Malaysian Christian Writes

I suck at it  Yes waiting. Not quite what you expected as a first line huh. Let's chat. Waiting on the Lord has always been an ongoing lesson for me. Year after year one of the main themes I feel God called me to learn was learning to wait/slow down. Not just on him but in many other aspects. Each year with a different context and reason. But the message was always the same. I was somehow impatient or I needed to slow down. And at the end of each year I would go "lord I think I get it now". I was far from the truth.  And I am grateful learning that harsh truth was out of grace and humility . God provided me the platform to fail to see and His grace has always been sufficient for me nonetheless.  Now slowly I am starting to see how I am rushing through things. My mind races so fast with a jillion thoughts coming in through and my processor is overworked. On the outside I may portray a more calm demeanor, but on the inside not so and even I am unawar...

There is much to give thanks for. Truly I thought the post was specifically on me being a lecturer and how God has worked through it. But there is a bigger picture to it. One may list down all the achievements and how God has brought them to much greater heights. This is not the type of thanksgiving kind of post.  Well let me show you what I mean. (Oh and feel free to stop reading if this was not what you expect it to be) Whatever has happened be it good or bad let me just say all glory to God nonetheless. Blessed is the Lord who giveth and taketh away (Job1:21) . So what has this one year taught me? 1.  For this one year I realized how much more of a sinner I am. Now now, I am not beating myself up. It is just a reality of mine. That in many things I can't seem to do things right. I mean if perfection is the idea then I am failing like nobody's business. But glad that it creates an allowance for the gospel to reign in my heart even more. Make it more of a reality. Ke...

This one is a pretty short and simple post.... I think. It got me thinking today and my fingers just started writing.  People always say, Eddryll, the popular kid. Everyone goes to me. On and on and on. Now, I'm not going to deny such a fact that well pockets in my life those things were true. Some carry on till today. But I sort of go meh. Now don't get me wrong. I am not humblebragging. I will admit to certain things. I believe I do not go "Oh please I'm not this and that". *I just shuddered writing that* However, the reality I would want to bring up is this. I have always been ordinary. That is just it. Bear with me as I try to explain this fact to you. I look at my life. Really look at it. I'm no smart person. I am no theologian. I am no intellectual (Engaging in intellect and being one is two different things). I am literally the averagest joe you can ever meet. I mean look at me. No seriously look at me. Now after all that you have seen in my li...

 I think it is a normal conception to think a subject such as character formation that has no academic bearing over their course would be an easy subject to teach. Depends on how you see it. If I were to go there and do my academic requirement and teach I guess it would be easy. I just do what is required of me. Whether you pay attention or not doesn't matter. At the end of the day I am still getting paid. But what if I did not see it that way? What if I saw this subject as a privilege to impact students? (In which I do). It then becomes a whole new thing. Teaching the subject becomes a ministry and a mission.  It is tough. I have my challenges. Do not call it easy. Raaawwwrrr Every time I walk in. What goes through my mind is whether I would inspire them today. Will I cause them to think of something new. Is it possible to come to the position of humility in which we all see the reality of who we are? Will I offer something new for them? I constantly ask God for wis...

Before I begin,  let me start off with this. This will not be some post that is to make you feel better. This is not some post to show where our Dato' Lee went wrong. I am not going to say "at least he beat Lin Dan"  or " He won three silver medals and that is a feat".  I will not sugar coat the situation. After all the essence of this blog is to tell the truth graciously . If I do not stay true to that then I have missed the point of this whole post in itself. There, our hero. Our pride. Among many other heroes of Malaysia. Let's not deny the grief of the loss. Let's not deny that it sucks. Dato' Lee Chong Wei, we empathize with you and even then we do not fully understand how you feel. It sucks that the gold medal was so close within your reach. It hurts that you were so apologetic and that you felt you let the nation down (I am not assuming anything) although you have done so much more for the country. The fact that u apologize even then. ...

Before anything, do follow  @malaysianchristianmemes  on  insta . All right. Let me put out certain disclaimers so that I don't be misunderstood . This is not some same old post on how Pokémon is demonic. This is not a response post against those who wrote that Pokémon is demonic. This is more of a personal post to why I stopped the game. So I will leverage this generations egocentric belief system and say this is me and I do not impose anything on you. So you don't need to go judging me for not playing it as well. For my friends and family out there who are playing this is by no means saying it is wrong. This is just a personal sharing of my life on how the game has affected me personally. 1. The Hype Now that it is out of the way. I never intended to play this game. But friends around me were downloading and I thought sure fine. For the sake of nostalgia as I grew up with Pokémon. It brings back good memories. And the idea of traveling and catching Pokémon ...

Disclaimer that this time it is a specific Christian oriented post. Due to the lack of time and immense amount of content to share last week I did miss out certain things on "running the race" . But for the sake of the readers, I will do a short recap on Phillipians 3 and 4 in terms of running this race. As you read through Phillipians 3 you will see Paul mentions on running towards this goal. What is the goal we are talking about? The goal is ultimately Jesus Christ. Before that he makes sure that the Phillipians understand that righteousness is not by works but by faith and faith in Christ. Righteousness that was fulfilled through Christs' death, resurrection and life. Before he talked on pressing on the goal he has yet to attain, he makes sure that the church knows the worth of the goal. To the point that Paul would regard everything else as garbage compared to the worth of knowing Christ . That is the standard Paul is giving. That is how much of value Christ brin...