July 12, 2013

Lessons from the pursuit of PhD - Part 2

Just as the graduation ceremony died down, and my wife and son were finished with taking pictures, questions began to flood my mind.  Was it worth the struggles and suffering I put my family through all these years?  Did this degree really change me in anyway?  Would I be different with or without it?  What have I really learned from this?  So on and so forth.

June 14, 2013

God is after your money, Right?

On June 12, 2013, Ravi Zacharias was speaking at RZIM's Summer Institute in the US and I was watching his live stream in Daejeon, Korea.  Ravi shared about how God weaves the threads of our lives to create a grand design for his glory.  From his own life experience, he gave the following story of how God works in ways that we can hardly understand;

June 2, 2013

Lessons From a Peasant Family

A landless peasant couple decided to abandon their hard life in the countryside.  They moved to a small town where they rented a small shed on a piece of property next to a wealthy man's house.  It was a rundown shed but with little work, they were able to make their home.  They even made a small patio to enjoy the sun and the air.  They were woodcutters, and the only trade they knew was to fetch firewood from a nearest forest and sell it in the market.  Most people of that town used firewood for fuel; this provided the couple a stable means for their livelihood.