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When we rest in God’s strength we can accomplish almost superhumanish feats. We began our first Home Church meeting by just hanging out and talking about our week. The common thread seemed to be the spiritual battle and how we need each other. Over the past few weeks I got hammered by the flu [yup, that one. you probably had it too] and pink eye [such a deceptively unassuming name for a P.I.T.A. infection]. I started by the usual ‘help me, Lord’ prayer. After awhile of that, I realized I needed help…enter the Justice League [aka. the braddahs…no, not them, the other ones]. Unbelievably, the next day or shortly thereafter, healing. Something supernatural happens when we humble ourselves and reach out for help.

And so we prayed for each other, broke bread [does sushi count?], and watched a movie about folks who banded together to fight an evil force that threatened to destroy the world.

You know, I can’t say that I fully understand this “love” thing. I believe it though.

Not that love is simply just a “thing”, but love is something that is so complicated and simple at the same time.

I love many things, but all in different ways. How is that possible? That small little word can mean so much. Whoa.

I don’t love my husband the same way I love my friends, though I do love him as a friend too. I don’t love my family like I love rice. I would hope not. It’s so multi-faceted. How the heck are we supposed to comprehend it?

Look at the world around us;

Girls are loving guys that clearly are NOT right for them. Hurting each other each moment they spend together. Parents, who supposedly love their children, abuse their children whether it is physically or verbally. People love celebrities they have never even met before. People fall in love with Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah,…sure, I read my bible, I’ll pray, and sometimes we bust out a little worship. But are we really being a Christian? What does it really mean to be a Christian? Really? It doesn’t just involve, reading, praying and worshiping, right?

It is to be like Christ. hence the meaning of the word. There is a whole lot to this Christianity thing. I am not sure if we can be Christ-like until we start to really realize what that is.

Do we read just to help our ownselves out? Are we just seeking the wisdom that we need to get through the situationswe are going through? Sure, those words provide for us all that we could ever need, BUT it also provides information on WHO we really need. WHO God is, it provides the “WHO”

Prayer and worship? Are we just asking God to bless us? Sure, he will. Of course he will. But through our Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever wondered about the mechanics of how a person comes to receive Jesus Christ as Lord? Is it through our efforts or is it a gift given by grace or both efforts and grace? And once saved is one forever saved? The reason I started asking myself this is because I’ve been spending time praying for my unsaved friends. These friends are the very ones that ask me to go out drinking with them and even to strip clubs. I’ve asked a few to come out to church but no response. And honestly, I get discouraged sometimes because I see no change, even though God may be working in the background, I need to keep hoping. This makes me question what kind of involvement is required of me? At the moment I’m thinking Read the rest of this entry »

When I was in Japan there was one time when one of my mother’s friend offered us (my mother, brother, and myself) to take us around to different places.

We first stopped by to some building where people practiced the Japanese religion of Shintoism there. My mother’s friend was a devoted practitioner where she went there on a regular basis to exorcised by the priest of any bad spirits that may be clinging on to her. My mom went in there too. However, my brother began to complain of getting “bad vibes” from the place when we went inside. At first I wasn’t sure what exactly what he was talking about. I thought he meant that some of the people there was Read the rest of this entry »

In minichurch last week, we were talking about what was going on in each of our weeks and  in jest I mentioned that I keep on telling myself that I don’t want to kill people. Meaning, that there are people
perhaps socially challenged people that almost always come across my path, a personal test from the hand of the Almighty as he chisels away the problem areas. Read the rest of this entry »

Lately one thing I’ve been getting into is finances. About a month ago at a bookstore I came up to a display which had Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” series. I heard Pastor Ralph talk a lot about the book when it first came out and decide to look into it. I read a few parts and enjoyed Robert’s engaging writing style. One thing that’s been a big concern for me is what I exactly want to do for my career in the future. I definitely don’t want to be stuck working at a supermarket forever or steal a shopping cart and sit around on a bench in a park for the rest of my life. Especially with the economic issues and the homeless problem in Hawaii has been a big concern for me.

This book is quite interesting as it’s not some “Get rich quick” book Read the rest of this entry »