The Board Marker

I was supposed to title this as chalk, but no, I no longer use that old-school teaching aid. The Board Marker, however, functions in the same way though there are great distinctions between the two. And obviously, I prefer using the latter.

So what's with the marker anyway? Nothing actually. I was actually hoping that I could write again anything about this coming school season but it seems that my head needs to rest. After all, I'd been spending hours memorizing the flags, the maps and their places and even great places to go. Familiar? Perhaps you are. I'm referring to Facebook's Geo Challenge and my countless hours over that interesting game. Maybe I should stop this Board Marker thing and rather see my just-downloaded film, "Facing the Giants". Oh.. I shouldn't have posted this, the Zealots are going to kill me for being unrighteous, or maybe throw a stone at me. Well, I can take the stones, JUST DON'T HIT MY LAPTOP! Or these zealots will find their selves becoming zealous on hiding.

Anyway, it's just me again and a bunch of non-sense things running on my fingers. I just hope that FOX reconsiders their statement about terminating The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I will surely miss Cameron, that lovely terminator.

Adios...

And oh, the title, wasn't really something I've given thoughts. As I've said I need to rest... My systems are breaking down... Sorry for the disturbance. I promise that the next entries will be interesting.

God and Evil II

After making some research, queries and surveys, I got convinced that EVIL was not created by God but was a part of His sovereign will. After all, I was so stupid not to see that evil is not even a thing that requires creation. As what gotquestions.org has told me, evil has the same distinction with a hole, with darkness and heat and other parallel concepts. These things do not require creation. They didn't need God to say their creation words, no they never did. Rather, they just needed His approval to exist. These are absences of particular donuts, they do not tangibly exist, though intangibly yes. Darkness is just the absence of light, hole is just the absence of any solid thing, coldness is the absence of heat, so as evil is the absence of God. Now for those skeptics out there, let me clear the idea of God being omnipresent. This idea do not inhibit opposition to this God's great attribute. These are two different concepts and cannot be used at the same time. Anyway, God is sovereign. He knows better than what I think about this thingy, He's even far better than the monergists at mongergism.com and gotquestions.org. We just need to trust His intelligent design which at the end will stand victorious over evil. Because His presence will ever be shadowing us forever.

God and Evil

After weeks of reading and meditating on the book of Job, I got convinced that God is really sovereign. His plans cannot be thwarted (c.42.v.2) and even what Job experienced was actually from Him (c.42.11). Matthew Henry, in his commentary on Romans 9, said that:
"And herein God is to be considered, not as a rector and governor, distributing rewards and punishments according to his revealed laws and covenants, but as an owner and benefactor, giving to the children of men such grace and favour as he has determined in and by his secret and eternal will and counsel: both the favour of visible".
It is very clear that God does not portray a leader-like stature but rather a big-time owner whose ultimate end is to glorify Himself by enjoying Himself forever (Desiring God, John Piper). And that enjoyment is fulfilled in the presence of evil, where His Name triumphs on, thus gets the glory forevermore. Therefore, I have to admit that my stand on His sovereignty hangs on the belief that evil was actually authored by Him.

The Last Nine Minutes of My Work Today

After almost a month of sleeping and getting paid, I've put my bike back on track again. I've met my new students, two and three year olds, hanging around my prepared environment. The funny thing is nothing was actually expected to be worked out today. I just spent my first three hours with the funny kids, then a lunch at home and a legendary three-hour surfing activity. And within five minutes I'll be off again. Perhaps, buy a cake for my loving wife, or a box of rice at Chowking.

A... I don't know. "I just don't feel myself lately. It's just about this clock. It's a minute late."