What You See Is What You Get...

Statue...

2008-10-18T00:07:00.001+02:00

hey guys, yet another post...
So i was lookin at this statue made of alabaster or something, nd insomma i was saying in my ehad how nice d alabaster looks (its like a type of marble or something) nd then i realsied that it had to go through loads of heat and pressure to become marble, nd sometimes we go through loads of hurts, pains nd pressures in life, but trust me guys Gods gonna make one beautiful masterpiece out of each and everyone of u in the end! =)
God bless nd take care
Your bro in Christ
Rob

Bored?

2008-10-17T14:39:00.004+02:00

heya guys, me again XD
So i was thinking about my blog, nd i rly want it to be one where i can help people through my own experiences. So today i was feeling quite average, nothing special, nd quite boring. Nd then i decided to find a few new bands nd stuff nd this new music rly helped ekk like remind me that nothings average in my life coz my life is being lived for God, nd He never lets any life get boring! Cos he always finds something for us to do hehe =)
So heres a link to a list of Christian bands, try find a few u like nd download a few of their songs, should help you with watever ur going tru...
Take care nd God bless =)
Your bro in Christ
Rob

finally a blog XD

2008-10-16T20:08:00.003+02:00

heyyy guys its me!
Well im back after ages, and im gan try keep it constant, cant make any promises but ill try.
Nd my blogs are gna be about thigns i learn daily like thus will save me time thinking up a blog and let me blog more XD
So... today ill tell u bout somethign in a book i read, its more of a challenge. Well in this book it tells us to pray for a specific somethign everyday for 6 months nd pray that if its in God's plan He would do something about it and God will come true! well thats baisicly thats it, so i challenge you to pray about it everyday for 6 months, and then when somethning happens tell someone about it, tell dem all about what God did =)
insomma thats it for today hopefully ill blog tomorro
Take care nd God bless
Your bro in Christ
Rob

Gardening XD

2008-07-29T00:54:00.003+02:00

Hey guys!
Ok so today the electricity went out for a bit, and i decided i needed to do some gardening.
So i have this venus flytrap, that budded off loads of other smaller plants nd it was getting to the point that there were so many small plants that they were killing the 'parent' plant. And i knew what i had to do. I had to break the roots. I was a bit scared, because if i break in d wrong place then i damage both the parent plant nd the new baby budding plant but i had to take the risk, to save the plants.
So i began, i gently removed all the mess of tangled up plants from the soil, nd venus flytrap roots are very delicate so i had to be careful, because roots are vital for the venus flytrap. And when i got the mess of plants out, i had to start rinsing them with drinking water (coz any other water would kill the venus flytrap straight away) so that i can manage 2 see where one plant ends and the other begins.
And when i could trace out where plants began and ended, i would pull slightly on the stalks, hoping that i hear a slight crack, and not a tear. In the end i managed to detach 12 plants from the parent plant, and repotted them all.
Insomma, moral of the story, sometimes we find ourselves in a rly big mess in life, everythign tangled up into each other and we feel like we're just about to die. Dont worry *Super Hero theme music* God is here XD. Well he will gently take u out of d dirt, wash you, and then carefully start breaking off parts, waiting anxiously for that crack, and not a tear, which will hurt a bit at first but it will all work out for the best so that you can grow fully into who you are capable of becoming.
So it might sound scary a first but don't worry, Gods a kick ass gardener, He knows what He's doing XD
Anyway, thats my post for today, gd night nd God bless guys =)

Getting through the tough times...

