epihany

Oh little town of Jerusalem
Looks like another silent night
The Father gave His only Son
The Way, the Truth, the Life had come
But there was no room for Him in the world He came to save
- While You Were Sleeping by Casting Crowns

everyone looks at His death, but what about His birth?

one of the most amazing things about Jesus was the fact that despite Him being God, He chose to come to this earth in such a humble way.

i mean, He could have chosen a more normal way of coming to earth, made a room miraculously available, or come another day when there is a vacancy, or something. He is God, after all. but no, there was no room, He chose the manger.

until now, there is still little room for Jesus in this world. many doze on in their induced slumber and choose to believe what they dream about. when He knocks on their doors, there is no room for Him in our hearts, and He is relegated to the mangers, waiting to release His wonder working power in our lives.

even in His birth, it was already a pre-cursor to what will happen.

and even after His death and ressurection, there are still people who rather let the Lord live in the mangers of their lives, instead of enthroning Him as King in their hearts. some even deny Him a place in their lives.



for lack of a better conclusion because i'm still rushing a paper (i had to pen this down when i was listening to casting crowns..) sometimes i think my life is too good to be true, despite all that work stress and pressure piling up on me.

why mona lisa smiles

"is it possible that this *demonic* show can be a box office hit?!!?!"
- anonymous comment from someone at a talk on the da vinci code

frankly, i'm appalled at the response. it's childish (coming from a university student, no less) and smacks of legalism. and it only goes to show that this person misunderstood, or did not listen to, what the speaker was trying to tell us for the past hour.

friends, as we all know, the da vinci code movie is coming to us. and i encourage everyone to watch it. watch it with an open mind, and think carefully about your perceptions of who Christ is, what all the fuss is about, etc.

i do not subscribe to whatever brown wrote, and my argument (aside from all the academic and highly theological ones that scholars write) is simple:

the book is classified as fiction. check the book.

you simply don't take a work of fiction and treat it for real. it's like watching a movie about a hidden volcano under los angeles and telling me that there is really a volcano under the city.

of course, there are other arguments to contradict whatever brown wrote, but that i'll leave to the scholars and established academics.

in short, my response to the da vinci code is just to take it in with an open mind. it is a book worth mulling over: not over whether Jesus really married Mary Magdeline, but on the more important things such as who Jesus really is.

if you prefer to think on frivilous issues such as the former, i'll just say: God help you.

i apologise for the choppiness of this post. i just wanted to quickly pen down my thoughts before going to sleep. hehe. good night everyone.