in wickedness.'
+ So, on that note, praise be to G!D, who is true, and keeps promises
+ that He makes - I prayed to G!D, the Blessed Father, Ruler of the Universe,
+ who causes boats to have integrity throughout journeys and pilgrimages
+ across waters, Hallowed Name, and The Almighty One, who is All-knowing,
+ All-hearing, All-seeing, heard me and listened. I prayed to Him
+ to remind me to fear Him always, 'for fear of G!D is the beginning
+ of wisdom, but fools despise wisdom and instruction, or Guidance', as Scriptures
+ have on record, and He answered my prayer.
+
+ On a related note, the ending of the popular anime, or animated story,
+ Full Metal Alchemist, featured a sacrifice of the protagonist, that is
+ strikingly resonant with the death and resurrection of the dead
+ that Scriptures have on record: 'unless it is what I have spoken: that
+ I have hope of the resurrection of the dead'.
+
+ Glory be to G!D in the Highest, and peace be upon those whom G!D favours.
+ Now, may the love of G!D, and the fellowship of those who are in the
+ Spirit of G!D, and the grace of the Anointed One whom we call Teacher
+ and Lord, who calls himself 'Son of Man', be with you all.
+ (and so it is).
+ Amen.
+