2008-07-27T01:27:00.002+02:00

hey guys!
Hows life treating you?
Finally I'm updating *u see bett, brooks nd achie! i did update =P*
So anyway, I'm just gonna get to the point of this whole post. Well I'm gna try start blogging again XD we'll see how that goes XD
Anyway so for the long awaited blog *drum roll pls* XD
So today at mass i had a kinda upset stomach, coz sam achie nd i decided to be cool nd eat knorr cubes, the ones you put for flavor in soups nd stuff. Insomma nd then while going up to communion there was this girl, probably about 10 yrs old nd her younger brother in front of her. And from what i gathered his stomach was hurting too, coz he had his hand on his stomach nd seemed sad. And his sister told him, dont worry, now Jesus will go inside and fix it. And after she received the Eucharist she waited for him, and then whispered 'He fixed it yet?' And the brother smiled nd said, 'you were right!'
And i learnt so much from this, to begin with the simple yet so strong faithfulness of children, which i wish sooo much that i have. And also thinking bout the Eucharist, for Jesus to fix the boys problem, Jesus had to travel through the mouth, down the gullet, through the sphincter muscle (that keeps ur stomach closed) nd into the stomach.
And sometimes we (me included) when going through a tough time call Jesus, nd He answers,' Coming!' So we wait... and wait... and wait... and it seems like He's never going to come. But thats because after we make the decision to call Jesus (nd take d Eucharist in dis example thing) Then the Eucharist must go through the mouth nd through the gullet, which could take come time if we would have eaten before and so have junk blocking the way. And even through all dis while its traveling down, the stomach is closed by the muscle. And it is only in the last minute that we can actually see Jesus nd realise that all this time he actually was coming (when the Eucharist pushes through the muscle closing the stomach.)
Well thats basically it, hope you liked it, and hope ill be updating naqa regularly too.
Gonna leave you with a song that I've been using this week to get me through the tough times...

Healing...

2008-03-28T00:17:00.002+01:00

Hey guys...
Been going through a bit of a hard time these past few weeks... Been covering up a lot, dnt rly like opening up to people because i dnt like pity, nd it makes me feel worse if someone only cares when they pity me. Its not that im proud, dont get me wrong, because i admit i need help nd support, a lot! But i dont want it if it aint genuine, nd sry but its just the way i am....
I just know i need to get through all that im going through, i dont know why, or how, or when, I'll leave that up to Jesus, but i know He's gna work it all out for my good.
So guys, if you could help... a prayer is all i ask for...
God bless
Your Bro IN Christ
Rob

All for YOU!

2008-03-17T23:40:00.001+01:00

His time with them had stopped,
It's time for Him to carry out His father's will,
Is that He drink this cup
He's told them all along that He would go,

They could not follow Him
But He'll be back for them my friend

And now He sweats these drops of blood
And He prays take this cup from me
But He knows there's no other way
His father's will is that He take your sin, your shame,
Your place upon that cross of pain And die for you

There's no way to repay
All the pain He went through for you
His reason: simply His love
It's time to see the truth
And understand there's nothing you can do
His reason was simply you

It was all for, it was all for you
He bled and He died for you

It was all for, it was all for you
He bled and He died for you

We live by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ
Who died to set us free
From chains our flesh can give
You know that even if you were the only one He died for
That means only your sins drove the nails

There's no way to repay
All the pain He went through for you
His reason: simply His love
It's time to see the truth
And understand there's nothing you can do
His reason was simply you

It was all for, it was all for you
He bled and He died for you

No time to hesitate my friend
No time to second guess His love
There's nothing else that you can do
He already gave it all for you
All for you, all for you, all for you
Simply you

There's no way to repay
All the pain He went through for you
His reason: simply His love
It's time to see the truth
And understand there's nothing you can do
His reason was simply you

It was all for, it was all for you
He bled and He died for you

There's no way to repay
All the pain He went through for you
His reason: simply His love
It's time to see the truth
And understand there's nothing you can do
His reason was simply you

It was all for, it was all for you
He bled and He died for you

all for you....all for you....all for you

Nothing to add.. the song says it all
Your Bro IN Christ
Rob

...

2008-03-12T09:25:00.003+01:00

hey guys, second post within few minutes, im sry imma i had to post this.
Ok so as i said in th eother post, woke up feeling naqa down, nd i decided ill see ppls blogs and went on bens and found this amazing song! (Yes its of Jeremy Camp =P)But God spoke somethign amazing to me through it.
So lets imagined Jesus having youtube in heaven? So before time begun, Jesus was watching youtube, nd saw a vid like this, with all thsi suffering, showing each nd everyone of us in hell going through all this and more, and Jesus couldnt take it, it was too much, so He said, 'I will take their place and suffer for their sins' And i can imagine Jesus nd God crying together, because they knew what Jesus was going to go through and it wasnt nice, but they both knew it was The Only way...

