Thank God for everyone!

I again noticed the dead trees are becoming a little bit red.
Soon I will notice there is some green. Indeed time flies.
Many things around me I have no control over them; many things God does I have no control over them. Things happen for reasons. All I can do is to thank...
Imagine if I am dead, what could I do?
But the fact is that I am still alive for some reason, while many die daily, especially recently. There must be some reason why I am still allowed to live. First thing I can do is to thank God for the fact that I am alive, and for the chance to make my choice again. And I am not alone; God even gave me people around me with whom I can interact, oh my goodness!
These interactions have given me so many precious experiences. I am part of somebody else's life and hopefully some meaningful part of it. This gives me just a simple happiness.
Therefore, I can thank God first, and then it is not too late to think something else afterwards. And I will find more things to be grateful.
Being grateful gives another power to appreciate more things,
including something I don't like...
Everything and everybody is around so that I can learn and grow.
This God, who provides me with this much love, is also behind this one......................:-)

Thank God for liars!

Anyway, you are smart, and you know what's going on. Therefore, please don't worry too much but have confidence in you. You can sympathize with all the liars around you. They all have certain reasons to lie and that may deserve your sympathy. And not only that, they all will need to face the consequence of their action--not you but them, for which they need sympathy. If you feel any insecurity or apprehension, then just relax and ask yourself, "Am I lying about something or not?" Talk to your conscience and find out what God really wants you to focus and do.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, 'If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath,' You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it; and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it...
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity... (Mat. 23)

Of course nobody wants to be a hypocrite, but it seems "religion" might have power to make you one even without your being aware of it...

Lying is not good anyways...

You say you love God.
Then what is God most concerned about today?
He has a lot of headache. He has a lot of problems, and something must have hurt him so much. So, if I say I love God, I need to find out what is his most painful problem today. When I find out about it, then I need to act responsibly as his child. Am I taking responsibility? or, am I just watching how things will go? My conscience knows clearly. Therefore, just try not to lie to your conscience. Lying to your conscience--it may work for a while, but you will surely regret in the future.

Lying to others also have negative effect on others. But it could work positive way, too. If you have believed in something for a long time, and one day you lost that belief because somebody said something, then you should think how deep was your belief, and how important it was for you to believe in anything. It is a good time to reflect and deepen your internal life.

Anyways, just be careful in dealing with ideas like these: "Somebody else will solve that problem.", "This is not what I should focus.", "I will wait and see how it goes. I will put my focus on something else.", "I don't know which viewpoint is right and which one is wrong. Therefore, I will wait until things become clearer. Somebody else will do that, not me...", etc.

This kind of age never existed in human history. And this age will not come back again in the future. The age in which you may be the one who holds the key to the future of mankind. Who knows? Don't miss this chance and regret later.

Thank God for lies!

Whether you are aware of it or not, conscience screams when you are about to lie. When you go back to the first lie you made--if you remember it--, it took quite an effort to negotiate your conscience to perform your act of lying--maybe you already have conveniently forgotten about this. However, as you kept lying the second one, the third one... it got easier and easier to negotiate your conscience eventually to the point that it became very natural and you don't feel any guilty anymore; you don't even realize that you are lying! --now lying has become part of you--your lifestyle and culture.

However, there was always a reason why you had to lie:
* you needed to justify your deed or thought, which could include hate or murder
* you needed to satisfy certain desire for which your conscience would oppose, which could include self-centered sexual desire
* you needed to gain something illegally, which includes money or position/power or human beings!
* you needed to defend yourself so that you could avoid getting hurt
* you needed to silence your conscience

Anyway, whatever the reasons are, lying is lying and it has a power and consequence. Sadly this lying seems to have become part of the culture of current human beings. Sometimes you may need to be critical to what's happening around you, always trying to examine if any lying is involved or not. Ask, "Can I genuinely say this?" "Can I genuinely believe what I heard?" "Am I really being honest to my conscience?" etc. Anyway, eventually, it is you, and not somebody else who is to face the consequence. Don't let anyone fool you!