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Life is not about the number of breaths you take but the number of things that take your breath away. We should live our everyday to the fullest. Till now, I am still trying to be the person who help more, reject less, praise more, criticise less, comfort more, upset less, cheer more, jeer less, love more, hate less........... And maybe I can succeed one day with the strength given to me by God, the Almighty and also the encouragement and love showered upon me by my loved ones.

Sunday, August 12, 2007 | 3:30 AM

Eternal Life

I think the priests in my church are getting better with their sermons. It must be the generosity of The Holy Spirit. They always can link the different readings together to define a deeper meaning. They can relate the first and second reading to the gospel. Moreover, they can totally explain the gospel in a way that applies to the modern lifestyles of ours. They can do it such that we feel guilty yet not humiliated. I will especially feel that every mass is a wake up call. They bring me back from reality as defined by society to a state of true life in which only one thing is important. That is God. At the same time, it means that 2 other things are vital. That will be Jesus, the Son of God and The Holy Spirit, the grace and gift of God. That further encompasses more important things in our life. That will be family, love, faith and etc. These are God's will to me.

God's will is not about giving up all materials possessions. The God of love wants us to love our family, our friends, our colleagues, our neighbours and even our enemies. The God of love does not wish us to pursue things that will eventually end and forgo what is promised as eternal gift. This makes me ponder about Today's Straits Times article on teens' splurging of cash on their appearances. It is definitely nothing wrong to look good. This is a form of respect to others and also a way to boost up self confidence. But sometimes, if this kind of spending goes overboard, then it can be problematic especially when teens who are not even earning any income are involved. Like one counsellor mentioned in the article, parents are allowing their children to focus on so much on the outside and neglect what should be groom from the inside. Will the future generations be filled with pretty people who do ugly actions that totally go against God's will?

What we should focus on is the eternal life, the life after death. The priest mentioned purgatory, a concept that protestants did not believe in. It is a state of sin purging. It is a state when loved ones pray to rid off our sins so that we can be perfectly clean before we go to heaven.I believe in it as I am no saint. I believe that God of love has no intention to let anyone go to hell, unless you send yourself to the devil. This is the freedom the Catholic church is talking about. The freedom to do God's will or walk the evil way.