A piece of prose about the state of man and the world, written by Paul Harvey

"If I Were The Devil"

I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world;

I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's
effort, instead of God's blessings;

I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of
the other way around;

I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue;

I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to
leadership;

I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies;

I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent
machines to make it convenient;

I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that life of animals are
valued more than human beings;

I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was
grounds for a lawsuit;

I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I
would get sports heroes to advertise them;

I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the
minds of every family member for my agenda;

I would attack then family, the backbone of any nation. I would make
divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so
does the nation;

I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and
movies screens, and I would call it art;

I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their
lifestyles should be accepted and marveled;

I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who
call themselves authorities and refer to their agendas as politically
correct;

I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, the
Bible is for the naive:

I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is
not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional;

I GUESS I WOULD LEAVE THINGS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THEY ARE!

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It's sad to know that this is the state on man of recent times...

I pray for miracles.

That only God can fufill.

Place your trust on Him.

To all sinners of the world. Listen.

"Nobody is beyond the grace of God,"

"That's why Jesus died for the sinners, not for the righteous. . . .

Nobody is beyond God's grace whom God decides to call into His kingdom.

"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not,
at one time or other, find himself
with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."
- Napoleon Hill


Uncertainty.


Our worthwhile successes tend to require a certain degree of flirtation with failure. And in my experience, the things I'm truly meant to do almost always scare, overwhelm, or at least excite me before I take them on.

Uncertainty can be a reminder that we're walking in intimacy with the God's will. I often say to myself and pray, "I'm only going here on faith," and at those times, my uncertainty is not a negative side effect of risk, but a sign that I'm on the right track. We can respond to uncertainty in one of three ways: pulling away, muscling through, or reveling in uncertainty.

If we pull away from something when we feel uncertain, we stop in our tracks.Our possibilities shrink. We let our fear freeze us in our tracks…and we may not even know that's what's happening. One sign of pulling back in the face of uncertainty is procrastination. We might say, "I'm just really busy right now. I'll get around to it."


What lies ahead?

What can I do from here?

Questions.

Thoughts.

Decisions.

...

A phrase comes to mind. Something simple, yet true.

To work by faith!
Into your hands I place my trust.

Today is National Day!!

I is Royston

I is ORD today.

IC to take tomorrow.

I bought a new soccer ball. Wooohohooo. I was tempted to hug it to sleep every night. It's so round and shiny. I just can't wait to kick it! Wait. What an irony.

Anyway, been feel rather jittery lately, been stoning quite a bit, hope it is no spinocerebellar ataxia!

Been thinking of doing something fun and memorable. But I don't have a plan yet. *sigh*
Been thinking about whats in store for me after ORD, which isn't really a big deal when you are reaching the date...the future is more alien and intimidating out there. And I will be returning to a world where I left behind for 2 years...