souls are not shaken just stirred

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honey

i had a late lunch today. i felt hungry at one point, but persisted on working for an odd little while. and when i was about to heat my lunch in the microwave, the whole container, unexpectedly, just flipped out of my hand, and landed upsite-down on to the kitchen bench. huh! i suppose i was hungry enough not to be any less clumsy than i am at times.

so i cleaned up, threw off half of my meal (including all the dishes), and then went upstairs to get a pre-packed lunch for $5 on salary sacrifice. i had no idea which one to try, so i just picked one. they tasted great and were fulfilling, even though i haven't finished them. there were two types in a container. half side was brocolli, sweet potato with tahini. the other half was parsnip, spinach, honey roasted walnut and cashew.

i just love honey. last night, i drank three-quarters of a cup of warm milk (i'm lactose intolerance) with honey. and the taste just stuck in my mind. that's it, i'm going to buy more money (i mean honey, i swear it was honey that i intended to type, but it turned out to be money, gah!) at aldi.. now.

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a question from the bible study of Ephesians

dave sent the email below. it was my question as i remember from our discussions with others. if you have ever thought about it, feel free to throw in your two-cents worth. i once read from a commentary, but vaguely remember how it's explained. even when you think you know as much, there are always things that you will learn more of from the Bible.

Ephesians 3:1-13

Hi Vy,

remember last time we were discussing study 4 in the leaders meeting when we read Eph 3:5, and it mentioned that the mysteries were made known to the apostles and prophets. We then ask how is it that the prophets knew about the mysteries. However, it just occured to me that Paul wrote that sentence in this way:

"which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit."

The first underline suggest that people before the time of Christ did not know about the mystery, therefore I dont think the prophets of the old testament knew about it either, and I dont think we could find references of the mystery being made known to the prophets of OT.

The second underline suggests that the revelation was made "NOW" by the spirit, which I think meant that only after the time of Christ the mystery was then revealed. The problem is then why is it necessary for Paul to write that the mystery was revealed to the "prophets" since there are no prophets after the time of Christ.

I think there may be 2 interpretations that can be drawn from the word prophets.

1. It may refer to the prophets of the OT, and that the spirit reveal to them the mystery of Christ, even after they are dead.

2. or it may refer to the prophets of the New Testament which as mentioned by Peter in the day of Pentacost; interpreting the word prophet as one who foretell the future ie: the second coming of Christ.

Ok so, what do u think?

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note to self #171106

this morning, i had to catch a bus. i had 10 mins left for the earliest one, and the next one would be another 30 mins. i need at least 8 mins to reach the bus stop. i didn't feel like having my breakfast, not until i reached the office later. i remembered i haven't much cereal left at the office (my vegemite run out :). therefore, i needed to fill in yet another jar to bring. and by the time i put on my shoes, i had spent 4 mins at least. but i moved on. i ran intermittenly throughout, hoping to get on the bus just in time.

i missed the bus. i had to wait at the bus stop for another 25 mins. it was cold, but i had my overcoat on. so i read my book. fine. and waited. freezed.

there's just something that i learnt about myself. i think i prefer to 'stuff up', taking the troubles of running out of my breath while having clearly known that the chance to overcome is less than one in two THAN to let thing be, it's a non-crucial one somehow, and therefore give myself a break. crikey, when i can't stop myself, the only thing to stop me is reality (and off course God is behind all things). don't i just like a bit of challenge many times.. (better still if this helps me to not be in for a challenge with others, not easily understood perhaps).

simply, which one are you, run or wait?

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