Today...

2008-03-12T09:09:00.002+01:00

Hey guys, aint in the greatest mood today, woke up late nd miss chem on top of everything, but these two songs lightened up my mood. Hope they spk to you just like they spoke to me =)
God bless you guys

Another post, my systems lesson

2008-03-11T13:05:00.003+01:00

Hey guys!
Still at school hehe, just finished systems.
Had quite an interesting lesson, it was about art and religion, nd ended up having a discussion about religion, so it was quite cool. And got to hear what people think about religion. I didnt like jump right into the discussion, i waited for everyone to give their views, nd then the sir asked me what i tought, but i like managed not to seem closed minded which was gd coz i didnt want people to think that Christianity is close minded and i wanted people to like listen to me not just shut me out.
SO like just a bit of advice guys, coz i always used 2 make this mistake, dnt like shove d bible down peoples throats, on the contrary, just give them a small taste of what Christianity is, people nowadays are searching for a meaning to life, somethign that brings joy nd happyness not guilt and suffering, and by just giving them a taste ur gna make them rly curious, and God will use that curiousity for His Glory
Thats all i felt i needed to say guys, so
God bless you all
Your Bro IN Christ
Rob =)

Music =)

2008-03-10T14:44:00.004+01:00

Hey guys,
Gots a bit of a reflective/prayer post today.
So, the stuff is still going on, nd woke up feeling like naqqa sadish, nd insomma started listenin to music and then to Jeremy Camp. He's such an amazing artist, amazin music and has an amazing relationahip with God, and that shows in the music he writes.
And i love the fact that there is christian music out there that expresses exactly how id be feelign at a particular moment, and so i can really feel God comforting me and knowing and understanding what im going through, it gives me just enough strength nd courage to continue the fight!
So i want to encourage any of you who are going through a ahrd tiem to continue the fight and know that God understands what youre goign through! And also it always helps to talk to someone more experienced and who can really help you, about it.
Anyway im off... prob post again later tonight wiht another vid =)
God bless you ALL
As always, Your Bro IN Christ
Rob =)

I'm back =P

2008-03-09T21:14:00.003+01:00

Hey guys!
So finally another post, been ages since my last post, so im sry... but i had a bit of a reason for the long time no post.
So baisicly you knw my older posts, i felt like i wasnt living up to them, liek i was being a rly big fake, so i decided to like not post so i wont have to live up to anything so to speak, understood? Lik i didnt set a target so i wouldnt be able to miss.
But now im gna try my best to start posting regularly...
Lately been going tru a valley, hsnt been the easiest time for me, nd had a lot of ups nd downs, but managing to hold on, but could always use your prayers guys =)
And my last thing is this, through these tought times, through the darkness, ive fallen, ive stumbled nd ive gotten bruised, but there is nothing like God's love! He lifted me up, took me away nd sheltered me from all that was going on and i found refuge in Him! And i rly encourage any of you who are goign through a tough time to really seek shelter from Jesus
God bless you guys and hope you enjoyed the post =)
As always, Your Bro IN Christ
Rob

These are two amazing vids, the first is a reflection on the song written by the guy in the vid, and the second one is the song that the guy is talkign about, and just so u know, the first vid does hav sound! u just need to turn ur spkers a bit high coz the sound in the first vid is rly low.

An Amazing Revelation =)

2008-01-28T20:35:00.000+01:00

Hey guys! Hope youre all great =)
So today during my religion lesson God sent me this message;

'I am being persecuted with you, Dont worry, I am with you'

And it made me think of the passage where Saul is on his way to Damascus, so i opened my bible nd read the passage. And there was a part that really struck me, it goes like this [Acts 9:3-5 the Msg]:

3-4He set off. When he got to the outskirts of Damascus, he was suddenly dazed by a blinding flash of light. As he fell to the ground, he heard a voice: "Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?"

5He said, "Who are you, Master?"

