World Cup

After a month of late nights (in my part of the world), hangovers and nail-biting matches, Italy has finally won the coverted World Cup to stamp their place as World Football Champions for 2006. With that win, they are 2nd only to Brazil in the number of times that a country has won the World Cup.

I wonder how many of you out there got caught up in the football fever. While I am not much of a football fan (I was more interested in Wimbledon tennis which was playing at the same time), I found myself unconsciously wanting to be part of the game too. Everyday, before I leave my home for work, I would turn on my TV to make sure I was updated with the scores and the scorers of the latest game played. It just felt so "uncool" to reach the office and not have anything to talk concerning the first question that will greet me in the morning "What do you think of the game last night?"

Then, of course, there is that "harmless" in-house betting which repeats a specific pattern... that no one can actually predict anything! At the start of the game, many thought the Brazilians would make it to the finals but they did not even make it to the sem-finals. The Germans looked very strong but they only managed 3rd place.

In the office, there were some "clue-less" ladies who would bet lunches just for the fun of it. They chose Italy. Of course, they did not know anything about football but they made the choice based on one factor - the players were HANDSOME!!!

With all the strategist out there, weighing every ounce of weakness and strength of each team, they were not any better than a few ladies that were more concerned about nothing more than the locks of hair on their head.

"Why are you always so happy?" - Part 4

Year after year, surveys all over the world has shown that the most important thing that a person needs is LOVE. The world may give us an impression what people want is MONEY, GIRLS and POWER. But this is not what the surveys show. Polls done on a people from all sorts of background, whether rich or poor, showed that the NUMBER 1 THING THAT THEY WANTED WAS TO BE LOVED AND TO LOVE THEMSELVES MORE.

The fourth reason and the GREATEST reason why I am always so happy, is because I wake up everyday knowing that the LORD OF THE UNIVERSE loves me.

When I look at myself honestly, I do not actually quite like myself. I wish I can control my temper a little more, I wish I can less lazy, I wish I had more courage to do what I want to do, I wish, I wish I can love others more, I wish...

But knowing the Lord Jesus Christ changed all that. I realised that even though I am not perfect, yet God still loved me with an unconditional love that He was willing to come down from His Heavenly comfort and glory to pay for my sins on the cross.

I realise that I am precious afterall. I mean something to not just anybody but to the GREAT ALMIGHTY GOD.

Imagine the president of your county calling you personally and saying that he cares for you and that he is willing to do anything for you. My! You will not believe your ears! At first you may not believe it but when you realised that it is true, you will be the happiest person on earth. You will feel secure. You will feel important. You will feel special.

That's what God did for all of us. He called on us personally by coming down to earth and told us that he cares for us and proved that he was willing to do anything for us by actually dying on the cross for us.

The bible says "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting Life."

Everyone needs LOVE. God wants to give you LOVE. Receive it, my friend, and you are on your way to being HAPPY.