- Sheila David -
Friday, February 27, 2009
Bye Frank...
We said good-bye to Frank today.. will definitely miss having him around.
Frank & Fei Feng @ JB Coffeeshop
Frank's a student from Amsterdam, here to do his project/report about the red-light district in Geylang. The politics, sociological issues.. etc. He found us through google, cool right.
Frank & Fei Feng @ JB CoffeeshopThursday, February 19, 2009
Saved by grace
How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Ps 82:2-4
Talking to people about what I do, I find myself sometimes defending, even selling my cause, trying to incite pity. Then I realized, I didn't have to justify what I was doing...
It's not my job to incite pity, to excite sympathy nor defend.. the Lord himself will do that. The fact is that we're all saved by grace, shown mercy through the sacrifice that was for all. Who am I to judge the whys and hows of any person? If I pride myself in my moral uprightness in comparison with a street walker, how different am I from the pharisee who thanked God that he wasn't like a tax-collector?
None are righteous.. none deserve to be spared, but all have been redeemed.
Friday, February 13, 2009
It's so easy to judge
Romans 5:8 - ... While we were STILL sinners, Christ died for us. (emphasis my own) In a demonstration of His love, Christ did just that.
Do I understand what this little line, used time and time again in Christian speech, actually means?
The lust-ladened eyes that sweeps over a scantily clad lady, foxy grin on his face. Written plain on his face what he has in mind. Can the Lord who knows the hearts of men look on that and decide to demonstrate his love?
Sex workers - the victims of circumstance, victims I understand.
The poor, theives, hunger drives them - also victims perhaps.
But men/people who have the power to choose and chooses to victimize. That I cannot, sometimes will not. However the fact remains. God demonstrated His love for "whoever" believes in Him. Yes, even that lusty old man in Victoria coffeeshop. So who am I to judge?
Do I understand what this little line, used time and time again in Christian speech, actually means?
The lust-ladened eyes that sweeps over a scantily clad lady, foxy grin on his face. Written plain on his face what he has in mind. Can the Lord who knows the hearts of men look on that and decide to demonstrate his love?
Sex workers - the victims of circumstance, victims I understand.
The poor, theives, hunger drives them - also victims perhaps.
But men/people who have the power to choose and chooses to victimize. That I cannot, sometimes will not. However the fact remains. God demonstrated His love for "whoever" believes in Him. Yes, even that lusty old man in Victoria coffeeshop. So who am I to judge?
