do not conform; but be transformed -romans12:2-

hi! i'm changing over to a totally new blog host. no longer using blogger. kinda signals a fresh start, a new beginning. and how apt too considering that it's the start of the final year. the beginning of an end somewhat. so far the week's been good. i'm really trying to appreciate every moment of being a final year student. it's a bittersweet emotion - bitter that there are more projects and that it's the final year of being a student; sweet that at least i'm still a student.
 
a lot of things went through my mind today. and especially after the combined sunday school meeting this morning. where R talked about the situation of youths these days, and how some of them feel that it's alright to swear when angry, that it's alright to have non-Christian boyfriends, and how some of the languages on their blogs seem to be inappropriate. the other members at the meeting were kind of shocked. but as for me, being so close to their age, i could definitely relate to that. =S what then do i have to say to that? well.. i know it's bad. but sometimes impulse takes over my good sense, and i'm left with having to face the consequences of my actions. impulse is a really strong thing eh? =\

in any case, when i was working, indeed some words were used so often that it definitely blurred the lines between swear and non-swear. what then? replace the so-called more "swear" words with nicer-sounding, toned-down ones but used in the exact same sense? for e.g. the word "super"… let's just take an arbitrary sentence, "oh my goodness! i'm super upset!" … sounds ok doesn't it?

now, replace "oh my goodness" with you-know-what, and "super" with you-know-what2 again. in this case, i'm inclined to regarding also the sentence "oh my goodness! i'm super upset!" as swearing then too. cos it is effectively, used in the same context in the same sense! what then? to not swear would indeed mean that it's gonna be very tough. and if you listen closely enough you'll hear that almost everybody swears.

no one said anything about Christians being holy all the time. we're still in fact susceptible to sin. and the starting of this susceptibility is called temptation. living out a godly life is about having the self-control to resist the temptation. at times you know the temptation will lead to sin, and yet you still sin. and then you feel guilty.

and sometimes, you feel guilty to the point where you feel guilty that you could even have this thing called temptation. but then you remember, that Jesus himself was susceptible to temptation! and that the only difference between Him and us is that he overcame the temptation but we succumb to it, hence we're susceptible to both temptation and sin.

anyhow, the rest of today was spent at a wedding in church, and after that an all-in-one meal at dan ryans with y. thanks very much for the pleasant company and the lift back! appreciate it. =))

i'm currently on a quest to memorise 1 corinthians, cos the hall cell did a study on that, and i think to internalise it would be one of the best ways to remember what we discussed. could really say that that study was the best study i've had in a while now.

to end off…
my thanksgiving: that j is in the same hall same block as me! it's nice having someone you know living close to you =)
my prayer request: for me to recover completely from my week-long flu; and for me to be disciplined to memorise 1 corinthians