2.18.11

I started watching a film called “Vanishing on 7th Street” but I couldn’t keep my eyes from closing not because the film was boring or something like that; it is too early to gauge that from watching the first five minutes of the film but because I was rather tired.

Come to think of it, the stress caused by the “commotion” at home – the hammering, the constant dust, the laborers’ chatter, the calculation of expenses – makes the body and mind grow weary. Yesterday, I managed to select the fixtures that I like to use for the extension of the bathroom. It was a bit exciting having to choose from a load of selections if a bit confusing. Finally, I decided that my bathroom motif will be beige and white. No tiles on the walls save the ones where the bath tub will be installed. And instead of tiles, I will have a large stripe of beige painted on a white canvass.

The color of the flooring is so light, I love it. And the size of the windows will allow more light in the room.

I am over the moon just thinking how my room will look like two months from now.

PS.
Hardin ng Panginoon in the box?


REFLECTIONS
Deuteronomy 7-9

Deuteronomy 7
In one chapter, two faces of God appear:
One, the seemingly unmerciful face:
Destroy them – Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites – totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.

Two, the faithfully loving face:
The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.


Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

* The manna was not only for provision of food, but also for testing: man does not live on bread alone, but on EVERY word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:18
It is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.

* Not because of self, but only because of grace

Deuteronomy 9
The leader in Moses is inspiring.
He deserves the gall to tell the people to their face their shortcomings.

This is probably one of the reasons why leadership is not the foremost of things to be desired. The responsibility and accountability attached to it is energy-sapping. And what earthly rewards does one get?