Malaysia Day

There has been alot happening of late. It's all good and all is well. I promised myself that i would blog about Malaysia Day. I just attended Malaysia Day Prayer Meeting by the NECF and it was really an eye opener. However, i'm not here to get distracted from what I've intended to do.

It has been 47 years and this is the first time that, this nation has celebrated Malaysia Day. It is something to be proud of and alike every other big festive, we get a public holiday :). I believe that Malaysia will slowly turn the corner, and i would like to think that we are very much moving in the right direction. It'll be naive to say that everything is rosy and perfect, because that is from what reality is. However, just like any other nation in the world, this country has flaws, imperfections and sometimes those are more glaringly obvious than others. As the song goes, "Today is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it". God in His infinite might has already had this in His plan. So take off the critique hat, spare the negativism, hatred and ill-feelings for just one day. It will probably do you some good in the long run.

I believe that there is hope in this land. Even though if my opinion is stacked against the odds. I know that i'm probably right. It may take a long while, it may even take years after i'm long and gone. I believe that there is a purpose for all of us to be here, to make a difference to make, to do the impossible, to achieve the unthinkable and to bring dreams to reality. I know there are people who has seen enough and seek for greener pastures. You know what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! It's perfectly fine to go somewhere else to seek a life that is deemed to be of better quality, better standard etc. Whilst, with that thought ringing in your head, why not do that here a place, where you call home and for once it will actually feel like home. I know it feels like you're battling a loss cause, but i assure you. It is not. We can very much see that God is doing things in Malaysia, and if God is in it...surely it must not be a lost cause.

I will not know how it exactly feels to be part of the generation before me. But to my generation and the ones to follow, it's time to step up. It's time to have a say in what this country should be. I urge many of you to stay, because only together United we can make a difference, leaving without a fight makes this a lost cause. "If everyone were to step away and think that someone will else will do the job, at the end of the day we will be left with no one". For the sake of the generation, must rise up. Take the baton from the generation before us, and run with the vision. In that process we have already started on to make this a better place for the general public and those with live music.

Happy Malaysia Day! It is a proud day to be a Malaysian :)

Like Incense - Sometimes by Step

[Verse 1]
May my prayer like incense rise before You
The lifting of my hands as sacrifice
Oh Lord Jesus turn Your eyes upon me
For I know there is mercy in Your sight

Your statutes are my heritage forever
My heart is set on keeping Your decrees
Please still my anxious urge toward rebellion
Let Love keep my will upon its knees

[Chorus]
Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise You
Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise You

[Verse 2]
To all creation I can see a limit
But Your commands are boundless and have none
So Your Word is my joy and meditation
From the rising to the setting of the sun

All Your ways are loving and are faithful
The road is narrow but Your burden light
Because You gladly lean to lead the humble
I shall gladly kneel to leave my pride

[Chorus]

[Selah]
To all creation I can see a limit
But Your commands are boundless and have none
So Your Word is my joy and meditation
From the rising to the setting of the sun

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
I will seek You in the morning
I will learn to walk in Your ways
And step by step You'll lead me
And I will follow You all of my days


By Hillsong (A Beautiful Exchange)