Date : 22nd April 2014
Time : 11.00 am
As predicted, after 2 hours we are still waiting to see the doctor just for an observation and some consultation. The waiting has not gone to waste because I used it to write my thoughts. This morning I have been trying to recapitulate on what I had worked on in preparation for my presentation at the coming F.G. Plus Conference in Langkawi. I had been given the task of presenting under the theme: “Difficulties and Challenges Facing the Church in the next 5 years”, the Sociological Issues Facing Malaysia, and the Religious-Pluralistic Landscape of Malaysia.
I am no sociologist but the bible do have a lot to say about the causes of social ills and the way of getting out of the cesspool of systemic evil in our country. It's not an easy thing to even just hear what it is. Anyway I have found from the resources by researchers from the amazing internet that in Malaysia some of the sociological issues that have hit a warning button are human trafficking, suicide, teen pregnancy, brain drain, etc. The second presentation, the religious-pluralistic landscape in Malaysia, needed little preparation because I was able to extract the Bible Study materials that I had prepared for our cell group in 2013 on the same topic.
Of course, I do have doubt whether presenting these talks would have any significant change in the church. I do doubt whether all the effort of research and preparation would yield any result at the end of the day. Well, I don’t have any answer to that. But I will still do it anyway because I think it is necessary to be aware of issues facing us today.
Lord, help me to be doers of the Word after the hearing of the Word. Let the church come to a realization that there are many issues starring at us in the face. We are Christ-image bearer and we bear upon our lives the truth of God. Help us to rise up to the occasion and stand up and be counted. Help us to act responsibly as the community of faith who professes to follow a wonderful Savior who was, and is and ever will be the answer to all of humanity’s predicament, the solution to combat this fallen world’s systemic evilness, and sin!