"I am Jesus, the One you're hunting down."

nd i realised, illa Jesus didnt say why are you hunting odnw my people, he said "I am Jesus, the One you're hunting down." Nd it rly showed me, illa its rly true Jesus is with us, i mena i believed it but verses like tis just re-strengthen my faith, I was just so amazed by it, an amazing reveltion, there is rly no way of getting it out of my mind =)
SO guys remember, when you're neing hunted down by; hurts, studies, feeligns of regret, insecurities, failures, Jesus is right there, being hunted down with you, btu dont forget, He stoped Saul, and He'll stop your hunters too!
God bless you guys!

Your bro IN Christ

Rob

This vid reminds me that we are in a spiritual battle all the time, nd it reminds me not to give up because in this changing world, we have the one true constant, God, right behind us all the way =)

Jesus Wept...

2008-01-27T14:23:00.000+01:00

hey guys!
So i apologise from now, because this is going to be a bit of a long post ok?
Well, lately im going through a bit of a hard time... Not all of you know... It's like the first time im tellin everyone... Well my parents are splitting up, like with the court nd everything. And like ive been struggling, but managing to hold onto Jesus' hand. And also i want to encourage any of you who are going through hard times to hold onto His hand coz it really does help! And if anyone needs to talk im always ready to listen =)
So like with all thats going on, you can guess that it gets quite confusing. And im trying to stay as neutral as possible like all the time, tryin to be the best christian i could be like. And it gets hard to do that when i know that there is an easy way out always. An i found this passage in the bible, i knew about it, but i never realised it like could be applied to my situation atm.
So the passage is Daniel 3:1-30 (thats all of it hehe) but ill summarise it for you.
The passage goes like this:

Baisicly the king at the tiem made a huge statue of himself out of gold n said everyone has to worship this statue (he made a change in peoples lives). Now three guys who believed in God refused to worship this statue but continued worshiping God. Some guys told the king baout this and the king decided to throw them in a furnace. These three guys were carried in by others, these others who carried them in burnt away and died but the three God worshippers stayed alive. And in the furnace, there where 4 pople not 3 walking around.

And i can rly relate this story with what im going through at the moment;
So a change occured in their lives, and everyone went along with it and took the easy way out, but those three kept worshiping God. This made them a target. And so they were thrown in the furnace, just like when you choose to follow God youre gna get attacked, and maybe even people around you will get attacked (the guys who carried them into the furnace burnt nd died) But while youre in the furnace Gow will be with you, while youre going through the hard part, God will definately be with you. And He will deliver you from it!
SO guys i encourage you to hold onto Him, nd dnt give up!And always remember, what ever youre going through, Jesus is right there with you, feeling what you're feeling and going through it with you, and HE can truely say 'i know what you mean!' remeber, when lazarus died 'Jesus wept' [Jn11:35] he didnt care about what anyone said or tought, He was feeling what he felt and he just broke down in tears. And guys if you ever need anything even just someone to listen to you, just call me =)
God bless you guys!

Your Bro IN Christ

Rob

This vid really touched me! Lets go to the cross guys, for healing nd comfort... Just go to the Cross =)

Pawlu

2008-01-26T00:32:00.000+01:00

Heya guys!
So... this post is of Friday still ok? =P
So the reading in mass 2day was about Paul, and his conversion, and how a total bad guy turned into such an amazing guy. It shows how we shouldnt judge people on their past, however bad it is.
And we should never give up on people coming to Christ. Paul (Then still known as Saul) was one of the last guys expected to convert, by anyone, because he was like the main guy persecuting the early Christians, and yet he converted, and went road the world (including Malta =P) proclaiming the Good news of Jesus, and loads of people believed him, and rightly so! Because for someone to make such a rapid, radicle change in their lives there ahs to be something genuine about it!
So guys, do people see this in us? I wish they did in me! I wish that as soon as they see me they say, ahh theres something about that guy, i cant put my finger on it, but i want it! SO guys lets pray for this, and for more conversions, coz heaven wants more parties!
God bless =)

Your Bro IN Christ

Rob

Rly like this vid guys, just makes me wanna go crazy >.< =) Hope it touches you

Healing...

