The Flu Bug

Yo people. Guess what I'm doing now when you guys are DILIGENTLY, PASSIONATELY and  DEDICATEDLY at school STUDYING and being enriched in your holistic education (aka CCA)? No prizes for guessing, since you'll know by the title.

Boo, I'm sick. Had high fever this morning after waking up to a whole night's tossing and turning and dreaming strange dreams (like Christine giving birth? talk about strange.). 39.6 and it went down later this morning to 38.6, like only one degree. 

As such, my dearest family doctor gave me 3 days MC. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Anyway, I had some thoughts yest night whilst I was miserable in bed. I was just thinking what was the difference between the church and the world, I mean, comparatively, there are certain similarities, but what makes the church, the church, and the world, the world? The first thing that popped into my overheated brain was in the area of music. The world has its good music, leaving aside the hard rock metal plastic what have you and satanic stuff, and so does the church. 

Basically its a celebration of talents. The world celebrates the individual's talents and gives all the glory to the one who is able to rise in the ranks of music charts. The individual or even a group of people even become "idols" as what some people may call and young girls, and even guys, drool and fantasize or even mark out their whole lifetime's aspirations just to be like him or them. 

Of course all these might be exaggerations and slightly over the top, but in reality, and the truth of the matter is, that's how the world is. And the important question is, what makes the church different?

The glory goes to God. (well at least it should.)

The talents that we have, be it talent in the marketplace, being a wonderful entrepreneur(haven't used that word since my j1 econs test) or business man, or a upright politician, and the glory (or praise and esteem that we receive from the success) should all eventually go back to God. That's because we acknowledge that whatever talents and capabilities we have originally came from God and not ourselves. 

Keeping this in mind, in all our successes, we must must must make sure that God receives all the glory for Himself and none to ourselves, that way, God is made great, and we are just vessels for His glory and name to be made known to the world.

Strange how my overheated brain could think so much.