Sunday, July 20, 2008

and you dont know it,
but i'm crying now.

mmhm, today in worship,
we did God's grace.
And Pastor Kenneth told us this story, of a boy and his principal.

One day, a very rebellious boy,
walked into the principal office, followed by his teacher.
The principal looked us and asked,
"what did you do"
The boy, stripped his shirt to show his bare chest,
and told his principal,
"i kicked a boy. 15 times, you can cane me, i'm used to it"
The principal nodded.
This boy was a regular into the office,
he had made this offence, countless of times.
The principal got up, walked over to the boy,
and took off his belt, and folded it into half.
As if on cue,the boy put out his hand, as his teacher stepped forward.
The principal passed the belt to his teacher,
and said to the boy,
"i'm going to teach you a lesson. A lesson of grace."
The principal stretched out his hand towars the teacher,
who immediatly started to hit the principal with the belt. Hard.
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8..
by the eighth stroke, the boy yelled for his teacher to stop.
9...10...11...12...13
the boys eyes swelled up, and began to tear.
14...15.
The principal held out his hand for the boy to see.
they were stained with blood.
The boy was in shock when the principal said,
"My child, you are free to go."
In the way, the principal suffered for the boy,
and the boy realised his folly.
Also, the principal did this,
knowing the boy, had repeated the same folly, many times.

Today, i found out the real meaning of grace.
Grace meant that the one who gives, actually suffered to give.
Sin brings death,
but Grace brings life back.
When sin is abundant,
grace is abundent much more.

Somehow, i feel that what man promises,
are all so superficial.
After awhile, i realise i dont understand you enough.
I cant seem to trust in you or confide in you anymore.
Or maybe its cause,
you dont confide in me anymore.
Sometimes, i feel people dont trust me anymore.

Maybe times like these are,
a blessing in disguise.
I never found the Lord so real in my life before