tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post2181971066130713981..comments2024-03-22T04:12:44.008+08:00Comments on Breaking the Word: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-5346727207143898452008-04-09T08:11:00.000+08:002008-04-09T08:11:00.000+08:00Last week, a close friend asked me to give to a di...Last week, a close friend asked me to give to a diocese in Cambodia for a very worthy cause: building a school. That was easy before when everything was rosy but now, with the global financial turmoil and the astronomical price of oil, I began to rethink.<BR/><BR/>"If you want me to believe in you, to do what I know you <I>want</I> me to do, then first give me a sign that you will take care of me".<BR/><BR/>That sign never came. All I heard from deep within was a quiet voice saying "Come to Me over the water".<BR/><BR/>Some bread take a long time to bake; some stones remain, er, <I>stoned</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-68509806858687906102008-04-08T13:29:00.000+08:002008-04-08T13:29:00.000+08:00For one, I am also guilty of looking at the finger...For one, I am also guilty of looking at the finger pointing at the moon, instead of the reality of the radiance of that shining star. We look at the sign and not at what it is pointing towards. No wonder that we wander.<BR/>Looking at the bread from the oven, one ponders if there was no energy source to fire the stone then the baking will not take place. Fire is a very basic element and we have the one true source that ignites, burns, and sustains us so that we too can feed the hungry with our kneaded 'dough'. <BR/>It brings to mind that stones were being being prepared to cast at Mary Magdalene. Jesus reminds us that 'casting the first stone' is self defeating. This is a classic scene that reminds me of His constant Love for us sinners.<BR/>Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com