tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post7308005334228662522..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: We start by getting it wrong, but God doesn't.Fr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-55540403491031934342016-01-31T21:07:08.006+08:002016-01-31T21:07:08.006+08:00Music is a great gift from God. Music practise mus...Music is a great gift from God. Music practise must never be arduous. It must be mindful. And it is not the number of hours we spend practising but the mindful moments we take opportunity to do it. It could be just 10 mins a day or 2 hours. But it is the consistency of fingering our instrument that builds step by step the music we want to play. This has been my own experience where having completed all my 8 grades in my teens, 20 years later I wanted to pursue a music diploma. It took me 7 years to get it. In the process I enriched my ears and appreciated the journey more than the sweet victory of accomplishment. The years of faithful and unfaithful practice built patience and character. It also led me to see how prayer could be like that too. My relationship with God became more personal as I struggled with my own will....wanting something instant but knowing that time was required to shape and improve ourselves. We only need to try and not give up. :)<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397800144658188658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-10279517875303507672016-01-28T00:40:43.637+08:002016-01-28T00:40:43.637+08:00 “............most of us, started by getting it wr... “............most of us, started by getting it wrong. But it should never stop us from trying over and over to get it right. “<br /><br />In the wee hours of morning, it is not easy to engage a congregation in thought-provoking homilies, but at this morning’s mass, the homilist’s take –on the Sower and the Seeds was refreshingly different. He declared that we should look at the Sower instead of being side-tracked by the types of soil or seeds – which I believe, is a stand commonly adopted by most homilists – and we end up unduly stressed and questioning whether the soils of our hearts are pebbly, gravely ,rich and loamy etc. Though much good fruit can and has been reaped by contemplating along these lines, I was honestly amazed at how a shift in this perception can reveal that perhaps we have been ‘wrong’ by being stuck on just one way of looking at things.<br /><br />On reflection, I felt that if God (the Sower) broadcasted his seeds of Hope in such sheer and wild abandon-.(regardless of the types of soil) then it not only shows His generosity but also His trust in us –(weak humans as we are) - to choose correctly in the end, even though (like you said) we started by getting it wrong. This brings to mind what Dr Tim Gray said about how sometimes, our perception is askew if we only concentrated on one aspect of Jesus’ mission on earth. We may have got it wrong when we are merely satisfied with the question of “Why did Jesus die?” To prod us on to the truth, he proposed that we should perhaps question “Why did Jesus live?“ <br /><br />Thank you for this food for thought. <br /><br />God bless u, Fr<br /><br />tessa<br />Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211998984286520369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-8848275964052406172016-01-25T14:21:45.624+08:002016-01-25T14:21:45.624+08:00Thank you, Father Luke for the encouraging words. ...Thank you, Father Luke for the encouraging words. I could totally reckon with your words that we gone after the things of God rather then to love the God of things. It is through numerous fumbles and falls then we truly learn. But the truth and loving the God of things and His heavenly intention could be hard to swallow at times. I still at times struggled and wanting to wish our dear Holy Father just wave His hand like that of a Jedi and life obstacles simple clear our way. But I know, this is not always His intention and will...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925399261685078251noreply@blogger.com