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i went to bed at 10pm last night.

it's abnormal of me to crash so early (my 39 year-old body would love to protest and has in fact been bugging me to do something about my lifestyle). the reason's simple. i didn't have internet access last night. when my bro and his wife are at my ma's, we have 2 'ways' of using the internet. the aim is to save on electribity charges as much as we can. so when it's just one person who needs to connect, he or she uses this mobile device that's like a thumbdrive. when it's two or more persons, the modem's switched on. last night, they forgot to leave the device in the living room for me and i didn't want to disturb them. so, no internet for me last night and so off to bed i went. my day would typically end sometime after midnight. i start the new day at about six.

so this morning i did my usual routine of going to my own blog as soon as i've signed onto my work computer. then something a little unusual happened... as i went down my dashboard, i decided to go past the fashiony stuff and clicked on one DG entry (also, what attracted me was the title). and what do you know? nothing escapes Him. it's nothing my head didn't already know, really. but it still amazes me each time He speaks. i was led to recall the message at church two days back. one of the pastors was saying that we should be conquerors of the mountains before us instead of praying for God to remove them. Jesus has overcome the world. we're already given what's needed to face our problems. we like to skip past that line just before He tells us not to despair. and by now, we should know better than to ignore the basics of the english language. it's "will have". go back to grammar school if you still don't get it.

... In the world you will have tribulation... (John 16:33)

i remember my conversation with my bro about the sermon later in the car. and i actually got the scripture reference correct! (my bro wasn't sure.. ok, he's driving. and i'm lame.) yes, i really don't read His word much at all. there are so many more scripture verses that can be applied here. and the internet makes it so much easier too!

i've actually been talking about the same underlying truth that Piper's preached. i'm not saying this to claim credit. if anything, you can see how much one can know about things in the head without those things reaching the heart. the irony is i could read many spiritual books yet not wish to open the bible. not too long ago, you might still see me buy books about the heart's desires. i think i went thru at least two such books. when the answers are already in that Book. i gotta admit, that i got a bit confused as i read more spiritual books, written by great christian writers, no less. as i mentioned earlier, i was attracted by the post title. you see, i have beside me now John Ortberg's If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat. Ortberg's take is not quite the same.. or I should say his application wasn't the same as Piper's. But "risk-taking" tallies.

i dunno how to end this post. i'd wanted to ask questions, like how i did it in my last post. i'd like to see some comments, be them bad or good. the thing about the internet, or more precisely the blogosphere, what with SEO tools and all that, is that it's still pretty much a one-way communication for me. perhaps this is why there's only so much that could be achieved online?