Wisdom..

God really does give wisdom when you seek and ask Him..

     Even though it may not come straight away.......

Leviticus..

Leviticus has dominated the last 2 weeks of my life.

It's been interesting, 

   agonizing, 

                amazing, 

     frustrating,

                 illuminating,

       confusing.

I've learnt so much from doing all my research and readings...and yet I feel like I know nothing at all.

The problem is that Leviticus is written more like a manual on how to do things...not WHY.  Consequently there are so many different arguments and interpretations of what it means.

Even the individual sacrifices themselves are confusing and have varied opinions.

My Old Testament essay topic is to write about the Theological message of Leviticus Chapters 1-7 (The 5 sacrificial rituals), but I found that there was very little info on that.  Instead most commentaries/journals argue over the meaning of the individual sacrifices, and the word Atonement (kpr).  I found that it was good though, as I really wanted to know what they all meant as well.  Thus I think I've spent a lot of my time reading things related to the sacrifices....but not related to my essay topic!!  That's actually how life has been working lately haha.  I'm reading all these non-examinable stuff in my other subjects too...

On top of that... I've been sick for the past week or so.  Throat is sore, and I'm coughing furiously (especially at night).  Thus I'm tired and really can't be bothered doing work.... (which explained why I've started watching this japanese drama haha.... >.<)

Anyway, I have just now finished summarising the notes from all the numerous sources that I've read.  The essay is due the day after tomorrow.... in the morning. Tomorrow is a packed day....so I'm a bit screwed.

I'm probably going to skip Personal Evangelism class tomorrow, so I can finish my essay.  And then go into uni for New Testament class in the evening.  Unfortunately I don't feel that I learn very much in the Personal Evangelism class.... and am a bit annoyed that they removed Hermeneutics from the syllabus and replaced it with Ministry Foundations (which I don't think is very helpful at all...).  I don't like missing class...but I think I need to sleep in to recover from my sickness anyway (I can't sleep at night nowadays...and coughing has screwed it up even more).

Back to the topic of Leviticus.....

I think that we too often look at these laws/system in regard to the New Testament, know Jesus' death on the cross.  It blinds us, and stops us from fully understanding.  There are so many amazing things about God that we can discover if we only leave behind the knowledge of Jesus' work.

Its funny.... every time I read/hear/learn something about God, the first thing I start thinking about, is how I can share that to other people.  How can I reshape it, and put it into a form that would make sense, and be easy for other people to understand?  Even with this Leviticus, I'm thinking of how I can possibly put it together to present at a Bible Study (though it might actually take 2 sessions or so haha).

I guess that just shows that one of my calling really is to teach...since that's the first thing on my head when I learn something new.

I'm also starting work this Friday.  Found a job working as an optometrist at nursing homes / age-care facilities.  My old work place (ACO) also called as asked if I still want to work Saturdays.  So from now on I'll be working every Friday and Saturdays too.

I'm a bit scared...haven't worked for 2.5 months... I'm afraid that I've forgotten stuff >.<  I'll also be teaching when I'm working at ACO too.  Well all I can do is pray and depend on God.

Knowingly scammed..

So yesterday I was out in the city...

This guy came up to me and my friend, and said that he's really stuck and if we could help him.  His car's out of petrol and he really needs to get to this place about 70km away by tonight.  His wife's in the car and he's pregnant so he can't just leave her there. He's out of money, and somehow his bank card's not working.  He needs to buy the container that stores petrol, which is about $20, and another $30 for petrol.

Said he's not a druggie, and showed me his driver's license.  Had a Myki card in there too.  Asked if we could help.

Sounded really dodgy....always dodgy when someone starts saying their wife/gf is pregnant....seems like a standard scam line nowadays....

Yet...I dunno why... but I thought I'd help.  I was gonna pull out $20...but for some random reason I decided to give $40.  When I gave it away I accepted in my mind that I wasn't going to get it back.

He got my number and said that tomorrow he'll call me for my bank details and he'll bank transfer it back.

So yeah... then I walked off.  Part of me knew I was getting scammed...but then part of me wonder if we shouldn't try to have a bit more faith, rather than in this cynical reality.

I accepted that I was probably being scammed...and yet i still gave it over.  Thinking back I should have only given $20..but somehow in that moment I gave $40...

I figured...and wondered.... if I get scammed 10x, but one time it was actually true and I did help someone in need....then would it be worth it?  In that scene I viewed my giving of my money as giving to God...rather than to them.  Would God be pleased with my action....my naive-ness/innocence? 

Anyway...and of course I got no call today.  And it's a funny feeling.  Cuz I don't really feel that bad...but then I wonder if I should be feeling bad and jibbed....

So it comes back to 2 questions:

1. Is it worth it to risk being jibbed/scam for the small chance that it's actually true and you're actually helping someone?

2. How can we be a good Samaritan in this world of dodgy-ness?

I can only imagine that people would be even more dodgy in Jesus' time... when people scam/jib/rip off other people because life is so much more desperate.... life so much harder... less moral structure and more survival of the fittest......

Interesting thoughts.....

Easter..

Easter....

Hm.......

Remember Jesus...

Consider Jesus....

ὁ ‘Ιησους ὁ υἱος του θεου......

ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν.....

Insomnia..

For some reason....

   For the past few weeks...

My insomnia has returned...

I'm tired..

    I want to go to sleep..

  And yet...

     I just lie here in my bed...

Why is sleep to hard to attain?

   Why does it always allude me..

Journey - searching for $1 McDonald Small Coke..

I don't usually get cravings...

But last Friday, after playing tennis I suddenly had a huge thirst for Coca Cola... water just wasn't cutting it.

Had about an hour to kill, and remembered that McDonalds now has a $1-2 menu....and the small coke was $1!!

So I drove around to find a McDonalds.  Finally found one that's suppose to be next to Masters on Ballarat Rd.

I parked...then walked around trying to find my way into Macca's....... couldn't find it!  I see the yellow M sign....but that's it!!

After a while I finally realised that it's INSIDE Master's.....  so then I walked around and walked in.

I stood, waited to be served......

   A few minutes later a girl came from the back of Macca's...

      And told me that they just closed...and are cleaning up to end the night >.<

So continues my search for Coke....

I then went out..and drove around more.....

Finally found another McDonald's.  Decided to go drive-through this time.

I went...then ordered.

Then went to the next window........

            but there was no one there!

     So then I drove up to the next window.

  Only to have that lady tell me that I needed to go pay back at the previous window!

I claimed that no one was there, but she explained that the other person must've just stepped out.

I then looked into my rear mirror so I can reverse... and there's already another car behind me >.<

Soooooooo  I had to get out of my car in the middle of the drive-through....  walked back to the previous window... paid my $1... then walked back into my car.

THEN I got my $1 coke............

So concludes my story........ of searching for $1 McDonald's Small Coke... >.<

Overall it took me 40 minutes to get the drink ~~~~~~