2008-01-24T21:56:00.000+01:00

Hey guys!
Sry im posting late imma had a busy day hehe! [I finally got the time right pawl, its 5 past 10 =P]
Ok so lemme start with what happened this morning, so i woke up feeling rly under the weather and didnt feel like school, but went anyway and i rly didnt feel like mass, because the chapel is naqa stuffy nd it dont help my cold >.< but i got myself to go because i wanted to praise GOd not just when im healthy but when im not also, so i was there hehe and im like one of the few that sing, and i was sick, so you can imagine how everyone was looking at me. So i was feeling sick all through mass but i kept my mind focused on praising God. And then during the mass the priest mentioned the story of when the woman who was bleeding touched Jesus' cloak Lk8:42-48:

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,[d] but no one could heal her. 44She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45"Who touched me?" Jesus asked.
When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."

46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."

47Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

And yet i didnt have enough faith to ask God to heal me from a cold! Bla sens ta guys!
I really wish i had her faith, faith the size of a mustard seed! And then i could do eveything and anything in Jesus's name... AMAZING! =)
So guys i ask you to pray for me nd my faith, so it grows like a million gazillion times (yes i made up that number dw, but its a very big number ok?)
Nd you're all in my prayers guys!
God bless you all =)

Your Bro IN Christ

Rob

This vid is amazing, the guy talkin in it, has a terminal illness that had just taken a very bad turn for the worse, but he still kept praising God... amazing! It sent chills down my spine... =)

Doubts?

2008-01-23T10:01:00.000+01:00

Hey guys!
ok so this morning went to mass, the first reading whas about david and goliath, you all know the story right? the small tiny twiggy guy baisicly beats up nd kills the huge giant >.< dont worry, i aint going to go into the story nd explain everything, that would take way longer than anyone can bear to read in a blog hehe. But i wanted to focus on two points. The first one (and this is from where i got the title) is that sometimes we dont believe that God can take away even the simplest problems / hurts. Like i mean all we need to do is have faith, david did! And look what God did through him! I mean sometimes we rly underestimate God. Im guilty of underestimating Him too dont worry, im not pointing any fingers, i just wish i wouldnt because then God can work even more through me, like for example david didnt ahve any doubt, he knew God was gna get him through it, he didnt tell his brothers, if i die you can have all my sheep, he just went out and had faith and knew that God was gna kill the giant and bring him home safely. Amazing faith!
The second thing i wanted to point out is this. You know sometimes how we say, but i cant to [something] im not good enough. Just like david could have said it; 'i cant kill goliath, he's too big!' But you know what i noticed from the bible? God always uses the weaker people, so that we can show Gods glory even more. By using someone as small as david ( a teenager, small and twiggy) there is no way that anyone could have said that it was through david's strenght that he killed goliath but only through the strength of God. So guys dont get discouraged because maybe you think you're weak in a certain area, or maybe you think you're not good enough. Offer it to God for Him to use and trust me, you'll bring glory to Him through that very same area!
Thats baisicly all i had to say, bdw guys this dont rly have anything to do with the post but i watched a rly gd film its called 'Facing The Giants' its not some boring bible cartoon film dont worry, its a rly gd film, ive watched it like at least 50 times i love it, and i really learnt a lot from it, so i encourage you to see it.
God bless you guys!

Your bro IN Christ

Rob

This vid is rly gd, and for those of you who were wondering, yes i am crazy about Planetshakers =P almost as crazy about them as i am over David Crowder, but i had used almost all his vids in my old blog hehe. So Hope God speaks to at least one fo you through this vid!

Suffering...

2008-01-22T08:37:00.000+01:00

Hey guys!
im sick uff hehe but dw ill be better soon hopefully hehe.
So... yesterday my nanna fell like when she was walkin home, nd today she got 2 bruises, one on her chin nd a black eye kinda. Well when i saw her i rly felt empathy for her, like ekk it was rly hard for me to look at her because it was like i felt her hurt.
Imagine how hard it must have been for Mary to see Jesus' face! Thats the first thing i tought of when i saw my nannas face, if it was so hard, nd hurt, to see my nannas face with just 2 bruises, imagine how hard it must have been for mary to see Jesus face with all those cuts, bruises, blood nd even the thorns in his head! I mean this was her one nd only son, the very Son of God...
NOw onto something kinda diff, so like i personally hate suffering, especially seeing someone suffering, i feel i need to do something, i cant stand seeing people suffer and others just passing them by, it eats me up inside. And lately i was thinking about my future, nd for the first time im rly considering not becoming a doctor, well a doctor helps people who are suffering, and i think thats what drew me to it in the first place, but i wont be happy just treating them or just stiching them up! I want to do more, i want to help them through their problems, and go through it with them so they wont feel alone, i want to be a listener! So i was thinking about social work, and missionary work so i ask you to keep me nd my future in your prayers so that Gods love is rly shown through everyday of my life!
God bless you guys!

