*wonder.nostalgic.reminisce.ponder.*

so. i just wrote a reply email to the chubstaz. it really hit me you know. just how much God has blessed me with wonderful friendships. trish, nardz, duyen, jas, lassie, mel.. u guys are awesome. in the email i wrote to them... i quoted this very true inference about friends. "everyone hears what you say. friends listen to what you say. but best friends, they listen to what you don't say." how true is that you know? it's those kind of 'best friends' which you should embrace, hold onto, and cherish for all your lifetime. God has given us friends to help us along this long and winding path of life. next to choosing to believe in Him, we've also got to cherish our friends enough to help them come to know Christ, and love Him too. i stand amazed at the wonders of what God has done. what He has put in my life. the things that He has blessed me with and the things which He purposely put in my life to challenge me, and make me rise up to meet that challenge. i'm here - forever grateful.

so after reminiscing over that quote. i stumbled upon another "quote". it's not really a quote per se. coz it's quite long and.. un-quote like. buttt. it does point out some very very valuable things.

it goes like this.

<~>
the greatest handicap ---------- fear
the best day ---------- today
the easiest thing to do ---------- find fault
the most useless asset ---------- pride
the greatest mistake ---------- giving up
the greatest block ---------- egotism
the greatest comfort ---------- work done well
the most disagreeable person ---------- the complainer
the worst bankcruptcy ---------- loss of enthusiasm
the greatest need ---------- common sense
the best gift ---------- forgiveness
the greatest moment ---------- death
the greatest knowledge ---------- the great spirit
the greatest thing ---------- love
<~>


you know, the amazing thing is that all of those things link to my walk with Christ. i know many of you might not see it. but really it does. the greatest handicap is the fear of sharing my faith and my love of God. the best day is today because i can say that i took the opportunity to give someone a Bible - God's very own Word. the most useless asset is pride because i could ever think that i'm too good to share what i know about Christ - about how He loves us so much. the greatest mistake is giving up because we should never give up defending and standing up for our faith. the greatest comfort is work well done because we would know that we did bring someone to know Christ. the worst bankcruptcy in losing enthusiasm in sharing our faith. the greatest need is common sense, because common sense grants us the best method of sharing out faith with someone. the best gift is forgiveness because God forgive us for the many things we do to hurt Him. the greatest moment is death because it will be the day that i go and be with Christ for eternity. the greatest knowledge is the great spirit because He gives me comfort and a wholehearted indwelling spirit to continue life, walking as a child of God. and finally, the greatest thing is love because Christ first loved us, so we should love others, as God loved us.

remarkable. isn't it?