Your Bro IN Christ

Rob

I rly like this vid guys, hope God speaks to you through it =)

Letting go...

2008-01-21T17:33:00.000+01:00

Hey guys, yet another post for today =)
So... wanted to talk about Matt 8:28-34 [the Msg.]:

The Madmen and the Pigs
[28-31]They landed in the country of the Gadarenes and were met by two madmen, victims of demons, coming out of the cemetery. The men had terrorized the region for so long that no one considered it safe to walk down that stretch of road anymore. Seeing Jesus, the madmen screamed out, "What business do you have giving us a hard time? You're the Son of God! You weren't supposed to show up here yet!" Off in the distance a herd of pigs was browsing and rooting. The evil spirits begged Jesus, "If you kick us out of these men, let us live in the pigs."

[32-34]Jesus said, "Go ahead, but get out of here!" Crazed, the pigs stampeded over a cliff into the sea and drowned. Scared to death, the swineherds bolted. They told everyone back in town what had happened to the madmen and the pigs. Those who heard about it were angry and upset about drowned pigs. A mob formed and demanded that Jesus get out and not come back.

OK so now a bit of reflection... you know how sometimes, in our Christian lives, God does things to us, like things to help us, but things that we might think we are not ready to do, and these things end up really helping us out and for the better.
But then we find the one thing that we lost and we cry over it. Even tho it wasnt something we needed or could help us, the fact that we feel like God took something away from us, or made us let go of something, sometimes makes us angry and upset. Howcome?! because satan uses anything and everything! satan is the father of lies, he can make something that would hinder your growth, seem like something you absolutely need, and in effect turn you against God for taking it away, or making you let go of it.
So guys dont worry about what you loose in your Christian life, because if its from God its definitely for the good, and satan just wants to confuse you.
God bless you guys!

Your Bro IN Christ

Rob

This vid reminds me that i gotta loose my pride and fear, and not be scared to spread Jesus everywhere i go and to everyone i meet, so hope it encourages you just as much as it helps and encourages me!

Obedience and Sacrifice

2008-01-21T13:20:00.000+01:00

Hey guys!

First post hehe how exciting!

So, today i went 2 mass, nd the first reading really touched me. So i decided to write my first post on the first reading. So i checked the chapter and verse of the Bible, that the passage was taken from, and when i went to find it in the bible i couldnt find it!! I checked in all the bibles i could find, nd on biblegateway.com but couldnt find this passage anywhere. So i then checked what the liturgy of today is meant to be and its the same passage.

So... The passage is 1 Samuel 11:16-26, if any of you find it in your Bible pls leave a comment with your bible translation nd stuff tnx =)

So let me give you the gist of the passage, baisicly in the passage Samuel first shows Saul that God did great things through Saul, and then Samuel asks Saul why then he does not obey God. Saul wasn't focusing on obeying God, more on giving sacrifices to God, and that was his mistake. He thought that God preffered gifts and over obedience and he couldnt have gotten it more wrong! Guys lets learn from his mistake, lets no longer just give sacrifices but obey!

Whats the point if we give God our lives on Saturday at y4J and then don't obey Him during the week? Just like in the Our Father 'Let Your Will be done' lets get His will done in our lives and not ours! Thats true sacrifice! An just like Tutzi always says, doing what you like only, is agreeing not obeying, doing what you're told even when you dont like it, thats obedience.

So guy i encourage you, lets be obedient to God's will!

And guys if you see me not being obedient then pls come tell me ok? Coz i try my best not be a hypocrite but im human and i make mistakes, so when i do make those mistakes pls just help me back up.

God bless you all!

Your Bro IN Christ

Rob

This Vid talks about how we shouldn't just offer our offerings to the altar but offer our obedience and our lives as daily offerings to God